Sunday, December 12, 2010

new shortcuts

With the release of Stellarium 0.10.6, there are a couple of new keyboard shortcuts (in Windows) to note. I updated my list. Also, I've added some shortcuts that never made it into my previous lists (not sure why) for some of the popular plug-ins...

Recently new or changed shortcuts are marked with an asterisk.

controlling the surroundings
show location dialog
F6
toggle cardinal or compass points—— q
toggle compass marks (plug-in)
Ctrl c*
toggle ground and buildings
g
toggle ground fog
f
toggle atmosphere or air
a

controlling sky appearance

toggle stars
s
toggle constellation lines
c
toggle constellation boundaries
b
toggle constellation labels
v
toggle constellation artwork
r
toggle planet labels and circles
p
toggle planet orbits
o
toggle planet trails
Shift t
toggle nebula labels and circles
n
show Sky and Viewing Options dialog
F4

controlling gridlines

toggle alt/az grid lines
z
toggle equatorial grid
e
toggle ecliptic line
, (comma)
toggle celestial equator
. (period)
toggle meridian line
;

changing image presentation

toggle horizontal flipping
Ctrl Shift h
toggle vertical flipping
Ctrl Shift v

controlling "regular" time

show date/time dialog
F5
set date/time to match computer
8
set time rate to zero
7
increment forward time speed
l (lower case L)
increment reverse time speed
j
run time at normal speed
k
decrease time speed a little
Shift j
increase time speed a little
Shift k
jump forward 1 hour
Ctrl = (equal)
jump backward 1 hour
Ctrl - (hyphen)
jump forward 1 day
= (equal)
jump backward 1 day
- (hyphen)
jump forward 1 week
]
jump backward 1 week
[




controlling sidereal time


jump forward 1 sidereal day
Alt = (equal)
jump backward 1 sidereal day
Alt - (hyphen)
jump forward 1 sidereal week
Alt ]
jump backward 1 sidereal week
Alt [

zooming

quickly zoom in or out
mouse roller up or down
zoom in
PgUp or Ctrl Up Arrow
zoom out
PgDn or Ctrl Dn Arrow
zoom close to selected object
/ (slash)
zoom out fully
\ (backslash)




panning


quickly pan celestial sphere
left-drag
pan right
Right Arrow
pan left
Left Arrow
pan up
Up Arrow
pan down
Dn Arrow
toggle equatorial or alt/az mount
Ctrl m

working with objects

select an object visually
left-click
centre on selected object
spacebar
toggle tracking of selected object
t
deselect object
right-click
display search dialog box
Ctrl f or F3
travel to object, i.e. go to a planet
Ctrl g
toggle angular measurement (plug-in)
Ctrl a*

working with artificial satellites (plug-in)

configure satellites
Alt z*
toggle satellite display
Ctrl z*
toggle satellite labels
Shift z

working with oculars (plug-in)

configure oculars or eyepieces
Alt o*
toggle ocular view
Ctrl o*
toggle Telrad circles
Ctrl b*
switch to different eyepiece
Ctrl ] or Ctrl [*
switch to different telescope
Shift ] or Shift [*
switch to different CCD sensor
Ctrl Shift ] or Ctrl Shift [*
toggle reticule
Alt c*

controlling the application

show configuration dialog
F2
show help/about dialog
F1
show script console window
F12
toggle application fullscreen/window
F11
toggle GUI toolbars/menus
Ctrl t
save screenshot to desktop file
Ctrl s
close a dialog box
Esc*
quit from Stellarium
Ctrl q

Most quick reference listings (including the one inside Stellarium's help) are improperly designed. They show the key first then the action, forcing you to think about a key combination, even if you're not interested in it. You'll see I've done the opposite!

1 comment:

SharminC said...

Thanks for the updated "cheat sheet" Blake!