Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Reference

Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Reference

Waveform Navigation

Input     Action
Space     Start or stop capture
Scroll wheel (up)     Zoom in, centered on mouse position
Scroll wheel (down)     Zoom out, centered on mouse position
I     Zoom in at current mouse position
O     Zoom out at current mouse position
Left-click drag     Pan the waveform left or right
Arrow Right     On a focused text/bus/packet row, jump to the next decoded event; on other rows, nudge the waveform right by a small step
Arrow Left     On a focused text/bus/packet row, jump to the previous decoded event; on other rows, nudge the waveform left by a small step
ZOOM ALL button     Fit entire capture on screen
DISPLAY LIVE DATA button     Jump to end of capture and resume auto-scroll

Trigger Navigation (Status Bar)

Button     Action
<<     Previous trigger if one is on screen; otherwise pan left half-screen. Auto-repeats while held.
CENTER TRIGGER     Re-center the most recent trigger horizontally in the window. Disabled when no trigger has fired.
>>     Next trigger if one is on screen; otherwise pan right half-screen. Auto-repeats while held.
APPLY CHANGES     Reprocess the capture with current Custom Decoders, Packet Presenters, and Trigger Search settings. Enabled only when settings have changed and no live capture is running.

See Buffer & Triggers for the full trigger reference.

Cursor Placement

Input     Action
Double left-click     Place X1 cursor at that position
1 (while hovering over waveform)     Place X1 cursor at current mouse position
Double right-click     Place X2 cursor at that position
2 (while hovering over waveform)     Place X2 cursor at current mouse position
Single left-click     Anchor the decoded-data list at the clicked time (pauses live auto-scroll). The Current Cursor keeps following the mouse
Right-click drag     Select a time range (places X1 and X2 simultaneously); releases a context menu
Escape     Cancel a right-click drag in progress before releasing the mouse

Range Export (Context Menu after Right-Click Drag)

Shortcut     Action
Ctrl+C     Copy AI Snapshot from the selected range
Ctrl+Shift+C     Copy decoded data as CSV from the selected range

File Operations

No File menu items have keyboard shortcut accelerators. All file operations are invoked through the File menu.


List Tab Navigation

Key     Action
Arrow Up     Scroll List tab up one row
Arrow Down     Scroll List tab down one row
Page Up     Scroll List tab up one page
Page Down     Scroll List tab down one page

Notes Editor

These shortcuts are active when the text cursor is in the Notes editor (Notes tab).

Shortcut     Action
Ctrl+Z     Undo
Ctrl+Y     Redo
Ctrl+X     Cut selected text
Ctrl+C     Copy selected text
Ctrl+V     Paste
Ctrl+B     Bold
Ctrl+I     Italic
Ctrl+U     Underline
Ctrl+-     Insert bullet (unordered) list
Ctrl+=     Insert ordered (numbered) list
Ctrl+,     Decrease indentation
Ctrl+.     Increase indentation

The Notes editor toolbar also has buttons for Remove character formatting and Remove all formatting; neither has a keyboard shortcut.

Mouse Reference Summary

Mouse Action     Where     Result
Scroll wheel     Waveform panel     Zoom in/out centered on mouse
Two-finger scroll (trackpad)     Waveform panel     Zoom in/out
Two-finger swipe sideways (trackpad)     Waveform panel     Pan left/right
Left-click drag     Waveform panel     Pan left/right
Double left-click     Waveform panel     Place X1 cursor
Double right-click     Waveform panel     Place X2 cursor
Single left-click     Waveform panel     Anchor decoded list at clicked time; pause auto-scroll
Right-click drag     Waveform panel     Select time range for export or snapshot
Right-click drag     List tab     Select row range for export or snapshot
Left-click     Decoded text event in waveform     Scroll List tab to that event
Left-click     Row in List tab     Scroll waveform to that timestamp
Left-click     Active Debug Port event in waveform     Show source code line in Source Code tab
Right-click     Active Debug Port event in waveform     Context menu with Show Source Code option
Double-click     Channel name in Name column     Rename channel (press Enter to confirm)
Left-click drag     Channel row tab in Name column     Reorder channel position
Left-click     Group header row     Collapse or expand the channel group

Clicks on the trigger status badge pass through to the waveform below. To center the most recent trigger in the view, use the CENTER TRIGGER button in the status bar.

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