Keyboard and mouse controls

It is possible in PhoA to perform almost any operation by a number of ways: selecting an item in the main menu, clicking a toolbar button (only in the browse mode), by pressing a keyboard shortcut, selecting an item from popup menu, or, finally, with the mouse. Below are keyboard shortcuts and mouse control for two major modes: in browse mode, and in view mode.

Browse mode

Keyboard

Shortcut	Action	Description
Ctrl+N	Create new photo album	Erases all photo album info as well as groups and pictures.
Ctrl+O	Open photo album file	Invokes photo album file-open dialog, loads photo album for processing or viewing.
Ctrl+S	Save photo album file	Stores photo album file currently open to the disk.
F12	Save photo album to another file	Brings up photo album file-save dialog, writes the photo album to the file selected and makes file the current one.
Alt+Ins	Create gorup	Creates new group as a child to the group currently highlited, assigns it the default name and starts editing the name.
Ins	Add picture(s)	Brings up Add pictures wizard (pictures are added to the current group).
Del	Delete	Removes group or pictures currently highlighted after confirmation (depends on current selection).
Ctrl+Z, Alt+Backspace	Undo	Rolls back the last change you have done to the photo album.
Ctrl+X, Shift+Del	Cut	Cuts pictures currently highlighted into the clipboard (pictures cut you can add later to another group).
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Ins	Copy	Copies pictures currently highlighted to the clipboard (pictures copied you can add later to another group).
Ctrl+V, Shift+Ins	Paste	Adds pictures from the clipboard to the current group (only if clipboard contains valid pictures placed there by PhoA).
Alt+Enter	Edit	Invokes Photo album properties dialog, Edit picture(s) dialog, or enters current group name editing mode (depends on current selection).
Ctrl+F3	Sort pictures	Brings up Sort pictures dialog.
Ctrl+A	Select all	Highlights all pictures in the current group.
Ctrl+D	Select none	Removes highlight from all pictures in the current group.
Ctrl+Enter	View	Enters view mode at the current picture.
F4	Program preferences	Displays Program preferences dialog.
F8	Statistics	Calculates and displays photo album statistics.
Ctrl+R	Rebuild thumbnails	Opens Rebuild thumbnails dialog.
Ctrl+F2	Picture operations	Brings up Picture operations dialog.
F3	Find	Aloows you to find pictures.
Ctrl+F1	About	Displays version, copyright and PhoA home site info.
F1	Help contents	Runs PhoA Help System.
Arrow keys	Move selection	Moves highlight along group tree or in picture list (depends on which pane is active).
Home, Ctrl+Page Up	First element	Moves selection to the first group/picture (depends on which pane is active).
End, Ctrl+Page Down	Last element	Moves selection to the last group/picture (depends on which pane is active).
Page Up	Previous page	Scrolls one screen up.
Page Down	Next page	Scrolls one screen down.
Shift+Arrow keys	Picture range selection	Selects picture sequence (starting at previous and ending at next highlighted).
Shift+Home, Shift+Ctrl+Page Up	Select to begin	Selects pictures from current through first.
Shift+End, Shift+Ctrl+Page Down	Select to end	Selects pictures from current through last.
Shift+Page Up	Select page up	Selects pictures from current through one one screen up.
Shift+Page Down	Select page down	Selects pictures from current through one one screen down.
Ctrl+G	Picture groups	Display photo album group tree (when a view is displayed).
Shift+Alt+Ins	New view	Invokes Add view dialog.
Shift+Alt+Del	Delete view	Removes current view from the photoa lbum.
Shift+Alt+Enter	Edit view	Opens View properties dialog.
Shift+Alt+G	Make a group	Opens Select a group dialog to place view's holders to.

Mouse

Shortcut	Action	Description
Wheel	Scroll	Scrolls group tree or picture list (depends on which pane is active).
Left button click	Single selection	Selects single group or single picturte (depends on which pane is active).
Right button click	Context menu	Invokes context menu.
Ctrl+Left button click	Multi-select pictures	Selects or unselects single picture.
Shift+Left button click	Select picture range	Selects pictures in sequence (from highlighted to one being clicked).
Drag with left button pressed in area aside pictures, Alt+Drag with left button pressed	Rectangular selection	Draws rectangular picture selection box.
Shift+Alt+Drag with left button	Add rectangular selection	Unions current selection with rectangular selection box.
Drag selected pictures with left button to a group	Move pictures	Moves selected pictures from current group to target one. Displays message of number of pictures actually moved.
Ctrl+Drag selected pictures with left button to a group	Copy pictures	Copies selected pictures from curent group to another one. Displays message of number of pictures actually copied.
Double click on a group tree node	Collapse/Expand	Collapses or expands tree node.
Double click on a picture	View mode	Enters view mode at the current picture.

View mode

Keyboard

Shortcut	Action	Description
Page Down, Space	Next picture	Advances to the next picture.
Page Up, BackSpace	Previous picture	Reverts to the previous picture.
Home	First picture	Jumps to the first picture in the group.
End	Last picture	Jumps to the last picture in the group.
+ (numeric keypad)	Zoom in	Enlarges picture by value defined in View mode settings dialog.
- (numeric keypad)	Zoom out	Scales picture down by value defined in View mode settings dialog.
* (numeric keypad)	Zoom best fit	Scales the picture to best fit the viewing window.
/ (numeric keypad)	Zoom actual size	Displays picture at its actual size (so that one picture pixel corresponds to one screen pixel).
Alt+Enter	Edit	Opens Edit picture dialog for picture currently displayed.
Pause	Toggle Slide Show mode	Activates or deactivates automatic timed Slide Show mode. Slide Show parameters are set up in View mode settings dialog.
F	Toggle fullscreen / window mode	Switches between fullscreen and window mode.
F5	Refresh picture	Reloads current picture from file.
F4	Program preferences	Displays Program preferences dialog.
F1	Help	Displays view mode help.
Enter, Esc	Finish viewing	Returns to the browse mode.
Arrow keys	Scroll picture	Scrolls picture in the given direction (in case it doesn't fit the window).
Shift+Arrow keys	Accurately scroll picture	Slowly scrolls picture in the given direction (in case it doesn't fit the window).
Ctrl+Arrow keys	Quickly scroll picture	Quickly scrolls picture in the given direction (in case it doesn't fit the window).
Ctrl+I	Info bar relocation	Displays resizing handles around info-string allowing you to resize or move it. Pressing it twice or mouse click outside the bar finishes this mode.

Mouse

Shortcut	Action	Description
Wheel down	Next picture	Advances to the next picture.
Wheel up	Previous picture	Reverts to the previous picture.
Middle button click, Wheel click	Toggle fullscreen / window mode	Switches between fullscreen and window mode.
Right button click	Context menu	Invokes context menu.
Ctrl+Wheel up	Zoom in	Enlarges picture by value defined in View mode settings dialog.
Ctrl+Wheel down	Zoom out	Scales picture down by value defined in View mode settings dialog.
Dragging with left button pressed	Scroll picture	Scrolls picture in the given direction (in case it doesn't fit the window).