Shortcut Keys

In addition to standard Windows menu commands, many commands have a key combination associated with it that lets you execute the command with keystrokes. Typically, you press the Ctrl or Alt key and simultaneously press the underlined letter from the appropriate command menu.

Menu Shortcut Keys for Commands

Press	To
Alt+F9	Using the selected object, insert a verification into a visual test or script during recording.
Alt+F10	Start/stop recording.
Alt+Enter	Display the Summary Information dialog box from within a visual test or script.
Ctrl+Alt	Insert a verification into a visual test, during recording or editing, or into a script during recording.
Ctrl+F8	Plays back a visual test to the currently selected test step or a script to the currently selected statement.
Ctrl+F9	Executes playback to the next statement or pointer. Enabled when in debug mode.
Ctrl+K	Disable one or more currently selected lines in a script by commenting them out. You can use this shortcut to comment out entire blocks of code. You can also use Ctrl+F11.
Ctrl+N	Displays the New window, where you can create any type of asset.
Ctrl+O	Opens the Asset Browser to allow you to open an asset. Highlights the asset type last worked with.
Ctrl+P	Displays the print dialog box, where you can print the selected asset.
Ctrl+S	Saves the current state of the asset as a new version of the asset and assigns an incremental numerical identifier to the version. The shortcut key combination is enabled if the default save behavior is set to Save as new version. For more information, see Setting the Default Behavior for Saving Assets. Saves the current state of an asset as the current version of the asset. The shortcut key combination is enabled if the default save behavior is set to Save as current version. For more information, see Setting the Default Behavior for Saving Assets. This command is disabled the first time you save an asset.
Ctrl+Y	Reverses the previous Undo action. Not available when comparing or merging assets.
Ctrl+Z	Reverses the previous edit. Not available when comparing or merging assets.
Ctrl+Alt+A	Opens the Asset Browser.
Ctrl+Alt+I	Opens the Identify Object dialog box where you can record a locator for a selected object.
Ctrl+Alt+S	Displays the Start Screen.
Ctrl+Shift+F2	View last position.
Ctrl+Shift+F8	Executes all remaining steps in a visual test being played back from another visual test, then suspends playback at the next step in the original visual test. For scripts, executes all remaining code in a procedure as if it were a single statement, and exits to the next statement in the procedure that caused the procedure to be initially called.
Ctrl+Shift+F9	Clears all breakpoints in all open visual tests and VB .NET scripts.
Ctrl+Shift+K	Re-enable one or more selected lines in a script by un-commenting them.
Ctrl+Shift+L	Saves the current states of all open assets as new versions of the assets and assigns an incremental numerical identifier to the version for each asset. The shortcut key combination is enabled if the default save behavior is set to Save as new version. For more information, see Setting the Default Behavior for Saving Assets. Saves the current states of all open assets as the current version of the assets. The shortcut key combination is enabled if the default save behavior is set to Save as current version. For more information, see Setting the Default Behavior for Saving Assets. This command is disabled the first time you save an asset.
Ctrl+Tab	Switch between open windows in the user interface.
Ctrl+Space	Complete word.
Del	Deletes the selected item.
F1	Display help for a specific item.
F2	Display the Edit Script Input Parameter or the Edit Script Output Parameter dialog box, depending on what type of parameter is selected in the Properties pane.
F4	View properties.
F5	Playback the active visual test or script.
F7	Checks that the script syntax meets all preconditions for compiling, compiles the code, and shows any errors that occur.
F8	Plays back a visual step one test step at a time or a script one statement at a time.
F9	Sets a breakpoint at the selected step or line of code or clears an existing breakpoint from the selected step or line of code.
Shift+F2	View definition.
Shift+F8	Plays back an embedded visual test or script in its entirety and suspends in debug mode at the next step in the original visual test or script. Also steps over a function call when pressed while in a VB .NET script.