Shortcuts

There are a number of shortcuts to make your annotation experience quicker and easier. These shortcuts can be accessed in the editor by clicking the Shortcuts button. You can also take a look at all of the available shortcuts listed below.

ShortcutDescription
VSelect object
GMagic select
AltJump between Magic Select polygon layers
Middle clickDrag image
XBounding box
MMagic Polygon
OMagic Box (OCR)
ZPolygon
Enter / Double clickClose polygon / polyline
Alt + CTurn on/off polygon clip mode
Shift + SSubtract polygon
EscUndo last polygon/polyline point
Shift + Double clickDelete polygon/polyline point
PPoint
Shift + Right clickAdd point label on point object
Ctrl + XRotated box
EEllipse
LPolyline
QCuboid
Alt + TFree text tag
IEyedropper
BBucket
KRuler
CComment
EscClose comment window
Scroll upZoom in
Scroll downZoom out
.Switch to next workflow step
,Switch to previous workflow step
Shift + QQA mode on/off
Ctrl + ZUndo
Ctrl + Shift + ZRedo
RShow/Hide objects
Ctrl + LShow/Hide object labels
Shift + CShow/Hide class labels
Shift + AShow/Hide attribute labels
Shift + PShow/Hide point labels
Shift + GShow/Hide group ID labels
=Increase the brightness by 10%
-Decrease the brightness by 10%
]Increase the opacity by 5%
[Decrease the opacity by 5%
Shift + +Increase the contrast by 10%
Shift + _Decrease the contrast by 10%
Ctrl + FComplete
Ctrl + QQuality check
Ctrl + BReturn
Alt + SSkip
Ctrl + Shift + RRevert
Delete / BackspaceDelete selected object
TabSwitch forward between objects
Shift + TabSwitch backward between objects
Shift + Up arrowApprove object
Shift + Down arrowDisapprove object
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrowApprove image
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrowDisapprove image
Right arrow / Alt + ScrollNext
Left arrow / Alt + ScrollPrevious
Ctrl + PPin
Shift + ]Send the selected object to the top layer
Shift + [Send the selected object to the bottom layer
WScroll viewport up
SScroll viewport down
AScroll viewport left
DScroll viewport right
Shift + Scroll upScroll image up
Shift + Scroll downScroll image down
Ctrl + Scroll leftScroll image left
Ctrl + Scroll rightScroll image right
Ctrl + CCopy selected object
Ctrl + VPaste selected object
Ctrl + DDuplicate object
Double click on pointDuplicate polygon/polyline point
Shift + Double click on pointDelete polygon/polyline point
Ctrl + Select objectSelect multiple objects
Ctrl + GGroup selected objects
Ctrl + Shift + GUngroup selected objects
Ctrl + Shift + PTurn pixelated zoom on/off
Ctrl + SSave
Ctrl + KOpen shortcut panel