Main Menu
Window
| Snapshot | Ctrl1 | Takes a screenshot of the active window (including the cursor). If the window was a patch a .jpg with the name of the patch and a successive number is placed in the directory the patch lays. Else you’ll be prompted to choose a filename to save. |
| Snapshot Client | Ctrl2 | Same as above but takes the screenshot without window border. |
| ... | CtrlShift1 | same as Ctrl1 but you are prompted to choose a filename to save. |
| ... | CtrlShift2 | same as Ctrl2 but you are prompted to choose a filename to save. |
| Snapshot to Wiki | Ctrl3 | opens Kommunikator that allows you to preview, crop and upload images to vvvv.org. if you provide your login you can even add images to the pool of site-headers |
| Windowed | Alt1 | See section about Subpatching |
| In a Box | Alt2 | See section about Subpatching |
| Hide | Alt3 | Close the current window, but leave the patch running. See section about Subpatching |
| FullScreen | AltEnter | Switch current Window to full screen. See section about Subpatching |
| Save All | AltS | Saves all unsaved patches |
| Always on top | CtrlT | Set the active window allways on top |
| Close | CtrlW | Close the current window and delete its node representation from the patch |
| Close All | CtrlShiftW | Close all windows and open a default root patch. See section about Subpatching |
Main
| New Patch | CtrlP, CtrlN | Opens a new patch window in the root |
| New Inspektor | CTRLI | Opens a new Inspektor window. this is assumed to be the most important Shortcut. |
| Finder | CtrlF | Opens Finder offering a search into your patches |
| ProjectExplorer | CtrlJ | Opens Project Explorer (especially useful for adding .NET libraries to your Dynamic Plugins). |
| Help | F1 | Opens the help patch for the selected node. If no node is selected a generic help patch is opened |
| Online Help | AltF1 | Brings up the corresponding post from the ‘online node reference’ (vvvv.org/reference.php) for the selected node in your default browser |
| Fanclub | CtrlF1 | Opens the IRC online help patch |
| About | AltA | Shows credits and info about the computer |
| ASCII Table | AltT | Shows an ASCII table |
| Show Root | AltR | Shows the root patch of vvvv. See section about Subpatching |
| Minimize | Minimizes vvvv to the taskbar | |
| Quit | AltF4 | Exits vvvv |
Patch
| Open | CtrlO, CtrlQ | Opens an existing patch in the root |
| Save Patch | CtrlS | Save patch |
| Save Patch as.. | ShiftCtrlS | Save current patch under a different name |
| Lock | CTRLE | Disables all patching functionality. Only IOBoxes are enabled. Use this for performances etc. where you don’t want to accidentally change your patch. See Hide on Lock. |
| Open in Explorer | AltE | Shows the selected node/patch in explorer |
| Open in Texteditor | AltShiftE | Opens the selected node/patch in the default text editor |
| Revert to saved | CtrlR | Closes the active patch unsaved and loads the last version from disk |
Edit
| Undo | CtrlZ | Undo the last step. The Undo-history can be of arbitrary length Configure the behaviour with the Undo (VVVV) node. |
| Redo | CtrlShiftZ | Do the last undone step again. |
| Cut | CtrlX | Copy and delete selected nodes |
| Copy | CtrlC | Copy selected nodes |
| Paste | CtrlV | Insert copied nodes |
| Paste modified values | Apply the copied values to the selected node | |
| Duplicate | CtrlD | Copy and Paste selected nodes |
| Duplicate nodes and links | CtrlShiftD | Copy and Paste selected nodes and respective links |
| Align | CtrlL | Align the currently selected group of nodes either horizontally or vertically, depending on their existing orientation |
| Select All | CtrlA | Selects all nodes in the active patch |
| Deselect | CtrlShiftA | Deselects all nodes in the active patch |
| Boygroup | CtrlB | Toggle Boygroup status of a node. See Boygrouping section |
| Hide on Lock | CTRLH | Nodes and connections can be marked, so that they are not drawn, when the patch is locked. |
| Debug Mode | CtrlF9 | Toggles global Debug Mode on/off |
| Debug Mode | CtrlShiftF9 | Toggles Debug Mode of selected Nodes on/off |
| Debug Mode | CtrlF10 | Visualizes spreadcounts |
| Expose IObox | CtrlK | Exposes selected IOBox for being controlled from the outside |
| Alter Linktype | CtrlY | Cycle through several line styles for drawing links: straight, segmented, or Bezier. |
| Make Relative | AltShiftP | Tries to find a relative path for the selected sub patch nodes |
Additional Shortcuts
| Snapshot Patch as .emf | Ctrl4 | Saves a .emf file of the whole patchwindow (all IOBoxes only display IO) |
| Open | CtrlShiftO, CtrlShiftQ | Opens an existing patch in the active patch |
| New Patch | CtrlShiftP, CtrlShiftN | Opens a new patch window in the active patch |
| Group | CtrlG | Creates a Subpatch from selected nodes |
| Jump to parent | Ctrl + the key below ESCAPE | Jumps to parent patch |
| Toggle Windows | CtrlTab | Lets you switch through vvvv's windows (similar to MS Windows Alt-Tab) |
| Lighten Patch | Ctrl7 | Lightens the active patch’s background in versions >Beta8.3 |
| Darken Patch | Ctrl6 | Darkens the active patch’s background in versions >Beta8.3 |
| Toggle Window Frame | Ctrl8 | Toggles the frame of the active window on/off |
| Zoom In | Ctrl+ | Enlarges the active patch Careful: BUGGY |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl- | Scales the active patch down Careful: BUGGY |
and more Shortcuts
| Scroll Patch | Right click+Drag in patch | to move the patch inside the window |
| Create IOBox with values | start link from inputpin and end with middleclick | Creates IOBox containing values of connected Inputpin |
| AutoName IOBox | Middleclick on linked IOBox | copies Pinnames of connected Nodes into Descriptive Name of IOBox |
| AutoCreate send node | start link from output pin and end with CTRL+Middleclick | Creates Send node with the 'Send String' set to the name of the output pin |
| Reset Node | ALT+Rightclick on Node | Resets Node, resets all Pins to default value |
| Reset Pin | ALT+Rightclick on InputPin | Resets Pin to default value |
| Scroll Vertical | Mousewheel | scrolls up/down |
| Scroll Vertical Fast | CTRL-Mousewheel | |
| Scroll Horizontal | ALT-Mousewheel | scrolls left/right |
| Scroll Horizontal Fast | CTRLALT-Mousewheel | |
| move selected nodes by 1 px | CursorKeys | moves nodes |
| move selected nodes by 10 px | SHIFTCursorKeys | moves nodes faster... |