Keyboard Commands
In the menus of Designer’s Studio, there are a number of command-key equivalents which you will learn in the process of opening and using the various menus.  However, there are also a number of additional keyboard shortcuts which are not documented in the application and which may not have been discussed to this point.  The following is a list of those commands.

The FKeys
Most Macintosh keyboards have a row of function keys, or FKeys, above the standard set of typewriter keys.  Designer’s Studio takes full advantage of these keys and a special task has been assigned to each one.

F1 - Undo (Shift-F1 will Redo)
F2 - Cut
F3 - Copy
F4 - Paste
F5 - File Tools
F6 - Art Tools
F7 - Flip/Rotate Tools
F8 - Color Palette
F9 - Magnifying Glass
F10 - Custom Palettes
F11 - Big Editor
F12 - Resource Editor
F13 - Sliders
F14 - All Normal/All Pushed toggle for color schemes.
F15 - Registration Dialog/About Box

Art Tools Shortcuts
The Art Tools palette has keyboard shortcuts for each of its functions.

o - Lasso
m - Marquee
e - Eraser
p - Pencil
i - Eye Dropper
b - Paint Bucket
w - Magic Wand
l - Line
1 - Filled Rect
2 - Empty Rect
3 - Filled Rounded Rect
4 - Empty Rounded Rect
5 - Filled Oval
6 - Empty Oval

Color Shortcuts
• Option-click anywhere in a Designer’s Studio window to activate the eye dropper to set the foreground color.
• Option-control-click anywhere in a Designer’s Studio window to activate the eye dropper to set the background color.
• Control-click on either the foreground or background chips in the color palette to use the color picker in setting your desired color.
• Control-click on one of the chips in the active color palette to set the background color.
• Command-click on a color in a custom palette to activate the eye dropper and allow you to change the included custom color.

Miscellaneous Shortcuts
• Option-click on something that is selected in the Resource Editor and drag to create a duplicate selection.
• Shift-click in the Preview Window to change the state toggle from browse to edit or vice versa.
• Command will toggle between filled and empty states for the rect/oval tools.
• Command-shift-click on an actb/dctb/clut chip in the Resource Editor to activate the color picker.
• Double-click on the eraser button to delete all graphics from the active resource in the Resource Editor.
• Shift-click with marquee button to select the whole active resource in the Resource Editor.
• Shift-click with the magic wand to select all pixels of the same color.

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Designer's Studio 1.5
© 1997 - 1998 Akamai Design
Tom Connolly and Dorian Weisel