Keys

A shortcut is a series of one or several keys that invoke the software to perform a pre-programmed action.

In grandMA3, we differentiate between the term key and button

A key is a (hard) key on the console or on the (integrated) keyboard.

A button is an element in the User Interface.

The keys F9, F10, F11, Pause and Print Screen provide system-wide shortcuts on all operating systems always available in all contexts as long as the program is running. These shortcuts cannot be edited.

The following shortcuts are available on all OS through several input methods:

Desk lock:

• Keyboard

  • F9 
  • Pause 

• Key

  • MA + MA + Pause | Fix

• Button

  • Lock

Toggle keyboard shortcuts:

• Keyboard
  • F10
• Button
  • ShCuts

Print screen:

• Keyboard

  • F11
  • Print

Reload UI (If the color theme is set to unreadable values):

• Key

  • MA + MA + Clear

  	Hint:
  	The Shift keys on the keyboard correspond with the MA keys on the console.

All other shortcuts can be edited by the user. For more information on see Keyboard Shortcuts. 

This overview displays shortcuts for a quick execution of commands.

Press key	Command	Description
.	.	Enters . [Dot] into the command line. For more information see the . [Dot] keyword.
. .	Zero	Sets the dimmer value of the selected fixtures to 0.
MA .	Default	Sets the attributes to their default values.
<<<	<<<	Enters <<< [GoFastBackward] into the command line. For more information see the <<< [GoFastBackward] keyword.
Press and hold <<<		Allows several successive operations.
MA <<<	Black	Enters Black into the command line. For more information see the Black keyword.
Press and hold <<<		Allows several successive operations.
>>>	>>>	Enters >>> [GoFastForward] into the command line. For more information see the >>> [GoFastBackward] keyword.
Press and hold >>>		Allows several successive operations.
MA >>>	Flash	Enters Flash into the command line. For more information see the Flash keyword.
Press and hold >>>		Allows several successive operations.
-	-	Enters - [Minus] into the command line. For more information see the - [Minus] keyword.
- -	At Percent - 10	Decreases the intensity of the selected fixtures by 10%.
MA-	Previous	Enters the Previous keyword in the command line. For more information see Previous keyword.
+	+	Enters + [Plus] into the command line. For more information see the Plus keyword.
+ +	At Percent + 10	Increases the intensity of the selected fixtures by 10%.
MA+	Next	Enters the Next keyword in the command line. For more information see Next keyword.
/	/	Enters / [Slash] into the command line. For more information see the / [Slash] keyword.
MA /	*	Enters * [Asterisk] into the command line. For more information see the * [Asterisk] keyword.
At	At	Enters At into the command line. For more information see the At keyword.
At At	Normal	Sets the intensity to the Normal value in the selected fixtures.
MA At	Integrate	Enters Integrate into the command line. For more information see the Integrate keyword.
MA At At	Extract	Enters Extract into the command line. For more information see the Extract keyword.
Press and hold At		Opens the At Filter. For more information see At Filter.
Store At	/Embed	Enters /Embed into the command line. For more information see the /Embed option keyword.
Assign	Assign	Enters Assign into the command line. For more information see the Assign keyword.
Assign Assign	Label	Enters Label into the command line. For more information see the Label keyword.
MA Assign	Set	Enters Set into the command line. For more information see the Set keyword.
Press and hold Assign		Allows several successive operations.
Align	Align	Cycles through the different align modes.
Press and hold Align	Align “Off”	Sets the align mode to off.
MA Align	AlignTransition	Cycles through the different align transitions.
Press and hold MA Align	AlignTransition “Linear”	Sets the align transition to linear.
Blind	Blind	Toggles the blind mode. For more information see the Blind keyword.
Clear	Clear	Clears the selected fixtures. For more information see the Clear keyword.
Clear Clear	Clear	Clears the active values. For more information see the Clear keyword.
Clear Clear Clear	Clear	Clears the programmer. For more information see the Clear keyword.
Press and hold Clear	ClearAll	Clears the programmer and command filter. You can also press 3 x Clear. For more information see the ClearAll keyword.
Channel	Channel	Enters Channel into the command line. For more information see the Channel keyword.
Channel Channel	ChannelGenericand other ID types in use	Pressing Channel repeatedly switches through Channel, Generic, and other ID types in use. If ID types are not assigned to patched fixtures, they are not use and hence will not be toggled in the command line. For more information see the Channel key, Generic keyword, Command Line - Change the Default Keyword.
Copy	Copy	Enters Copy into the command line. For more information see the Copy keyword.
Copy Copy	Paste	Enters Paste into the command line. For more information see the Paste keyword.
Copy Copy Copy	Insert	Enters Insert into the command line. For more information see the Insert keyword.
MA Copy	Cut	Enters cut into the command line. For more information see the Cut keyword.
Press and hold Copy		Allows several successive operations.
