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A Quick Orientation to the User Interface
Action | Windows | Mac |
Open the Object | double click | double click |
Perform Action on the Object | Left or Right mouse click | Ctrl-click on a 1-button mouse |
Tips and Tricks
Task | How |
Close All Open Windows | On empty spot, right mouse click > [Close All] |
Keyboard Shortcuts
ShortCut | Description |
Ctrl-w | Closes the currently focused window |
Ctrl-n | When a view of a listing is in focus, a shortcut for the command New on the listing's elements type. For example, if viewing a listing of Persons, instead of right-clicking New in the titlebar, just press Ctrl-n |
Ctrl-f | A shortcut that is active in listings, that places the focus on the search field |
F12 | Invokes JExplose, a feature similar to Apple's Exposé, that will automatically scale and sort all of the windows on your desktop in order to facilitate the selection and management of multiple windows. This feature can also be invoked from the Desktop's context menu (right-click on an empty spot on your desktop to bring up this menu). |
Ctrl-Scrollwheel | In the context of a calendar window, can change the resolution of the calendar cells from one minute to one hour using this gesture (for either day view and week view). |
Ctrl-I | Invoke visual command interface (similar to quicksilver or gnome-do) |
Ctrl-q | Quit the application |
ShortCut | Description |
Alt-l | Save And Close |
Alt-E | Edit |
Alt-S | Save |
Alt-C | Cancel |
Alt-R | Refresh |