Keyboard Shortcuts

On macOS use Cmd; on Windows and Linux use Ctrl in its place. Single-key shortcuts are ignored while you are typing in a text field or menu, and while a dialog is open.

Files

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+O	Add FCS files
Shift+Cmd+O	Open a workspace (*.cfw.json)
Cmd+S	Save the workspace (asks for a file name the first time)
Shift+Cmd+S	Save the workspace as…

Gate Tools

Available in the graph window. Tools that need two axes are ignored on a histogram, and the range tool on a 2-D plot.

Key	Tool
V	Select / edit gates
R	Rectangle
P	Polygon
L	Lasso (freehand)
E	Ellipse
Q	Quadrants
G	Range (histograms)

Drawing and Editing

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Close the polygon being drawn (3 vertices or more)
Double-click	Close the polygon being drawn; with the select tool, open the population of the gate under the cursor
Esc	Cancel the shape being drawn, or deselect the selected gate
Right-click (while drawing)	Cancel the shape being drawn
Del / Backspace	Delete the selected gate (or, if no gate is selected on the plot, the selected population); in the layout editor, delete the selected panel
Alt+Left	Go to the parent population

Plot Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Mouse wheel	Zoom in / out around the cursor
Right-drag	Pan
Space + drag	Pan
0	Reset zoom and pan

Lists

When the Groups list, Samples list or Populations tree has keyboard focus (click it first):

Shortcut	Action
Up / Down	Select the previous / next group, sample or population

Dialogs

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Confirm (name prompts, confirmations, the group and export dialogs)
Esc	Cancel