| Keyboard shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Esc | Closes the dialog boxes; Activates the Selection tool if there is no selection on the canvas (The default selection tool will be the active tool) |
| Del | Deletes any selection on the canvas, and deletes an atom or bond for hover-over without selection, too |
| Ctrl+Del | Clears the canvas |
| Ctrl+O | Opens the Import dialog |
| Ctrl+S | Opens the Export dialog |
| Ctrl+Z | Performs undo action |
| Ctrl+Y | Performs redo action |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Enter | Zoom All |
| Ctrl + Enter | Zoom to selection |
| Ctrl + D | Activates the Drawing tool |
| Keyboard shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| D | Places the deuterium atom symbol on the cursor. |
| T | Places the tritium atom symbol on the cursor. |
| R+Space | Opens the R-group dialog. |
| . | Opens the Atom query properties dialog. |
| Space | Opens the Abbreviated groups dialog. |
| Alt+1-9 | Places atom map labels 1-9 |
| Keyboard Shortcut | Bond type |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+D | Drawing |
| 1 | Single bond |
| 2 | Double bond |
| 3 | Triple bond |
| 4 | Aromatic bond |
| 5 | Single Up wedge bond |
| 6 | Single Down wedge bond |
| 7 | Single Up or Down query bond |
| - | Double Cis or Trans query bond |
| - | Double C/T or Unspecified query bond |
| 12 | Single or Double query bond |
| 14 | Single or Aromatic query bond |
| 24 | Double or Aromatic query bond |
| 0 | Any query bond |
| - | Coordinate bond |
| Context of usage | Function |
|---|---|
| During 3D rotation with dragging the mouse cursor | Sets the rotation to the horizontal and vertical axis. |
| Atom or abbreviation drawing | Sprouting from an atom. |
| During merging template to an atom or bond | Before releasing the left mouse button, pressing Shift button repeatedly rotates the template to the right orientation. |
| Selection | More than one unconnected structural parts can be selected simultaneously. |
| Bond drawing by bond tool | Changes the direction of the newly formed bond. |
| Drawing tool | The drawing points are forming a pentagon instead of hexagon. |
| Rotating | Sequential rotation instead of incremental. |
| Moving the rotation center | Prevents the center from snapping to its original place, if the new center is too close to the original. |
| Abbreviated group drawing | Expands the abbreviated group before merging to the canvas. |