Keyboard shortcuts (explained)

When you work on the Live and Playback tabs, a number of simple keyboard shortcuts are available.

The PLUS SIGN in the following shortcuts does not indicate the key but the combination of pressing two or more keys. For example, the keyboard shortcut /+ENTER indicates that you press the slash (/) key and then the ENTER key.

These shortcuts cannot be used for positions in views containing Matrix content or static images.

Press these keys

To do this

ENTER

Toggle maximized/regular display of the selected position in the view.

ALT

Select a specific view item. When using ALT, you can navigate to a view item by typing the numbers displayed on the screen. When a view item is in focus, it is marked with a blue frame.

If you are using a PTZ camera or a hotspot, this allows you to control cameras with a joystick or to send the view item directly to the hotspot without using the mouse.

/+<camera shortcut number>+ENTER

Change the camera in the selected view item to the camera with the matching shortcut number. Example: if the required camera has the shortcut number 6, press /+ 6+ENTER.

Camera shortcut numbers may not necessarily be in use on your surveillance system. Camera shortcut numbers are defined on the server.

/+ENTER

Change the camera in the selected view item to the default camera.

/+/+ENTER

Change the cameras in all view items to the default cameras.

*+<view shortcut number>+ENTER

Change the selected view to the view with the matching shortcut number. Example: if the required view has the shortcut number 8, press *+ 8+ENTER.

View shortcut numbers may not necessarily be used. If view shortcut numbers are used, you can see them on the Live tab in the Views pane, where they appear in parentheses before the views' names. View shortcut numbers are defined on the Live tab in setup mode.

6 (numeric keypad only)

Move the view position selection one step to the right.

4 (numeric keypad only)

Move the view position selection one step to the left.

8 (numeric keypad only)

Move the view position selection one step up.

2 (numeric keypad only)

Move the view position selection one step down.

You can also assign your own custom shortcut key combinations for particular actions in XProtect Smart Client.

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