Ctrl		Press and hold to use multi-selection in sheets. To initiate a clean start press and hold when the Mode Selector pop-up appears during the boot process.
Cue	Cue	Enters Cue into the command line. For more information see the Cue keyword.
Cue Cue	Part	Enters Part into the command line. For more information see the Part keyword.
MA Cue	Programmer	Enters Programmer into the command line. For more information see the Programmer keyword.
Down	Down	Navigates downward in the structure of fixtures or subfixtures.
Delete	Delete	Enters Delete into the command line. For more information see the Delete keyword.
Delete Delete	Remove	Enters Remove into the command line. For more information see the Remove keyword.
Delete Delete Delete	Release	Enters Release into the command line. For more information see the Release keyword.
Press and hold Delete		Allows several successive operations.
ESC		Closes pop-ups, returning keyboard focus to the command line. If there are no open pop-ups, ESC will delete unexecuted commands in the command line.
Press and hold for 5 seconds MAESC		Cancels operations that take a longer period of time to process. For example, such operations are copying or storing large amount of data.
Edit	Edit	Enters Edit into the command line. For more information see the Edit keyword.
Edit Edit	EditSetting	Enters EditSetting into the command line. For more information see the EditSetting keyword.
MAEdit	EditRecipe	Enters EditRecipe into the command line. For more information see the EditRecipe keyword.
Freeze	Freeze	Toggles the Freeze function.
Full	Full	Sets the intensity to 100% in the selected fixtures. For more information see the Full keyword.
Fixture	Fixture	Enters Fixture into the command line. For more information see the Fixture keyword.
Fixture Fixture	Selection	Enters Selection into the command line. For more information see Selection keyword.
Fixture Fixture Fixture	Collection	Enters Collection into the command line. For more information see the Collection keyword.
Group	Group	Enters Group into the command line. For more information see the Group keyword.
Group Group	World	Enters World into the command line. For more information see the World keyword.
Group Group Group	Filter	Enters Filter into the command line. For more information see the Filter keyword.
MA Group	Tag	Enters Tag into the command line. For more information see the Tag keyword.
Goto	Goto	Enters Goto into the command line. For more information see the Goto keyword.
Goto Goto	Load	Enters Load into the command line. For more information see the Load keyword.
MA Goto Goto	Loaded	Enters Loaded into the command line. For more information see the Loaded keyword.
Go+ [Large]	Go+ Executor	Executes Go+ Executor into the command line and affects the selected sequence. For more information see the Go+ keyword.
MA Go+ [Large]	Go+ Loaded	Executes Go+ Loaded into the command line. For more information see the  Loaded keyword.
Go- [Large]	Go- Executor	Executes Go- Executor into the command line and affects the selected sequence. For more information see the Go- keyword.
Go+ | Temp	Go+	Enters Go+ into the command line. For more information see the Go+ keyword.
Press and hold Go+ | Temp		Allows several successive operations.
Go+ | TempGo+ | Temp	Unpark	Enters Unpark into the command line. For more information see the Unpark keyword.
MA Go+ | Temp	Temp	Enters Temp into the command line. For more information see the Temp keyword.
Press and hold MAGo+ | Temp		Allows several successive operations.
MA Go+ | Temp Go+ | Temp	Toggle	Enters Toggle into the command line. For more information see the Toggle keyword.
Go- | Top	Go-	Enters the Go- into the command line. For more information see the Go- keyword.
Press and hold Go- | Top		Allows several successive operations.
MA Go- | Top	Top	Enters Top into the command line. For more information see the Top keyword.
Press and hold MA Go- | Top		Allows several successive operations.
MA Go- | Top Go- | Top	Kill	Enters Kill into the command line. For more information see the Kill keyword.
Help	Help	Enters Help into the command line. For more information see the Help keyword.
Highlt	Highlight	Toggles the highlight function on and off. For more information see the Highlight keyword.
MA Highlt	Lowlight	Toggles the lowlight function on and off. For more information see the Lowlight keyword.
If	IfOutput If EndIf	If the command line is empty, IfOutput will be entered into the command line. For more information see the IfOutput keyword. If any other command has already been entered, pressing If again will enter If into the command line. For more information see the If keyword.  If If has already been entered into the command line, pressing If will enter EndIf into the command line. For more information see the EndIf keyword.
If If	IfActive	Enters IfActive command into the command line. For more information see the IfActive keyword.
If If If	IfProgammer	Enters IfProgrammer into the command line. For more information see the IfProgrammer keyword.
If If If If	If	Enters If into the command line. For more Information see the If keyword.
Learn | Rate1	LearnSpeed	Enters LernSpeed into the command line. For more information see the LearnSpeed keyword.
Press and hold Learn | Rate1		Allows several successive operations.
