Hot keys and shortcuts

     Common hot keys and shortcuts

     Shortcuts for navigating in Vicon Nexus

     Shortcuts for managing real-time data

     Shortcuts for selecting items

     Shortcuts for moving the camera view

     Shortcuts for viewing data in the Graph view pane

     Shortcuts for working with the time bar

     Shortcuts for gap-filling

Common hot keys and shortcuts

You can use the mouse to manipulate items and manage the way data is displayed in the Vicon Nexus window. Standard mouse actions can also be combined with keyboard keys. The following mouse actions and hot keys are available throughout Nexus, where applicable/available:

Task

Mouse and key

Start/stop capture

CTRL+Enter

Select individual items

Click

Select items within a bounding outline

ALT+click and drag

Select multiple non-consecutive items

CTRL+click

Rotate/orbit

Click and drag

Zoom

Right-click and drag

Translate/Move

Click wheel button (or left-and-right-click) and drag

Scroll forward or backward through a list

Rotate mouse wheel

Undo

CTRL+Z

Redo

CTRL+Y

Save currently enabled subject data to the current trial’s .c3d file (equivalent of clicking Save on the File menu)

CTRL+S

Reset Core Processor

CTRL+R

Esc

Exit current model (labeling, etc)

Important:   The behavior of the ALT GR key depends upon the regional settings specified for your keyboard in the Windows operating system. In some regions, the behavior of this key is identical to that of the ALT key, while in other regions the ALT GR key functions as if the ALT+CTRL keys were pressed together. Nexus assumes the latter behavior. If you wish to use the ALT GR key as if it was the ALT key, you must change the regional settings for your keyboard to use the US layout, which assumes identical behavior for these two keys. You change your keyboard language settings in the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, accessed from the Languages tab in the Regional and Language Options dialog box in Windows Control Panel. For more information, see the Microsoft Windows help.

Shortcuts for navigating in Vicon Nexus

Use the following hot keys to navigate to the different areas of the Vicon Nexus user interface.

Task

Keys

Display the Vicon Nexus online help

F1

Display/Close Data Management tab

F2

Enter/Exit full screen mode

F5

Display/Close Options dialog box

F7

Go to System Preparation tools pane

F8

Go to Subject Preparation tools pane

F9

Go to Capture tools pane

F10

Go to Label/Edit tools pane

F11

Go to Pipeline tools pane

F12

Tip:          The behavior of function keys is dependent upon the area of the Nexus window that has focus when the key is pressed. Click anywhere in the window to set the focus before using the function keys to navigate to a different part of the user interface.

Shortcuts for managing real-time data

Use the following hot keys to manage real-time data streaming and offline data processing in Vicon Nexus.

Task

Keys

Switch between Live and Offline mode

CTRL+TAB

Pause/Restart real-time data streaming (Live mode)

SPACE

Play/Stop offline data (Offline mode)

SPACE

Shortcuts for selecting items

Use these hot keys and mouse actions to select items in the Vicon Nexus window. To cancel a selection, left-click again in the view pane.

Task

Keys and mouse

Select single item

Click

Select multiple non-consecutive items

CTRL+click

Select multiple non-consecutive items maintaining the order of selection

SHIFT+CTRL+click

Select multiple consecutive items

SHIFT+click, SHIFT and drag, or drag

Select next optical camera

]

Select previous optical camera

[

Select next video camera

CTRL+]

Select previous video camera

CTRL+[

Shortcuts for moving the camera view

Use the following mouse actions to move the camera view in the 3D Perspective, 3D Orthogonal, and Camera view panes.

Task

Mouse

Zoom: Move the camera viewpoint closer to or further away from the focal point

Right-click + drag forward or backward

Orbit: Move the 3D viewpoint around the focal point

Left-click + drag left, right, forward, or backward

Translate: Move the 3D viewpoint along a horizontal or vertical axis

Click wheel button + drag left, right, forward, or backward

Zoom to window (for all windows). Applies in Camera, 3D Overlay and Rotated views.

CTRL+SHIFT+Z

Shortcuts for viewing data in the 3D views

Use the following hot keys to view data in the 3D Perspective and 3D Orthogonal views:

Task

Keys

Toggle display of labels

CTRL+space bar

Shortcuts for viewing data in the Graph view pane

Use the following hot keys and mouse actions to view data in the Graph view pane. For more information, see Shortcuts for visualizing graph data.

