Appendix A. Graphical Modeling Framework Key Bindings

The Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) runtime provides many convenient keyboard bindings and diagram-manipulation options using both the keyboard and mouse. This table comes from the GMF’s Help documentation and is copied here for convenience.

Table A-1. Cycling between the Diagram Editor and Palette

Current State	Keyboard Key(s)	Description	New State
Diagram name in focus	Tab	Navigates to the palette	Palette in focus
Palette in focus	Tab	Navigates to the palette Minimize button.	Palette Minimize button in focus
Palette Minimize button in focus	Tab	Navigates to the palette items.	Palette item in focus
Palette item in focus	Tab	Navigates to the Diagram Editor and places focus on any selected item.	Diagram Editor in focus
Diagram Editor in focus	Shift+Tab	Navigates to the palette items. The last palette item used is selected; otherwise, it defaults to the Select option.	Palette item in focus
Palette item in focus	Shift+Tab	Navigates to the palette Minimize button.	Palette Minimize button in focus
Palette Minimize button in focus	Shift+Tab	Navigates to the palette.	Palette in focus
Palette in focus	Shift+Tab	Navigates to the Diagram Editor.	Diagram name in focus