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.