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## Shortcuts

Table 3.7. General Shortcuts

Shortcuts | Description
--- | ---
ctrl-1 | brings the score tab into focus
ctrl-2 | brings the orchestra tab into focus
ctrl-3 | brings the tables tab into focus
ctrl-4 | brings the globals tab into focus
ctrl-5 | brings the project properties tab into focus
ctrl-6 | brings the soundfile tab into focus
alt-right | brings the next manager tab into focus
alt-left | brings the previous manager tab into focus
F9 | start/stop a render (equivalent to pressing the render/stop button)
ctrl-g | generate a CSD file
ctrl-shift-g | generate a CSD to screen (for previewing)
ctrl-o | open a work file
ctrl-s | save work file (must use "Save as" from file menu if a new work file)
ctrl-w | close the current work file
alt-F4 | close Blue

Table 3.8. Rendering

Shortcuts | Description
--- | ---
F9 | Render project using project's real-time render options
shift-F9 | Render to Disk and Play using project's disk render options and playing with Blue's builtin sound file player
ctrl-shift-F9 | Render to Disk using project's disk render options

Table 3.9. Score Timeline

Shortcuts | Description
--- | ---
ctrl-c | copy selected soundObject(s)
ctrl-x | cut selected soundObject(s)
ctrl-d | duplicate selected soundObject(s) and place directly after originals
ctrl-r | the repeat selected SoundObjects by copying and placing one after the other n number of times where n is a number value entered by the user (user is prompted with a dialog to enter number of times to repeat)
ctrl-click | paste soundObject(s) from buffer where clicked
shift-click | on timeline, paste soundObjects from buffer as a PolyObject where clicked, if only one sound object is in the buffer it will be pasted as the type it is and not a PolyObject
shift-click | when selecting soundObjects, adds soundObject to selected if not currently selected and vice-versa
double-click | if selecting on timeline, select all soundObjects on layer where mouse clicked
ctrl-t | show quick time dialog
right click | pops up a popup menu for adding soundObjects and other tasks
left click + drag | creates a selection marquee for selecting multiple soundObjects (when Score mode)
alt-1 | switch to Score mode
alt-2 | switch to Single Line mode
alt-3 | switch to Mult Line mode
left | nudge selected soundObjects one pixel to the left
right | nudge selected soundObject one pixel to the right
shift-left | nudge selected soundObjects ten pixels to the left
shift-right | nudge selected soundObjects ten pixels to the right
up | move selected soundObjects up one layer
down | move selected soundObjects down one layer
ctrl-left | decrease horizontal zoom
ctrl-right | incrase horizontal zoom

Table 3.10. Orchestra Manager

Shortcuts | Description
--- | ---
ctrl-left click | if on the column header of the instruments table, will enable/disable all instruments

Table 3.11. In a text box

Shortcuts | Description
--- | ---
right click | pops up a popup menu that contains entries for opcodes as well as user-defined entries from the code repository
ctrl-space | brings up a dialog that shows all possible opcode matches for the current word being typed in (code completion)
shift-F1 | if cursor is within a word that is an opcode, attempts to look up manual entry for that opcode
shift-F2 | if cursor is within a word that is an opcode, attempts to find a manual example CSD for that opcode and if found opens a dialog showing the example
ctrl-; | comment out line or selected lines (prepends ";" to every line)
ctrl-shift-; | uncomment out line or selected lines (removes ";" at beginning of every line if found)

Table 3.12. Editing GenericScore, PythonObject, JavaScriptObject

Shortcuts | Description
--- | ---
ctrl-T | when the text area is focused, ctrl-T runs test on the soundObject (same as pressing the test button)

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