Shortcuts

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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.

Shortcut	Description
`V`	Select object
`G`	Magic select
`Alt`	Jump between Magic Select polygon layers
`Middle click`	Drag image
`X`	Bounding box
`M`	Magic Polygon
`O`	Magic Box (OCR)
`Z`	Polygon
`Enter` / `Double click`	Close polygon / polyline
`Ctrl` + `U`	Turn on/off polygon clip mode
`Shift` + `S`	Subtract polygon
`Esc`	Undo last polygon/polyline point
`Shift` + `Double click`	Delete polygon/polyline point
`P`	Point
`Shift` + `Right click`	Add point label on point object
`Ctrl` + `X`	Rotated box
`E`	Ellipse
`L`	Polyline
`Q`	Cuboid
`Alt` + `T`	Free text tag
`I`	Eyedropper
`B`	Bucket
`K`	Ruler
`C`	Comment
`Esc`	Close comment window
`Scroll up`	Zoom in
`Scroll down`	Zoom out
`.`	Switch to next step
`,`	Switch to previous step
`Shift` + `Q`	QA mode on/off
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`	Redo
`R`	Show/Hide objects
`Ctrl` + `L`	Show/Hide object labels
`Shift` + `C`	Show/Hide class labels
`Shift` + `A`	Show/Hide attribute labels
`Shift` + `P`	Show/Hide point labels
`Shift` + `G`	Show/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%
`Alt` + `C`	Complete
`Ctrl` + `Q`	Quality check
`Ctrl` + `B`	Return
`Alt` + `S`	Skip
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`	Revert
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Delete selected object
`Tab`	Switch forward between objects
`Shift` + `Tab`	Switch backward between objects
`Shift` + `Up arrow`	Approve object
`Shift` + `Down arrow`	Disapprove object
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Up arrow`	Approve image
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Down arrow`	Disapprove image
`Right arrow` / `Alt` + `Scroll`	Next
`Left arrow` / `Alt` + `Scroll`	Previous
`Ctrl` + `P`	Pin
`Shift` + `]`	Send the selected object to the top layer
`Shift` + `[`	Send the selected object to the bottom layer
`W`	Scroll viewport up
`S`	Scroll viewport down
`A`	Scroll viewport left
`D`	Scroll viewport right
`Shift` + `Scroll up`	Scroll image up
`Shift` + `Scroll down`	Scroll image down
`Ctrl` + `Scroll left`	Scroll image left
`Ctrl` + `Scroll right`	Scroll image right
`Ctrl` + `C`	Copy selected object
`Ctrl` + `V`	Paste selected object
`Ctrl` + `D`	Duplicate object
`Double click on point`	Duplicate polygon/polyline point
`Shift` + `Double click on point`	Delete polygon/polyline point
`Ctrl` + `Select object`	Select multiple objects
`Ctrl` + `G`	Group selected objects
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`	Ungroup selected objects
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P`	Turn pixelated zoom on/off
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save
`Ctrl` + `K`	Open shortcut panel

Updated about 2 months ago