Keyboard Shortcuts

Keys act on the window that has focus: click in a view before pressing them. Where a key works in only one of the two 3D renderers, the Vulkan view (the default) or the older OpenGL view, the table says so.

For the mouse, see Navigating the 3D view.

Anywhere in VRGS

Key	Action
Ctrl+N	New project
Ctrl+O	Open a project
Ctrl+S	Save the project
Ctrl+P	Print
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y	Undo / redo
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X / Ctrl+V	Copy / cut / paste
Ctrl+A	Facies associations (this is not Select All)
Ctrl+I	Edit interval
Ctrl+L	Log list
Ctrl+H	Headlight on or off
Ctrl+T	Touch-optimised mode on or off
Ctrl+Shift+R	Capture a movie
Ctrl+F1	Open the documentation
Shift+F1	Context help
F11	Full screen
Ctrl+[ / Ctrl+]	Larger / smaller text in HTML views
` (the key left of 1), held	Push to talk to Athos by voice

Interpretation tools

Key	Tool
Alt+D	3-point dip and azimuth
Alt+A	N-point dip and azimuth
Alt+P	Polyline
Alt+M	Edit polyline
Alt+G	Geobodies

Camera

Key	Action
Alt+R	Reset the view: plan view from above, north up
Alt+N / Alt+S / Alt+E / Alt+W	View from the north / south / east / west
Alt+B	View from below
Alt+T	Target Zoom: click a point to move in on it

The letters shown beside ribbon buttons when you press Alt are key tips: press Alt, then the tab's letter, then the button's. They are not Alt+key shortcuts.

3D view

Key	Action	Renderer
W / S	Fly forward / back	Vulkan
A / D	Fly left / right	Vulkan
E / Q	Fly up / down	Vulkan
Arrow keys	Move the camera	OpenGL
F6	Cycle perspective → orthographic → orthographic with grid	Both
F8	Procedural sky on or off	Both
F9	Satellite basemap (Cesium Elevation) on or off	Both
R	Continuous rendering on or off. In Vulkan, with the edit gadget showing, switches the gadget's mode instead	Both
Shift+S	SAM 3D point mode	Both
G	Digitising on or off	Vulkan
Space	Switch between clicking points and drawing (polylines and geobodies in OpenGL, N-point orientations in Vulkan)	Both
Enter	Finish the line, extension or N-point plane	Vulkan
Backspace	Remove the last point	Vulkan
Delete	Delete what a selection tool has selected	Both
Esc	Stop: end a tour, cancel a pick or a line, put away the active tool and return to Move mode	Both
Page Up / Page Down	Step a time series. In OpenGL, with a flight path active, the previous / next viewpoint	Both
F2	Flight-path presentation overlay on or off	OpenGL
F4	Cycle edge-detection modes	OpenGL
F5	Bloom on or off	OpenGL
F7	Depth fog on or off	OpenGL
P	Interpretation tool	OpenGL

In the Vulkan view, Ctrl+wheel resizes the edit gadget or the cross-section under the cursor, and Shift+wheel steps the seismic slice or orthopanel under the cursor.

2D log view

Logging from the keyboard explains these in context.

Key	Action
1 to 9	Give the selected beds the facies on that key
Ctrl+Shift+1 to 9	Pin the selected bed's facies to that key
F	List every facies at the cursor
Up / Down	Select the bed above / below; with Shift, extend the selection
T	Cut the selected bed at a height you type
B	Add a bed of a thickness you type on top of the log
Q	Jump to the Quick Log box
Delete	Delete the selected beds
Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2 / Ctrl+3	Show the panel in TVT / TST / MT
D, S, N, A, P, M	Digitise Profile, Split Unit, Sample Point, Annotate, Picks and Move modes
[ / ]	Previous / next correlation contact
+ / −	Zoom in / out
Esc	Leave the mode; in Move mode, clear the selection

In the Quick Log box, Enter runs the entry and Esc clears it.

Photographs

Key	Action
Ctrl+Z	Undo the last SAM point or brush stroke
Enter	Apply the SAM mask
Delete / Backspace	Delete the selected fracture lines
Esc	Cancel automatic segmentation

Structure from Motion

Key	Action	Where
N	Next photo with ground control	SfM photo view
Esc	Leave ground-control marking, or clear the link selection	SfM photo view
Ctrl+C	Copy every row	SfM table

Other windows

Key	Action	Where
F2	Rename the selected item	Project trees
Numpad + / −	Zoom in / out	Stereonet
F10	Show the ribbon key tips	Anywhere