Coffalyser.Net supports a large number of keyboard shortcuts to minimise the number of mouse clicks required to analyse an experiment. The most important shortcuts are listed below divided into two sections: shortcuts specific to certain dialogs that can be useful during the analysis workflow, and more general shortcuts for things like saving/exporting data. You can also view the full list of available shortcuts in a list organized per dialog.
Shortcuts specific to certain dialogs
These shortcuts work in a specific dialog or tab, and can be useful to speed up your analysis workflow.
Sheet Library | |
| Ctrl+Ins | Add a Coffalyser sheet. |
| Ctrl+Space | Open a Coffalyser sheet. |
| Ctrl+Del | Delete a Coffalyser sheet. |
Experiment (General) | |
| Ctrl+[1 to 3] * | Switch between the details, fragment analysis and comparative analysis tabs. Note that this does not work with the numbers on the numpad. |
Fragment Analysis Tab | |
| Ctrl+Space or Ctrl+Shift+O | Open the selected sample. |
| Ctrl+A | Import (individual) raw data files. |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Import a folder with raw data files. |
| Ctrl+Del | Delete a sample from the experiment. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Del | Delete all samples from the experiment. |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Automatically set the sample type (see this article). |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Start the fragment analysis. |
Fragment Analysis Tab: Sample Results Explorer | |
| Ctrl+[1 to 9] * | Switch between the overview, raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile, fragment analysis steps, binning profile, fragment data, instrument data and file details tabs. Note that this does not work with the numbers on the numpad. |
Fragment Analysis Tab: Sample Results Explorer: tabs with charts (raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile, fragment analysis steps, binning profile and instrument data) | |
| Ctrl+R | Reset zoom (see this article). |
| NumPad4 or < | When zoomed in, scroll left. Works in the raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile and fragment analysis steps tabs. |
| NumPad6 or > | When zoomed in, scroll right. Works in the raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile and fragment analysis steps tabs. |
| NumPad8 or " | When zoomed in, scroll up. Works in the raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile and fragment analysis steps tabs. |
| NumPad2 or ? | When zoomed in, scroll down. Works in the raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile and fragment analysis steps tabs. |
| Alt+[1-6] | Toggle the display of channels 1-6. Works in the raw data and fragment profile tabs. |
| Ctrl+Shift+U | Disable unused channels. Works in the raw data tab. |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Enable unused channels. Works in the raw data tab. |
Comparative Analysis Tab | |
| Ctrl+Space or Ctrl+Shift+O | Open the Sample Results Explorer for the selected sample. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Space | Open the Comparative analysis experiment explorer. |
| Ctrl+Shift+0 * | Select all samples suitable for analysis (see this article). |
| Ctrl+Shift+1 * | Select samples with 1 or more FMRS bars for analysis (see this article). |
| Ctrl+Shift+2 * | Select samples with 2 or more FMRS bars for analysis (see this article). |
| Ctrl+Shift+3 * | Select samples with 3 or more FMRS bars for analysis (see this article). |
| Ctrl+Shift+4 * | Select samples with 4 FMRS bars for analysis (see this article). |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Start the comparative analysis. |
Comparative Analysis Experiment Explorer: all tabs | |
| Ctrl+[1 to 3] * | Switch between the ratio overview, statistics and chart statistics tabs. Note that this does not work with the numbers on the numpad. |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Sort data on Coffalyser order (default). |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Sort data on mapview location. |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Sort data on probe length. |
Comparative Analysis Experiment Explorer: ratio overview and statistics tabs | |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Export final ratios for all probes. Only recommended when specifically mentioned in the application-specific product description. More details. |
Comparative Analysis Sample Results Explorer: ratio chart tab | |
| Ctrl+Shift+[0 to 9] * | Switch between different Sample Series Chart Style settings. Note that this does not work with the numbers on the numpad. |
| Ctrl+Alt+[0 to 6] * | Switch between different Distribution Series Chart Style settings. |
Comparative Analysis Sample Results Explorer: Electropherograms tab | |
| Ctrl+L | Lock the current sample (see this article). |
* Note that these shortcuts do not work with the numeric keys on the numpad.
General shortcuts
Some shortcuts work in multiple places in the Fragment Analysis Sample Results Explorer, the Comparative Analysis Experiment Explorer and the Comparative Analysis Sample Results Explorer. Many of these shortcuts work differently in dialogs with grids (spreadsheet-like lists with values) or charts (e.g. ratio charts and electropherograms).
| Shortcut | Effect | Fragment Analysis Sample Results Explorer 1 | Comparative Analysis Experiment Explorer 2 | Comparative Analysis Sample Results Explorer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+E | Export the data in the grid to a .xml, .csv, .html or .xls file. | all tabs with grids | all tabs with grids | all tabs with grids |
| Ctrl+Alt+E | Export the data in the grids for all samples to .xml, .csv, .html or .xls files. | all tabs with grids 4 | ||
| Ctrl+S | Save an image of the grid or chart. | all tabs | all tabs | all tabs |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Save images of the grids or charts for all samples. | all tabs 4 | n/a | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy an image of the grid or chart to the Clipboard. | all tabs | all tabs | all tabs with charts |
| Copy the data in the grid to the Clipboard. | n/a | n/a | all tabs with grids | |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy the data in the grid to the Clipboard. | n/a | all tabs with grids | all tabs with grids |
| Copy an image of the grid or chart to the Clipboard. | all tabs | all tabs with charts | all tabs with charts | |
| Ctrl+P | Print the chart. | all tabs with charts | all tabs with charts | all tabs with charts |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Open the Print preview dialog. | |||
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Print the charts for all samples. | n/a | ||
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P | Open the Page Setup dialog. | n/a | ||
| Ctrl+R | Create a PDF sample report for the sample. | n/a | n/a | all tabs with grids |
| Create a PDF overview report. | all tabs with grids | n/a | ||
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Create a PDF sample report for all samples (see this article). | n/a | all tabs with grids | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Minus | Decrease width of grid columns (see this article). | overview tab | all tabs with grids | all tabs with grids |
| Ctrl+Shift+Plus | Increase width of grid columns (see this article). | |||
| Ctrl+Alt+Minus | Decrease height of grid rows (see this article). | |||
| Ctrl+Alt+Plus | Increase height of grid rows (see this article). |
1 Tabs with grids are: overview, fragment data and file details. Tabs with charts are: raw data, fragment profile, genomic profile, fragment analysis steps, binning profile and instrument data.
2 Tabs with grids are: ratio overview and statistics. Tabs with charts are: chart statistics.
3 Tabs with grids are: Sample result overview and sample report. Tabs with charts are: ratio chart and Electropherograms.
4 Click in the grid fist to activate it.