Keyboard shortcuts
The 89600 VSA provides several keyboard shortcuts for your convenience, which are summarized below.
| Menu Shortcuts | Description | |
| File | ||
| Alt+F | Open File menu | |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy selected trace | |
| Ctrl+P | ||
| Alt+F4 | Exit VSA | |
| File > Recall | ||
| Ctrl+Shift+S (or drag & drop .setx file*) | Recall setup | |
| Ctrl+Shift+R (or drag & drop .sdf/.mat file*) | Recall recording | |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Recall trace | |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Recall layout | |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Recall demo | |
| File > Preset | ||
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Preset setup | |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Preset traces | |
| Ctrl+Alt+A | Preset application and traces | |
| File > Save | ||
| Ctrl+S | Save setup | |
| Ctrl+R | Save recording | |
| Ctrl+T | Save selected trace | |
| Ctrl+L | Save layout | |
| Ctrl+B | Save bitmap | |
| Edit | ||
| Alt+E | Open Edit menu | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected item | |
| Ctrl+V | Paste copied item | |
| Control | ||
| Ctrl+Shift+Space | Restart playback | |
| Space | Pause/resume playback | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Space | Stop playback/recording | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D | Disconnect hardware | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R | Start recording | |
| Source | ||
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Show Source Control dialog | |
| Input | ||
| Ctrl+I | Open Trigger dialog | |
| Trace | ||
| Ctrl+N | Add new trace | |
| Ctrl+W | Auto-scale selected trace | |
| Markers | ||
| Ctrl+K | Open Markers > Position dialog | |
| Window | ||
| Ctrl+H | Open Player window | |
| Ctrl+O | Open Output window | |
| Utilities | ||
| Ctrl+plus key (+) | Increase window scaling factor | |
| Ctrl+minus key (-) | Decrease window scaling factor | |
| Help | ||
| F1 | Open context-sensitive help | |
| Ctrl+F1 | Open dynamic help | |
* You can also multiselect both a .setx file and a .mat/.sdf file and drag & drop them at the same time to recall a recording and then recall the setup.
| Parameter Shortcuts | Description | |
| ↑ | Increases the selected parameter setting to the next value; for drop-down choices, moves up the list of choices | |
| ¯ | Decreases the selected parameter setting to the next; for drop-down choices, moves down the list of choices | |
| Trace Shortcuts | Description | |
| Page Up | Move marker to Peak (adds marker if none active) | |
| Page Down | Move marker to Minimum Peak (adds marker if none active) | |
| ↑, ® | Increases the trace hotspot setting to the next value | |
| ¯, ¬ | Decreases the trace hotspot setting to the next value | |
| Shift | For some traces in multi-channel measurements, when holding the Shift key before clicking on a hotspot that is affiliated with a specific input channel (typically Range or Center Frequency), all input changes will be coupled to the hotspot. If up/down arrows or the mouse wheel are used when the Shift key pressed, the parameter will be adjusted for all input channels. If the Shift key is held while the hotspot is double-clicked, the entry dialog will open with "Apply to all channels" selected. | |
| Marker Shortcuts (See Marker Shortcuts for additional markers-related tips and shortcuts) | Description | |
| Home | Moves the marker to the first point | |
| End | Moves the marker to the last point | |
| Page Up | Moves the marker to peak | |
| Page Down | Moves the marker to minimum | |
| ¬ | Moves the marker one point to the left | |
| ® | Moves the marker one point to the right | |
| ↑ | Moves the marker to the next larger peak | |
| ¯ | Moves the marker to the next smaller peak | |
| Ctrl+¬ | Moves the marker to next peak to the left | |
| Ctrl+® | Moves the marker to next peak to the right | |
| Standard Windows Shortcuts | Description | |
| Tab | Move the keyboard focus to the next UI control | |
| Shift-Tab | Move the keyboard focus to the previous control | |
| Spacebar | Select/clear a checkbox or press a button that currently has keyboard focus | |
| Enter/Return | Accept a form or dialog (usually the same as clicking the OK button) | |
| Esc | Cancel a form or dialog (usually the same as clicking the Cancel button) | |
| ALT or F10 (dialogs) | Show activation letters for controls (underlined letter in control title; for example: ResBW Mode) | |
| ALT or F10 (menus) | Activate menu bar and show activation letters (for example: Copy Markers) | |
| ALT-{underlined letter} (dialogs) | Activate the control with the underlined letter | |
| {underlined letter} (menus) | Select menu item | |
