--- title: "Shortcuts" id: "shortcuts" project: "MES User Manual" url: "https://docs.sepasoft.com/articles/user-manual/shortcuts" updated: 2026-07-31T14:54:48Z --- # Shortcuts **Sepasoft MES Module Suite** ### Equipment Manager Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts are available for the most actions listed on the menu, which is activated by right-clicking the equipment tree. There are some shortcuts defined which are aliases for other shortcuts, usually because of common functionality with other software. A few shortcuts are inherited by the tree component and are listed here for the sake of thoroughness. | **Shortcut** | **Action** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ``` Ctrl-A ``` | Activate | Activate the selected equipment
*(visible only when the selected equipment is deactivated)* | | ``` Ctrl-Left ``` | Collapse Node | Fully collapses the selected equipment (node) | | - *(Minus)* | Collapse Node | Same as `Ctrl-Left` | | ``` Alt-Left ``` | Collapse Tree | Fully collapses the entire equipment tree | | ``` Ctrl-C ``` | Copy | Copy the selected equipment | | ``` Ctrl-Alt-C ``` | Copy Equipment Path | Copy the equipment path for the selected equipment | | ``` Delete ``` | Delete | Delete the selected equipment | | ``` Ctrl-D ``` | Deactivate | Deactivate the selected equipment
*(visible only when the selected equipment is activated)* | | ``` Ctrl-E ``` | Enable | Enable the selected equipment.
*(visible only when the selected equipment is disabled)* | | ``` Ctrl-Right ``` | Expand Node | Recursively expands the selected equipment (node)
*(depending upon the quantity of equipment defined, this may be a lengthy operation)* | | - *(Plus)* | Expand Node | Same as `Ctrl-Right` | | ``` Alt-Right ``` | Expand Tree | Recursively expands the entire equipment tree
*(depending upon the quantity of equipment defined, this may be a lengthy operation)* | | \* *(Asterisk)* | Expand Tree | Same as `Alt-Right`; a common shortcut for Windows users | | ``` Alt-Down ``` | Move Down | Move the selected equipment to be one position lower than its current position underneath its parent | | ``` Alt-Home ``` | Move First | Move the selected equipment to the first position underneath its parent | | ``` Alt-End ``` | Move Last | Move the selected equipment to the last position underneath its parent | | ``` Alt-Up ``` | Move Up | Move the selected equipment to be one position higher than its current position underneath its parent | | ``` Ctrl-V ``` | Paste | Paste the previously copied equipment | | ``` F2 ``` | Rename | Rename the selected equipment | | ``` Home ``` | *Inherited* | Select the first item in the equipment tree | | ``` End ``` | *Inherited* | Select the last item in the equipment tree | | ``` Left ``` | *Inherited* | If the current equipment (node) is expanded then collapse it, otherwise select the current equipment's owner | | ``` Right ``` | *Inherited* | If the current equipment (node) is expandable, expand the node and select the first node, otherwise no action is performed. | | ``` Page Up ``` | *Inherited* | Select the current equipment which is one "page" down from the current equipment. If insufficient items exist in the tree to move an entire "page" up, the first equipment in the tree is selected. | | ``` Page Down ``` | *Inherited* | Select the current equipment which is one "page" down from the current equipment. If insufficient items exist in the tree to move an entire "page" down, the last equipment in the tree is selected. | **Sepasoft MES Module Suite**