Sunday, October 25, 2015

Stellarium 0.14.x shortcuts

Stellarium 0.14.0 is out! It has a number of improvements. This is an update of my keyboard and mouse shortcuts listing. This reference is for Windows and Macintosh computers (although not all shortcuts have been tested on a Mac).

controlling the surroundings

show Location window
F6
Fn F6
toggle cardinal compass points qq
toggle compass marks †
(none)
(none)
toggle ground and buildings
g
g
toggle ground fog
f
f
toggle atmosphere or air
a
a
toggle sky glow/building lights *
Shift g
Shift g
toggle ground (e.g. mountain) labels *
Ctrl Shift g
⌘ Shift g
return to "home" (start-up) view
Ctrl h
(none)





controlling sky appearance

toggle stars
s
s
toggle star labels
Alt s
Option s
toggle constellation lines
c
c
toggle constellation boundaries
b
b
toggle constellation labels
v
v
toggle constellation artwork
r
r
toggle planets and Moon *
p
p
toggle planet and Moon labels *
Alt p
Option p
toggle planet orbits
o
o
toggle planet trails
Shift t
Shift t
toggle exoplanet labels and indicators
Ctrl Alt e
⌘ Option e
toggle DSO/nebula labels and indicators *n or d
n or d
toggle nebula background images
i
i
toggle quasars *
Ctrl Alt q
⌘ Option q
toggle zodiacal light *
Ctrl Alt z
⌘ Option z
toggle meteor radiants *
Ctrl Alt m
⌘ Option m
show Sky and Viewing Options
F4
Fn F4





controlling grid-lines

toggle altitude/azimuth grid
z
z
toggle equatorial grid
e
e
toggle ecliptic line
, (comma)
,
toggle celestial equator
. (period)
.
toggle meridian line
;
;
toggle horizon line *
h
h





changing image presentation

flip horizontally
Ctrl Shift h
⌘ Shift h
flip vertically
Ctrl Shift v
⌘ Shift v





controlling time flow

set date/time to now
8
8
set time rate to zero
7
7
increase time flow
l (lower case L)
l
decrease time flow
j
j
run time at normal rate
k
k
increase time flow a little
Shift l (that's L)
Shift l
decrease time flow a little
Shift j
Shift j





controlling "regular" time

show date/time window
F5
Fn F5
forward 1 hour solar
Ctrl = (equal)
⌘ =
backward 1 hour
Ctrl - (hyphen)
⌘ -
forward 1 day solar
= (equal)
=
backward 1 day
- (hyphen)
-
forward 1 week solar
]
]
backward 1 week
[
[





controlling sidereal time

forward 1 day sidereal
Alt = (equal)
Option =
backward 1 day
Alt - (hyphen)
Option -
forward 1 year sidereal
Ctrl Alt Shift ]
⌘ Option Shift ]
backward 1 year
Ctrl Alt Shift [
⌘ Option Shift [





zooming

quickly zoom in/out
mouse wheel
mouse wheel
zoom in
PgUp or
Ctrl Up Arrow

Fn Up Arrow
zoom out
PgDn or
Ctrl Dn Arrow

Fn Down Arrow
zoom in or out slowly
Shift with keys
(untested)
zoom close to selected object
/ (slash)
/
zoom out fully
\ (backslash)
\
zoom very close to planet
/ twice
/ twice
set field of view (FOV) to 5° *
Ctrl Alt 7
⌘ Option 7
set field of view (FOV) to 1° *
Ctrl Alt 9
⌘ Option 9
set field of view (FOV) to ½° *
Ctrl Alt 0
⌘ Option 0





panning

quickly pan celestial sphere
left-drag
drag
pan right
Right Arrow
Right Arrow
pan left
Left Arrow
Left Arrow
pan up
Up Arrow
Up Arrow
pan down
Down Arrow
Down Arrow
pan a small amount
Shift Arrow-key
Shift Arrow-key
toggle EQ or alt/az mount
Ctrl m
⌘ m





working with objects

select an object
left-click
click
centre on selected object
spacebar
spacebar
toggle tracking of object
t
t
deselect object
right-click
⌘-click
display search dialog box
Ctrl f or F3
⌘ f or Fn F3
go, i.e. travel, to a planet
Ctrl g
⌘ g
toggle angular measurement †
Ctrl a
⌘ a
copy object info to clipboard
Ctrl c
⌘ c





working with satellites

configure artificial satellites
Alt z
Option z
toggle satellite display
Ctrl z
⌘ z
toggle satellite labels
Shift z
Shift z





controlling the application

toggle night (red light) mode
(none)
(none)
show configuration window
F2
Fn F2
show help/about window
F1
Fn F1
show script console window
F12
(none)
toggle full-screen/window
F11
(none)
toggle toolbars/menus, i.e. GUI
Ctrl t
⌘ t
save screenshot to disk
Ctrl s
⌘ s
show keyboard shortcuts window
F7
Fn F7
close a window
Esc
Esc
quit from Stellarium
Ctrl q
⌘ q

* Recently added or changed shortcuts are marked with an asterisk.

† Keyboard shortcuts noted with a dagger are associated with a plug-in. They may not function if the plug-in is not active.

Some shortcuts were omitted. Notably those for the oculars plug-in. And those to do with scripting.

Most quick reference listings 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.

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