Toolbars

In addition to the different menus, QElectroTech also provides toolbars. The toolbars are groups of buttons with icons which initiate accions. In general, these buttons have its counterpart at one of the menus from the menu bar.

Note

To help the user, a tooltip is displayed when the arrow is placed on each button.

Toolbar Tools

Figure: QElectroTech toolbar Tools

The different buttons from toolbar Tools are:

Tool	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
New	Creates a new Project
Open	Opens an existing project	Ctrl + o
Save	Saves the current project and all its folios	Ctrl + s
Save as	Saves the current project with a different file name
Close	Closes the current project	Ctrl + w
Print	Print one or more folio of the current project	Ctrl + p
Undo	Undoes the previous action	Ctrl + z
Redo	Restores the undone action	Ctrl + Shift + z
Cut	Puts selected elements into the clipboard	Ctrl + x
Copy	Copies selected elements	Ctrl + c
Paste	Pastes elements from the clipboard into the folio	Ctrl + v
Delete	Removes selected elements from the folio	Del
Rotate	Rotates selected elements and texts	Space

Note

Select Settings > display > Tools menu item to display or hidden the toolbar Tools.

Toolbar Display

Figure: QElectroTech toolbar Display

The different buttons from toolbar Display are:

Tool	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
Select	Allows to select elements
Move	Allows to view the folio without modifying it
Display the grid	Displays or hidden the grid of folio
Background color white / gray	Displays the background color of the folio in white or gray
Zoom content	Adjusts the zoom to display all the content of folio regardless of context	Ctrl + 8
Fit in view	Adjusts the zoom on exactly trhe part of the folio	Ctrl + 9
Reset zoom	Restores default zoom level	Ctrl + 0

Note

Select Settings > Display > Display menu item to display or hidden the toolbar Display.

Toolbar Diagram

Figure: QElectroTech toolbar Diagram

The different buttons from toolbar Diagram are:

Tool	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
Folio properties	Edits the properties of the folio	Ctrl + l
Reset conductors	Resets the conductors path ignoring the user changes	Ctrl + k
Automatic creation conductor	Using the automatic creation of conductor (s) when possible

Note

Select Settings > Display > Diagram menu item to display or hidden the toolbar Diagram.

Toolbar Add

Figure: QElectroTech toolbar Add

The different buttons from toolbar Add are:

Tool	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
Add a textfield	Adds a text field to the current folio
Add a picture	Adds an image to the current folio
Add line	Adds a line to the current folio
Add a rectangle	Adds a rectangle to the current folio
Add an ellipse	Adds an ellipse to the current folio
Add a polygon	Adds a polyline to the current folio

Note

Select Settings > Display > Add menu item to display or hidden the toolbar Add.

Toolbar Depth

Figure: QElectroTech toolbar Depth

The different buttons from toolbar Depth are:

Tool	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
Bring forward	Brings the selection (s) to front	Ctrl + shift + Home
Raise	Aproachs the selection (s)	Ctrl + shift + Up
Lower	Moves away the selection (s)	Ctrl + shift + Down
Send backwards	Sends in the backwards the selection (s)	Ctrl + shift + End

Note

Select Settings > Display > Depth menu item to display or hidden the toolbar Depth.