Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Special Keys
Key	Mode	Description
Enter	Selected image	Edit the image properties for the selected image
Enter	Slideshow	Toggles between play and pause
Ctrl Enter	Selected image	View image full size
Ctrl Enter	Viewing full size image	View thumbnails
Escape (Esc)	Slideshow playing or paused	End the slideshow
	Full Screen display	Return to normal display mode
	Full size image display	Return to thumbnail display
	Selected images	Unselect all selected images
Delete (Del)	Viewing Named Collection	Delete selected images from named collection
Delete (Del)	Viewing database	Delete selected images from the database
Space bar	Automatic Slideshow	Toggle the slideshow between play and pause
Space bar	Manual Slideshow	Step to next image
Ctrl Space bar	Automatic Slideshow	Switch to manual advance mode
Ctrl Space bar	Manual Slideshow	Step to previous image
Up Arrow	Viewing thumbnails	Move selection to previous image
Up Arrow	Viewing full size image	Zoom in (not available if shrink to fit is selected)
Down Arrow	Viewing thumbnails	Move selection to next image
Down Arrow	Viewing full size image	Zoom out (not available if shrink to fit is selected)
Left Arrow	Viewing thumbnails	Move selection to previous column
Left Arrow	Viewing full size image	Move selection to previous image
Right Arrow	Viewing thumbnails	Move selection to next column
Right Arrow	Viewing full size image	Move selection to next image
Tab
Tab		Move selection to next image
Shift Tab
Shift Tab		Move selection to previous image
Page Up	Viewing thumbnails	Scroll one page right
Page Up	Viewing full size image	Move selection to previous image
Page Down	Viewing thumbnails	Scroll one page left
Page Down	Viewing full size image	Move selection to previous image
Home	Viewing thumbnails	Scroll to first "page"
End	Viewing thumbnails	Scroll to last "page"
Grey + (num pad)	Viewing full size image	Zoom in (not available if shrink to fit is selected)
Grey - (num pad)	Viewing full size image	Zoom out (not available if shrink to fit is selected)

Control Keys
Ctrl Key	Description
File
N	Create new database
O	Open database
S	Save database
View
U	View unrecorded images
D	View Database images
L	View Active Collection
Edit
A	Select all thumbnails

Drag and Drop supported by ImageDB

The following forms of drag and drop are supported.

Internal

When viewing a Named Collection images can be dragged and dropped to a new position in the collection.
When in browse mode images can be selected and dragged and dropped anywhere to import them.

From ImageDB to external

In any view mode other than the Collection Listing mode images can be selected and dragged out of ImageDB and dropped into any other application that accepts drag and drop, such as Photoshop or Paintshop.

From External to ImageDB

Image files can be dragged from applications such as My Computer or Windows Explorer and dropped into ImageDB to import them into the database.
An ImageDB database file can be dragged into ImageDB; the current database file will be closed and the new one opened.

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Special Keys

Key

Mode

Description

Control Keys

Ctrl Key

Description

File

View

Edit

Drag and Drop supported by ImageDB