MA Learn | Rate1	Rate1	Enters Rate1 into the command line. For more information see the Rate1 keyword.
Press and hold Learn | Rate1		Allows several successive operations.
List	List	Enters List into the command line. For more information see the List keyword.
Press and hold List + press Preset		Opens preset pool.
Press and hold List + press Sequ		Opens sequence pool.
Press and hold List + press Group		Opens group pool.
Press and hold List + press X15 | Page		Opens page pool.
Press and hold List + press X14 | Macro		Opens macro pool.
Press and hold List + press X7 | View		Opens view pool.
MA List	ListReference	Enters ListReference into the command line. For more information see the ListReference keyword.
Press and hold MA + any other key		Pressing and holding MA in combination with other keys provides shortcuts to other functions. It works the same as using Shift on a keyboard.
Press and hold MA		If the name of a pool object is hidden or the pool object displays a custom name, pressing and holding MA displays the name of media files. This works with the following pools: Appearance pool, Gobo pool, Image pool, Mesh pool, Sound pool, and Symbol pool. It willl also show numbers of assigned objects on view buttons and scroll thorugh the address string of the assigned object on executors if they are in other data pools.
MA Please		Sets focus to the command line.
Menu		Opens the menu pop-up.
Menu Menu	SaveShow	Saves the show file using the current name. For more information see the SaveShow keyword.
Move	Move	Enters Move into the command line. For more information see the Move keyword.
Move Move	Exchange	Enters Exchange into the command line. For more information see the Exchange keyword.
Press and hold Move		Allows several successive operations.
Next	Next	Executes Next in the command line. For more information see the Next keyword.
MA Next	Next Step	Executes Next Step in the command line. For more information see the Step keyword.
Oops	Oops	Undoes the last operation or selection. For more information see the Oops keyword.
Press and hold Oops		Opens the Oops window.
On	On	Enters On into the command line. For more information see the On keyword.
OnOn	Call	Enters Call into the command line. For more iformation see the Call keyword.
Press and hold On		Allows several successive operations.
Off	Off	Enters Off into the command line. For more information see the Off keyword.
Off Off		Opens the Off Menu.
MA Off	Deactivate	Enters Deactivate into the command line. For more information see the Deactivate keyword.
MA MA Off		Closes any active RemoteHID connections.
Press and hold Off		Allows several successive operations.
Pause [Large]	Pause Executor	Toggles pause on and off in the selected sequence. For more information see the Pause keyword.
Pause | Fix	Pause	Enters Pause into the command line. For more information see the Pause keyword.
Press and hold Pause | Fix		Allows several successive operations.
Pause | Fix Pause | Fix	Park	Enters Park into the command line. For more information see the Park keyword.
MA Pause | Fix	Fix	Enters Fix into the command line. For more information see the Fix keyword.
MA MA Pause | Fix		Toggles the desk lock.
Press and hold MAPause | Fix		Allows several successive operations.
Page+	Next Page	Calls the next page. For more information see the Page keyword.
Page-	Previous Page	Calls the previous page. For more information see the Previous keyword.
Press and hold Page-	Page	Calls page 1.
Please		Executes the command entered in the command line.
Please Please		Activates all attributes in the selected fixtures. If you keep on repeatedly pressing Please, the activation will be toggled.
Power		Powers up or powers down the console.
Preset + 1 , 2	Select EncoderBank 1, 2	Changes between encoder banks.
Preset	Preset	Enters Preset into the command line. For more information see the Preset keyword.
Preset Preset	Attribute	Enters Attribute in the command line. For more information see the Attribute keyword.
Preset Preset Preset	Gel	Enters Gel into the command line. For more information see the Gel keyword.
MA Preset	FeatureGroup	Enters FeatureGroup into the command line. For more information see the FeatureGroup keyword.
MA Preset Preset	DataPool	Enters DataPool into the command line. For more information see the DataPool keyword.
Prev	Previous	Executes Previous in the command line. For more information see the Previous keyword .
MA Prev	Previous Step	Executes Previous Step in the command line. For more information see the Step keyword.
Select	Select	Enters Select into the command line. For more information see the Select keyword.
Select Select	Collect	Enters Collect into the command line. For more information see the Collect keyword.
Press and hold Select		Allows several successive operations.
SelFix	SelectFixtures	Enters SelectFixtures into the command line. For more information see the SelectFixtures keyword.
SelFix SelFix	Shuffle	Enters Shuffle into the command line. For more information see the Shuffle keyword.
Press and hold SelFix		Allows several successive operations.
Sequ	Sequence	Enters Sequence into the command line. For more information see the Sequence keyword.
Set	Set Selection Property “Active”	Toggles MATricks on and off. For more information see the MAtricks keyword.
MA Set	Step Toggle	Toggles between the firstly selected step and all selected steps.
