Keyboard Shortcuts

Many of Flight Explorer's most used tools and functions can be accessed by using keyboard shortcuts and access keys.

Item

Description

Zoom In

CTRL + Up arrow, Click (if enabled), Shift + Wheel up

Zoom Out

CTRL + Down arrow, Shift + Click (if enabled), Shift + Wheel down

Zoom Back

CTRL + Left arrow, Mouse back button (XBUTTON1)

Zoom Forward

CTRL + Right arrow, Mouse forward button (XBUTTON2)

Zoom to CONUS

CTRL + 0

Zoom to North America

CTRL + 1

Zoom to Full World

CTRL + 4

Pan Screen (line by line)

Up / Down / Left / Right arrows, Mouse wheel

Pan Screen (by window)

Shift + Up /Down / Left / Right arrows, windowUp, windowDown

Toggle Cursor Mode

Space

 

Spherical Projection

Rotate the earth

Arrow keys Up/Down/Left/Right

Mouse: Click + drag

Rotate the earth on its axis

ALT + Arrow keys Up/Down/Left/Right

Mouse: Alt + click + drag

Zoom in / out

Shift + Arrow keys Up/Down/Left/Right

Mouse: Shift + click + drag or Scroll wheel

Move earth back to center on CONUS

Home key

Change rotation speed in auto-rotate

Keypad "+" and "-" keys

Turn auto-rotate on and off

End key

 

View Functions

Create View

CTRL + C

Update View

CTRL + U

View Settings

CTRL + V

Manage Views

CTRL + M

Quick Filter

CTRL + Q

Plane Filter Settings

CTRL + A

Clear Filters

CTRL + X

Map Legend

CTRL + I (capital letter i )

Weather View Settings

CTRL + K

 

Major Functions

Lookup / Go to

CTRL + F

Event Manger

CTRL + E

Flight List

CTRL + L

Airport Traffic Graph

CTRL + G

Manage Drawing Objects

CTRL + D

My Fleet Aircraft Selection

CTRL + T

My Fleet Status List Settings

CTRL + Y

Airport List

CTRL + N

 

Tools

Find Plane

CTRL + W

Route Analyzer

CTRL + R

Flight Check

CTRL + H

Distance / Bearing

CTRL - click

Latitude / Longitude Tool

ALT - click

Toolbar Set Filter / Go to ID

Enter

Airport Summary

CTRL + J

 

Other

Cancel button

Esc

Clear Event List

CTRL + Z

Full Screen Mode

ALT - Enter (to turn on)

Esc (to turn off)

Help System

F1

Ok button

Enter

Options

CTRL + O

Print Map

CTRL + P

Save Map Image

CTRL + S

Save Map Image As...

F12

Submit Feedback

CTRL + B

 

Overlays (toggle on/off)

Planes

ALT + P

Plane Filters

ALT + / (forward slash)

Plane Tags

ALT + . (period)

Clear All Individual / All Above

ALT + ; (semi-colon)

Sectors

ALT + S

Airspace Boundaries

ALT + B

SUA

ALT + U

Airways

ALT + Y

TRACONs

ALT + T

Flight Service Stations

ALT + G

Holding Patterns

ALT + K

Roads

ALT + O

Drawing Objects

ALT + D

Shape Files

ALT + Q

SIDs / STARs

ALT + V

Streets & Places

ALT + M

Latitude / Longitude

ALT + L

Airports

ALT + A

Fixes

ALT + F

NAVAIDs

ALT + N

RADAR

ALT + R

Weather & Dynamic Overlays

ALT + W

Weather Animation on / off

ALT + , (comma)

Time Zones

ALT + Z

Communication Facilities

ALT + E

Cities

ALT + C

Weather Stations

ALT + H

Background Images

ALT + I (capital letter i)