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Version 2.1

A shortcut is a series of one or several keys that invoke the software to perform a pre-programmed action.

In grandMA3, we differentiate between the term key and button.

A key is a (hard) key on the console or on the (integrated) keyboard.

A button is an element in the User Interface.

The keys F9, F10, F11, Pause and Print Screen provide system-wide shortcuts on all operating systems always available in all contexts as long as the program is running. These shortcuts cannot be edited.

The following shortcuts are available on all OS through several input methods:

Desk lock:

  • Keyboard
    • F9 
    • Pause 
  • Key
    • MA + MA + Pause | Fix
  • Button
    • Lock

Toggle keyboard shortcuts:

  • Keyboard
    • F10
  • Button
    • ShCuts

Print screen:

  • Keyboard
    • F11
    • Print

Reload UI (If the color theme is set to unreadable values):

  • Key
    • MA + MA + Clear
    Hint:
    The Shift keys on the keyboard correspond with the MA keys on the console.

All other shortcuts can be edited by the user. For more information on see Keyboard Shortcuts. 

This overview displays shortcuts for a quick execution of commands.

Press key Command Description
. . Enters . [Dot] into the command line. For more information see the . [Dot] keyword.
. . Zero Sets the dimmer value of the selected fixtures to 0.
MA . Default Sets the attributes to their default values.
<<< <<< Enters <<< [GoFastBackward] into the command line. For more information see the <<< [GoFastBackward] keyword.
Press and hold <<<

Allows several successive operations.
MA <<< Black Enters Black into the command line. For more information see the Black keyword.
Press and hold <<<

Allows several successive operations.
>>> >>> Enters >>> [GoFastForward] into the command line. For more information see the >>> [GoFastBackward] keyword.
Press and hold >>>

Allows several successive operations.
MA >>> Flash Enters Flash into the command line. For more information see the Flash keyword.
Press and hold >>>

Allows several successive operations.
- -

Enters - [Minus] into the command line. For more information see the - [Minus] keyword.

- - At Percent - 10 Decreases the intensity of the selected fixtures by 10%.
+ + Enters + [Plus] into the command line. For more information see the Plus keyword.
+ + At Percent + 10 Increases the intensity of the selected fixtures by 10%.
/ / Enters / [Slash] into the command line. For more information see the / [Slash] keyword.
MA / * Enters * [Asterisk] into the command line. For more information see the * [Asterisk] keyword.
At At Enters At into the command line. For more information see the At keyword.
At At Normal Sets the intensity to the Normal value in the selected fixtures.
MA At Integrate Enters Integrate into the command line. For more information see the Integrate keyword.
MA At At Extract Enters Extract into the command line. For more information see the Extract keyword.
Press and hold At  

Opens the At Filter Overlay. For more information see At Filter.

Store At /Embed Enters /Embed into the command line. For more information see the /Embed option keyword.
Assign Assign Enters Assign into the command line. For more information see the Assign keyword.
Assign Assign Label Enters Label into the command line. For more information see the Label keyword.
MA Assign Set Enters Set into the command line. For more information see the Set keyword. 
Press and hold Assign

Allows several successive operations.
Align Align Cycles through the different align modes.
Press and hold Align Align "Off" Sets the align mode to off.
MA Align AlignTransition Cycles through the different align transitions.
Press and hold MA Align AlignTransition "Linear" Sets the align transition to linear.
Blind Blind Toggles the blind mode. For more information see the Blind keyword. 
Clear Clear Clears the selected fixtures. For more information see the Clear keyword.
Clear Clear Clear Clears the active values. For more information see the Clear keyword.
Clear Clear Clear Clear Clears the programmer. For more information see the Clear keyword.
Press and hold Clear ClearAll Clears the programmer and command filter. You can also press 3 x Clear. For more information see the ClearAll keyword.
Channel Channel Enters Channel into the command line. For more information see the Channel keyword. 
Channel Channel

Channel

Universal

and other ID types in use

Pressing Channel repeatedly switches through Channel, Universal, and other ID types in use. If ID types are not assigned to patched fixtures, they are not use and hence will not be toggled in the command line.
For more information see the Channel key, Universal keyword, Command Line - Change the Default Keyword.

