Chapter 4. Menu actions

## Chapter 4. Menu actions

| Note
Most keyboard shortcuts are loaded from the system settings and may differ from those listed here.

## File Menu

File → New (Ctrl+N)

  Open a new tab.

File → Open (Ctrl+O)

  Select a file to open.

File → Open recent

  Lists recently used files.

File → Save (Ctrl+S)

  Save current file.

File → Save As.. (Ctrl+S)

  Save current file, always shows a dialog to select the file name.

File → Save All (Ctrl+Shift+S)

  Save all open files.

File → Export

  Show the export dialog, this allows SVG and raster export of the knot.

File → Print (Ctrl+P)

  Show the system print dialog.

File → Page Setup

  Show a dialog that can be used to conifure the paper size for printing.

File → Print Preview

  Show a preview of the printing result with the current settings.

File → Quit (Ctrl+Q)

  Quits Knotter.

## Edit Menu

Edit → Undo (Ctrl+Z)

  Undo last action.

Edit → Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

  Redo next action.

Edit → Copy (Ctrl+C)

  Copy selected subgraph, this will copy data for Knotter internals and a SVG image

Edit → Cut (Ctrl+X)

  Move selected subgraph to clipboard, outgoing edges are removed.

Edit → Paste (Ctrl+V)

  Paste clipboard contents.

Edit → Select All (Ctrl+A)

  Select all nodes.

Edit → Preferences...

  Show configuration dialog.

## View Menu

View → Toolbars

  Toggle visibility for the available toolbars.

View → Docks

  Toggle visibility for the available dockable dialogs.

View → Zoom → Zoom in (Ctrl++)

  Increase the zoom factor in the drawing area.

View → Zoom → Zoom out (Ctrl+-)

  Decrease the zoom factor in the drawing area.

View → Zoom → Reset Zoom (Ctrl+0)

  Reset zoom to 100%.

View → Reset view

  Reset zoom to 100% and center on the origin.

View → Show graph

  Toggle visibility of the graph.

View → Show Knotline

  Toggle visibility of the interlace.

View → Rendering → Normal

  Use the default rendering, all style options are applied, may be slower than the other redering modes.

View → Rendering → Highlight Loops

  Closed loops are detected and colored with different colors.

View → Rendering → Simplified

  Simple and fast rendering, some style options are discarded.

View → Enable grid

  Toggle grid visibility and snapping.

View → Configure grid

  Show the grid configuration dialog.

View → Move grid

  Enable reposition of the grid origin, once this is triggered, click on the canvas to set the new origin.

View → Background

  Show the background configuration dialog.

## Nodes Menu

Nodes → Link (Ctrl+L)

  Connect selected nodes in a complete subrgraph.

Nodes → Unlink

  Remove all edges connecting the selected nodes.

Nodes → Erase (Del)

  Erase selected nodes.

Nodes → Merge (Ctrl+M)

  Merge selected nodes in a single node.

Nodes → Horizontal flip

  Flip nodes horizontally.

Nodes → Vertical flip

  Flip nodes vertically.

Nodes → Rotate

  Dragging on the transformation handles will rotate the selection.

Nodes → Scale

  Dragging on the transformation handles will scale the selection.

Nodes → Snap to grid

  Snaps the selected nodes to the grid.

## Tools Menu

Tools → Edit graph (Alt+Shift+E)

  Changes the editing mode, when this is enabled the user can interact with every aspect of the graph.

Tools → Edge list (Alt+Shift+L)

  Changes the editing mode, when this is enabled the user can insert nodes and edges quickly but other operations are somewhat limited

Tools → Insert polygon...

  Show a dialog to insert a regular polygon

Tools → Refresh path (F5)

  Forces Knotter to redraw the knot if it missed some edit. If you need to use this item, you may have encountered a bug. See the section called “Reporting Bugs”.

## Help Menu

Help → Manual (F1)

  Shows a window with the displaying the HTML version of this manual.

Help → About...

  Shows a dialog with information on Knotter version and build environment.

Chapter 3. HowTo |  | Chapter 5. Dialogs