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Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Quick path

  1. Shortcuts
  2. Keyboard
  1. Shortcuts
  2. Mouse
  1. Shortcuts
  2. System Presets

Shortcuts (sometimes called hot keys or quick keys) are set from a button on the takeoff canvas, not from account or organization Settings.

Open the shortcuts settings

  1. Open a project and go to the takeoff canvas.
  2. Click the shortcuts button (gear icon). Its label includes your preset, for example "On-Screen Takeoff Shortcuts". If you haven't picked a preset it just says Shortcuts. In the newer takeoff it adds "(Customized)" once you've changed something.

The settings open on tabs: Keyboard, Mouse, Display and System Presets. There is no visible title, so look for the tabs.

Use another program's shortcuts

Open System Presets and pick the preset that matches the takeoff software you're used to. The button label then shows that preset's name.

System Presets tab listing Bluebeam Revu (selected, the default), PlanSwift, Destini Estimator and On-Screen Takeoff
System Presets: pick the software you already know.

Change a keyboard shortcut

  1. Open the Keyboard tab. If no preset is selected yet, the other tabs are locked: pick one under System Presets first.
  2. Find the action with "Search shortcuts...".
  3. Click its shortcut and press the new key combination.
Keyboard tab with a Search shortcuts box, categories on the left and Tools shortcuts such as Select Tool V and Ruler M, each with an edit pencil
Keyboard tab: search for the action, then edit its key.

Change mouse buttons

Open the Mouse tab and use "Search mouse bindings..." to find the action. Mouse-button bindings are set here, not just keys.

Mouse tab listing bindings such as Left Click to Deselect All, Right Click to Context Menu and Middle Drag to Pan
Mouse tab: each button and click type maps to an action.

When a key is already taken

  • Shortcut Conflict: the key is used by another action. Choose Reassign to move it, Keep Both, or Cancel Edit.
  • Reserved Shortcut: the key is reserved ("Currently reserved for:" shows what by) and can't be reassigned. Pick a different key.

Reset to defaults

On the Keyboard or Mouse tab, click Reset. Boon asks "Reset all shortcuts?" or "Reset all mouse bindings?" before resetting.