Copy Copy Enters Copy into the command line. For more information see the Copy keyword. 
Copy Copy Paste Enters Paste into the command line. For more information see the Paste keyword.
Copy Copy Copy Insert Enters Insert into the command line. For more information see the Insert keyword.
MA Copy Cut Enters cut into the command line. For more information see the Cut keyword.
Press and hold Copy

Allows several successive operations.
Ctrl   Press and hold to use multi-selection in sheets.
To initiate a clean start press and hold when the Mode Selector pop-up appears during the boot process.
Cue Cue Enters Cue into the command line. For more information see the Cue keyword.
Cue Cue Part Enters Part into the command line. For more information see the Part keyword. 
MA Cue Programmer Enters Programmer into the command line. For more information see the Programmer keyword. 
Down Down Navigates downward in the structure of fixtures or subfixtures.
Delete Delete Enters Delete into the command line. For more information see the Delete keyword. 
Delete Delete Remove Enters Remove into the command line. For more information see the Remove keyword. 
Delete Delete Delete Release Enters Release into the command line. For more information see the Release keyword.
Press and hold Delete

Allows several successive operations.
ESC   Closes pop-ups, returning keyboard focus to the command line. If there are no open pop-ups, ESC will delete unexecuted commands in the command line.

Press and hold for 5 seconds MAESC

-or-

Press and hold for 5 seconds  ShiftESC


Cancels operations that take a longer period of time to process. For example, such operations are copying or storing large amount of data. 
Edit Edit Enters Edit into the command line. For more information see the Edit keyword.
Edit Edit EditSetting Enters EditSetting into the command line. For more information see the EditSetting keyword. 
Freeze Freeze Toggles the Freeze function.
Full Full Sets the intensity to 100% in the selected fixtures. For more information see the Full keyword.
Fixture Fixture Enters Fixture into the commnd line. For more information see the Fixture keyword. 
Fixture Fixture Selection Enters Selection into the command line. For more information see Selection keyword. 
FixtureFixture Fixture
Collection
Enters Collection into the command line. For more information see the Collection keyword. 
Group Group Enters Group into the commnd line. For more information see the Group keyword.
Group Group World Enters World into the command line. For more information see the World keyword.
Group Group Group Filter Enters Filter into the command line. For more information see the Filter keyword.
Goto Goto Enters Goto into the command line. For more information see the Goto keyword. 
Goto Goto Load Enters Load into the command line. For more information see the Load keyword. 
MA Goto Goto Loaded Enters Loaded into the command line. For more information see the Loaded keyword. 
Go+ [Large] Go+ Executor Executes Go+ Executor into the command line and affects the selected sequence. For more information see the Go+ keyword.
MA Go+ [Large] Go+ Loaded Executes Go+ Loaded into the command line. For more information see the  Loaded keyword. 
Go- [Large] Go- Executor Executes Go- Executor into the command line and affects the selected sequence. For more information see the Go- keyword. 
Go+ | Temp Go+ Enters Go+ into the command line. For more information see the Go+ keyword. 
Press and hold Go+ | Temp

Allows several successive operations.
Go+ | TempGo+ | Temp
Unpark
Enters Unpark into the command line. For more information see the Unpark keyword. 
MA Go+ | Temp Temp Enters Temp into the command lilne. For more information see the Temp keyword. 
Press and hold MAGo+ | Temp

Allows several successive operations.
MA Go+ | Temp Go+ | Temp Toggle Enters Toggle into the command line. For more information see the Toggle keyword. 
Go- | Top Go- Enters the Go- into the command line. For more information see the Go- keyword. 
Press and hold Go- | Top

Allows several successive operations.
MA Go- | Top Top Enters Top into the command line. For more information see the Top keyword. 
Press and hold MA Go- | Top

Allows several successive operations.
 MA Go- | Top Go- | Top Kill Enters Kill into the command line. For more information see the Kill keyword. 
Help Help Enters Help into the command line. For more information see the Help keyword. 
Highlt Highlight Toggles the highlight function on and off. For more information see the Highlight keyword. 
MA Highlt Lowlight Toggles the lowlight function on and off. For more information see the Lowlight keyword. 
If IfOutput
If
EndIf

If the command line is empty, IfOutput will be entered into the command line. For more information see the IfOutput keyword.
If any other command has already been entered, pressing If again will enter If into the command line. For more information see the If keyword. 
If If has already been entered into the command line, pressing If will enter EndIf into the command line. For more information see the EndIf keyword.