Task

Keys and mouse

Select range of frames to zoom

ALT and right-click + drag across frames

Slide x-axis left

Click wheel button + drag left

Slide x-axis right

Click wheel button + drag right

Slide y-axis up

Click wheel button + drag forward

Slide y-axis down

Click wheel button + drag backward

Zoom x-axis in

Right-click + drag left

Zoom x-axis out

Right-click + drag right

Zoom y-axis in

Right-click + drag backward

Zoom y-axis out

Right-click + drag forward

Shortcuts for visualizing graph data

The way the graph that is displayed in a Graph view pane depends on whether the system connection is live or offline and whether an individual point or a range has been selected for plotting.

     Zoom an axis (x or y)

     Zoom selected range of frames

     Pan across an axis (x or y)

Tip:          When zooming into or out of graph data, the display of grid lines in the view pane can be set to guide the eye toward the selected area of focus. Major grid lines remain at their normal weight, while any minor grid lines gradually fade. To obtain this behavior, open the Options dialog box (F7) and under General View Options, select Graph. In the Properties pane on the right, ensure Show Minor Grid Lines is selected.

Zoom an axis (x or y)

All component graphs in a single workspace maintain the same scale for both the x- and y-axes. The x-axis is shared across all components, but each component has its own y-axis. The y-axes may show different ranges, but represent the same number of values.

     Offline: The portion of the specific component trace displayed in the view pane is centered around the point where the mouse was clicked. All other component views are scaled by the same amount, with the vertical range centered on the median value of the visible portion of all the selected traces.

     Live: The x-axis, the workspace is centered around zero, keeping zero on the right edge of the workspace and changing the values displayed on the left.

Zoom selected range of frames

     Offline: The y-axis displays only the selected area of the specific trace and the x-axis displays only the selected frames.

     Live: This type of zooming in the x-axis is disabled to ensure that the live frame is always on the right of the graph.

Pan across an axis (x or y)

     Offline: Each component in the y-axis can be panned independently.

     Live: Panning in the x-axis is disabled to ensure that the live frame is always on the right of the graph.

Shortcuts for working with the time bar

Use the following hot keys and mouse actions to work with the time bar at the bottom of a view pane:

     Timescale displayed in timeline

     Time bar data displayed in view pane

     Event identification mode in timeline

Timescale displayed in timeline

Task

Keys and mouse

Slide timeline left

Middle-click + drag left

Slide timeline right

Middle-click + drag right

Select range of frames to zoom

ALT and right-click + drag across frames

Zoom scale in

Right-click and drag right or up

Zoom scale out

Right-click and drag left or down

Time bar data displayed in view pane

Task

Keys and mouse

Start/Stop data playback

Middle-click

Jog forward/backward through data playback

Rotate mouse wheel forward/backward

Move Current Time Cursor to specific frame

Click frame in the timeline

Move Start Range Frame Cursor back to zero frame of trial

Click cursor

Move End Range Frame Cursor back to last frame of trial

Click cursor

Go to the previous frame

LEFT ARROW

Go to the next frame

RIGHT ARROW

Go to the first frame

HOME

Go to the last frame

END

Go forward 10 frames

PAGE UP

Go backward 10 frames

PAGE DOWN

Event identification mode in timeline

Task

Keys

Enter/exit event identification mode (where the time cursor follows the mouse)

CTRL+E

Go to the previous event

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Go to the next event

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Lock/unlock event context (In event identification mode, select desired Left, Right, or General event context on timeline; subsequently moving the mouse forward or backward does not change context.)

UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW

Display context menu (after event context locked)

ENTER

Highlight command from context menu

UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW

Select highlighted command from context menu

ENTER

Shortcuts for gap-filling

Use the following hot keys to speed up gap-filling:

Task

Keys

Select next gap

CTRL+8

Select previous gap

CTRL+7

Spline fill

CTRL+U

Spline fill all

CTRL+I

Pick source for pattern filling

CTRL+9

Pattern fill

CTRL+O

Pattern fill all

CTRL+P

Pick source for rigid body fill

CTRL+J

Rigid body fill

CTRL+M

Rigid body fill all

CTRL+,

Pick segment for kinematic fill

CTRL+K

Kinematic fill hot key event

CTRL+L

Kinematic fill all hot key

CTRL+.

Shortcuts for using the Quality tab

Use the following hot keys to speed up working on the Quality tab, using the Data Correction view type:

Task

Keys

Show/hide unlabeled trajectories

CTRL+F3

Show/hide trajectory names

CTRL+F4

Move to next gap for selected trajectory

CTRL+8

Move to previous gap for selected trajectory

CTRL+7

Move to next trajectory

CTRL+PgUp

Move to previous trajectory

CTRL+PgDown