Use a keyboard shortcut in Project Siena

 

You can perform a variety of tasks in Project Siena by using keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Create a Project Siena file

Ctrl-N

Open a file

Ctrl-O

Save a file

Ctrl-S

Save a file as

Ctrl-Shift-S

Open the File menu

Alt-F

Open any other menu

Alt-F, then Esc, then Tab to the menu you want, then Enter

Choose an option on an open menu

Down Arrow to the option you want, then Enter

Open the list of data sources

Alt-D

Open help topics in a web browser

F1

Add a screen

Alt-F, then Ctrl-M

Open Preview mode

F5

Return to the design workspace

Esc

Open list of controls that you can add to your app

Alt-V

Open or close Express View

Alt-E

Zoom in

Ctrl-+

Zoom out

Ctrl-hyphen

Reset zoom

Ctrl-0

Publish an app

Alt-P

Close Project Siena

Alt-F4

Select all controls in a screen

Ctrl-A

Group selected controls or ungroup a selected group

Ctrl-G

Move a selected control up

Up Arrow

Move a selected control down

Down Arrow

Move a selected control left

Left Arrow

Move a selected control right

Right Arrow

Move a selected control to the front of a stack of controls

Ctrl-Shift-K

Move a selected control to the back of a stack of controls

Ctrl-Shift-R

Move a selected control forward one level in a stack of controls

Ctrl-Shift-F

Move a selected control back one level in a stack of controls

Ctrl-Shift-B

Use bold font

Ctrl-B

Use italic font

Ctrl-I

Use underline font

Ctrl-U

Cut

Ctrl-X

Copy

Ctrl-C

Paste

Ctrl-V

Undo action

Ctrl-Z

Redo action

Ctrl-Y