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Version 4.5.2

Keyboard shortcuts

C.1

Navigation and editing

This table gives a useful overview of QF-Test's basic and advanced navigation and editing keyboard shortcuts:

File Navigation
Windows/Linux	macOS	Function
[Control-N]	[⌘-N]	New
[Control-O]	[⌘-O]	Open
[Control-S]	[⌘-S]	Save
-	[⇧⌘-S]	Save as
Basic Editing
[Control-Z]	[⌘-Z]	Undo last change
[Control-Y]	[⇧⌘-Z]	Redo last change
Search and Replace
[Control-F]	[⌘-F]	Search
[F3]	[F3]	Continue previous search
[Control-G]	[⌘-G]	Search again
[Control-H]	[⌃-H]	Replace
Workbench View
[Control-PageDown]	[⌃-⇟]	Next test-suite
[Control-PageUp]	[⌃-⇞]	Previous test-suite
[Alt-1, 2, ... 9]	[⌘-1, 2, ... 9]	Switch to 1st, 2nd, ... 9th testsuite
[F5]	[⌘-R]	Refresh project directory
[Shift-F5]	[⇧⌘-R]	Rescan project directory
[F6]	[F6]	Switch focus back and forth between suite and project view
[Shift-F6]	[⇧-F6]	Select the current suite in the project tree, showing the project if necessary
[Control-F6]	[⌃-F6]	Switch to previously active suite. Keep [Control] pressed and type [F6] again to move further back. Simultaneously pressing [Shift] reverses the direction
[Control-L]	[⌃-L]	Open latest run-log
-	[⌃⌘-F]	Toggle Full Screen
-	[⌘-,]	Open Options
-	[⌘-W]	Close Testsuite
[Alt-F4]	[⌘-Q]	Close QF-Test
Tree View
[Up] / [Down] / [Right] / [Left]	[↑] / [↓] / [→] / [←]	Basic navigation
[Alt-Up]	[⌥-↑]	Jump to previous sibling of node
[Alt-Down]	[⌥-↓]	Jump to next sibling of node
[Alt-Right]	[⌥-→]	Expand node recursively
[Alt-Left]	[⌥-←]	Collapse node recursively
[Shift-Up]	[⇧-↑]	Extend selection upwards
[Shift-Down]	[⇧-↓]	Extend selection downwards
[Control-Up]	[⌃-↑]	Move upwards without affecting selection
[Control-Down]	[⌃-↓]	Move downwards without affecting selection
[Control-Right]	[⌃-→]	Scroll tree right
[Control-Left]	[⌃-←]	Scroll tree left
[Space]	[Space]	Toggle selection of current node
[Control-Backspace]	[⌃-⌫]	Jump to last visited node
[Shift-Control-Backspace]	[⌃⇧-⌫]	Jump to next selected node
[Control-.]	[⌃-.]	Clean tree
[Alt-Return]	[⌥-↩]	Bring up node properties window
[Shift-F10] / [Windows context menu key]	[⇧-F10]	Bring up node popup menu
[F2]	[F2]	Mark name or QF-Test ID of node in order to rename it
Tables
[Shift-Insert]	[⌥-↓]	Insert new row
[Shift-Return]	[⇧-↩]	Edit selected row
[Shift-Delete]	[⇧-⌦]	Delete selected row
[Shift-Control-Up]	[⌃⇧-↑]	Move selected row up
[Shift-Control-Down]	[⌃⇧-↓]	Move selected row down
[F2]	[F2]	Edit selected value
[Return]	[↩]	Confirm changes
[Escape]	[↩]	Discard changes
[Shift/Control-Up/Down]	[⌃/⇧-↑/↓]	Multi selection
[Control-X / C / V]	[⌘-X / C / V]	Cut / Copy / Paste
Code Editor
[Control-Space]	[⌃-Space]	Open available QF-Test variables for scripts or for dedicated nodes open a list of available methods.
[Control-P]	[⌃-P]	Find procedure definition (for lines which call a procedure)
[Control-T]	[⌃-T]	Find test definition (for lines which call a test)
[Control-W]	[⌃-W]	Find component (for lines which refer to a component)
[Alt-Up]	[⌃⌘-↑]	Move line(s) up
[Alt-Down]	[⌃⌘-↓]	Move line(s) down
[Shift-Return]	[⇧-↩]	Insert an empty line after the current line
Multi-line Text Elements
[Control-TAB]	[⌃-⇥]	Move focus to next attribute
[Shift-Control-TAB]	[⌃⇧-⇥]	Move focus to previous attribute
[Control-Return]	[⌘-↩]	Confirm changes
For 'Procedure call' nodes
[Control-P]	[⌃-P]	Find procedure definition
For nodes with a 'QF-Test component ID' attribute
[Control-W]	[⌃-W]	Find component
For 'Test call' nodes
[Control-P]	[⌃-P]	Find called test definition
For 'Dependency reference' nodes
[Control-P]	[⌃-P]	Find dependency definition
Run-log
[Control-I]	[⌃-I]	Open error list dialog
[Control-N]	[⌃-N]	Find next error
[Shift-Control-N]	[⌃⇧-N]	Find previous error
[Control-T]	[⌃-T]	Find node in test-suite
[Control-W]	[⌃-W]	Find next warning
[Shift-Control-W]	[⌃⇧-W]	Find previous warning
[Shift-Control-Return]	[⌘⇧-↩]	Show text in external editor
-	[⌘-W]	Close run-log
Advanced Editing
[Control-A]	[⌃-A]	Inserting a procedure call
[Control-D]	[⌃-D]	Add selected node to bookmarks
[Shift-Control-D]	[⌃⇧-D]	Toggle disabled state of selected nodes
[Control-I]	[⌃-I]	Find references of node Available for components, tests, dependencies and procedures
[Shift-Control-I]	[⌃⇧-I]	Pack selected nodes into if-sequence
[Shift-Control-P]	[⌃⇧-P]	Transform selected nodes into procedure Available only valid for sequence and similar nodes
[Shift-Control-S]	[⌃⇧-S]	Pack selected nodes into sequence
[Shift-Control-T]	[⌃⇧-T]	Pack selected nodes into test-step
[Shift-Control-Y]	[⌃⇧-Y]	Pack selected nodes into try/catch

