The following keyboard shortcuts are available in MAXQDA.
Welcome Screen
These keyboard shortcuts allow you to access main options directly from the welcome screen when launching MAXQDA.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | ⌘ (cmd) + N | Creates a new project. |
| Ctrl + O | ⌘ (cmd) + O | Opens an existing project. |
| Ctrl + B | ⌘ (cmd) + B | Opens the Example Projects folder. |
General
These keyboard shortcuts are available in most windows of MAXQDA. Some, such as cutting and pasting text, only work where text can be edited, for example in a memo.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | ⌘ (cmd) + ⇧ + ? | Opens the MAXQDA help system. |
| Ctrl + N | ⌘ (cmd) + N | Creates a new project. |
| Ctrl + O | ⌘ (cmd) + O | Opens an existing project. |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ (cmd) + A | Highlights the entire text. |
| ⇧ + Click | ⇧ + Click | Selects a range of items: click the first item, then click the last item while holding the key. |
| Ctrl + Click | ⌘ (cmd) + Click | Adds an item to the selection or removes it, so you can select items that are not next to each other. |
| Ctrl + C | ⌘ (cmd) + C | Copies the selected text to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl + X | ⌘ (cmd) + X | Cuts the selected text and puts it in the clipboard. |
| Ctrl + V | ⌘ (cmd) + V | Pastes the selection from the clipboard. |
| Alt + 1 | ⌥ (option) + 1 | Opens/closes the documents window. |
| Alt + 2 | ⌥ (option) + 2 | Opens/closes the codes window. |
| Alt + 3 | ⌥ (option) + 3 | Opens/closes the Document Browser. |
| Alt + 4 | ⌥ (option) + 4 | Opens/closes the Retrieved Segments window. |
| Ctrl + Alt + B | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + B | Opens the logbook. |
| Ctrl + Alt + M | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + M | Opens the Code Matrix Browser. |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + R | Opens the Code Relations Browser. |
| Ctrl + F | ⌘ (cmd) + F | Opens the search toolbar for the current window or the table overview. |
| Ctrl + ⇧ + F | ⌘ (cmd) + ⇧ + F | Opens the text search. |
| Ctrl + P | ⌘ (cmd) + P | Prints the focused window or view. |
| Alt + Double-click | ⌥ (option) + Double-click | Inserts a MAXQDA object (e.g., a document or code) into MAXMaps, if MAXMaps is open. |
| Ctrl + R | ⌘ (cmd) + R | Resets activations in the documents window and codes window. |
Documents window
These keyboard shortcuts work when the documents window is active.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Double-click | Double-click | Opens a document. |
| ⇧ + Double-click | ⇧ + Double-click | Opens a document in a new tab. |
| Ctrl + Click | ⌘ (cmd) + Click | Activates or deactivates a document. |
| F2 | ⏎ (return) | Renames a document. |
| Del | ⌫ (delete) | Deletes a document. |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ (cmd) + A | Selects all documents. |
| Alt + ↑ (ArrowUp) Alt + ↓ (ArrowDown) | ⌥ (option) + ↑ (ArrowUp) ⌥ (option) + ↓ (ArrowDown) | Moves a document or document group up and down. |
| Ctrl + Drag & Drop | ⌥ (option) + Drag & Drop | Creates a copy of the document without coded segments (start dragging and then hold Ctrl/option). |
| Ctrl + T | ⌘ (cmd) + T | Creates a new document and opens it for editing in the Document Browser. |
| Ctrl + D | ⌘ (cmd) + D | Opens the dialog window for importing documents. |
| Alt + ⇧ + M | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ + M | Creates a new memo or opens an existing memo for a document. |
| Ctrl + Alt + ↑ (ArrowUp) Ctrl + Alt + ↓ (ArrowDown) | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + ↑ (ArrowUp) ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + ↓ (ArrowDown) | Opens the next/previous document. |
Codes window
These keyboard shortcuts work when the codes window is active.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Click | ⌘ (cmd) + Click | Activates or deactivates a code, including the subcodes. |
| Ctrl + ⇧ + Click | ⌘ (cmd) + ⇧ + Click | Activates or deactivates a code without subcodes. |
| F2 | ⏎ (return) | Renames a code. |
