Keyboard shortcuts

Many commonly used commands can be accessed quickly through the keyboard. Below is a list of all keyboard shortcuts in InstallMate. For a list of all commands, see Command reference.

Key combination Command
Ctrl+A Select all (text, list items)
Ctrl+B Apply bold formatting
Ctrl+C Copy to clipboard (text, project item)
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+H Replace
Ctrl+I Apply italic formatting
Ctrl+N Create new project
Ctrl+O Open project from file
Ctrl+Shift+O Open project as copy from file
Ctrl+Q Exit InstallMate (same as Alt+F4)
Ctrl+S Save project
Ctrl+Shift+S Save project as
Ctrl+U Apply underline formatting
Ctrl+V Paste from clipboard (text, project item)
Ctrl+W Close project (same as Ctrl+F4)
Ctrl+X Cut to clipboard (text, project item)
Ctrl+Y Redo most recently undone edit
Ctrl+Z Undo most recent edit
Del, Delete Delete (text, project item)
Ctrl+Enter Insert line break (in multiline text fields)
Esc, Escape Cancel without changes (various commands) or close menu
Ctrl+Down
Alt+Down
Move item down
Ctrl+Up
Alt+Up
Move item up
Ctrl+PgDn
Ctrl+PageDown
Next project page
Ctrl+PgUp
Ctrl+PageUp
Previous project page
F1 Show context help
F2 Rename object
F4 Next message
Alt+F4 Exit InstallMate (same as Ctrl+Q)
Ctrl+F4 Close project (same as Ctrl+W)
Shift+F4 Previous message
F5 Refresh view
Ctrl+F5 Run default installation package
Shift+F5 Refresh project information
Ctrl+Shift+F5 Run default installation package As...
Ctrl+F6 Next pane
Shift+F6 Previous pane
F7 Build default package
Ctrl+F7 Preflight default package
Shift+F7 Build all selected packages
F8 Next message (same as F4)
Shift+F8 Previous message (same as Shift+F4)
F10 Open main menu
Shift+F10 Open context menu