2 <head><title>Key Strokes</title></head>
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4 <p><strong>Key Strokes</strong></p>
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6 Jalview responds a number of key strokes, and has two distinct modes of
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7 keyboard operation. The <em>F2</em> key switches between 'Normal' and
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8 <a href="features/cursorMode.html">'Cursor'</a> mode operation.
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12 <td><strong>Key</strong></td>
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13 <td><strong>Which Mode</strong></td>
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14 <td><strong>Action</strong></td>
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17 <td><strong>Escape</strong></td><td>Both</td>
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18 <td>The Panic button.</td></tr>
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20 <td><strong> Escape</strong></td>
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22 <td>Clears the current selection region, highlighted columns and highlghted
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26 <td><strong>Escape</strong></td>
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28 As in normal mode, but also cancels any partially entered commands</td></tr>
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30 <td><strong><em>F1</em></strong></td>
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32 Show Help Documentation</td></tr>
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34 <td><strong><em>F2</em></strong></td>
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36 <td>Toggle Cursor mode on / off</td>
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39 <td><strong>Control 'Z'</strong></td>
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41 <td>Undoes the last sequence edit</td>
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44 <td><strong>Up Arrow</strong></td>
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46 Moves selected sequence(s) up the alignment</td></tr>
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48 <td><strong>Down Arrow</strong></td>
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50 Moves selected sequence(s) down the alignment.</td></tr>
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51 <tr><strong>Cursor Keys<br>
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52 (Arrow Keys)</strong></td>
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54 <td>Move cursor around alignment</td>
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57 <td><strong>Control 'A'</strong></td>
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59 <td>Selects all sequences in the alignment</td>
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62 <td><strong>Control 'C'</strong></td>
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64 <td>Copies the selected region into the clipboard as a Fasta format file<br>
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65 <em>nb. not available in applet, as no clipboard is available</em></td>
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68 <td><strong>Control 'V'</strong></td>
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70 Pastes the contents of the clipboard to a new alignment window. (same as the
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71 Alignment Window menu Edit->Paste command)<br>
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72 <em>nb. if the paste is from a Jalview alignment, any sequence and alignment
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73 annotations will also be copied over.</em></td></tr>
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75 <td><strong>Control 'X'</strong></td>
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77 <td>Cuts the (fully) selected sequences from the alignment.
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78 <!-- not yet in this version
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79 This will not happen if only some
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80 columns are selected, you should use the <a href="features/regionHiding.html">Hide Regions feature</a> instead.-->
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84 <td><strong>Control 'F'</strong></td>
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86 <td>Launches the search window</td>
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89 <td><strong>H</strong></td>
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91 <td>Hides / Reveals selected columns and sequences</td>
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94 <td><strong>Control 'H'</strong></td>
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96 <td>Hides / Reveals selected columns</td>
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99 <td><strong>Shift 'H'</strong></td>
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101 <td>Hides / Reveals selected sequences</td>
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104 <p>The compound commands available in the Cursor mode are summarised
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105 below. Single letter commands can be prefixed by digits to specify a repetition
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106 number, and some more complex commands take one or more numeric
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107 parameters (prefixing the command key and separated by commas).</p>
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108 <table border=1><tr><td><strong>Compound
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109 Command</strong></td><td>Mode</td><td>Action (and parameter description)</td></tr>
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110 <tr><td><strong>0-9</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Begin entering a
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111 numeric parameter (<strong><em>p</em></strong>) or repetition number for a cursor movement or edit
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113 <tr><td><strong>,</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Separates one or
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114 more numeric parameters (<em>e.g. <strong>p1</strong>,<strong>p2</strong></em>) for a command.</td></tr>
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115 <tr><td><strong><strong><em>p1</em></strong>,<strong><em>p2</em></strong><br>Return</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Move cursor to a particular column (<strong><em>p1</em></strong>) and row (<strong><em>p2</em></strong>) in the alignment.<br><em>e.g. '5,6<Return>' moves the cursor to the 5th column in the 6th sequence.</em></td></tr>
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116 <tr><td><strong><em>p</em>S</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Jump to the <strong><em>p</em></strong>'th sequence in the alignment.</td></tr>
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117 <tr><td><strong><em>p</em>P</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Jump to <em><strong>p</strong></em>'th amino acid in current sequence.</td></tr>
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118 <tr><td><strong><em>p</em>C</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Jump to <em><strong>p</strong></em>'th column in the alignment.</td></tr>
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119 <tr><td><strong>Q</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Marks the top left corner of the selection area</td></tr>
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120 <tr><td><strong>M</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Marks the bottom right corner of the selection area</td></tr>
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121 <tr><td><strong><em>[p]</em><br>Space</strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Inserts
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122 one (or optionally <strong><em>p</em></strong>) gaps at the current position.<br><em>Hold down Control or Shift to insert gaps over a sequence group</em></td></tr>
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123 <tr><td><strong><em>[p]</em><br>Delete<br></strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Removes
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124 one (or optionally <strong><em>p</em></strong>) gaps at the cursor position.<br><em>Hold down Control or Shift to insert gaps over a sequence group</em></td></tr>
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125 <tr><td><strong><em>[p]</em><br>Backspace<br></strong></td><td>Cursor</td><td>Removes
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126 one (or optionally <strong><em>p</em></strong>) gaps at the cursor position.<br><em>Hold down Control or Shift to insert gaps over a sequence group</em></td></tr></table>
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