Keyboard Shortcuts

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This section contains a comprehensive list of the shortcuts available in the MapInfo
Pro application. You can create custom shortcuts by editing the MAPINFOW.MNU
file using a text editor.
Caution: Making changes to the MAPINFOPRO.MNU file may cause the default
shortcuts you change to stop working. Make these changes carefully
and record your changes so you can change them back, if necessary.

In this section:
Shortcuts by Keystroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422
Shortcuts by Keystroke

Shortcuts by Keystroke
Command Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts for commands are supported. For information on how to customize
them, see Customizing Command Shortcuts.

Command Shortcut Tab

Add Legend Shift+F3 MAP

Add New Row Ctrl+E TABLE

Add Node Ctrl+Shift+N SPATIAL

Add Theme F9 MAP

Add Workspace Ctrl+Shift+A HOME

Clear Ctrl+W MAP/TABLE

Clear Target Ctrl+Delete SPATIAL

Clone Window Ctrl+Shift+C HOME

Copy Ctrl+C HOME/SPATIAL

Cut Ctrl+X HOME/SPATIAL

Exit Alt+F4 PRO

Find and Mark Ctrl+F TABLE/SPATIAL

Find Selection Ctrl+Shift+F TABLE/SPATIAL

Info Window Ctrl+Shift+I HOME

Layers Window Ctrl+Shift+L HOME

Legend Window Ctrl+Shift+G HOME

Line Style Shift+F8 SPATIAL

MapBasic Window Ctrl+Shift+B HOME

Map Redraw On/Off Ctrl+Shift+D MAP

Browser Window F4 HOME

Layout Window F5 HOME/LAYOUT

Map Window F3 HOME/MAP

New Table Ctrl+N TABLE

Open Table Ctrl+O HOME/TABLE/MAP/LAYOUT

Open Workspace Ctrl+Shift+O HOME/TABLE/MAP

Paste Ctrl+V HOME/SPATIAL

Previous View Alt+Left MAP

Print Ctrl+P LAYOUT

Prism Window F10 HOME

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Command Shortcut Tab

Redistricter Window Shift+F4 HOME/MAP

Redraw Window Ctrl+D HOME/MAP

Region Style Ctrl+F8 SPATIAL

Remove Delete LAYOUT

Reshape Ctrl+R SPATIAL

Run MapBasic Program Ctrl+U HOME

Save Table Ctrl+S HOME

Save Workspace Ctrl+K HOME

Set Target Ctrl+T SPATIAL

Snap to Nodes S Key SPATIAL

Statistics Window Ctrl+Shift+Z HOME/MAP

Symbol Style Alt+F8 SPATIAL

Table Window Ctrl+Shift+T HOME

Tasks Ctrl+Shift+K HOME

Text Style F8 SPATIAL

Tool Manager Ctrl+Shift+U HOME

Undo Ctrl+Z HOME/SPATIAL

WFS Refresh Alt+F5 TABLE

Workspace Explorer Window Ctrl+Shift+E HOME/MAP

3D Window F11 HOME

Customizing Command Shortcuts

You can create your own command shortcuts by editing the MAPINFOPRO.MNU file. Follow the rules
for the XML syntax to add or change shortcuts. For example, the Open Table command is represented
in MAPINFOPRO.MNU as:

<MapInfoProCommand Name="OpenTable">
<DisplayText>Open Table</DisplayText>
<MenuItemText>Open Table</MenuItemText>
<MenuItemToggleText>Open Table</MenuItemToggleText>
<KeyGesture>Ctrl+O</KeyGesture>
<ToolTipDescription>Open Table (Ctrl+O)</ToolTipDescription>
<ToolTipText>Open one or more tables in formats such as .TAB, Access,
Excel, dBase, Shapefile, raster or Grid formats, SQLite and
more.</ToolTipText>
...
</MapInfoProCommand>

Window Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts for windows are supported.

Explorer Window Shortcut

Jump to Maps section Alt-M

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Explorer Window Shortcut

Jump to Tables section Alt-T

Jump to Windows section Alt-W

Jump to Connections section Alt-C

Jump to Search box Shift+F

Jump to next item Tab

Connections Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Close Delete

Add new connection Ins

Open tables from a connection Double-click

Open tables from a connection Enter

Layers Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Rename a map F2

Select all (if not in a group) or all in a Ctrl+A

group layer

Toggle visibility (checkbox on/off) Spacebar

Opens Layer Properties dialog box Shift+P (double-click)

Toggle Editable on/off Shift+E

Toggle Selectable on/off Shift+S

Toggle Autolabels on/off Shift+L

Toggle View Entire Layer on/off Shift+V

Style Override Swatch Click or Enter

Multi-Select Shift+arrow keys

On a map node: activate the map and Click or Enter

keep focus on the Layers list

On a map node: activate that map and Ctrl+Enter (Alt+Click)

set keyboard focus on Map window

On a map node: view entire layer Shift+V

On a map node: Collapse/Expand Node Shift+-/+

On a map node: Collapse/Expand Node Ctrl+Shift+-/+

all nodes

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Table Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Select all or, if tables are in a treeview, Ctrl+A

select all in group

Open in new map (multi-select) Shift+M

Open in current Map window Shift+C

(multi-select)

Open in new Browser map (multi-select) Shift+B

Close (multi-select) Del

Modify Table Structure Double-click

Layout Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Context Menu on selected frames Shift+F10

Select All frames Ctrl+A

Select tool Shift+S

Pan tool Shift+P

Zoom in/Zoom out tools +/-

Switch back to Select tool Middle click

Move selected frames Arrow keys

Move selected fames by X Shift+Arrow keys

Delete Selected frames Del

Bold Ctrl+B

Underline Ctrl+U

Italic Ctrl+I

Justify Ctrl+ L E R

Increase font Ctrl+Shift+>

Decrease font Ctrl+Shift+<

Map Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Arrows

Del

Snap S key

Cross-hair C key C key

Auto node N key N key

Trace T key T key

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Map Window Shortcut

Zoom +/-

Browser Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Select All Ctrl+A

New Row Ctrl+E

Edit a cell F2

MapBasic Window Shortcut

Context Menu on selected frames Shift+F10

Move To Window Shortcut

Jump to Map window Ctrl+Enter

Zoom to best view Alt+double-click

Task Window Shortcut

Context Menu Shift+F10

Remove finished job from Task Manager Del

Pause

Cancel

View log Shift+L

Info Window Shortcut

Context Menu Tab

Next layer Ctrl+Right Arrow

Previous layer Ctrl+Left Arrow

Scroll Page up/down

Tools Window Shortcut

Run default command Enter

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