| Del | ⌫ (delete) | Deletes a code. |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ (cmd) + A | Selects all codes. |
| Alt + ↑ (ArrowUp) Alt + ↓ (ArrowDown) | ⌥ (option) + ↑ (ArrowUp) ⌥ (option) + ↓ (ArrowDown) | Moves a code or subcode up and down in the same hierarchy level. |
| Alt + → (ArrowRight) Alt + ← (ArrowLeft) | ⌥ (option) + → (ArrowRight) ⌥ (option) + ← (ArrowLeft) | Moves a code one level higher or lower in the code hierarchy. |
| Ctrl + Drag & Drop | ⌥ (option) + Drag & Drop | Creates a copy of the code without coded segments (start dragging and then hold Ctrl/option). |
| Alt + N | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + N | Inserts a new code on the currently highlighted level. |
Document Browser
These keyboard shortcuts work while a document is open in the Document Browser.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + ⇧ + P | ⌘ (cmd) + ⇧ + P | Starts and stops Paraphrase Mode. |
| Alt + L | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + L | Codes the selected text with the most recently used code. |
| Alt + W | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + W | Opens the dialog window for creating a new code, which will be used to code the selected text. |
| Alt + C | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + C | Codes the selected text with the code shown in the Quick List. |
| Alt + I | ⌘ (cmd) + ⌥ (option) + I | Codes the selected text with a newly-created code named after the first 63 characters of the selected text (in-vivo-coding). |
| Ctrl + L | ⌘ (cmd) + L | Inserts an internal link at the location of the selected text. The location it is linked to is set by highlighting another text passage in that document or another one in the project and hitting Ctrl + L again. |
| F6 | F6 | Inserts a new timestamp into a transcript when in Transcription Mode. |
| PgUp PgDn | PgUp PgDn | Moves to the next/previous page of a PDF document. |
| Home End | Home End | Moves to the beginning or the end of a PDF document. |
| Ctrl + Plus Ctrl + Minus | ⌘ (cmd) + Plus ⌘ (cmd) + Minus | Zooms in or out of the document. |
| Ctrl + Zero | ⌘ (cmd) + Zero | Zooms the view to 100%. |
| Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + ⇧ + Tab | ⌥ (option) + Tab ⌥ (option) + ⇧ + Tab | Switches to the next/previous tab. |
| Ctrl + F4 | ⌘ (cmd) + W | Closes the current tab or the current view. |
Media Player
These keyboard shortcuts work while a video or audio file is open in the Media Player.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| F4 or F5 or 2 x Ctrl | F4 or F5 or 2 x ⇧ | Plays or pauses the media file. |
| F7 | F7 | Sets a clip start. |
| F8 | F8 | Sets a clip end. |
| F9 | F9 | Plays a clip. |
| F10 | F10 | Cancels the clip mark. |
| F12 | F12 | Jumps forwards 5 seconds. |
| ⇧ + F12 | ⇧ + F12 | Jumps back 5 seconds. |
| Ctrl + L | ⌘ (cmd) + L | Inserts a link to the selected clip. Use the same keyboard shortcut to insert a link target. |
| Ctrl + P | ⌘ (cmd) + P | Creates a paraphrase for the selected clip. |
| Alt + ⇧ + M | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ + M | Inserts a memo at the current position of the media file. |
Table overviews, e.g., Overview of Coded Segments
These keyboard shortcuts work in any table overview, for example to export the table or delete rows.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + ⇧ + E | ⌘ (cmd) + ⇧ + E | Opens the table as an Excel file in the standard program. |
| Ctrl + ⇧ + H | ⌘ (cmd) + ⇧ + H | Opens the table as an HTML file in the standard internet browser. |
| Ctrl + E | ⌘ (cmd) + E | Opens the dialog window for exporting the table or view. |
| Del | ⌫ (delete) | Deletes the chosen row/s. |
AI Assist
This keyboard shortcut is available in AI Chat, part of the AI Assist add-on.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + K | ⌘ (cmd) + K | Starts a new chat in AI Chat. |
MAXDictio
This keyboard shortcut works in dictionaries and stop lists in MAXDictio.
| Windows | macOS | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + E | ⌘ (cmd) + E | Opens the dialog window for exporting the open dictionary or stop list. |
