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Diagram Tool Keyboard Shortcuts

Just Play has developed the following keyboard shortcuts to help you diagram plays more quickly.

SHIFT KEY: The Shift Key is used as the trigger for all shortcuts. Holding the Shift Key + a corresponding character will either activate a line tool or change the style of an existing line.

Line Tools
  • Straight Line: SHIFT + 1
  • Right Angle Line: SHIFT + 2
  • Multi-Point Line: SHIFT + 3
  • Curve Line: SHIFT + 4
Line Styles
  • Dashed Line Style: SHIFT + – (dash)
  • Dotted Line Style: SHIFT + . (period)
  • Squiggly Line Style: SHIFT + ~ (tilda)
  • Increase line thickness: CTRL + + (Plus)
  • Decrease line thickness: CTRL + – (Minus)
  • Snap Line to 45 Increments: Hold ALT/OPTION key while drawing a line
End Point Styles
  • Arrow: SHIFT + A
  • Block: SHIFT + B
  • Gap Fill: SHIFT + G
  • Left Hook: SHIFT + L
  • Right Hook: SHIFT + R
  • None: SHIFT + N
Multi-Point Tool:
  • Adjust style of line segment: CTRL + Click the segment you wish to change.
  • Hold SHIFT while drawing a multi-point line will turn the current line segment into a curve.
  • End Multipoint Line: ESC

Copy/Paste and Undo

  • Hold CTRL + C to copy and CTRL + V to paste
  • Hold CTRL + Z 
Other Shortcuts
  • Zoom in on canvas: F6 or CTRL + SHIFT + Click
  • Zoom out on canvas: SHIFT + F6 or CTRL + SHIFT + Right Click
  • Select all figures: CTRL + A
  • Flip Horizontal: CTRL + H
  • Flip Vertical: CTRL + J
  • Send to Back: CTRL + SHIFT + B
  • Bring to Front: CTRL + SHIFT + F