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Shortcuts & Mouse Functions

FinishLynx has a lot of keyboard shortcuts and mouse functions that are built to make operations quick and easy.

LIST OF MENU SHORTCUTS

Menu	Modifier	Key	Command	Explanation
File	Ctrl +	N	New	Opens a new event and Arms it to receive the next Start Signal
File	Ctrl +	O	Open	Opens a previously saved event
File	Alt +	O	Open Recent...	Displays a list of the most recently accessed events
File	Ctrl +	W	Close Window	Closes the current event window – will prompt for save
File	Ctrl +	S	Save	Saves the currently active event
File	Ctrl +	L	Reload	Use this feature to load the latest information that the capture computer has stored in the .evn file. Useful when using Reader mode & Time Trial mode together, because starts can come in after the Reader mode computer opens the event.
Edit	Ctrl +	Z	Undo	Undoes last editing action.
Edit	Ctrl +	X	Cut	Cuts currently highlighted text to the clipboard
Edit	Ctrl +	C	Copy	Copies currently highlighted text to the clipboard
Edit	Ctrl +	Y	Paste	Pastes the contents of the clipboard
Event	Ctrl +	A	Arm	Arms the current event to accept the next Start Signal
Event	Ctrl +	T	Set Current Start	(Time Trial Mode) Set the current start time for on-screen running time, scoreboard running time, and LapTime event generation
Event	Alt +	W	Manual Wind	Forces FinishLynx to get the current wind reading
Event	Alt +	T	Toggle Capture	Switches Capture on or off dependent on current state
Image	Ctrl +	+	Zoom In	Zoom in to the selected image pane
Image	Ctrl +	-	Zoom out	Zoom out of the selected image pane
Image	Ctrl +	F	Full Screen	Displays the Image data from Camera 1 full screen
Image	Ctrl +	G	Full Screen #2	Displays the Image data from Camera 2 full screen
Image	Alt +	C	Crop	Crops a right-mouse-button-defined area of the image window
Image	Ctrl +	R	Remove Overlays	Removes all overlays currently visible in the image window
Image	Alt +	B	White Balance	Executes white balance function on current selection
Image	Alt +	N	Line Labels	Toggles line labels
Results		F2	Edit Result	Enter edit mode for the selected results line
Results	Shift +	ArUp	Previous image	Go up one line in the results list and show relevant image
Results	Shift +	ArDn	Next image	Go down one line in the results list and show relevant image
Results	Shift +	ArLt	Previous split	Go to the previous split of the selected participant
Results	Shift +	ArRt	Next split	Go to the next split of the selected participant
Scoreboard	Alt +	I	Initialize	Sends an initialization string to clear all data from scoreboards
Scoreboard	Alt +	R	Run	Forces display of the current Running Time
Scoreboard	Alt +	P	Pause	Pauses the Running Time on active scoreboards
Scoreboard	Alt +	F	Finish	Uses next beam break from photo cell to stop running time
Scoreboard	Alt +	S	Stop	Stops the current Running Time on active scoreboards
Scoreboard	Alt +	H	Hold Results	Pauses sending results outputs to connected scoreboards
Scoreboard	Alt +	E	Refresh All	Refreshes data to ALL scoreboards
LapTime	Alt +	L	Use Current Event	When multiple event windows are open simultaneously, this command will connect the scoreboard the currently active window
Window	Alt +	#	Select Window	Brings to front the defined window number

