Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Linux OS X Comments
Menu Bar AltToggle if Show Menu is unchecked.
Zoom In +
Zoom Out -
Zoom In PgUp
Zoom Out PgDn
Fine Zoom In Alt +
Fine Zoom Out Alt -
Larger Scale Chart Ctrl+LeftArrowKey (or F7)Cmd+LeftArrowKey
Smaller Scale Chart Ctrl+RightArrowKey (or F8)Cmd+RightArrowKey
Panning Arrow keys
Panning Slowly Alt + Arrow keys
Quit OCPN Ctrl+QCmd+Q
Preferences Cmd+,
Full Screen F11Ctrl+Cmd-F
Auto Follow (on/off)Ctrl+A (or F2)Cmd+A


The List sorted by Keys


Function Keys

Hot Keys or Shortcut Keys

Alt Keys

Control Keys

Numerical Keys

Other Keys and Clicks

Scroll Wheel

Cursor

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* Ctrl-G Works on some Windows systems (depending on graphic driver)

* MAC Cmd+A overrides standard “Select all text in current text box”, might possibly be able to change to Ctrl+Cmd+A in next version.

* Spacebar Drops Marker at current GPS position NOTE: This must be enabled by manual edit of the opencpn.ini file. [Settings] …”SpaceDropMark=1”, to activate this feature. [Settings] …“SpaceDropMark=0” deactivates the feature.

NOTE: This list may not be completely detailed and correct for now, but it does try to establish all the shortcuts available.

We may need to add some things to Caesar's Functional and tabular list to make it more complete. Please contribute ideas and corrections/improvements!