Table C.1: Shortcuts for navigation and editing

C.2

Record and replay functions

The following table contains important shortcuts for record and replay functions, which partly work also outside of QF-Test, i.e. directly in the SUT:

Replay
Windows/Linux	macOS	Function
[Return]	[↩]	Play (execute current node)
[F9]	[F9]	Pause
[Alt-F12] (configurable)	[⌥-F12] (configurable)	Pause testrun (Don't Panic)
Record
[F11] (configurable)	[F11] (configurable)	Toggle "Record mode"
Record Checks
[F12] (configurable)	[F12] (configurable)	Toggle "Check mode"
[Left Mouse Button]	[Primary Click]	Record default check
[Right Mouse Button]	[Secondary Click]	Show list with available checks
Record Components
[Shift-F11] (configurable)	[⇧-F11] (configurable)	Toggle "Record single component mode"
[Control-V]	[⌘-V]	Paste recorded QF-Test component ID from clipboard
[Control-Backspace]	[⌃-⌫]	Jump to last recorded component
[Control-F11] (configurable)	[⌃-F11] (configurable)	Toggle "Record multiple components mode"
Record Procedures
[Shift-F12] (configurable)	[⇧-F12] (configurable)	Toggle "Record procedures mode"
[Control-F12] (configurable)	[⌃-F12] (configurable)	Toggle "Record multiple procedures mode"
Debugger
[F7]	[F7]	Step in
[F8]	[F8]	Step over
[Control-F7]	[⌃-F7]	Step out
[Shift-F9]	[⇧-F9]	Skip over
[Control-F9]	[⌃-F9]	Skip out
[Control-F8]	[⇧⌘-B]	Breakpoint on/off
[Control-J]	[⌃-J]	Jump to run-log
[Control-,]	[⌃-,]	Continue execution from currently selected node

Table C.2: Shortcuts for special record and replay functions

C.3

Keyboard helper

The following graphic may help to easily remember the assignment of functional keys used by QF-Test. It is intended to be printed, cut out and fixed above the area of functional keys F5 to F12 of your keyboard.

Figure C.1: Keyboard helper