LIST OF OTHER SHORTCUTS

Zone	Modifier	Key	Command	Explanation
Results	Shift +	PgUp	Page Up	Page Up the results list
Results	Shift +	PgDn	Page Down	Page Down the results list
Results	Shift +	Home	Top	Go to the top of the results list
Results	Shift +	End	Bottom	Go to the end of the results list
Image		PgUp	Page left	Page the image left
Image		PgDn	Page right	Page the image right
Image		Home	Beginning	Go to the beginning of the image
Image		End	End	Go to the end of the image
Image	Ctrl +	ArLt	Scroll left	Scroll move (image and hash) left
Image	Ctrl +	ArRt	Scroll right	Scroll move (image and hash) right
Image	Ctrl +	ArUp	Scroll up	Scroll move (image and hash) up
Image	Ctrl +	ArDn	Scroll down	Scroll move (image and hash) down
Image	Ctrl +	Home	Move to beginning	Move image and hash to the beginning
Image	Ctrl +	End	Move to end	Move image and hash to the end
Image	Ctrl + Shift +	ArLt	Page left	Page move (image and hash) left
Image	Ctrl + Shift +	ArRt	Page right	Page move (image and hash) right
Image	Ctrl + Shift +	ArUp	Page up	Page move (image and hash) up
Image	Ctrl + Shift +	ArDn	Page down	Page move (image and hash) down
Image	Alt +	Click split	Split offset	Click and drag a split line to change the time of that specific split.
Image	Alt + Shift +	Click split	LapTimer offset	Click and drag a split line to change the offset of all splits for that specific LapTimer.
Image (IdentiLynx)	Shift +	>> or << icon	Frame Skip	Jump over some frames forward and back
Hardware Control (Alignment mode)	Shift +	+ or - icon	Smart Zoom	Shrink to fit image to vertical size of window. In 2D mode, repeat to adjust horizontal zoom

LIST OF MOUSE FUNCTIONS

Zone	Modifier	Action	Command	Explanation
Hardware Control (Power field)		Right-Click	Power options pop up	Restart or Shutdown the camera
Hardware Control (Mode field)		Right-Click	Mode pop up	Configure the pixel mode
Hardware Control (Running Time box)		Left-click	Reset	Resets running time box to 0.0
Hardware Control window(White Balance Controls)	Shift +	Left-click	Big step	When clicking the buttons to increase or decrease white balance of a specific value, this will change the value by 10.
Hardware Control window(Remote controls)	Shift +	Left-click	Big step	Controls the step size for remote positionner and remote lens controls. Simple click is the smallest steps, then Shift, Ctrl and Ctrl+Shift. *CTRL+SHIFT Focus icons will auto-focus compatible cameras
	Ctrl +	Left-click	Bigger step
	Ctrl + Shift +	Left-click	Biggest step
Image (vertical bar)		Right-Click	Show bar options	Lanes, enhance region or adjustments
Image		Right-Click	Image pop up	Show pop up with image options, such as print, export, crop
Image		Right-Click + Drag	Selection box	Draw a selection box to be used by image pop up
Image	Shift +	Right-click	Fixed size selection & Image pop up	Automatic selection box based on Fixed size set in Image\|Options…
Image (selection box)		Left-click	Select lines	Select or de-select the lines to print
Image		Wheel Up/Dn	Scroll left/right	Scrolls the image to the left/right
Image	Shift +	Wheel Up/Dn	Page image left/right	Move image, page by page
Image	Ctrl +	Wheel Up/Dn	Beginning/end of image	Jump to beginning or end of image
Image	Shift +	Left-click	Participant list	Show the unevaluated participant list
Results		Wheel Up/Dn	Scroll results list	Scroll the participant list up/down
Results (participant line)		Right-Click	Results pop-up	Show the Status, Precision, Pack Leader pop-up
Results (header)		Right-Click	Sort by pop up	Select a field to sort the results list
Results (Time field header)		Right-Click	Precision pop up	Set the time precision for all lines
Results (Delta Time# header)		Right-Click	Delta time pop up	Configure the delta time parameters
Results (Speed Field header)		Right-Click	Speed pop up	Configure the speed units
Information (Wind Units field)		Right-Click	Wind Units pop up	Configure the wind units
Information (Wind mode field)		Right-Click	Wind mode pop up	Configure the wind mode
Information (Laptime field)		Double-click	LapTime pop up	Configure laptime parameters such as offset
Information (Camera field)		Double-click	Camera Settings	Open camera settings dialog
Information (Camera field)		Right-Click	Image pane selection pop up	Select the location(s) of the image pane for the selected camera
Information (Camera mode field)		Right-Click	Mode pop up	Configure the pixel mode
All icons		Hover	Status bar	Tool tip appears to explain the current icon