Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are only available when the corresponding menu or window is active.
▪Playback Control, Acquisition and Visualization
Some of these shortcut keys can also be used in the Experiment Explorer, the Show/Hide menu, the Arena Settings window, the Trial Control window, and the Detection Settings window.
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Esc |
Cancel action |
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F1 |
Help |
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F2 |
Rename/ edit |
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F3 |
Find next |
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Shift+F3 |
Find previous |
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F4 |
Expand pull down list |
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Ctrl+F4 |
Close active window (does not apply to EthoVision XT) |
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Alt+F4 |
Close application |
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Alt+Enter |
Open properties of selected item (e.g. Settings dialog of dependent variable) |
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Shift+F10 or context menu key |
Open context menu of selected item |
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Alt+Spacebar |
Open shortcut menu of selected window |
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Ctrl+Esc |
Display Start menu |
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Alt+underlined letter |
Application: open corresponding main menu Dialog: carry out corresponding command |
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F10 |
Activate main menu bar |
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Main-menu: down arrow key |
Open menu-item/ cycle thru sub-items |
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Main-menu: up arrow key |
Open menu-item/ cycle thru sub-items |
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Main-menu: right arrow key |
Open sub-items/ Cycle thru items |
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Main-menu: left arrow key |
Close sub-items/ Cycle thru items |
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Spacebar |
Select/ clear checkbox if active option is a checkbox |
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Arrow keys |
Move/ nudge cursor (highlighted item in grid) or selected item |
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Alt+Tab |
Switch between open applications |
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Alt+Esc |
Cycle through applications in order they were opened |
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End |
Display the bottom of the active window |
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Home |
Display the top of the active window |
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* on numeric keypad |
Display all subfolders under the selected folder |
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+ on numeric keypad |
Display the contents of the selected folder |
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- on numeric keypad |
Collapse the selected folder |
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Left arrow key |
Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder |
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Right arrow key |
Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder |
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Up arrow key |
Previous item |
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Down arrow key |
Next item |
Shortcuts from the menu
Use the keyboard to activate all the functions in EthoVision XT that are on the menus. Press Alt plus the letter underlined in the menu and then select the desired function by scrolling down to the function or by pressing the underlined letter. For example, to go to Preferences on the File menu, press Alt+F, f.
Main shortcuts
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Ctrl+N |
New default experiment |
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Ctrl+O |
Open (experiment or other file type) |
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Ctrl+S |
Save experiment |
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Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save experiment as… |
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Ctrl+T |
New template experiment |
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Ctrl+X |
Cut |
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Ctrl+C |
Copy |
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Ctrl+V |
Paste |
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Ctrl+Delete or Delete |
Delete |
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Ctrl+drag item |
Copy selected item |
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Shift+drag item |
Move selected item |
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Shift+arrow keys |
Expand/ contract block selection in direction of arrow key |
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Ctrl+left arrow key |
Go to first cell of row |
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Ctrl+right arrow key |
Go to last cell of row |
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Ctrl+up arrow key |
Go to first cell of column |
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Ctrl+down arrow key |
Go to last cell of column |
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Arrow keys |
Move highlight in direction of key |
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F2 |
Rename/ edit cell content (see Windows - general) |
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Tab |
Go to next cell in row. If last cell, do nothing |
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Shift+Tab |
Go to previous cell in row. If first cell, do nothing |
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Enter |
(Accept entry and) Go to same column, next row. If last row, go to first cell last row |
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Home |
Go to the first character within the cell (edit mode, only for user-defined variables) |
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End |
Go to the last character within the cell (edit mode, only for user-defined variables) |
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Page Up |
Go to row - no. of rows visible in window and highlight same location (and de-select) |
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Page Down |
Go to row + no. of rows visible in window and highlight same location (and de-select) |
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Ctrl+Home |
Go to first cell of first column |
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Ctrl+End |
Go to last cell of last column |
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Ctrl+Alt+T |
Add trials to the Trial List |
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Ctrl+Alt+V |
Add an independent variable to the Trial List |
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Ctrl+Alt+L |
Add videos to the Trial List |
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Ctrl+Alt+I |
Import external data into the Trial List |
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Ctrl+Alt+E |
Import trials into the Trial List |
An example of a row-select grid is the Components pane in the Data Profile screen and Analysis Profile screen. There you can select rows, not individual cells.
