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.