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Shortcuts: The timers panel must be focused for keyboard shortcuts to work. It's focused when there's a dotted border around it. To refocus it, click on it somewhere or use the tab key until the border appears.
In all cases, lower or uppercase keys perform the same action.
Ctrl+O: Opens a file;
Ctrl+N: Clears all timers. This will fail when Options>Allow keyboard unlocking is unchecked.
Ctrl+S: Saves timers to a file.
Del: Deletes the active timer. This will fail when Options>Allow keyboard unlocking is unchecked.
Ctrl+F: Expands the display to fit the screen width. Same as {menu}View>Scale>Fit screen.
Ctrl+D: Reduces/restores the display by removing the toolbar and clock if visible. It also re sizes the time pointers and time labels aren't drawn. The moving time label above pointers is still visible.
Moving timers:
Left and Right arrow keys: Shifts the currently active timer (red normally or black if it's locked using Windows default colors) by the current snap setting. Holding the Shift key down at the same time causes all the timers to the right of the active one to move by the same amount. Holding the Ctrl key down multiplies the move by 10.
+Shift key: Holding the shift key down when moving timers causes all timers to the right of the current (active) timer to move backwards or forwards by the same amount. This applies whether using the keyboard or the mouse to move timers.
Locking timers:
M: Prevents the active timer (red with dotted outline) from being moved with the mouse. Holding the shift key down while pressing M prevents all timers from being moved with the mouse. Stands for Mouse lock.
F: Prevents the active timer being adjusted using the mouse or the keyboard . Holding the shift key down while pressing F prevents all timers from being moved with the mouse or the keyboard. Stands for Full lock.
Ctrl+Alt+K: Toggles the menu item: Allow keyboard unlocking. You may need this if you try to shut the program down when there are unexpired timers and all timers are locked.
For both these options; if Allow keyboard unlocking is checked, timers will toggle their locked state except when the shift key is down, in which case it will only 'unlock all' when all are locked and Allow keyboard unlocking is checked. Otherwise it will lock all timers.
Ctrl+Alt+U: Removes all locks regardless of the state of allow 'Allow keyboard unlocking'. This might sound contradictory but locking is to prevent tiny hands and little paws from inadvertently unlocking or closing the program, it isn't a full blown security measure. Ctrl+Alt+U is quite difficult to do by accident.
Note: Timers turn black (with Windows standard colors) when locked.
Selecting timers: Left click to select individual timers. Ctrl +Left click to add timers to a selection.
T: Toggles between Show times from now and Show times from last.
E: Equalizes timer intervals.
1 to 6: Along the top of the keyboard moves the active timer by one minute divided by the key number, that is: 1min, 30 seconds, 20 seconds, 15 seconds, 12 seconds and 10 seconds. Holding the Ctrl key down as you do multiplies the value by a factor of 10. Holding the Shift key down as you do causes all timers from the active one to the last one to be moved in the same direction by the same amount. Holding the Alt key down at the same time subtracts the time.
Page Up and Page Down: sets the active timer one up or one down as appropriate.
Home: Makes the last timer the active one.
End: Makes the first timer the active one.
B: - Prevents painting of the display. Equivalent to Options>Blank display.
Selecting the Alarm type:
S: Selects PC Sound as the alarm type and deselects any other alarm type.
P: Selects Phone as the alarm type and deselects any other alarm type.
D : Selects Dialog as the alarm type and deselects any other alarm type.
L : Selects Launch as the alarm/action type.
SPACE: Starts the process. Equivalent to Action>Start|Stop
i: Holding the "i" key down will prevent all grouped timers from being sent to the back.
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