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WinForms End-User Report Designer Keyboard Shortcuts

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Operations with XRControls

Copy/Paste XRControl

Key Action
Ctrl+C Copy the selected XRControl.
Ctrl+V Paste the copied XRControl.

ctrl_c_or_v

Cut XRControl

Key Action
Ctrl+X Cut the selected XRControl.

ctrl_x

Delete XRControl

Key Action
Delete Remove the selected XRControl.

delete

Undo / Redo an Action

Key Action
Ctrl+Z Undo the last operation.
Ctrl+Y Repeat the last undone operation.

undo

Slide XRControl to the End of the Area with a Minimum Indent

Use arrow keys to slide XRControl to the end of the area with a minimum indent:

Key Action
Up Slide XRControl up.
Down Slide XRControl down.
Left Slide XRControl left.
Right Slide XRControl right.

arrow

Shift XRControl Pixel by Pixel

Use Ctrl + arrows to shift XRControl pixel by pixel:

Key Action
Ctrl+Up Shift XRControl one pixel upward.
Ctrl+Down Shift XRControl one pixel down.
Ctrl+Left Shift XRControl one pixel to the left.
Ctrl+Right Shift XRControl one pixel to the right.

ctrl_arrow

Resize XRControl to the Widest/Highest Possible Value

Key Action
Shift+Up Move the XRControl’s bottom border to the lowest possible value.
Shift+Down Move the XRControl’s bottom border to the highest possible value.
Shift+Right Move the XRControl’s right border to the widest possible value.
Shift+Left Move the XRControl’s right border to the narrowest possible value.

shift_arrow

Resize XRControl Pixel by Pixel

Key Action
Ctrl+Shift+Up Move the XRControl’s bottom border upward by one pixel.
Ctrl+Shift+Down Move the XRControl’s bottom border downward by one pixel.
Ctrl+Shift+Left Move the XRControl’s right border to the left by one pixel.
Ctrl+Shift+Right Move the XRControl’s right border to the right by one pixel.

ctrl_shift_arrow

Clone XRControl

Key Action
Ctrl+Drag Clone XRControl.

ctrl_move

Select Multiple XRControls

Key Action
Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click Select/unselect multiple XRControls.

ctrl_or_shift_click

Rotate XRShape

Key Action
Ctrl+Drag Rotate XRShape.

ctrl_move_shape

Operations with the Field List

Key Action
Drag a table Add XRTable with bindings to all data fields.

drag_drop

Key Action
Shift + Drag a table Add XRTable with all data field names.

shift_drag_drop

Operations with the End-User Report Designer

Key Action
F4 Switch to the Designer tab.
F5 Switch to the Preview tab.

f4_or_f5

Key Action
Ctrl+L Save all opened report layouts.
Ctrl+S Save the selected report layout.
Ctrl+O Open a .repx report.
Ctrl+N Create a new report.
Ctrl+W Create a new report with the Wizard.
Ctrl+ScrollDown Zoom in the selected report.
Ctrl+ScrollUp Zoom out the selected report.
Ctrl+0 Set zoom to 100%.