Keyboard Shortcuts
Some keyboard shortcuts in Olex2
There are plenty of pre-defined keystrokes and these can be very helpful.
| Key Stroke | Action |
|---|---|
| F2 | Toggles the solid background colour. |
| F3 | Toggles atom labels. |
| F4 | Toggles the gradient background colour. |
| F5 | Activates the Work tab. |
| F6 | Activates the View tab. |
| F7 | Activates the Tools tab. |
| F8 | Activates the Info tab. |
| F11 | Toggles full screen mode on/off. |
| SHIFT+F11 | Toggles GUI panel on/off. |
| ESC | Deselects selected atoms or quits the current MODE of operation (such as atom labelling, grow etc). |
| DELETE | Deletes selected atoms or Q-peaks. |
| CTRL+A | Select everything. |
| CTRL+G | Enters the grow mode. |
| CTRL+H | Toggles the H atoms through show H / show H with H- bonding interactions / hide H. |
| CTRL+I | Inverts the selection. If nothing is selected works as ctrl+A |
| CTRL+M | Toggles the electron density maps as per Tools>Maps |
| CTRL+O | Launches the Open File dialog. |
| CTRL+Q | Cycles through no Q-peaks /show isolated Q-peaks /show connected Q-peaks. |
| CTRL+R | Runs a refinement. |
| CTRL+T | Cycles through hide molecule and show text /hide text/show molecule /show text and molecule. |
| CTRL+U | Deselects all of the current selection. |
| CTRL+Z | Undo the last action. It works whenever possible. |
| ALT+<– | Reselect your last selection. |
| TAB | Expands the command (when typing in OLEX’s console). |
| UP | Key brings the previously issued commands from the console. |