stPro offers a number of Hot-keys to help speed up the operation of common actions.
Note: Where Hot-keys exist for menu options they will be displayed to the right of the option in the associated drop down list control.
Tip: The Hot-keys associated with individual toolbar icons can be discovered by placing the mouse on the required icon and viewing the tool-tip.
Zooming, Panning and Scaling
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Zoom In |
Ctrl-I, Down Arrow or Keypad '+' |
Half the time period of the active plot. |
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Zoom Out |
Ctrl-U, Up Arrow or Keypad '-' |
Double the time period of the active plot. |
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Cursor Left |
Left Arrow (Plot Cursor On) |
Scroll the Plot Cursor to the left by a single increment of the SDR base frequency. |
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Cursor Right |
Right Arrow (Plot Cursor On) |
Scroll the Plot Cursor to the right by a single increment of the SDR base frequency. |
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Page Left |
Left Arrow (Plot Cursor Off) |
Move the currently displayed time period back by the width of the active plot. |
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Page Right |
Right Arrow (Plot Cursor Off) |
Move the currently displayed time forward by the width of the active plot. |
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Set Time Scale |
Ctrl-T |
Set the time period for the Active plot to the uses preferred time scale. |
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Fit to View |
Ctrl-F |
Recalculate the scales for all pens that are in Auto-Scaling mode based on the minimum and maximum values in the current time window. |
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Fit to View All |
Ctrl-M |
Apply the "Fit to View" algorithm to all Plots. |
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Backwards |
Alt-left arrow (Alt-cursor left) |
Move backwards through the Plot Browse History for the active plot. |
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Forwards |
Alt-right arrow (Alt-cursor right) |
Move forwards through the Plot Browse History for the active plot. |
Note: The Left and Right Arrow functions vary depending on whether the Plot Cursor has been enabled.
Plot Operations
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Hot Key: |
Description: |
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New Plot |
Ctrl-W |
Create a new Plot Window. |
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Toggle Scan Status |
Alt-S |
Toggle the scan status of the active plot. |
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Synchronize Plots |
Ctrl-Z |
Set the time period of all the plots to be the same as the active plot. |
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Synchronize Cursors |
Alt-Z |
Toggle Synchronized Cursor mode On/Off. This mode allows the user to read data values across a number of plots by sweeping the cursor across the lead plot. |
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Reload Plot |
Shift-R |
Reload the current plot abandoning any changes that have been made. |
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Save Plot |
Shift-S |
Save the changes (if any) to the active plot. |
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Previous Plot |
Ctrl-K |
Cycle backwards through the list of open plots. |
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Next Plot |
Ctrl-L |
Cycle forwards through the list of open plots. |
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Ctrl-P |
Print the active Plot. |
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Set Plot Sequence |
Ctrl-Q |
Set the plot sequence. This evaluates the order of the plots using a left to right, top to bottom sequence. Once set, the Plot Sequence defines the order in which plots are traversed using the Previous Plot and Next Plot keys. |
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Select Plot |
Ctrl-E |
Make the current plot a Selected Plot. Selected plots are displayed when the user toggle stPro into Selected mode. This allows a subset of the active plots to be 'focused' upon for analysis purposes. |
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Show Selected |
Ctrl-H |
Tiles the Selected Plots for analysis purposes. Toggling this key will return the display to Normal view (i.e. all plots displayed). |
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All Plot Controls On |
Ctrl-A |
Turn on all the Plot Controls for the active plot. |
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All Plot Controls Off |
Ctrl-D |
Turn off all the Plot Controls for the active plot. |
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Change Plot Style |
Ctrl-Y |
Cycle through the available Graph styles. |
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Change Compression Mode |
Alt-Y |
Cycle through the available Compression Modes.
Note: Not all Modes are available for all Graph Styles, and Compression will only be in effect when there are more data points to display than there are pixels available. |
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Annotate Plot |
Ctrl-G |
Add an annotation to the active plot for the most recent scan time. |
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Annotation Browser |
F7 |
Launch the Plot Annotation Browser for the active plot. |
Session Operations:
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New Session |
Ctrl-N |
Closes all the open plots to initiate a new Session. |
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Reload Session |
Ctrl-R |
Re-load the current session file (allowing temporary changes to be discarded). |
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Save Session |
Ctrl-S |
Save any changes to current session file. |
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Open Session |
Ctrl-O |
Open a new session by loading a Session file |
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Next Tab |
Page Down or Ctrl-Tab |
Sets the focus to the next available tab working from left to right. |
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Previous Tab |
Page Up or Ctrl-Shift-Tab |
Sets the focus on the previous tab working from right to left. |
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New Tab |
Alt-T |
Open a empty new Tab. |
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Open in a Tab |
Alt-O |
Load a Session file and open it into a new Tab (rather than the current Tab). |
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Loads Tabs |
Alt-L |
Load a new Tab file (closing any currently open Tabs). |
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Close Tab |
Ctrl-F4 |
Close the current Tab. |
Plot Properties Dialog
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Previous Pen |
Ctrl-K |
Cycle backwards through the list of pens on the Pens tab. |
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Next Pen |
Ctrl-L |
Cycle forwards through the list of pens on the Pens tab.. |
Dialog Shortcuts:
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Export |
Ctrl-X |
Launch the Export dialog using the active plot to seed the export definition.
Note: This hot key can only be used with plots whose data source is a Sapphire Collector. |
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Quick Export |
Alt-X |
Launch the Quick Export "Save" dialog. |
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Data Viewer |
F5 |
Launch the Data Viewer. |
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Edit Data Source |
F6 |
Launch the Edit Data Source Dialog with the focus set to the Data Source used by the active plot window. |
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Plot Properties |
F8 |
Launch the Plot Properties dialog. |
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User Preferences |
F9 |
Launch the User Preferences dialog. |
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Information |
F11 |
Launch the Information dialog which displays details of the current Sessions, Plots, Data Sources and User Preferences file. |
Wizards
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Hot Key: |
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New Plot Wizard |
Ctrl-1 |
Launch the New Plot Wizard. |