Keyboard Shortcuts

MagicPlot keyboard shortcuts are almost the same in different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, UNIX-like). The main difference is in modifier keys used: Ctrl on PC (Windows, UNIX-like) and Command on Mac. Some shortcuts were altered to avoid coincidences with system ones.

You can find these keyboard shortcuts in MagicPlot by selecting Help -> Keyboard Shortcuts menu item.

Mac Keyboard Symbols

⌘ Command (Meta) key

⇧ Shift key

⌥ Option (Alt) key

⌃ Control key

Common Shortcuts

Windows and UNIX-like Key	Mac OS Key	Action
Ctrl+O	⌘ O	Open project
Ctrl+S	⌘ S	Save project
Ctrl+Shift+S	⌘ ⇧ S	Save project as
Ctrl+N	⌘ N	New project
Ctrl+I	⌘ I	Import table from text file
Ctrl+P	⌘ P	Preview image
Ctrl+E	⌘ E	Export image
Ctrl+K	⌘ K	Open calculator
Ctrl+U	⌘ U	MagicPlot preferences
Ctrl+Q	⌘ Q	Quit
Undo/Redo
Ctrl+Z	⌘ Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y	⌘ ⇧ Z or ⌘ Y	Redo
Ctrl+H	⌘ H	Show command history window
Clipboard
Ctrl+X	⌘ X	Cut
Ctrl+C	⌘ C	Copy
Ctrl+V	⌘ V	Paste
Ctrl+A	⌘ A	Select all

Table Shortcuts

Windows and UNIX-like Key	Mac OS Key	Action
F2 or Double click	Double click	Edit cell
Ctrl+F2	⌘ F2	Set or edit column formula
F4	F4	Rename column (edit header)
Ctrl+Enter	⌘ Return	Recalculate column
Alt+Drag header	⌥ Drag header	Rearrange table columns

Figure and Fit Plot Shortcuts

Windows and UNIX-like Key	Mac OS Key	Action
Alt+Enter	⌥ Return	Open Figure or Fit Plot properties window
Arrows keys	Arrows keys	Move selected object(s) by 1 mm
Shift+Arrows keys	⇧ Arrows keys	Move selected object(s) by 0.1 mm
Escape	Escape	Clear selection
Delete or Backspace	Delete or Backspace	Delete selected objects
F2 or Double click	F2 or Double click	Edit selected text label
Moving and Resizing Drawings
Ctrl+Drag object	⌘ Drag object	Disable rulers and snapping to other objects
Shift+Drag corners	⇧ Drag corners	For rectangle and ellipse: preserve aspect ratio For line and arrow: disable snapping to 0°, 45°, 90°...
Alt+Drag corners	⌥ Drag corners	For rectangle and ellipse: stretch relative to center
Text Labels Editing 1) These shortcuts are activated in text label edit mode
Ctrl+Enter or Shift+Enter	⌘ Return or ⇧ Return	Apply changes
Escape	Escape	Apply changes
Enter	Return	New line
Ctrl+G, then letter	⌘ G, then letter	Type Greek letter (letters correspondence)
Ctrl+M, then symbol	⌘ M, then symbol	Type special math symbol (symbol list)
Ctrl+B	⌘ B	Bold
Ctrl+I	⌘ I	Italic
Ctrl+O	⌘ O	Oblique
Ctrl+U	⌘ U	Underlined
Ctrl+L	⌘ L	Align left
Ctrl+E	⌘ E	Center
Ctrl+R	⌘ R	Align right
Ctrl+J	⌘ J	Justify
Ctrl+–	⌘ –	Subscript
Ctrl++	⌘ +	Superscript
Scale Range Scrolling and Zoom
Scrolling 2) Scrolling here means mouse wheel rotation or touchpad vertical scrolling or scrolling by other human interface device.	Scrolling	Vertical (Y) scale scrolling
Shift+Scrolling	⇧ Scrolling or Horizontal scrolling	Horizontal (X) scale scrolling
Ctrl+Scrolling	⌘ Scrolling	Vertical (Y) scale zooming
Ctrl+Shift+Scrolling	⌘ ⇧ Scrolling or ⌘ Horizontal scrolling	Horizontal (X) scale zooming
Left mouse button+Scrolling	⌃ Scrolling	Proportional (X and Y) scale zooming
Image Zoom
Ctrl++	⌘ +	Zoom in
Ctrl+-- or Alt+Click	⌘ -- or ⌥ Click	Zoom out
Ctrl+* or Ctrl+0	⌘ * or ⌘ 0	Full view