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IntelliSurvey features an ever-expanding collection of keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts increase the speed with which users can navigate the admin interface. Below is a comprehensive collection of available keyboard shortcuts.

Note that all applets in the UI (user interface) allow users to access this article via the keyboard icon () in the bottom right hand corner of each page. Clicking the icon will open this article in a new tab within the interface.

Admin pages: Navigation

Shortcut Action
PC MAC
Ctrl+/ ⌘+ / Launches QuickSearch menu to find surveys. Ctrl+click to open several surveys before closing menu.
Alt+/ Option+/ Launches SmartSearch menu to navigate to different areas of the admin interface.

Admin pages: Tables and sheets

Shortcut Action
PC MAC
Ctrl+C ⌘+C Copies the content of the currently highlighted cell(s).
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+C ⌘+C, ⌘+C Copies the content of cell(s) + related header cell(s).

Admin pages: Text editors

Notable Ace editor shortcuts that work within IntelliSurvey's text editor in the Edit applet areas are listed below. Most standard navigation shortcuts work as well. This grid highlights mainly unfamiliar mappings and functionalities.

PC (Windows/Linux) Mac Action
App navigation & viewing
Alt+S Option+S Submit survey source
Alt+A Option+A Go back to editor from compiler
Alt++ Option++ Zoom in
Alt+- Option+- Zoom out
Text navigation   
Alt+Left Option+Left Skip to start of line
Alt+Right Option+Right Skip to end of line
Alt+L, Ctrl+F1 ⌘+Option+L, ⌘+F1 Fold or unfold selection
Ctrl+P – Go to matching bracket
Ctrl+Shift+P – Select matching bracket
Text manipulation
Alt+N Ctrl+Option+N Auto-number the lines of a single block selection (1. text...)
Alt+N Option+N Increment numbers (from 1 or from first number selected) in a multi-cursor selection (see Multi-cursor below) at each cursor point
Ctrl+Shift+U Ctrl+Shift+U Change to lowercase
Ctrl+U Ctrl+U Change to uppercase
Alt+Shift+Down ⌘+Option+Down Copy lines down
Alt+Shift+Up ⌘+Option+Up Copy lines up
Ctrl+D ⌘+D Remove/delete line
Alt+Down Option+Down Move lines down
Alt+Up Option+Up Move lines up
Ctrl+Shift+D ⌘+Shift+D Duplicate selection
Ctrl+C ⌘+C

Copy text
Ctrl+V ⌘+V Paste text
Find   
Ctrl+F ⌘+F Find
Ctrl+K, F3 ⌘+G Find next
Ctrl+Shift+K, Shift+F3 ⌘+Shift+G Find previous
Ctrl+L ⌘+L Go to line number
Ctrl+click ⌘+click Lets the user view system or survey sheets in the System Spreadsheets or Survey Spreadsheets applets; hover over the sheet name first to use.
Multi-cursor    
Ctrl+Alt+Up * Ctrl+Option+Up Add multi-cursor to current line and move to the line above
Ctrl+Alt+Down * Ctrl+Option+Down Add multi-cursor to current line and move to the line below
Ctrl+Alt+A Ctrl+Option+A Update a multi-cursor selection to add trailing spaces (tabs) until all cursors are in the same column
Ctrl+Alt+Right * Ctrl+Option+Right Add next occurrence of selection to multi-cursor selection and move to next match
Ctrl+Alt+Left * Ctrl+Option+Left Add previous occurrence of selection to multi-cursor selection and move to next match
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Ctrl+Option+Shift+Up Remove multi-cursor from current line and move to the line above
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Ctrl+Option+Shift+Down Remove multi-cursor from current line and move to the line below
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Ctrl+Option+Shift+Right Remove current occurrence from multi-cursor selection and move to next match
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Ctrl+Option+Shift+Left Remove current occurrence from multi-cursor selection and move to previous match
Alt+click/drag  Option+click/drag Select text in column mode/vertically and horizontally
Ctrl+Alt+click/drag  Ctrl+Option+click/drag Add a column mode selection to multi-cursor selection
Ctrl+click/drag ⌘+click/drag Add a regular selection to multi-cursor selection
Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down Option+Shift+Up/Down Increment/decrement integer(s) to left of cursor(s)

*The Ctrl+Alt+direction keybindings are sometimes mapped to changing a PC's monitor orientation. If you don't need this system-level feature, try the following to release the binding:

Disable Intel Hotkeys on your PC by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F12 (or search the PC for "Intel Graphics"). Then navigate to Basic Mode > Options and Support > Hot Key Manager and uncheck "Enable".

Auto-complete

The text editor area also features auto-completion suggestions. The text editor compares the adjacent text preceding the cursor (if any) to system tags and functions.

To view a list of compatible completions, press Ctrl+Space with the cursor adjacent to the last typed character in the phrase, or press Ctrl+Space and begin to type. Use the mouse or arrow keys to move between suggestions, and click Tab or Enter to choose the selected item.

 

Using the auto-complete feature is also a great way to learn more about IntelliSurvey's survey programming language (SPL). There are a few example sets of questions which you can insert into your source code to use as a reference for the most common question types. Follow the steps below. Reminder, to activate the auto-completion feature, you can type the text first and then press Ctrl+Space, or you can press Ctrl+Space first and then begin to type. Both order of operations function the same.

AUTO COMPLETE EXAMPLES.jpg

 

Using the example set shown above, the following code would be added to the survey.

CODE EDITOR SNIPPET EXAMPLE.jpg

Admin page: IntelliBuilder

The IntelliBuilder applet (IB) allows Survey Creators (SCs) to create various survey elements with little to no knowledge of SPL. The typical formatting shortcut keys for bolding, italicizing, and underlining text are available to use in question text, options, and other displayed text. The following additional keyboard shortcuts are included while using IB. 

Shortcut Action
PC MAC
Alt+Shift+N Ctrl+Option+N Add element to end of survey
Alt+Shift+S Ctrl+Option+S Save element
Alt+Shift+W Ctrl+Option+W Cancel element creation or edit
Alt+Shift+C Ctrl+Option+C Collapse all elements
Alt+Shift+E Ctrl+Option+E Expand all elements
Alt+Shift+V  Ctrl+Shift+V Go to View menu
Alt+Shift+P Ctrl+Option+P

Open Insert Piped Text modal

(for use in question or option text, or properties such as Instructions, Explain, or Footnote)
Ctrl+Windows key+T Ctrl+Command+T Go to top of survey
Ctrl+Windows key+A Ctrl+Command+A Go to Appendix

Survey pages: Testmode

Many of the buttons available in the Testmode Toolbar have shortcut keys to use them. For information on using shortcut keys while in Testmode, see Running surveys in Testmode.

 

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