Appendix D — Keyboard Shortcuts
The table below lists the keyboard shortcuts available in the Application Builder. For a list of additional keyboard and mouse shortcuts, see the book
Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics
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Shortcut
Action
Application Builder
Form Editor
Method Editor
Ctrl+A
Select all
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Ctrl+D
Deselect all
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Ctrl+C
Copy
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Ctrl+V
Paste
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Ctrl+X
Cut
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Del
Delete
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Ctrl+N
Create a new application
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Ctrl+S
Save an application
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Ctrl+F8
Test an application
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Alt+Click
Edit certain form objects
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Pause
Break or suspend a running method as soon as possible
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Ctrl+Pause
Stop a method
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Ctrl+Shift+F8
Apply changes
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Ctrl+R
Record code
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F11
Go to node
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Ctrl+K
Create shortcut
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F1
Display help
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F2
Rename applicable nodes
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F3
Disable applicable nodes
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F4
Enable applicable nodes
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Ctrl+Up arrow
Move applicable nodes up
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Ctrl+Down arrow
Move applicable nodes down
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Ctrl+Z
Undo
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Ctrl+Y
Redo (Control+Shift+Z on Mac)
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F5
Continue (in debugger)
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F6
Step (in debugger)
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F7
Step into (in debugger)
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Shift+F7
Step out of a method (in debugger)
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F8
Run a method or method call.
Create an executable or an add-in.
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F9
Check syntax
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Ctrl+F
Find and replace text in methods
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Ctrl+Space, Ctrl+/, or Ctrl+OEM2
Autocomplete method code
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Ctrl+U
Make selected code lowercase
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Ctrl+Shift+U
Make selected code uppercase
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Ctrl+B
Toggle breakpoint on selected line
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Ctrl+M
Toggle between matching parentheses, square brackets, or curly braces
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Ctrl++
Ctrl key and plus key: Zoom in, in form editors, method editors, and the Main Window editing window.
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Ctrl+-
Ctrl key and minus key: Zoom in, in form editors, method editors, and the Main Window editing window.
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Ctrl+0
Reset zoom to 100% in form editors, method editors, and the Main Window editing window.
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Ctrl+Alt+0
Zoom to fit the available space in form editors and the Main Window editing window.
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Ctrl+Scroll wheel up
Zoom in, in method code window
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Ctrl+Scroll wheel down
Zoom out, in method code window
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Ctrl+All arrow keys
Fine-tune position of selected form objects
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All arrow keys
Fine-tune position of selected form objects
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Ctrl+Shift+A
Switch to the Application Builder workspace.
Ctrl+Shift+J
Switch to the Model Manager workspace.
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Ctrl+Shift+M
Switch to the Model Builder workspace.
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Ctrl+Alt+Left-click
Create a local method or open a method associated with a form object
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Ctrl+Alt+Double-click
Open a method from Method Editor code
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Alt+F4
Close window
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Ctrl+F4
Close document
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Ctrl+Shift+F4
Close all documents
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Ctrl+7
Toggle comment on and off
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Press Ctrl and left-click. While holding down the key and button, drag the mouse.
Copy form object
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Ctrl+Shift+-
Toggle code folding
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