Appendix A: Useful Keyboard Shortcut Keys

A number of keyboard shortcuts exist which will help you with the training course. The shortcut keys, their scope and functions are defined as follows:

Useful Default Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Scope	Menu Item	Function
Ctrl+E	Schematic	Hierarchy > Descend Into	Descends into the selected Schematic Component
Ctrl+U	Schematic	Hierarchy > Ascend	Ascends to the parent schematic from a Schematic Component
H	Schematic	Hierarchy > Place Module Port	Places a module port on a Schematic Component
Home	Schematic/Waveform Viewer	View > Zoom to Fit	Zooms a schematic or graph to fit the screen
Shift+F12	Schematic/Waveform Viewer	View > Zoom In	Zooms in on a schematic or graph
F12	Schematic/Waveform Viewer	View > Zoom Out	Zooms out on a schematic or graph
5	Schematic	Schematic context: Edit/Add Properties...	Edits symbol properties
C	Waveform Viewer	Cursors > Toggle On/Off	Toggles the cursor status
9	Schematic	Edit > Highlight by Net...	Highlight net
0	Schematic	Edit > Unhighlight (All Open Sheets)	Unhighlights all open sheets
S	Schematic	Hierarchy > Open/Create Symbol for Schematic...	Opens the symbol for the current sxcmp file
Shift+S	Schematic	Schematic context: Edit Symbol	Edits the selected symbol
P	Symbol	Property/Pin > Edit Properties...	Edits the Symbol Properties
Ctrl+S	All	File > Save Schematic	Saves the current schematic/symbol/graph
Delete	Graph	Edit > Delete	Deletes selected curves
Ctrl+O	Schematic	File > Open...	Opens a schematic
Ctrl+Space	Schematic	Simulator > Show SIMPLIS Status Window	Shows the SIMPLIS Status Window
F8	Schematic	Simulator > Choose Analysis...	Opens the Choose Analysis Dialog
Ctrl+P	Schematic	Probe > More Probe Functions...	Opens advanced random probing menu