Element editor menu bar¶

The menu bar is placed at top from element editor window. The element editor contains the menus File, Edit, Display, Settings, and Help. Each menu provides many different options.

Note

A brief description of each menu option can be read from help or information tool bar by hovering over the option with the cursor.

File menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_element_editor_menu_file.png — Figure: QElectroTech file menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut
New	Creates a new element	`Ctrl + n`
Open	Opens an existing element from collection	`Ctrl + o`
Open from a file	Opens an existing element from file	`Ctrl + o`
Starting the DXF converter plugin	Import element from DXF file	`Ctrl + o`
Recently opened	Open an element from history (recently opened files)	`Ctrl + s`
Save	Saves the current element changes (overwrites)	`Ctrl + s`
Save as	Saves the element as a new element from a library
Save to a file	Saves the Element as a different file on disk	`Ctrl + Shift + x`
Reload	Reloads the opened element (all changes which are not saved are lost)	`Ctrl + p`
Quit	Quits QElectroTech Element editor	`Ctrl + q`

Edit menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_element_editor_menu_edit.png — Figure: QElectroTech edit menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut
Undo	Undoes the previous action	`Ctrl + z`
Redo	Restores the undone action	`Ctrl + y`
Select All	Selects all elements on the folio	`Ctrl + a`
Select none	Deselect all elements on the folio	`Ctrl + Shift + a`
Invert selection	Inverts selection of elements	`Ctrl + i`
Cut	Puts selected elements into the clipboard	`Ctrl + x`
Copy	Copies selected elements	`Ctrl + c`
Paste	Pastes elements from the clipboard into the folio	`Ctrl + v`
Paste in the area	Pastes elements from the clipboard into the folio	`Ctrl + v`
Paste from	Pastes elements from the clipboard into the folio	`Ctrl + v`
Delete	Removes selected elements from the folio	`Del`
Edit name and information of the element	Rotates selected elements and texts	`Space`
Edit author information	Rotates selected texts to a specific angle	`Ctrl + Space`
Edit element properties	Finds the selected element in the collections panel
Bring to front	Brings the selection (s) to front	`Ctrl + Shift + Home`
Raise	Moves the selection over other objects (s)	`Ctrl + Shift + Up`
Lower	Moves the selection under other objects (s)	`Ctrl + Shift + Down`
Send backwards	Sends in the backwards the selection (s)	`Ctrl + Shift + End`

Display menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_element_editor_menu_display.png — Figure: QElectroTech display menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut
Zoom In	Expands the workspace	`Ctrl + +`
Zoom Out	Shrinks the workspace	`Ctrl + -`
Fit in view	Adjusts the zoom on exactly the part of the workspace	`Ctrl + 9`
Reset zoom	Restores default zoom level	`Ctrl + 0`

Settings menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_menu_settings.png — Figure: QElectroTech settings menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut
Display	Displays or hides toolbars and panels
Full screen mode	Displays QElectroTech in full screen mode	`Ctrl + Shift + f`
Configure QElectroTech	Allows specifying various parameters for QElectroTech

Help menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_menu_help.png — Figure: QElectroTech help menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut
What’s This?	Enquires main menu options	`Shift + f1`
About QElectroTech	Displays information about QElectroTech
Online manual	Launches the default browser to the online manual of QElectroTech	`f1`
Youtube channel	Launches the default browser on the Youtube channel of QElectroTech
Support the project with a donation	Launches the default browser on the QElectroTech donation paypal account
About Qt	Displays information about Qt library