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Up arrow key |
Step one row up |
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Down arrow key |
Step one row down |
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Enter |
Open the settings window of the selected row in the Analysis profile |
Playback Control, Acquisition and Visualization
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Ctrl+up arrow key |
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Jump to begin |
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Ctrl+down arrow key |
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Jump to end |
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Ctrl+left arrow key |
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Step 1 sample (or frame) backward |
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Ctrl+right arrow key |
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Step 1 sample (or frame) forward |
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(no shortcut) |
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Loops the video (only for Integrated Visualization) |
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Ctrl+9 |
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Play forward at the speed selected. When playing back the tracks, one step forward corresponds to the time interval for the sample rate used for tracking. For example, 0.04 seconds if the sample rate is 25/s. |
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Ctrl+Shift+4 |
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Play backward. When playing back the tracks, one step backward corresponds to the time interval for the sample rate used for tracking. |
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Ctrl+0 |
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Pause / stop |
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Ctrl+. |
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Zoom x2 (Track Visualization, Heatmaps and variable plots in Integrated Visualization) |
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Ctrl+, |
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Zoom x1/2 (Track Visualization, Heatmaps and variable plots in Integrated Visualization) |
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Ctrl+/ |
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Fit all (Track Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+‘ |
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Play forward at speed 0.01x (Visualization only) Note: This is the key left to the key 1 on the international keyboard |
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Ctrl+1 |
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Play forward at speed 0.04x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+2 |
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Play forward at speed 0.2x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+3 |
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Play forward at speed 0.5x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+4 |
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Play forward at speed 1x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+5 |
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Play forward at speed 2x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+6 |
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Play forward at speed 4x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+7 |
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Play forward at speed 8x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+8 |
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Play forward at speed 16x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+’ |
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Play backward at speed 0.01x (Visualization only) Note: This is the key left to the key 1 on the international keyboard |
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Ctrl+Shift+1 |
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Play backward at speed 0.04x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+2 |
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Play backward at speed 0.2x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+3 |
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Play backward at speed 0.5x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+4 |
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Play backward at speed 1x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+5 |
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Play backward at speed 2x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+6 |
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Play backward at speed 4x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+7 |
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Play backward at speed 8x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+Shift+8 |
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Play backward at speed 16x (Visualization only) |
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Ctrl+F3 |
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New trial (Acquisition only) |
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Ctrl+F5 |
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Start trial (Acquisition only) |
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Ctrl+F6 |
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Stop trial (Acquisition only) |
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Ctrl + + |
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Playback speed one step up. The current speed is shown next to this button. Note: It does not work with the key + on the numerical keyboard. |
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Ctrl + - |
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Playback speed one step down Note: It does not work with the key - on the numerical keyboard. |
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(no shortcut) |
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Reset the background (grabs the current video frame and uses it as background) |
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(no shortcut) |
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Skip trial |
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(no shortcut) |
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Optimize tracking speed |
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(no shortcut) |
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Starts screen recording (Integrated Visualization only) |
See also Windows – General and Normal Grids shortcut keys.
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Del |
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Delete selected element |
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Ctrl+J |
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Validate the Arena Settings |
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V |
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Normal (arrow) mode |
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R |
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Rotation mode |
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P |
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Point edit mode |
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L |
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Draw lines |
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S |
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Draw rectangle |
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O |
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Draw open polyline |
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Y |
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Draw closed polyline |
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E |
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Ellipse |
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T |
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3-Point circle |
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I |
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Subdivided circle |
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U |
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Subdivided rectangle |
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Z |
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Add zone label |
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A |
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Auto label zone |
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C |
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Add point |
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Up arrow key |
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Nudge selected element smallest resolution unit up |
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Down arrow key |
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Nudge selected element smallest resolution unit down |
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Left arrow key |
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Nudge selected element smallest resolution unit left |
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Right arrow key |
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Nudge selected element smallest resolution unit right |
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Shift+arrow key |
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Nudge 10x |
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Ctrl+. |
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Zoom in the background image and arena elements |
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Ctrl+, |
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Zoom out the background image and arena elements |
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Ctrl+B |
Add a behavior category |
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Ctrl+V |
Validate the current coding scheme |
See Windows – General and Row-select Grids shortcut keys.
See Windows – General and Row-select Grids shortcut keys. The following shortcut keys for playing back the video file work in the Detection Settings window.
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Ctrl+up arrow key |
Jump to begin |
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Ctrl+down arrow key |
Jump to end |
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Ctrl+left arrow key |
Step -1 sample |
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Ctrl+right arrow key |
Step +1 sample |
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Ctrl+9 |
Play forward |
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Ctrl+0 |
Pause / stop |
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Ctrl+E |
Open the Auto Select window |
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W |
Swap nose and tail in selection |
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Ctrl+F |
Open the Fix Nose-Tail swaps window |
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D |
Swap subjects in selection |
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Ctrl+Del |
Set selection to missing |
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Ctrl+I |
Interpolate selection |
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Ctrl+Shift+I |
Interpolate only center-points |
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Ctrl+M |
Set tail-base points to missing |
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Ctrl+Shift+M |
Set nose points to missing |
The shortcut keys for playing back the video files, listed in Playback Control, Acquisition and Visualization also work in the Track Editor screen.
▪For the Components pane: see Row-select grids
▪For the Dependent Variables list: see Trial List and other grids
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C |
Refresh the statistics results table |
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B |
Start batch analysis |
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E |
Export the statistics results table |