| Key | Mnemonic | Description | 
	
		| Esc | select | enter select mode (same as Space, or F11) | 
	
		| Esc | end of action | terminate the current action, e.g. stop drawing tracks | 
	
		| Insert | insert point | enter insert point mode. Click and drag on track to insert a point | 
	
		| Return | click | same as a click on the left mouse button | 
	
		| Space | select | enter select mode (same as Esc, or F11) | 
	
		| Tab | flip up/down | view: vertical flip | 
	
		| Shift+Tab | flip left/right | view: horizontal flip | 
	
		| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | far side | view: exchange the roles of front side and far side | 
	
		| Del | delete | delete object under the mouse cursor | 
	
		| Shift+Del | del-sel | delete objects in selection | 
	
		| Backspace | del-sel | delete objects in selection | 
	
		| Shift+Backspace | del-copper | deletes connected copper under the cursor. Rats are considered a connection. | 
	
		| | | thin-draw | toggles thin draw mode | 
	
		| A | set same | read the parameters to use for new objects from the object below the cursor. | 
	
		| Alt+A | select-all | select all objects on active layers. Deactivated layers are ignored. | 
	
		| Shift+Alt+A | unselect | clear selection | 
	
		| B | to other side | flip object to the other side of the board | 
	
		| C | center | view: center display at cursor position | 
	
		| Ctrl+C | copy to buffer | copy selection to buffer and unselect | 
	
		| D | display name | display pin or pad name | 
	
		| Shift+D | pinout dialog | open pinout window for element under mouse cursor | 
	
		| E | eliminate rats | delete all rats | 
	
		| Shift+E | eliminate some rats | delete selected rats | 
	
		| F | find | highlight connections to object under mouse cursor. This includes rats and objects on invisible layers | 
	
		| Ctrl+F | add to found | add connections to object under mouse cursor to the set of found objects | 
	
		| Shift+F | un-find | un-highlight found connections | 
	
		| G | incr grid mil | increment grid by configured imperial increment | 
	
		| Shift+G | decr grid mil | decrement grid by configured imperial increment | 
	
		| Ctrl+G | incr grid mm | increment grid by configured metric increment | 
	
		| Ctrl+Shift+G | decr grid mm | decrement grid by configured metric increment | 
	
		| H | hide | toggle the visibility of the refdes or value attached to the component under the cursor | 
	
		| Shift+H | hide sel | toggle the visibility of the refdes or value attached to selected components | 
	
		| Ctrl+H | holeplate | toggle plating of a via. Used to produce non metalized mounting holes | 
	
		| J | lineclear | toggle the polygon clear flag of the line under the cursor | 
	
		| Shift+J | lineclear sel | toggle the polygon clear flag of selected lines | 
	
		| K | klear | increment clearance (soldermask to copper edge) | 
	
		| Shift+K | klear (-) | decrement clearance (soldermask to copper edge (NOTE: can go negative!)) | 
	
		| Ctrl+K | klear sel | increment clearance of selected objects (soldermask to copper edge) | 
	
		| Shift+Ctrl+K | klear sel (-) | decrement clearance of selected objects (soldermask to copper edge) | 
	
		| L | increase line | increment width of the line tool, adds to the settings of the current line style | 
	
		| Shift+L | decrease line | reduce the current linewidth | 
	
		| M | move to layer | move the object under the cursor to the current layer | 
	
		| Shift+M | move selection to layer | move selected objects to the current working layer (see pcb tip) | 
	
		| Ctrl+M | move origin | set the origin to the current position of the mouse pointer | 
	
		| N | name | show object refdes / pin number at mouse pointer | 
	
		| Shift+N | next | Select the shortest unselected rat on the board | 
	
		| O | optimize rats | optimize and redraw all rats | 
	
		| Shift+O | optimize some rats | optimize and redraw selected nets only | 
	
		| Ctrl+O | octagon | toggle the octagon flag of the object under the cursor | 
	
		| Shift+P | polygon close | connect the first point of a polygon with the last | 
	
		| Q | square toggle | toggle square/round corners on pads | 
	
		| Shift+R | redo | redo what was undone with undo | 
	
		| Ctrl+R | report | show object report | 
	
		| S | size | increment size of the object under the cursor | 
	
		| Shift+S | size (-) | decrement size of the object under the cursor | 
	
		| Alt+S | sizehole | increase the hole of the object under the cursor | 
	
		| Alt+Shift+S | sizehole (-) | decrease the hole of the object under the cursor | 
	
		| Ctrl+S | sizehole | increase the hole of the object under the cursor | 
	
		| Ctrl+Shift+S | sizehole (-) | decrease the hole size | 
	
		| T | text tool size | increase the size of new text by 10 mil | 
	
		| Shift+T | text tool size (-) | decrease the size of new text by 10 mil | 
	
		| V | view extents | global view of working area | 
	
		| Shift+V | via tool dia | increase the diameter of new vias by 5 mil | 
	
		| Ctrl+Shift+V | via tool dia (-) | decrease the diameter of new vias by 5 mil | 
	
		| Alt+V | via tool drill | increase the drill diameter of new vias by 5 mil | 
	
		| Shift+Alt+V | via tool drill (-) | decrease the drill diameter of new vias by 5 mil | 
	
		| Z | zoom | view: zoom in | 
	
		| Shift+Z | un-zoom | view: zoom out | 
	
		| F1 | via | enter via tool | 
	
		| F2 | line | enter line tool | 
	
		| F3 | arc | enter arc tool | 
	
		| F4 | text | enter text tool | 
	
		| F5 | rectangle | enter rectangle tool | 
	
		| F6 | polygon | enter polygon tool | 
	
		| F7 | buffer | enter buffer mode | 
	
		| F8 | delete | enter remove mode | 
	
		| F9 | rotate | enter rotate mode | 
	
		| F10 | file menu | file menu | 
	
		| F11 | select | enter select mode (same as Space, or Esc) | 
	
		| F12 | lock | enter lock mode |