Altova DatabaseSpy 2025 Professional Edition

The Keyboard tab allows you to define (or change) keyboard shortcuts for any DatabaseSpy command.

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In the Set accelerator for drop-down list, you can differentiate between shortcuts that are valid in the Default menu or in the DatabaseSpy Design menu.

To assign a new Shortcut to a command:

1.Select the All Commands category using the Category combo box.

2.Select the command you want to assign a new shortcut to, in the Commands list box.

3.Click in the Press New Shortcut Key text box, and press the shortcut keys that are to activate the command. The shortcuts appear immediately in the text box. If the shortcut was assigned previously, then that function is displayed below the text box.  (To clear this text box, press any of the control keys, Ctrl, Alt or Shift).

4.Click the Assign button to assign the shortcut.

 

The shortcut now appears in the Current Keys list box.

To de-assign or delete a shortcut:

1.Click the shortcut you want to delete in the Current Keys list box.

2.Click the Remove button.

3.Click the Close button to confirm.

To reset all shortcut keys:

1.Click the Reset All button to reset all the shortcut keys to the state they were when the program was installed. A prompt appears stating that all toolbars and menus will be reset.

2.Click Yes to confirm the reset.

 

The following tables list the currently assigned keyboard shortcuts by key and by function, respectively.

 

Hotkeys by key

Shortcut

Command name

F1

Table of Contents

F3

Find next

F5

Execute



Alt

Show Paths

Alt+Enter

Property Window

Shift+Alt+Enter

Select entire Statement



Shift+Delete

Cut

Alt+Backspace

Undo

Ctrl+Insert

Copy

Shift+Insert

Paste



Alt+Down

Next Statement

Alt+Up

Previous Statement

Alt+Home

First Statement

Alt+End

Last Statement

Alt+Insert

Append new row



Ctrl+C

Copy/Copy selected cells

Ctrl+D

New Design Editor

Ctrl+E

Export database data...

Ctrl+F

Find...

Ctrl+H

Replace...

Ctrl+I

Import data to the database...

Ctrl+N

New SQL Editor

Ctrl+O

Open...

Ctrl+P

Print...

Ctrl+Q

Create a database connection...

Ctrl+S

Save

Ctrl+S

Save Project

Ctrl+V

Paste

Ctrl+X

Cut

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+Z

Undo



Ctrl+Alt+E

Edit data

Ctrl+Alt+O

Options...

Ctrl+Alt+R

Retrieve all rows

Ctrl+Alt+T

Retrieve first n rows



Ctrl+Shift+N

New Project

Ctrl+Shift+O

Open Project

Ctrl+Shift+S

Save All

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste as new row

 

Hotkeys by function

Command name

Shortcut

Alternative shortcut

Append new row

Alt+Insert


Copy

Ctrl+C

Ctrl+Insert

Copy selected cells

Ctrl+C


Cut

Ctrl+X

Shift+Delete

Edit data

Ctrl+Alt+E


Execute

F5


Export database data...

Ctrl+E


Find next

F3


Find...

Ctrl+F


First Statement

Alt+Home


Import data to the database

Ctrl+I


Last Statement

Alt+End


New Design Editor

Ctrl+D


New Project

Ctrl+Shift+N


New SQL Editor

Ctrl+N


Next Statement

Alt+Down


Open...

Ctrl+O


Open Project

Ctrl+Shift+O


Options...

Ctrl+Alt+O


Paste

Ctrl+V

Shift+Insert

Paste as new row

Ctrl+Shift+V


Previous Statement

Alt+Up


Print...

Ctrl+P


Property Window

Alt+Enter


Create a database connection

Ctrl+Q


Redo

Ctrl+Y


Replace...

Ctrl+H


Retrieve all rows

Ctrl+Alt+R


Retrieve first n rows

Ctrl+Alt+T


Save

Ctrl+S


Save All

Ctrl+Shift+S


Save Project

Ctrl+S


Select entire Statement

Shift+Alt+Enter


Show Paths

Alt


Table of Contents

F1


Undo

Ctrl+Z

Alt+Backspace

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