Keyboard Shortcuts

Menus

File

Ctrl + A: Save railway as
Ctrl + I: Load timetable
Ctrl + L: Load railway
Ctrl + N: Load session
Ctrl + S: Save railway
Shift + Delete: Clear all
Alt + F4: Exit program

Mode

Ctrl + B: Build mode
Ctrl + O: Operate mode
Ctrl + P: Set preferred directions
Ctrl + T: Edit timetable
Ctrl + Alt + T: Create new timetable

Edit

Ctrl + E: Select
Ctrl + R: Reselect
Ctrl + Del: Delete selection
Shift + Esc: Cancel selection
Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + X: Cut
Ctrl + V: Paste

Information

Ctrl + Shift + I: Toggle track information
Ctrl + Shift + S: Toggle train status information
Ctrl + Shift + T: Toggle train timetable information

Help

F1: On-screen help

Position Buttons

Home: Move to default 'Home' position
Shift + H: Set new 'Home' position
End: Toggle zoom
Up: Move viewpoint up
Down: Move viewpoint down
Left: Move viewpoint left
Right: Move viewpoint right

Panels

Track Build Panel

Shift + A: Add/remove track
Shift + D: Set lengths/speeds
Shift + F: Change font
Shift + G: Toggle grid
Shift + I: Insert image
Shift + J: Join gaps
Shift + L: Link track
Shift + M: Move text or graphics
Shift + N: Name locations
Shift + S: Cycle signal types
Shift + T: Add text
Esc: Exit track build mode
Ctrl + S: Save railway

Operating Panel

R: Run
P: Pause
A: Set automatic signals
L: Toggle performance log
D: Toggle actions due
1: Automatic signals route
2: Preferred direction route (consecutive signals/buffers/continuations)
3: Unrestricted route
4: Preferred direction route (any signals/buffers/continuations)
T: Adjust timetable clock
C: Cancel route
O: Call on
Esc: Exit operation mode
Ctrl + S: Save session

Clock Adjust Panel

Shift + A: Apply changes
Shift + R: Reset values

Preferred Direction Panel

Shift + A: Add preferred direction
Shift + D: Delete one preferred direction
Shift + C: Delete all preferred directions
Esc: Exit preferred direction mode
Ctrl + S: Save railway

Timetable panel

Shift + S: Show timetable edit panel
Shift + H: Hide timetable edit panel
Shift + L: Previous
Shift + N: Next
Shift + C: Copy entry
Shift + X: Cut entry
Shift + P: Paste entry
Shift + E: Delete entry
Shift + U: Move up
Shift + D: Move down
Shift + I: Insert new entry
Shift + Z: Toggle A-Z order
Shift + F: Conflict analysis
Shift + Q: Syntax check
Shift + V: Validate
Shift + T: Save timetable
Shift + A: Save timetable as
Shift + R: Reload timetable
Shift + O: Export timetable
Esc: Exit timetable mode
Ctrl + C: Copy selected text from an entry
Ctrl + X: Cut selected text from an entry
Ctrl + V: Paste selected text to an entry
Ctrl + Z: Undo last action

Note that copy/pasting entries does not co-act with copy/pasting selected text - therefore an entry copied using Shift + C will not paste with Ctrl + V, for example.