Keyboard shortcuts

Many commonly used commands can be accessed quickly through the keyboard. Below is a list of all keyboard shortcuts in InstallMate. For a list of all commands, see Command reference.

Key combination	Command
F1	Show context help
F2	Rename object
F4	Next message
Alt+F4	Exit InstallMate
Ctrl+F4	Close project
Shift+F4	Previous message
F5	Refresh view
Ctrl+F5	Test default build configuration
Shift+F5	Refresh project information
Ctrl+Shift+F5	Test default build configuration As...
Ctrl+F6	Next pane
Shift+F6	Previous pane
F7	Build default configuration
Ctrl+F7	Preflight default configuration
Shift+F7	Build all selected configurations
F8	Next message (same as F4)
Shift+F8	Previous message (same as Shift+F4)
F10	Open main menu
Shift+F10	Open context menu
Del, Delete	Delete (text, project item)
Ctrl+Enter	Insert line break (in multiline text fields)
Esc, Escape	Cancel without changes (various commands) or close menu
Ctrl+Down	Move item down
Ctrl+Up	Move item up
Ctrl+PgDn Ctrl+PageDown	Next project page
Ctrl+PgUp Ctrl+PageUp	Previous project page
Ctrl+A	Select all (text, list items)
Ctrl+B	Apply bold formatting
Ctrl+C	Copy to clipboard (text, project item)
Ctrl+F	Find
Ctrl+H	Replace
Ctrl+I	Apply italic formatting
Ctrl+N	Create new project
Ctrl+O	Open project from file
Ctrl+Shift+O	Open project as copy from file
Ctrl+S	Save project
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save project as
Ctrl+U	Apply underline formatting
Ctrl+V	Paste from clipboard (text, project item)
Ctrl+X	Cut to clipboard (text, project item)
Ctrl+Y	Redo most recently undone edit
Ctrl+Z	Undo most recent edit