Chapter 4. Menu actions

Table of Contents

File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Nodes Menu
Tools Menu
Help Menu
[Note]Note

Most keyboard shortcuts are loaded from the system settings and may differ from those listed here.

File Menu

FileNew (Ctrl+N)

Open a new tab.

FileOpen (Ctrl+O)

Select a file to open.

FileOpen recent

Lists recently used files.

FileSave (Ctrl+S)

Save current file.

FileSave As.. (Ctrl+S)

Save current file, always shows a dialog to select the file name.

FileSave All (Ctrl+Shift+S)

Save all open files.

FileExport

Show the export dialog, this allows SVG and raster export of the knot.

FilePrint (Ctrl+P)

Show the system print dialog.

FilePage Setup

Show a dialog that can be used to conifure the paper size for printing.

FilePrint Preview

Show a preview of the printing result with the current settings.

FileQuit (Ctrl+Q)

Quits Knotter.

Edit Menu

EditUndo (Ctrl+Z)

Undo last action.

EditRedo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

Redo next action.

EditCopy (Ctrl+C)

Copy selected subgraph, this will copy data for Knotter internals and a SVG image

EditCut (Ctrl+X)

Move selected subgraph to clipboard, outgoing edges are removed.

EditPaste (Ctrl+V)

Paste clipboard contents.

EditSelect All (Ctrl+A)

Select all nodes.

EditPreferences...

Show configuration dialog.

View Menu

ViewToolbars

Toggle visibility for the available toolbars.

ViewDocks

Toggle visibility for the available dockable dialogs.

ViewZoomZoom in (Ctrl++)

Increase the zoom factor in the drawing area.

ViewZoomZoom out (Ctrl+-)

Decrease the zoom factor in the drawing area.

ViewZoomReset Zoom (Ctrl+0)

Reset zoom to 100%.

ViewReset view

Reset zoom to 100% and center on the origin.

ViewShow graph

Toggle visibility of the graph.

ViewShow Knotline

Toggle visibility of the interlace.

ViewRenderingNormal

Use the default rendering, all style options are applied, may be slower than the other redering modes.

ViewRenderingHighlight Loops

Closed loops are detected and colored with different colors.

ViewRenderingSimplified

Simple and fast rendering, some style options are discarded.

ViewEnable grid

Toggle grid visibility and snapping.

ViewConfigure grid

Show the grid configuration dialog.

ViewMove grid

Enable reposition of the grid origin, once this is triggered, click on the canvas to set the new origin.

ViewBackground

Show the background configuration dialog.

Nodes Menu

NodesLink (Ctrl+L)

Connect selected nodes in a complete subrgraph.

NodesUnlink

Remove all edges connecting the selected nodes.

NodesErase (Del)

Erase selected nodes.

NodesMerge (Ctrl+M)

Merge selected nodes in a single node.

NodesHorizontal flip

Flip nodes horizontally.

NodesVertical flip

Flip nodes vertically.

NodesRotate

Dragging on the transformation handles will rotate the selection.

NodesScale

Dragging on the transformation handles will scale the selection.

NodesSnap to grid

Snaps the selected nodes to the grid.

Tools Menu

ToolsEdit graph (Alt+Shift+E)

Changes the editing mode, when this is enabled the user can interact with every aspect of the graph.

ToolsEdge list (Alt+Shift+L)

Changes the editing mode, when this is enabled the user can insert nodes and edges quickly but other operations are somewhat limited

ToolsInsert polygon...

Show a dialog to insert a regular polygon

ToolsRefresh path (F5)

Forces Knotter to redraw the knot if it missed some edit. If you need to use this item, you may have encountered a bug. See the section called “Reporting Bugs”.

Help Menu

HelpManual (F1)

Shows a window with the displaying the HTML version of this manual.

HelpAbout...

Shows a dialog with information on Knotter version and build environment.