About Creating and Customizing of Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys are key combinations that start commands.

For example, you can press Ctrl+O to open a drawing file and Ctrl+S to save a drawing file, which is the same as clicking Open and Save on the Quick Access toolbar.

The following table shows the properties of the Save shortcut key as they appear in the Properties pane.

Properties for the Save Shortcut Key

Properties pane item

Description

Example

Name

String used to reference the shortcut key in the CUI Editor; not displayed in the user interface.

Save

Description

String used to describe the element; does not appear in the user interface.

Saves the current drawing

Extended Help File

Displays the file name and ID for the extended tooltip that is displayed when the cursor hovers over a toolbar or ribbon panel button.

Command Display Name

String that contains the name of the AutoCAD command that is related to the command in the macro.

QSAVE

Macro

The command macro. It follows the standard macro syntax.

^C^C_qsave

Tags

Keywords associated to a command. Tags provide an additional value to search on in the Search box of the application menu.

Key(s)

Specifies the keystroke combination that is used to execute the command macro. Click the [] button to open the Shortcut Keys dialog box.

CTRL+S

Element ID

Tag that uniquely identifies a command.

ID_Save

Note: A shortcut key inherits most of its properties from the command that is used to create it.