Using Shortcuts

To optimize your workflow, you can set up shortcuts for common actions or settings in Mari.

As you have realized, there are usually two or three ways of performing any Mari function. These include:

• keyboard shortcuts - pressing one or more keys.

• mouse shortcuts (also called “gestures”) - holding a key and moving the mouse in a particular way.

As well as the default shortcuts that come with Mari, you can customize your own keyboard shortcuts for any Mari function. Plus, for each project, you can create custom shortcuts for the items and sets within that project or assign multiple shortcuts for the same action.

Tip:  You can also change shortcuts through custom configuration files. See the Defining Custom Shortcuts section for details on how to do this.

Some actions can also be canceled once they have been started. To cancel an action, press Escape or click the x button on the status bar. Canceling actions is not immediate and depends on the complexity of the action. Canceling is limited to:

• applying filters

• ambient occlusion

• autosave

• projecting

• from the paint buffer

• through projectors

• turntable rendering

• paint projection.

Tip:  Hover over a tool to display its tooltip, including the tool's shortcut if any.