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Hotkeys are keyboard shortcuts that allow you to quickly perform specific functions without having to click or navigate. The available hotkey options are summarized in the tables below, grouped by the location in the interface that the keys affect.

For information on mouse interactions and combined mouse and keyboard interactions, see the Mouse (And Keyboard) Interactions page.

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General

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

Ctrl + O

File I/O

Launches the Open File dialog for opening a file

Ctrl + S

Performs an in-place save

Shift + Ctrl + S

Launches the Save File dialog for saving an image file

Ctrl + Alt + R

Reloads the current image

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + [1-9]

Opens the most recent files by the order of the last loaded, starting with 1 as the most recently loaded file

Ctrl + 0

Display

Toggles the display of all object sets and their overlays

Ctrl + [1-9]

Toggles the display of the object sets by their order of appearance, starting with 1 as the first (1st) object set

Ctrl + Shift + [1-9]

Toggles the display of channels by their order of appearance, starting with 1 as the first (1st) channel

Ctrl + Shift + ~

Toggles the display of all channels

Ctrl + A

Selection

Selects all objects

Ctrl + E

Restores the last saved object selection

Ctrl + W

Saves object selection

Delete

Deletes selected objects

Z

Zooms to selected objects

Alt + A

GUI


Opens the Analysis menu with underlined letters that can be pressed to select the corresponding options

Alt + E

Opens the Edit menu  with underlined letters that can be pressed to select the corresponding options; for example, press Alt + E and then A to perform the Select All Objects action

Alt + F

Opens the File menu with underlined letters that can be pressed to select the corresponding options; for example, press Alt + F, then I, and then C to open a window where you can select a classifier for import

Alt + H

Opens the Help menu with underlined letters that can be pressed to select the corresponding options; for example, press Alt + H and then A to open the About window

Alt + V

Opens the View menu with underlined letters that can be pressed to select the corresponding options; for example, press Alt + V and then V to perform the View Action History action

Alt + F4

Quits Aivia

Ctrl + H

Hides all panels except the Image Panel

Ctrl + T

Collapses/Expands all panels except the Image Panel

 (up arrow key)

Navigation

Moves the display to the first time point in the image sequence when the timebar is selected

 (down arrow key)

Moves the display to the last time point in the image sequence when the timebar is selected

(left arrow key)

Ctrl + ,

Moves the display one time point backward in the image sequence

(right arrow key)

Ctrl + .

Moves the display one time point forward in the image sequence

F4

Recipe apply

Applies the current recipe from the beginning on the full sequence

F5

Pauses/Resumes recipe apply

F6

Applies the current recipe one time point forward

Ctrl + Y

Undo/Redo

Redoes last action

Ctrl + Z

Undoes last action

Ctrl + F

Search bar

Focuses the search bar

Main View (2D)

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

- (minus key)

Ctrl + -

Ctrl + ↑

Zoom

Zooms out of field of view (FOV) in steps

+ (plus key)

Ctrl + =

Ctrl + ↓

Zooms in to FOV in steps

` (backquote key)

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F

Sets zoom level to Fit To Screen

1

Sets zoom level to Best Fit

Esc

2

Sets zoom level to 1:1

Ctrl + Alt + ↑

Ctrl + Alt + ↓

Toggles the zoom level dropdown menu

R

Display

Toggles on the red channel (RGB image only)

G

Toggles on the green channel (RGB image only)

B

Toggles on the blue channel (RGB image only)

Ctrl + L

Toggles the display of Track ID label overlays on the image 

Ctrl + Alt + A

Selection

Selects all objects

3D View

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

W

First Person Camera





Zooms in to the scene

S

Zooms out of the scene

A

Moves scene to the left

D

Moves scene to the right

Q

Rotates scene clockwise

E

Rotates scene counter-clockwise

Shift + ↑

Trackball Camera

Rotates scene from the top down

Shift + ↓

Rotates scene from the bottom up

Shift + ←

Rotates scene to the left

Shift + →

Rotates scene to the right

Ctrl + ↑

Ctrl + ←

Selection


Changes object selection mode to the option above

Ctrl + ↓

Ctrl + →

Changes object selection mode to the option below

Ctrl + Alt + ↑

Ctrl + Alt + ↓

Opens/Closes the object selection mode dropdown

R

Display

Resets scene to default view

Clipping & Ortho Planes

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

Shift + S

Ortho plane



Steps to the next plane down (relative to the image origin)