Solo	Solo	Toggles the solo function on and off. For more information see the Solo keyword.
Stomp	Stomp	Enters Stomp into the command line. For more information see the Stomp keyword.
Stomp Stomp	Capture	Enters Capture into the command line. For more information see the Capture keyword.
Press and hold Stomp		Allows several successive operations.
Store	Store	Enters Store into the command line. For more information see the Store keyword.
Press and hold Store		Opens Store Settings.
Thru	Thru	Enters Thru into the command line. For more information see the Thru keyword.
Time		Toggles CueFade and CueDelay, or through Relative, Fade, Delay, and Absolute. Which layers are toggled depends on two things: the Time Key Target of your user profile settings and the content of the command line. For more information see these keywords CueFade, CueDelay, Relative, Fade, Delay and Absolute. For more information on the Time Key Target see User Settings.
Up	Up	Navigates upward in the structure of fixtures or subfixtures.
Update	Update	Opens the Update menu.
MA Update	CookOffset	Enters Cook into the command line. For more information see the Cook keyword. If there is already Store in the command line, this key combination will enter Offset into the command line. For more information see the Offset keyword.
X1|Clone		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X1 is executor 291.
MA X1 | Clone	Clone	Enters Clone into the command line. For more information see the Clone keyword.
MA X1 | Clone X1 | Clone	Recast	Enters Recast into the command line. For more information see the Recast keyword.
X2 | Link		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X2 is executor 292.
X3 | Grid		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X3 is executor 293.
MA X3 | Grid	Grid	Enters Grid into the command line. For more information see the Grid keyword.
X4 | Layout		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X4 is executor 294.
MA X4 |  Layout	Layout	Enters Layout into the command line. For more information see the Layout keyword.
MA X4 | Layout X4 | Layout	Appearance	Enters Appearance into the command line. For more information see the Appearance keyword.
MA X4 | Layout X4 | Layout X4 | Layout	Scribble	Enters Scribble into the command line. For more information see the Scribble keyword.
X5 | Step		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X5 is executor 295.
MA X5 | Step	Step	Enters Step into the command line. For more information see the Step keyword.
X6 | TC		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X6 is executor 296.
MA X6 | TC	Timecode	Enters Timecode into the command line. For more information see the Timecode keyword.
MA X6 I TC X6 I TC	TimecodeSlot	Enters Timecode Slot into the command line. For more information see the TimecodeSlot keyword.
MA X6 I TC X6 I TC X6 I TC	Timer	Enters Timer into the command line. For more information see the Timer keyword.
X7 | View		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X7 is executor 297.
MA X7 | View	View	Enters View into the command line. For more information see the View keyword.
MA X7 | View X7 | View	ViewButton	Enters ViewButton into the command line. For more information see the ViewButton keyword.
MA X7 | View X7 | View X7 | View	ScreenContent	Enters ScreenContent into the command line. For more information see the ScreenContent keyword.
X8 | DMX		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X8 is executor 298.
MA X8 | DMX	DMXUniverse	Enters DMXUniverse into the command line. For more information see the DMXUniverse keyword.
MA X8 | DMX X8 | DMX	DMXAddress	Enters DMXAddress into the command line. For more information see the DMXAddress keyword.
X9		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X9 is executor 191.
X10		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X10 is executor 192.
X11		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X11 is executor 193.
X12		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X12 is executor 194.
X13 | Phaser		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X13 is executor 195.
MA X13 | Phaser	Menu “PhaserEditorOverlay”	Opens a temporary version of the Phaser Editor. For more information see Phasers.
X14 | Macro		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X14 is executor 196.
MA X14 | Macro	Macro	Enters Macro into the command line. For more information see the Macro keyword.
MA X14 | Macro X14 | Macro	Plugin	Enters Plugin into the command line. For more information see the Plugin keyword.
MA X14 | Macro X14 | Macro X14 | Macro	Quickey	Enters Quickey into the command line. For more information see the Quickey keyword.
X15 | Page		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X15 is executor 197.
MA X15 | Page	Page	Enters Page into the command line. For more information see the Page keyword.
X16 | Exec		At the moment all Xkeys behave as executors. X16 is executor 198.
MA X16 | Exec	Executor	Enters Executor into the command line. For more information see the Executor keyword.
MA X16 | Exec X16 | Exec	SpecialExecutor	Enters SpecialExecutor into the command line. For more information see the SpecialExecutor keyword.
MA X16 | Exec X16 | Exec X16 | Exec	FaderMaster	Enters FaderMaster into the command line. For more information see the FaderMaster keyword.

