9. Keyboard Shortcuts¶
Almost all functionality is accessible from the menu of the editor window or through keyboard shortcuts. The following shortcuts are available (On macOS use the Command key instead of Ctrl/Control).
Shortcut |
Function |
Shortcut |
Function |
Shortcut |
Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ctrl+N |
New File |
Ctrl+Z |
Undo edit |
Ctrl+Enter |
Run Input |
Ctrl+O |
Open File |
Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Redo edit |
Ctrl+/ |
Stop Active Run |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
View Text File |
Ctrl+C |
Copy text |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
Set Variables |
Ctrl+S |
Save File |
Ctrl+X |
Cut text |
Ctrl+I |
Snapshot Image |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save File As |
Ctrl+V |
Paste text |
Ctrl+L |
Slide Show |
Ctrl+Q |
Quit Application |
Ctrl+A |
Select All |
Ctrl+F |
Find and Replace |
Ctrl+W |
Close Window |
TAB |
Reformat line |
Shift+TAB |
Show Completions |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
Run File |
Ctrl+Shift+W |
Show Variables |
Ctrl+P |
Preferences |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
About GUI |
Ctrl+Shift+H |
Quick Help |
Ctrl+Shift+G |
LAMMPS-GUI Docs |
Ctrl+Shift+R |
Inspect Restart File |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
View in OVITO |
Ctrl+Shift+D |
View in VMD |
Ctrl+Shift+L |
Output Window |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Charts Window |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
Image Window |
Ctrl+Shift+M |
LAMMPS Manual |
Ctrl+? |
Context Help |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
LAMMPS Tutorial |
Ctrl+Shift+U |
Update LAMMPS |
Ctrl+Home |
Go to Home |
Ctrl+End |
Go to End |
Ctrl+Shift+J |
View Image or Movie File(s) |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
Plot Data File |
Ctrl+E |
Extend Run |
Ctrl+K |
Check Input via Heuristics |
Ctrl+Shift+K |
Check Input via Dry Run |
Ctrl+Shift+X |
Command Window |
Further keybindings of the editor window are documented with the Qt documentation. In case of conflicts the list above takes precedence.
All other windows only support a subset of keyboard shortcuts listed above. Typically, the shortcuts Ctrl-/ (Stop Run), Ctrl-W (Close Window), and Ctrl-Q (Quit Application) are supported. Some sub-windows also rebind shortcuts for window-specific actions:
Output window: Ctrl-N jumps to the next warning or error, Ctrl-S saves the captured log to a file, Ctrl-Y exports any embedded YAML data, Ctrl-Enter runs the current input buffer.
Image Viewer window: Ctrl-S saves the rendered image, Ctrl-C copies it to the clipboard, Ctrl-D copies the
dump image/dump_modifycommands to the clipboard.Slide Show window: Ctrl-S saves the currently displayed image, Ctrl-C copies it to the clipboard, Ctrl-E exports the image sequence to a movie file.
With the Combined Main Window layout the sub-windows are panels docked into the main window, and a shortcut a panel shares with the main window (for example Ctrl-S) is left to the main window; the panel’s own function remains available from its menu entry.
That layout also has keyboard shortcuts for moving between the panels:
F6 moves the keyboard focus to the next panel and Shift-F6 to the previous one, walking the editor, the group on the right and the group across the bottom in turn and wrapping around at either end. A panel that shares a tab group with others is reached this way when its tab is the one in front; the transient panels – a text viewer, an inspected file, a plot of a data file – are walked like any other.
The shortcut that opens a panel also returns to it: pressing it while the panel is on screen but is not the one being worked in moves the focus there instead of hiding it, and pressing it again – with the focus in the panel by then – hides it as before. With individual windows the shortcut toggles the window as it always has, since there the stacking and the focus belong to the window manager.
