Keyboard Shortcuts
Chip Hippo follows Electron's CmdOrCtrl convention throughout, so every
shortcut listed here as Cmd also works as Ctrl on Windows and Linux.
Most shortcuts are disabled while a text field has focus, and some are
further gated on the current tool or simulation state — those conditions
are noted alongside the shortcut.
Desk & simulation
| Shortcut |
Action |
Space |
Run / Stop the simulation (not while typing, or while a placement/wire/bus tool is armed) |
Cmd+R |
Run / Stop the simulation |
Tab |
Switch between the Breadboard and Schematic views (not while typing) |
Escape |
Unpin a probed net, then disarm the probe, then cancel a pending wire/bus, then cancel a placement in hand, then deselect — whichever applies first |
Delete / Backspace |
Remove the current selection (a part, wire, bus, annotation, board, or a whole marquee selection) |
| Shortcut |
Action |
W |
Arm/disarm the wire tool |
B |
Arm/disarm the bus tool |
I or P |
Arm/disarm the probe tool (works even while the simulation is running) |
M |
Disarm whichever of the wire/bus/probe tool is currently armed |
1–8 |
While the wire tool is armed, pick a wire color |
1–2 |
While the bus tool is armed, pick the bus width (8-bit / 16-bit) |
Placing & rotating parts
| Shortcut |
Action |
R |
Rotate or flip the part being placed or selected — see Chips & Components for the exact behavior per part type |
F |
Flip an LED's polarity while its placement ghost is armed |
Cmd+C |
Copy the selected part |
Cmd+V |
Paste a copy as a new placement ghost |
View
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd+F |
Fit the whole desk to the window |
Cmd+Shift+F |
Zoom out to fit everything at once |
Cmd+= or Cmd++ |
Zoom in |
Cmd+- |
Zoom out |
Cmd+0 |
Reset zoom |
Cmd+A |
Toggle the Logic Analyzer panel |
Cmd+P |
Toggle the parts palette panel |
Files & editing
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd+N |
New Schematic |
Cmd+O |
Open Schematic… |
Cmd+S |
Save |
Cmd+Shift+S |
Save As… |
Cmd+Z |
Undo |
Cmd+Shift+Z |
Redo |
App
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd+, |
Open Settings |
Cmd+K |
Open the quick Keyboard Shortcuts popup |
Cmd+/ |
Open the Chip Hippo User Guide (this guide) |
Alt+Cmd+I |
Toggle Developer Tools |