Keyboard shortcuts

Navigation and editing

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

Windows/LinuxmacOSFunction
File Navigation
[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
[Control-Shift-PageDown][Control-Shift-⇟]Change current and next suite
[Control-Shift-PageUp][Control-Shift-⇞]Change current and previous 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
[Shift-Control-Right][⌃⇧-→]For variables: Forward parameters, i.e. x -> $(x)
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-7][⌃-7]Inserting a comment node
[Shift-Control-7][⌃⇧-7]Inserting a comment node above the currently selected node
[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

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:

Windows/LinuxmacOSFunction
Replay
[Return][↩]Play (execute current node)
[F9][F9]Pause
[Alt-F12] (configurable)[⌥-F12] (configurable)Pause test run ("Don't Panic" key)
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

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.

Keyboard helper
Figure C.1:  Keyboard helper