Best Shortcuts in CircuitMaker by Altium

Here’s a list of the most useful shortcuts in CM - more graphical and intuitive than the built in shortcut list (Ribbon Bar->View->Shortcuts).

Above - Shortcut List Location

Pro Tip: When the tools aren’t working correctly, press ESC a few times.

Schematic Shortcuts

Crtl+Scroll	Zoom
Center Button - Click Hold and Drag	Zoom
Pg Up/Down	Zoom (Great for laptops)
Right Button - Click Hold Drag	Pan
Ctrl+A	Select A ll
Crtl+C	C opy
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+D	D uplicate
W	W ire (for opening wiring tool)
Space	Change Wiring Path - Only works when wiring
Shift+Space	Change Wiring Angles - Only works when wiring
Space	Rotate Selected Object
Tab or Double Click	Edit Properties of selected object
G	Toggle G rid Size (look in bottom left-hand corner)
Z	Add Ground
V	Add V CC (press TAB to quickly change net name)
T	T ext (press TAB to change text)
N	N et Label (press TAB to change text)
C	Place C omponent
X	Flip left/right (X -Axis)
Y	Flip up/down (Y -Axis)
Esc	E xit Tool
Ctrl+Tab	Go to Next Tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Go to Previous Tab

PCB Shortcuts

Crtl+Scroll	Zoom
Center Button - Click Hold and Drag	Zoom
Pg Up/Down	Zoom (Great for laptops)
Shift+Pg Up/Down	Precise Zoom (Great for laptops)
Right Button - Click Hold Drag	Pan
Esc	Exit Tool (so very useful)
Ctrl+A	Select All
Crtl+C	Copy
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+V	Paste
R	Route Trace
Space	Change Routing Path - Only works when routing
Shift+Space	Change Routing Angles - Only works when routing
Space	Rotate Selected Object
G	Toggle Grid Size (look in bottom left-hand corner)
Shift+S	Single Layer View (Toggle visibility of all layers except for the active layer)
Backspace	Undo Trace Segements of selected trace
Tab or Double Click	Edit Properties of selected object

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