Hotkeys and Mouse Clicks

This page collects keyboard shortcuts and mouse interactions mentioned in the ArtMatic Designer documentation.

General controls

Key / Mouse	Action	Use
return or enter	Complete typed numeric entry	Numeric controls and sliders
*	Double the current field value	Numeric controls and sliders
/	Halve the current field value	Numeric controls and sliders
i	Invert the current field value to 1/value	Numeric controls and sliders
d	Interpret numeric entry as degrees converted to radians	Numeric controls and sliders
option + drag	Increase slider or numeric-field precision by 50x	Numeric controls and sliders
shift + option + drag	Increase slider or numeric-field precision by 500x	Numeric controls and sliders
shift + zoom-slider drag	Store the new zoom level in all keyframes	Zoom slider
cmd + f	Open the selected Tile’s online component reference	Tile/component help
cmd + ,	Settings	Opens application settings modal dialog.

Tree editing

Key / Mouse	Action	Use
x	Copy selected tile	Tree pop-up menu
v	Paste tile	Tree pop-up menu
backspace or delete	Delete selected tile	Tree editing
m	Send selected tile to main output	Tree pop-up menu
o	Send selected tile down	Tree pop-up menu
u	Send selected tile up	Tree pop-up menu
<	Move selected tile left	Tree pop-up menu
>	Move selected tile right	Tree pop-up menu
c	Compact tree	Tree pop-up menu
n	New Compiled Tree	Tree pop-up menu
e	Edit selected Compiled Tree, or enter/leave Compiled Tree edit mode	Tree editing
j	Insert a component below the selected Tile ArtMatic V2.xx	Tree editing
t	Insert a component below the selected Tile ArtMatic V1.xx	Tree editing
y	Insert a component above the selected Tile	Tree editing
g	Make group	Tree editing
b	Add branch	Tree editing
escape	Exit Compiled Tree editing	Tree editing
cmd + option + click	Open the Reconnect Dialog	Tree editing
shift + click	Select an output tile below the top tile when creating a Compiled Tree	New Compiled Tree
cmd + click to parent	Auto-connect to a parent tile	Tree editing, ArtMatic Designer V2
control + click on a function name	Choose another function in the same category	Script editor, ArtMatic Designer V2

Script and export shortcuts

Key / Mouse	Action	Use
&	Create a script representing the current ArtMatic tree	Tree / Edit tree as text
; or ^	Open the script editor with a default script	File / New text tree
@	Open the export dialog	File / Export to 3D
cmd + j	Exports DF Object to 3D model	Export 3D .obj
cmd + t	Creates text from the current tree	Tree 2 Text
cmd + option + t	Converts text file to tree	Text 2 Tree

Animation and keyframes

Key / Mouse	Action	Use
a	Open Animation & Camera setup	Animation pop-up menu
k	Add keyframe	Animation pop-up menu
l	Replace keyframe	Animation pop-up menu
i	Insert in-between keyframe	Animation pop-up menu
g	Guess next keyframe	Animation pop-up menu
spacebar	Preview the current animation	Animation playback
click on the first blank keyframe	Add a new keyframe	Keyframes
cmd + click on a keyframe	Replace the keyframe	Keyframes
option + click on a keyframe	Delete the keyframe	Keyframes

Rendering

Key / Mouse	Action	Use
h	Render the current canvas view at higher resolution	Render Hi-Resolution
cmd + r	Render image to file	Render Image to File
cmd + m	Render animation	Render Animation
escape	Stop or abort rendering	Render Animation
spacebar	Animate after full-screen render completes	Full-screen render preview