If If IfActive Enters IfActive command into the command line. For more information see the IfActive keyword. 
If If If IfProgammer Enters IfProgrammer into the command line. For more information see the IfProgrammer keyword. 
If If If If If Enters If into the command line. For more Information see the If keyword. 
Learn | Rate1 LearnSpeed Enters LernSpeed into the command line. For more information see the LearnSpeed keyword.
Press and hold Learn | Rate1

Allows several successive operations.
MA Learn | Rate1

Rate1

Enters Rate1 into the command line. For more information see the Rate1 keyword. 
Press and hold Learn | Rate1

Allows several successive operations.
List List Enters List into the command line. For more information see the List keyword. 
MA List ListReference Enters ListReference into the command line. For more information see the ListReference keyword. 
Press and hold MA + any other key

Pressing and holding MA in combination with other keys provides shortcuts to other functions. It works the same as using Shift on a keyboard.

Press and hold MA

If the name of a pool object is hidden or the pool object displays a custom name, pressing and holding MA displays the name of media files. This works with the following pools:
Appearance pool, Gobo pool, Image pool, Mesh pool, Sound pool, and Symbol pool.
It willl also show numbers of assigned objects on view buttons and scroll thorugh the address string of the assigned object on executors if they are in other data pools.

MA Please   Sets focus to the command line.
Menu   Opens the menu pop-up.
Menu Menu SaveShow Saves the show file using the current name. For more information see the SaveShow keyword.
Move Move Enters Move into the command line. For more information see the Move keyword.
Move Move Exchange Enters Exchange into the command line. For more information see the Exchange keyword. 
Press and hold Move

Allows several successive operations.
Next Next Enters Next into the command line. For more information see the Next keyword. 
MA Next Next Step Enters Next Step into the command line. For more information see the Step keyword. 
Oops Oops Undoes the last operation or selection. For more information see the Oops keyword. 
Press and hold Oops   Opens the Oops window.
On On Enters On into the command line. For more information see the On keyword. 
OnOn
Call
Enters Call into the command line. For more iformation see the Call keyword. 
Press and hold On

Allows several successive operations.
Off Off Enters Off into the command line. For more information see the Off keyword. 
Off Off   Opens the Off Menu.
MA MA Off   Closes any active RemoteHID connections.
Press and hold Off

Allows several successive operations.



Pause [Large] Pause Executor Toggles pause on and off in the selected sequence. For more information see the Pause keyword.
Pause | Fix Pause Enters Pause into the command line. For more information see the Pause keyword. 
Press and hold Pause | Fix

Allows several successive operations.
Pause | Fix Pause | Fix Park Enters Park into the command line. For more information see the Park keyword.
MA Pause | Fix Fix Enters Fix into the command line. For more information see the Fix keyword.
MA MA Pause | Fix   Toggles the desk lock.
Press and hold MAPause | Fix

Allows several successive operations.
Page+ Next Page Calls the next page. For more information see the Page keyword. 
Page-  Previous Page Calls the previous page. For more information see the Previous keyword.
Press and hold Page-  Page Calls page 1.
Please   Executes the command entered in the command line.
Please Please   Activates all attributes in the selected fixtures. If you keep on repeatedly pressing Please, the activation will be toggled.
Power   Powers up or powers down the console. 
Preset + 1 , 2  Select EncoderBank 1, 2 Changes between encoder banks.
Preset Preset Enters Preset into the command line. For more information see the Preset keyword.
Preset Preset Attribute Enters Attribute in the command line. For more information see the Attribute keyword.
Preset Preset Preset Gel Enters Gel into the command line. For more information see the Gel keyword.
MA Preset FeatureGroup Enters FeatureGroup into the command line. For more information see the FeatureGroup keyword.
MA Preset Preset DataPool Enters DataPool into the command line. For more information see the DataPool keyword. 
Prev Previous Selects the previous fixture. For more information see the Previous keyword . 
MA Prev Previous Step Selects the previous step. For more information see the Step keyword.
Select Select Enters Select into the command line. For more information see the Select keyword. 
Select Select Collect Enters Collect into the command line. For more information see the Collect keyword. 
Press and hold Select

Allows several successive operations.
SelFix SelectFixtures Enters SelectFixtures into the command line. For more information see the SelectFixtures keyword.
SelFix SelFix Shuffle Enters Shuffle into the command line. For more information see the Shuffle keyword.
Press and hold SelFix

