Hotkeys

The ? hotkey opens a cheat sheet for the most important hotkeys any time in Skybrush Live. Below is a more extensive list of all commands for which hotkeys or mouse gestures are available.

Table 1. Selection specific commands
Function	Scope	Keyboard shortcut	Mouse action
Select all drones	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Ctrl-A`	-
Deselect all	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Ctrl-A` or `ESC`	-
Select a single object	Map, 3D View, UAVs	-	Left button click
Select within specified area	Map, UAVs	-	`Shift` + Left button down
Add to / remove from selection	Map, 3D View, UAVs	-	`Ctrl` + Left button click
Select previous drone	UAVs	`↑`	-
Select next drone	UAVs	`↓`	-
Add previous drone to selection	UAVs	`Shift` + `↑`	-
Add next drone to selection	UAVs	`Shift` + `↓`	-
Select 10th previous drone	UAVs	`PgUp`	-
Select 10th next drone	UAVs	`PgDn`	-
Add 10 previous drone to selection	UAVs	`Shift` + `PgUp`	-
Add 10 next drone to selection	UAVs	`Shift` + `PgDn`	-
Select first drone	UAVs	`Home`	-
Select last drone	UAVs	`End`	-
Add all drones to selection up to the first one	UAVs	`Shift` + `Home`	-
Add all drones to the selection down to the last one	UAVs	`Shift` + `End`	-
Select a drone with a given ID	Map, 3D View, UAVs	type drone ID (or `s` + ID for showID) and press `Enter`

Table 2. View specific commands
Function	Scope	Keyboard shortcut	Mouse action
Pan	Map	-	Left button drag
Zoom in	Map	-	Left button double click or Wheel scroll up
Zoom out	Map	-	`Shift` + Left button double click or Wheel scroll down
Rotate	Map	-	`Alt` + `Shift` + Left button drag
Change UAV list order (sorted by IDs or mission IDs)	UAVs	`Ctrl-S`	-
Remove selected UAVs from list	UAVs	`Delete`	- Note that the 3D View panel has special hotkeys to change its view in different modes. These hotkeys are not listed here as they are always indicated on the panel’s header.

Table 3. Control commands on selected drones
Function	Scope	Keyboard shortcut	Mouse action
Open properties	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Enter`	-
Flash lights	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`w`	-
Flash lights of a drone with a given ID	Map, 3D View, UAVs	type drone ID (or `s` + ID for show ID) + `w` and press `Enter`	-
Takeoff	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`T`	-
Position hold	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`P`	-
Return to home	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`R`	-
Land	Map, 3D View, UAVs	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`L`	-

Table 4. Control commands on selected features on the map
Function	Scope	Keyboard shortcut	Mouse action
Create new feature and and new segment	Map → Add marker, Draw path, Draw circle, Draw rectangle, Draw polygon, Cut hole into polygon	-	Left button click
Finish creation of new feature	Map → Draw path, Draw polygon, Cut hole into polygon	-	Left button double click
Move selected feature	Map → Select	-	Left button down
Move selected segment of a feature	Map → Edit feature	-	Left button down
Remove selected segment of a feature	Map → edit feature	-	[Alt] + Left button down
Remove selected features	Map	`Delete`	-

Table 5. Other commands
Function	Scope	Keyboard shortcut	Mouse action
Enable broadcast mode	Global	`Ctrl-B`	-