Keyboard shortcuts in the Cockpit

To accelerate your workflows in Neptune DXP - Open Edition, you can use keyboard shortcuts to perform actions within tools in the Cockpit.

The following shortcuts are available in the Cockpit of Neptune DXP - Open Edition:

The shortcuts listed apply generally to an English-language keyboard layout.

General-purpose keyboard shortcuts in the Cockpit

Action Description Windows macOS

Switch tools

Switch between multiple active tools or applications in the Cockpit

Alt+Up/down arrow key

Command/Option-Up/down arrow key

Keyboard shortcuts in Cockpit tools

Adaptive Designer

Action Description Windows macOS

Save

Save your changes

Ctrl+S

Command-S

Toggle Edit/Display

Switch between the Edit or Display mode

Ctrl+F1

Command-F1

Toggle Stack

Switch the screen view of the Data fields pane and the Application tree pane to display them stacked in one pane or display them in panes side by side

Ctrl+F8

Command-F8

Toggle Center Preview

Switch the Preview pane with the Settings/properties pane.

Ctrl+F9

Command-F9

Toggle Settings/Properties Pane

Hide the Settings/properties pane

Ctrl+F10

Command-F10

Open Adaptive Applications Dialog

Open the Adaptive Applications dialog to select an existing adaptive application or to create a new adaptive application

Ctrl+O

Command-O

An overview of the keyboard shortcut combinations are also displayed in the Preview pane of the Adaptive Designer for further reference when no template is open.

App Designer

Action Description Windows macOS

Toggle Search Pane

Open or close the search pane and search for scripts, objects, attributes, or to-dos in the code of the application

F6

F6

Format Code

Format and clean code display consistently according to the Prettier code formatter extension

Shift+F1

Shift-F1

Save

Save your changes

Ctrl+S

Command-S

Toggle Edit/Display

Switch between the Edit or Display mode

Ctrl+F1

Command-F1

Activate

Save and activate your application to save changes and restart the Preview with all changes applied

Ctrl+F3

Command-F3

Toggle Stack

Switch the screen view of the Component library pane and the Application tree pane to display them stacked in one pane or display them in panes side by side

Ctrl+F8

Command-F8

Toggle Center Preview

Switch the Preview pane with the Component properties pane

Ctrl+F9

Command-F9

Toggle Component Properties Pane

Hide the Component properties pane

Ctrl+F10

Command-F10

Toggle Code Comment

Enter comments in code within the build mode by formatting these manually in the Preview pane

Ctrl+\

Command-\

Open Neptune App Designer Dialog

Open the Neptune App Designer dialog to select an existing application or to create a new application

Ctrl+O

Command-O

An overview of the keyboard shortcut combinations are also displayed in the Preview pane of the App Designer for further reference when no application is open.

An overview of the keyboard shortcut combinations are also displayed in the App Designer for further reference when you have an application, but no preview of the application open.

PDF Designer

Action Description Windows macOS

Save

Save your changes

Ctrl+S

Command-S

Toggle Edit/Display

Switch between the Edit or Display mode

Ctrl+F1

Command-F1

Activate

Save and activate your template to save changes and restart the Preview pane with all changes applied

Ctrl+F3

Command-F3

Toggle Stack

Switch the screen view of the Component library pane and the Document tree pane to display them stacked in one pane or display them in panes side by side

Ctrl+F8

Command-F8

Toggle Center Preview

Switch the Preview pane with the Properties pane

Ctrl+F9

Command-F9

Toggle Properties Pane

Hide the Properties pane

Ctrl+F10

Command-F10

Open PDF Designer Dialog

Open the PDF Designer dialog to select an existing template or to create a new template

Ctrl+O

Command-O

An overview of the keyboard shortcut combinations are also displayed in the PDF Designer for further reference when you have a PDF template, but no preview of the template open.

Script Editor

Action Description Windows macOS

Toggle Stack

Switch the screen view of the Reusable components pane and the Application component pane to display them stacked in one pane or display them in panes side by side.

Ctrl+F8

Command-F8

Toggle Script Output Pane

Hide the Script output pane

Ctrl+F10

Command-F10

Open Projects Dialog

Open the Projects dialog to select an existing script or to create a new script

Ctrl+O

Command-O

Debug - Resume

Resume debugging of the script until the next set breakpoint in the Script editing pane

F8

F8

Debug - Step Over

Move from the highlighted line of code to the next line of code in the Script editing pane

F10

F10

Debug - Step Into

To move to method calls and variables that correspond to the highlighted line of code in the Script editing pane

F11

F11

Debug - Step Out

To leave the current scope of the highlighted line of code and move to the last return statement from where the function was called from in the Script editing pane

Shift+F11

Shift-F11

An overview of the keyboard shortcut combinations are also displayed in the Preview pane of the Script Editor for further reference when no script is open.