Hotkeys

TablEdit uses the standard Windows hotkeys allowing you to open menus from the keyboard by pressing [Alt] plus the letter underlined in the menu name. Items within each menu can then be opened by pressing the letter underlined in each.

In addition, TablEdit uses the following shortcuts:

 

 Editing - Basics

[return](in stave) enter note on current position
[0..49](in tablature) enter note on current position
[ . (decimal)]enter rest of current note duration
[Shift]+[A..J](in tablature) enter note [10..19] on current position
[delete]remove selected item(s)
[+/-](positioned on a note) increase/decrease note value with half tone
[Ctrl]+[Z]ccancel the last editing action
[Ctrl]+[Y]redo the last canceled editing action
[return](in tablature, on anchor point) open related edit window

 

 Editing - Select, delete, copy, find

[Ctrl]+[A]select entire current module as a block
[Shift]+[arrow]extend selection block
[Ctrl]+[Insert]copy selected measures (or notes, depending on context)
[Shift]+[Insert]paste copied measures (or notes, depending on context)
[Ctrl]+[C]copy a selected block, note or anchor
[Ctrl]+[X]cut a selected block, note or anchor
[Ctrl]+[V]paste a copied or cut block, note or anchor to the cursor position
[,]jumps to the next note
[Q]search the module for next occurrence of the of the same element type (chord diagram, cres/dim marker, text, etc.) as that beneath the cursor (in tablature).
[Shift]+[Q]repeat last occurrence search [Q] to the right
[Shift]+[R]repeat last occurrence search [Q] to the left

 

 Editing - moving cursor

[Ctrl]+[Space]toggle automatic cursor advance on/off
[Shift]+[F7]1/8th Note View
[Shift]+[F8]1/16th Note View (default)
[Shift]+[F9]1/32nd Note View
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F9]1/64nd Note View
[page up/down]scroll tablature and notation left or right
[tab]move cursor forward (offset: current default note duration)
[Ctrl]+[]once:gGo to end of current measure. twice: Go to beginning of following measure
[Ctrl]+[]once: Go to beginning of current measure. twice: Go to end of previous measure
[Ctrl]+[](in notation) move cursor one octave up
[Ctrl]+[](in notation) move cursor one octave down
[Ctrl]+[](in tablature) move cursor to the first string
[Ctrl]+[](in tablature) move cursor to the last string
[Shift]+[F5]open "Go to Measure" dialog (also available by clicking to right of the "Notes" zone in the status bar)
[Ctrl]+[Page up/Page down](in multitrack mode) scroll tablature and notation up or down within TablEdit window.

 

 Editing - correction

[Alt]+[Delete]moves everything to the right of the cursor the distance of the current duration to the left
[Alt]+[Insert]moves everything to the right of the cursor the distance of the current duration to the right
[Ctrl]+[+/-]with cursor in tablature: Move a note downwards or upwards across the neck of the instrument. Press [Ctrl]+[+] (to move toward the bass) or [Ctrl]+[-] (to move toward the treble).
[I]quantize notes in the selection
[J]automatically correct duration and note placement errors

 

 Formatting

[+] [-]increase/decrease vertical position (of rest, text, ...)
[A] [Z] [E]stems up, stems down, automatic stem direction.
[X]inhibit note beams from current position
[Alt]+[D]force sharp.
[Alt]+[B]force flat.
[Alt]+[=]back to alteration standard display.
[O]offset note head to the right
[Shift]+[O]offset note head to the left
[K]add a line break
[W]horizontal note spacing
[D]make note invisible in stave
[|] (pipe) control beam position and stem length
[!]remove note stem
[<] [>]horizontal positioning (of fingering, musical symbol, ... )

 

 Display - Layout

[V]toggle dynamics display on/off
[Shift]+[U]first press: hides notes with a dynamic value of pp in the tablature. second press: hides them in the Notation. Third press: Re-activates the standard display.
[Shift]+[X]first press: displays "Dead notes" as X's in the tablature. second press: blocks the display of "Dead notes". third press: re-activates the display of "Dead notes" within a greyed-out border.
[Shift]+[Y]systematically displays complete stems for all notes in the tablature (including whole and half notes).
[ _ ]blocks/activates the display of "Ringing Notes".
[Ctrl]+[+/-]with cursor in notation: set position of middle C ; with cursor in tablature: move the note across the strings.
[$]display in tablature the note name instead of the fret number or - if only the notation is visible - the note name within a coloured square.
[&]for stringed instruments: display the treble strings in light gray - for accordion: use Corgeron notation.
[%]Activate the Visualinear mode.
[Shift]+[W]Define the module as a wind instrument

 

 Duration

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F4]auto-duration
[F4]set current duration to whole note
[F5]set current duration to 1/2 note
[F6]set current duration to 1/4 note
[F7]set current duration to 1/8th note
[F8]set current duration to 1/16th note
[F9]set current duration to 1/32nd note
[Ctrl]+[F9]set current duration to 1/64th note
[*] (asterisk)apply current duration to selected note(s)
[Ctrl]+[ . (decimal)]toggle dotted note mode on/off
[:]double dotted note
[Ctrl]+[3]triplet mode
[Ctrl]+[5]quintuplet
[Ctrl]+[7]septuplet
[Ctrl]+[9]nonuplet
[Ctrl]+[0]decuplet
[L]tied note        
[<] [>]decrease/increase duration of selected note(s)

 

 Special Effects

[Alt]+[G]open Grace Note dialog
[B]brush
[C]choke
[G]"ghost" note
[H]hammer-on
[M]muted note
[P]pull-off
[S]slide
[R]roll
[N]remove special effects
[F3]re-applies the last used Special Effect or, if the cursor is placed on an empty position, repeats the last insertion.

 

 Playback

[F12]play entire Reading List
[Pause] or [Spacebar]pause/Resume playback
[F11]play from current measure to end
[Shift]+[F11]play from current position to end
[F10]play current measure
[Shift]+[F10]play current selection
[Alt]+[F10]play selected measures.
[Pause]pause playback
[Escape]stop playback
[Shift]+[F12]activates "Monitor" feature
[Ctrl]+[K]define MIDI options
[Ctrl]+[R]open Reading List dialog
[Shift]+[T]open Midi Event dialog
[<]frequency (of "tremolo" or "vibrato" special effect)
[>]speed (of "roll" special effect)
[>]amplitude (of "vibrato" special effect)
[( ] [ )]decrease/increase dynamic level of selected note(s)
[Ctrl]+[H]note pitch change dialog

 

 Windowing

[F1]opens this Help file
[Ctrl]+[F1]open this hotkey list
[F2]toggle ruler and palettes on/off
[Shift]+[F2]toggle "Track window" on/off
[Ctrl]+[F2]toggle "Quick Preview" on/off
[Ctrl]+[B]toggle Fingerboard on/off
[Ctrl]+[D]open Chord Manager
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[D]open Chord Editor
[Ctrl]+[T]open Text Manager
[T]open Text Editor
[Ctrl]+[F]open Strokes and Fingerings dialog

 

 Tablature management

[Ctrl]+[O]open a tablature file on disk
[Ctrl]+[S]save the current tablature file
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[S]protected save (for printing/saving)
[Ctrl]+[N]create a new tablature file
[Ctrl]+[P]print tablature
[Ctrl]+[G]open Tablature Manager
[Ctrl]+[I]open Title Information
[Ctrl]+[Q]quit TablEdit