Keyboard Shortcuts


Skipper has a support for two different types of keyboard shortcuts to ease your work. The first type is general keyboard shortcuts available through combination of keystrokes, the second is ribbon keyboard shortcuts based on command names and groups.

General keyboard shortcuts

Each action in Skipper has its own keyboard shortcut. The shortcut reveals itself if you hold a mouse cursor above the chosen tool in a ribbon menu.

Skipper General keyboard shortcuts

Below you can find a complete list of action shortcuts. In case action have more than one shortcut, these shortcuts are separated by comma.

Visual model shortcuts Shortcut
Arrow (selection tool) CTRL + 1
Move Model CTRL + 2
Zoom Model CTRL + 3
Create Entity CTRL + E or CTRL + T
Create Region CTRL + G
Create Comment CTRL + C
Create Inheritance CTRL + I
Create Association CTRL + A or CTRL + R
Create Many-to-Many CTRL + M
Create Module CTRL + D
Zoom Model to actual size (100%) CTRL + 0
Zoom Model to window CTRL + *
New Project CTRL + N
Open Project CTRL + O
Save Project CTRL + S
Save As … CTRL + SHIFT + S
Export Project CTRL + SHIFT + E
Close Project CTRL + W
Edit selected element ENTER
Delete selected element DEL
Editor shortcuts Shortcut Windows Shortcut OS X
Add field to last position INSERT CMD + I
Add field to current position SHIFT + INSERT CMD + SHIFT + I
Delete field DEL CMD + D
Item Up CTRL + UP CMD + UP
Item Down CTRL + DOWN CMD + DOWN
Item First CTRL + SHIFT + UP CMD + SHIFT + UP
Item Last CTRL + SHIFT + DOWN CMD + SHIFT + DOWN

Note: If you are missing some hotkey let us know via our support site and we will add it.

Ribbon shortcuts

You can bring up ribbon shortcuts by pressing Alt key. Then press highlighted letter on your keyboard. Usually letters are assigned according to the initial letter of the item, but in case of multiple matches more letters are used.

Skipper Ribbon shortcuts