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Press this button or press ESCAPE before selecting objects. |
The FBD editor fully supports drag and drop for moving or copying objects. To move objects, select them and simply drag them to the wished position.
To copy objects, you may do the same, and just press the CONTROL key while dragging. It is also possible to drag pieces of diagrams from a program to another if both are open and visible on the screen.
At any moment while dragging objects you can press ESCAPE to cancel the operation.
Alternatively, you can use classical Copy / Cut / Paste commands from the Edit menu. When you run the Paste command, the editors turns in Paste mode, with a special mouse cursor. Click in the diagram and move the mouse cursor to the wished position for inserting pasted objects.
Using the keyboard
When graphic objects are selected, you can move them in the diagram by hitting the following keys:
| Shift + Up | Move to the top |
| Shift + Down | Move to the bottom |
| Shift + Left | Move to left |
| Shift + Right | Move to right |
When an object is selected, you can extend the selection by hitting the following keys:
| Shift + Control + Home | Extend to the top: select all objects before the selected one |
| Shift + Control + End | Extend to the bottom: select all objects after the selected one |
To insert or delete space in the diagram, you can simply select an object, press Shift+Control+End to extend the selection and then move selected objects up or down
Auto alignment
When objects are selected, the following keystrokes automatically align them:
| Control + Up | To the top |
| Control + Down | To the bottom |
| Control + Left | To left |
| Control + Right | To right |