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UI Reference

Main Menu

The main menu pops up after a click with the middle button on most of the vvvv windows. If you have no middle button use SPACE + right click instead.

Alternatively you can use the following shortcuts:

Snapshot	Ctrl 1	Takes a screenshot of the active window (including the cursor). If the window was a patch a .jpg with the name of the patch<br> and a successive number is placed in the directory the patch lays. Else you’ll be prompted to choose a filename to save.
Snapshot Client	Ctrl 2	Same as above but takes the screenshot without window border.
...	Ctrl Shift 1	same as Ctrl 1 but you are prompted to choose a filename to save.
...	Ctrl Shift 2	same as Ctrl 2 but you are prompted to choose a filename to save.
Snapshot to Wiki	Ctrl 3	opens Kommunikator? that allows you to preview, crop and upload images to vvvv.org. if you provide your login you can even add images to the pool of site-headers
Always on top	Ctrl T	Set the active window allways on top
Windowed	Alt 1	See section about Subpatching
In a Box	Alt 2	See section about Subpatching
Hide	Alt 3	Close the current window, but leave the patch running. See section about Subpatching
FullScreen	Alt Enter	Switch current Window to full screen. See section about Subpatching
Close	Ctrl W	Close the current window and delete its node representation from the patch
Close All	Ctrl Shift W	Close all windows and open a default root patch. See section about Subpatching


New Patch	Ctrl P, Ctrl N	Opens a new patch window in the root
New Inspektor	CTRL-I?	Opens a new Inspektor window. this is assumed to be the most important Shortcut.
Help	F1	Opens the help patch for the selected node. If no node is selected a generic help patch is opened
Online Help	Alt F1	Brings up the corresponding post from the ‘online node reference’ (vvvv.org/reference.php) <br>for the selected node in your default browser
Fanclub	Ctrl F1	Opens the IRC online help patch
About		Shows a patch with credits
Show Root	Alt R	Shows the root patch of vvvv. See section about Subpatching
Delete Args.txt		Deletes the default command line options stored in the Args.txt file in your application directory
Update View ON OFF	Ctrl U	Toggles between updating the GUI or not. Switching it off slightly improves performance, but you won't see any changes in the patch
Minimize		Minimizes vvvv to the taskbar
Save All	Alt S	Saves all unsaved patches
Quit	Alt F4	Exits vvvv


Open	Ctrl O, Ctrl Q	Opens an existing patch in the root
Save Patch	Ctrl S	Save patch
Save Patch as..	Shift Ctrl S	Save current patch under a different name
Revert to saved	Ctrl R	Closes the active patch unsaved and loads the last version from disk
Lock ON OFF?	CTRL-E?	Disables all patching functions. Only IOBoxes are enabled. <br>Use this for performances etc. where you don’t want to accidentally change your patch
Set as Root	Alt T	Sets the active patch as root and generates the Args.txt file <br>with an entry that automatically loads that patch as root the next time you start vvvv


Undo	Ctrl Z	Undo the last step. The Undo-history can be of arbitrary length <br>Configure the behaviour with the Undo (VVVV) node.
Redo	Shift Ctrl Z	Do the last undone step again.
Cut	Ctrl X	Copy and delete selected nodes
Copy	Ctrl C	Copy selected nodes
Paste	Ctrl V	Insert copied nodes
Paste modified values	Shift Ctrl V	Apply the copied values to the selected node
Duplicate	Ctrl D	Copy and Paste selected nodes
Align	Ctrl L	Align the currently selected group of nodes either horizontally or vertically, depending on their existing orientation
Select All	Ctrl A	Selects all nodes in the active patch
Deselect	Ctrl Shift A	Deselects all nodes in the active patch
Boygroup	Ctrl B	Toggle Boygroup status of a node. See Boygrouping section
Hide on Lock	CTRL-H?	Nodes and connections can be marked, so that they are not drawn, when the patch is locked.
Debug Mode	Ctrl F9	Toggles global Debug Mode on/off
Debug Mode	Ctrl Shift F9	Toggles Debug Mode of selected Nodes on/off
Alter Linktype	Ctrl Y	Cycle through several line styles for drawing links: straight, segmented, or Bezier.
Make Relative	Alt Shift P	Tries to find a relative path for the selected sub patch nodes


ProjectExplorer	Ctrl j	Opens ProjectExplorer (especially useful for adding .NET libraries to your Dynamic Plugins).
Snapshot	Ctrl Shift 1	Same as Ctrl 1 but forcing a filesave dialog to pop up
Snapshot Client	Ctrl Shift 2	Same Ctrl 2 but forcing a filesave dialog to pop up
Snapshot Patch as .emf	Ctrl 4	aSaves a .emf file of the hole patchwindow (note that all IOBoxes only display IO)
Open	Ctrl Shift O, Ctrl Shift Q	Opens an existing patch in the active patch
New Patch	Ctrl Shift P, Ctrl Shift N	Opens a new patch window in the active patch
Toggle Windows	Ctrl Tab	Lets you switch through vvvv's windows (similar to MS Windows Alt-Tab)
Lighten Patch	Ctrl 6	Lightens the active patch’s background *in versions >Beta8.3*
Darken Patch	Ctrl 7	Darkens the active patch’s background *in versions >Beta8.3*
Toggle Window Frame	Ctrl 8	Toggles the frame of the active window on/off
Zoom In	Ctrl 9	Enlarges the active patch *Careful: BUGGY*
Zoom Out	Ctrl 0	Scales the active patch down *Careful: BUGGY*

Hand Tool	CTRL+Right click+Drag in patch	to move the patch inside the window
Create IOBox with values	start link from inputpin and end with middleclick	Creates IOBox containing values of connected Inputpin
AutoName IOBox	Middleclick on linked IOBox	copies Pinnames of connected Nodes into Descriptive Name of IOBox
AutoName IOBox	Middleclick on linked IOBox	copies Pinnames of connected Nodes into Descriptive Name of IOBox
Reset Node	ALT+Rightclick on Node	Resets Node, resets all Pins to default value
Reset Pin	ALT+Rightclick on InputPin	Resets Pin to default value
Scroll Vertical	Mousewheel	scrolls up/down
Scroll Vertical Fast	CTRL-Mousewheel
Scroll Horizontal	ALT-Mousewheel	scrolls left/right
Scroll Horizontal Fast	CTRL-ALT-Mousewheel
move selected nodes by 1 px	CursorKeys	moves nodes
move selected nodes by 10 px	SHIFT+CursorKeys	moves nodes faster...