Keyboard shortcuts — gull system handbook

Tip: keyboard shortcuts in gull system. Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+E in the rule editor, and the canvas shortcuts of the form designer.

Keyboard shortcuts

You will have the most useful shortcuts of the gull system app in one place.

Introduction

Shortcuts speed up saving, writing rules and working on the form canvas.

Steps

1. Save with Ctrl+S. The save icon in the header reports Unsaved changes. Ctrl+S saves them.
2. Show the canvas shortcuts. In the form designer, press ?. The Keyboard shortcuts window lists every canvas shortcut.

Overview

• Keys: Ctrl+S - Where: the whole app - What they do: saves the open item
• Keys: Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y - Where: the whole app - What they do: Undo and Redo, like the buttons in the header
• Keys: Ctrl+Space - Where: rule editor - What they do: reopens the suggestions for names and functions
• Keys: Ctrl+E - Where: rule editor - What they do: Extract variable from the selected part of a formula
• Keys: Ctrl+V - Where: Library → Tables - What they do: pastes a block of cells from Excel
• Keys: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V - Where: form designer - What they do: copy, cut and paste an element
• Keys: Ctrl+D - Where: form designer - What they do: duplicate an element
• Keys: arrows, Shift+arrows - Where: form designer - What they do: move an element, resize it by one cell

Common problems

• Ctrl+Z undoes nothing. Some screens cannot undo an edit yet, and the app says "This screen cannot undo an edit yet." Neither Undo nor the Trash brings back a deleted captured parameter or form field.

What next

• Writing a rule. The rule editor and its suggestions.
• Functions, tables and variables in rules. Variables and Library tables.
• A form for orders. The form designer canvas.