Keyboard Shortcuts

Most shortcuts require a loaded source. Click the canvas first if the side panel currently owns keyboard focus.

Application

Shortcut	Action
Esc	Toggle the side drawer.
Windows/Linux Ctrl+G, macOS Cmd+G	Go to sample/time/UTC position.
Windows/Linux Ctrl+Left, macOS Cmd+Left	Previous comparison source.
Windows/Linux Ctrl+Right, macOS Cmd+Right	Next comparison source.

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Left / Right	Pan time.
Up / Down	Pan channels.
Page Up / Page Down	Page channels.
Alt+Up / Alt+Down	Alternative page channel controls.

Display Scale

Shortcut	Action
X	Increase time compression.
Shift+X	Decrease time compression.
Y	Increase channel compression.
Shift+Y	Decrease channel compression.
F	Fit channels into the Y buffer.
Shift+F	Reset Y compression.
A	Reduce display aspect.
Shift+A	Increase display aspect.

Realtime Playback

Shortcut	Action
R	Toggle realtime auto-scroll.
S	Stop realtime auto-scroll.
+ / =	Speed up playback.
- / _	Slow down playback.
1..8	Select configured realtime sample-rate presets.

Diagnostics

Shortcut	Action
P	Print realtime debug stats.
Shift+P	Print showcase timing and memory stats.
B	Run a short throughput benchmark.
M	Print memory snapshot history when available.

Annotation

Shortcut / gesture	Action
Ctrl+drag in BBox mode	Draw bbox.
Ctrl+click, then click in Polyline mode	Build polyline.
Enter / Right-click	Finish current polyline.
Esc	Cancel current draw/edit session.
Drag selected bbox handle	Resize bbox.
Drag selected polyline vertex	Move vertex.
Shift+click polyline segment	Insert vertex.
Alt/Option+click polyline vertex	Delete vertex.
Ctrl+drag in Mask Brush mode	Paint selected/new mask.
Shift while mask painting	Erase.
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y	Mask brush undo/redo.

On macOS, annotation drawing uses the Control key for canvas gestures. Cmd+G is only the application-level Go To shortcut.