Allows several successive operations.
Sequ Sequence Enters Sequence into the command line. For more information see the Sequence keyword. 
Set Set Selection Property "Active"
Toggles MATricks on and off. For more information see the MAtricks keyword.
MA Set Step Toggle Toggles between the firstly selected step and all selected steps.
Solo Solo Toggles the solo function on and off. For more information see the Solo keyword.
Stomp Stomp Enters Stomp into the command line. For more information see the Stomp keyword.
Stomp Stomp Capture Enters Capture into the command line. For more information see the Capture keyword.
Press and hold Stomp

Allows several successive operations.
Store Store Enters Store into the command line. For more information see the Store keyword.
Press and hold Store   Opens Store Settings.
Thru Thru Enters Thru into the command line. For more information see the Thru keyword.
Time
Toggles CueFade and CueDelay, or through Relative, Fade, Delay, and Absolute. Which layers are toggled depends on two things: the Time Key Target of your user profile settings and the content of the command line. For more information see these keywords CueFade, CueDelay, Relative, Fade, Delay and Absolute. For more information on the Time Key Target see User Settings.
Up Up Navigates upward in the structure of fixtures or subfixtures.
Update Update Opens the Update menu.
MA Update

Cook

Offset

Enters Cook into the command line. For more information see the Cook keyword.
If there is already Store in the command line, this key combination will enter Offset into the command line. For more information see the Offset keyword. 
X1|Clone   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X1 is executor 291.
MA X1 | Clone Clone Enters Clone into the command line. For more information see the Clone keyword.
MA X1 | Clone X1 | Clone Recast Enters Recast into the command line. For more information see the Recast keyword.
X2 | Link   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X2 is executor 292.
X3 | Grid   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X3 is executor 293.
MA X3 | Grid Grid Enters Grid into the command line. For more information see the Grid keyword.
X4 | Layout   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X4 is executor 294.
MA X4 |  Layout Layout Enters Layout into the command line. For more information see the Layout keyword.
MA X4 | Layout X4 | Layout Appearance Enters Appearance into the command line. For more information see the Appearance keyword.
MA X4 | Layout X4 | Layout X4 | Layout Scribble Enters Scribble into the command line. For more information see the Scribble keyword. 
X5 | Step   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X5 is executor 295.
MA X5 | Step Step Enters Step into the command line. For more information see the Step keyword.
X6 | TC   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X6 is executor 296.
MA X6 | TC Timecode Enters Timecode into the command line. For more information see the Timecode keyword.
MA X6 I TC X6 I TC TimecodeSlot Enters Timecode Slot into the command line. For more information see the TimecodeSlot keyword.
MA X6 I TC X6 I TC X6 I TC Timer Enters Timer into the command line. For more information see the Timer keyword.
X7 | View   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X7 is executor 297.
MA X7 | View View Enters View into the command line. For more information see the View keyword.
MA X7 | View X7 | View ViewButton Enters ViewButton into the command line. For more information see the ViewButton keyword.
MA X7 | View X7 | View X7 | View ScreenContent Enters ScreenContent into the command line. For more information see the ScreenContent keyword.
X8 | DMX   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X8 is executor 298.
MA X8 | DMX DMXUniverse Enters DMXUniverse into the command line. For more information see the DMXUniverse keyword.
MA X8 | DMX X8 | DMX DMXAddress Enters DMXAddress into the command line. For more information see the DMXAddress keyword.
X9   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X9 is executor 191.
X10   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X10 is executor 192.
X11   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X11 is executor 193.
X12   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X12 is executor 194.
X13 | Phaser   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X13 is executor 195.
MA X13 | Phaser Menu "PhaserEditorOnly" Opens the Phaser overlay. For more information see Phasers.
X14 | Macro   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X14 is executor 196.
MA X14 | Macro Macro Enters Macro into the command line. For more information see the Macro keyword.
MA X14 | Macro X14 | Macro Plugin Enters Plugin into the command line. For more information see the Plugin keyword.
MA X14 | Macro X14 | Macro X14 | Macro Quickey Enters Quickey into the command line. For more information see the Quickey keyword. 
X15 | Page   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X15 is executor 197.
MA X15 | Page Page Enters Page into the command line. For more information see the Page keyword.
X16 | Exec   At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X16 is executor 198.
MA X16 | Exec Executor Enters Executor into the command line. For more information see the Executor keyword. 
MA X16 | Exec X16 | Exec SpecialExecutor Enters SpecialExecutor into the command line. For more information see the SpecialExecutor keyword.
MA X16 | Exec X16 | Exec X16 | Exec FaderMaster Enters FaderMaster into the command line. For more information see the FaderMaster keyword.