Subtopics

• . Dot
• <<< GoFastBackward | Black
• >>> GoFastForward | Flash
• - Minus
• + Plus
• / Slash | * Asterisk/Multiply
• Align
• Assign
• At
• Blind
• Clear
• Channel
• Copy
• Ctrl
• Cue
• Delete
• Down
• Edit
• Esc
• Fixture
• Freeze
• Full
• Go+ | Temp
• Go+ large
• Go- large
• Go- | Top
• Goto
• Group
• Help
• Highlt Highlight
• If
• Learn | Rate1
• List
• MA
• Menu
• Move
• Next
• Numeric Keys | Arrows
• Off
• On
• Oops
• Page-
• Page+
• Pause large
• Pause | Fix
• Please
• Power
• Preset
• Prev Previous
• Prvw Preview
• Select
• SelFix SelectFixtures
• Sequ Sequence
• Set
• Stomp
• Solo
• Store
• Thru
• Time
• Up
• Update
• U1
• U2
• X1 | Clone
• X2 | Link
• X3 | Grid
• X4 | Layout
• X5 | Step
• X6 | TC
• X7 | View
• X8 | DMX
• X9
• X10
• X11
• X12
• X13 | Phaser
• X14 | Macro
• X15 | Page
• X16 | Exec
• Xkeys