Quick Reference Guide

Keyboard Shortcuts Tools Palette

File Tool Icon Description
Ctrl-N Create new VI Ctrl-Z Undo last action Right-Click Display controls/ Automatic Automatically choose the
Ctrl-S Save VI Ctrl-Shift-Z Redo last action functions palette Tool Selection appropriate tool
Ctrl-P Print Shift-Right- Display tools palette
Operate Click
Edit Operating Change the value of a control or select
Ctrl-R Run VI Ctrl-T Tile block diagram and front
Ctrl-V Paste object Tool the text within a control
Ctrl-. Abort VI panel windows
Ctrl-U Clean up diagram
Ctrl-Space Activate quick drop Window
Help
Ctrl-B Remove broken wires Positioning Position, resize, and
Ctrl-H Display context help Tool select objects
Ctrl-E Display block diagram/
Ctrl-C Copy an object front panel
Ctrl-X Cut object
Labeling Edit text and create
Tool free labels
Editing Tools Debugging Tools
Tool Icon Description Tool Icon Description Wiring Tool Wire objects together
on a block diagram
Show Context Display the context help window Run Execute the VI
Help
List Errors List errors that prevent the VI from running Scrolling Tool Scroll the window without using the
Text Settings Change the font setting for the VI, scroll bars
including size, style, and color
Run Execute the VI continuously until abort or
Continuously pause is pressed Breakpoint Set breakpoints on VIs, functions,
Align Objects Align selected objects Tool (Used for wires, loops, sequences, and cases
Abort Stop VI execution immediately debugging)
Execution
Distribute Objects Space objects evenly
Execution Animate data movement on the block Probe Tool Create probes on wires and display
Highlighting diagram wires (Used for intermediate values on a wire in a
debugging) running VI
Resize Objects Resize multiple front panel objects to
the same size Pause Temporarily stop execution to debug a
portion of the VI
Get Color Copy colors for pasting with the
Reorder Reorder the layers of Step Into Single-step into a subVI or Tool Color Tool
the objects structure to debug it
Clean Up Rearrange wires and objects on the Step Over Execute a subVI or structure and Coloring Tool Set the foreground and
Diagram block diagram pause at the next one background colors

Enter Appears when a new value is available Step Out Execute a subVI or structure and resume
to replace an old value single-stepping
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