Shift + W

Steps to the next plane up (relative to the image origin)

Alt + S

Steps to the bottom plane (relative to the image origin)

Alt + W

Steps to the top plane (relative to the image origin)

Annotations

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

F7

Annotations


Toggles the Line Tool for annotations

Ctrl + F7

Toggles the Angle Tool for annotations

Shift + F7

Toggles the Freehand Region Tool for annotations

Outline Editor

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

A

Outline Editor

Copies all outlines to all time frames

S

Copies selected outlines to all time frames

C

Toggles on the Freehand Region drawing tool

Enter

Confirms drawn shape

Esc

Deletes last drawn shape

F

Toggles off the active drawing tool

I

Toggles on the Line drawing tool

P

Toggles on the Polygon drawing tool

Track Editor

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

Ctrl + F

Track Editor

Opens the track ID search bar

Esc

X

Closes the track ID search bar

Neuron Composer

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

E

Neuron Composer

Toggles the Predict Dendrite mode for algorithm-assisted dendrite tracing

D

Toggles the Draw Dendrite tool for WYSIWYG dendrite tracing in the 3D volume

C

Toggles the Connect Neurons tool for joining dendrite segments

F

Toggles the Delete Dendrite Points tool that removes individual dendrite points

S

Toggles the Add Spine tool for one-click spine creation

A

Toggles the Add Soma tool for one-click soma creation

M

Toggles the EM Create tool for point-by-point dendrite tracing

Shift + A

Add Soma

Confirms soma creation

H

Predict Dendrite

Hides the current trace while the key is held

B

Predict Dendrite

EM Create

Creates a dendrite from the trace in progress

Esc

Clears the trace in progress

X

EM Create

Toggles on Branch From Point mode

Mesh Contour Editor

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

~

Mesh Contour Editor



Toggles whether painting is enabled

1

Toggles on the Paint Brush

2

Toggles on the Eraser

3

Toggles on the Floodfill Brush

Shift + C

Completes the mesh

Ctrl

Temporarily disables (while pressed) painting, erasing, and floodfilling, which can be useful when changing the image position or camera angle while creating/editing a mesh surface

Shift

Temporarily switches (while pressed) to the Paint Brush of Eraser, whichever is not the current mode

Esc

Removes all painting data from the current slice

Delete

Removes all painting data from all slices

D

Toggles the Auto Floodfill option

F

Toggles the Auto Step option

G

Toggles the Auto Draw option

H

Temporarily hides (while pressed) painting data

Ctrl + J

Hides/Shows painting data

The Clipping & Ortho Plane hotkeys are also often useful when you are using the Mesh Contour Editor.

One Click Object Creator

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

`

One Click Object Creator

Toggles Pick Location

Shift

Temporarily disables (while pressed) Pick Location

Shift + C

Creates mesh

Pixel Classifier

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

Ctrl + D

Pixel Classifier

Selects the next class

Ctrl + P

Toggles the preview on/off

Ctrl + Q

Uses the next brush mode

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Uses the previous brush mode

Ctrl

Paint mode

Switches to erasing while held down

Ctrl

Erase mode

Switches to painting while held down

A

Auto Draw mode

Goes to the bottom drawing

S

Predicts the next drawing down

D

Predicts the next drawing up

F

Goes to the top drawing

E

Clears all drawing

W

Magic Wand

Decreases the sensitivity

R

Increases the sensitivity

E

Paints the selected region

Tags

Shortcut/Hotkey

Context

Function

T then T

Tags

Toggles the Create Tag option

T then [# of preset]

Loads the corresponding preset settings into the Tag Creation section; [# of preset] is the number of the preset in the order they are listed in the Preset Menu; supports up to ten (10) presets, with the tenth (10th) having the hotkey T then 0

T then H

Toggles the visibility of tags in the Image Panel

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