\chapter Reference: Key Bindings

\index Keypresses (Qt Designer)
\list
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Ctrl+A -- Selects all GUI elements in the active form.
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Ctrl+B -- Breaks the selected layout so that you can add or delete GUI elements.
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Ctrl+C -- Copies the selected GUI elements from the active form into the clipboard.
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Alt+E -- Pulls down the \Menu Edit menu.
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Alt+F -- Pulls down the \Menu File menu.
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Ctrl+G -- Applies a grid layout to the selected container, or creates a new container containing the selected GUI elements and applies a grid layout to this container.
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Ctrl+H -- Applies a horizontal box layout to the selected container, or creates a new container containing the selected GUI elements and applies a horizontal box layout to this container.
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Alt+H -- Pulls down the \Menu Help menu.
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Ctrl+J Adjusts the size of the selected GUI element (or elements) so that it has the minimal size needed for displaying itself properly.
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Ctrl+L -- Applies a vertical box layout to the selected container, or creates a new container containing the selected GUI elements and applies a vertical box layout to this container.
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Alt+L -- Pulls down the \Menu Layout menu.
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Ctrl+M -- Opens an online version of this manual in Qt Assistant.
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Ctrl+N -- Invokes the \Dialog {New File} dialog.
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Ctrl+O -- Invokes the \Dialog {Open File} dialog.
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Alt+P -- Pulls down the \Menu Preview menu.
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Ctrl+R -- Checks the accelerators in the active form for duplicates.
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Ctrl+S -- Saves the active form.
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Ctrl+T -- Previews the active form in the default GUI style of the platform.
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Alt+T -- Pulls down the \Menu Tools menu.
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Ctrl+V -- Pastes the GUI element (or elements) in the clipboard into the active form at the position it had in its original form plus a little offset. Does nothing if the clipboard does not contain a GUI element.
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Alt+W -- Pulls down the \Menu Window menu.
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Ctrl+X -- Cuts the selected GUI element (or elements) from the active form and puts it into the clipboard.
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Ctrl+Y -- Redoes the last undo action.
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Ctrl+Z -- Undoes the last action.
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Del -- Deletes the selected GUI elements from the active form.
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F1 -- Opens the introductory page of the Qt Designer manual in Qt Assistant.
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Shift-F1 -- Turns on What's This mode, which lets you click on a GUI element in Qt Designer to get a small description window for this element.
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F2 -- Activates the pointer tool that lets you select GUI elements.
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F3 -- Activates the connection tool that lets you edit the connections between signals and slots in a form.
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F4 -- Activates the tab order tool that lets you change the tab order of the GUI elements on the active form.
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Ctrl+F4 -- Closes the active window.
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Ctrl+F6 -- Activates the next window in the order of window creation.
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Ctrl+Shift-F6 -- Activates the previous window in the order of window creation.
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