Keyboard Shortcuts

The following keyboard shortcuts are available in MAXQDA.

General

Windows

Mac

 

F1

cmd + shift + ?

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.

Ctrl + C

cmd + C

Copies the selected segment to the Windows clipboard.

Ctrl + X

cmd + X

Cuts out the selected segment and puts it in the Windows clipboard.

Ctrl + V

cmd + V

Pastes the selection from the Windows clipboard.

Ctrl + Alt + B

cmd + alt + B

Opens the logbook.

Ctrl + Alt + M

cmd + alt + M

Opens the Code Matrix Browser.

Ctrl + Alt + R

cmd + alt + R

Opens the Code Relations Browser.

Ctrl + F

cmd + F

Opens the search toolbar for the current window or the table overview.

Ctrl + Shift + F

cmd + Shift + F

Opens the lexical search.

Ctrl + P

cmd + P

Prints the focused window or view.

Alt + Double-click

alt + double-click

Inserts a MAXQDA object (e.g. a document or code) into MAXMaps, if MAXMaps is open.

„Document System“

Windows

Mac

 

Double-click

Double-click

Opens a document.

Shift + double-click

Shift + double-click

Opens a document in a new tab.

Ctrl + click

cmd + click

Activates or deactivates a document.

F2

Enter

Renames a document.

Del

cmd + Backspace

Deletes a document.

Alt + UpArrow

Alt + DownArrow

alt + UpArrow

alt + DownArrow

Moves a document or document group up and down in the “Document System“.

Strg + Drag & Drop

alt + Drag & Drop

Creates a copy of the document without coded segments (start dragging and then hold Strg/cmd)

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 + Shift + M

alt + Shift + M

Creates a new memo or opens an existing memo for a document.

„Code System“

Windows

Mac

 

Ctrl + click

cmd + click

Activates or deactivates a code including the subcodes.

Shift + click

Shift + click

Activates or deactivates a code without subcodes.

F2

Enter

Renames a code.

Entf

cmd + Backspace

Deletes a code.

Alt + UpArrow,
DownArrow

alt + UpArrow, DownArrow

Moves a code (possibly with subcodes) up and down in the “Code System“.

Alt + RightArrow,
LeftArrow

alt + RightArrow, LeftArrow

Increases and decreases the level of hierarchy of a code.

Alt + Drag & Drop

alt + Drag & Drop

Creates a copy of the code without coded segments.

Alt + N

cmd + alt + N

Inserts a new code on the chosen level.

„Document Browser“

Windows

Mac

 

Ctrl + E

cmd + alt + E

Starts and stops Edit Mode.

Alt + L

cmd + alt + L

Codes the selected segment with the most recently used code.

Alt + W

cmd + alt + W

Opens the dialog window for creating a new code, which will be used to code the selected segment.

Alt + C

cmd + alt + C  

Codes the selected segment with the code shown in the Quick List.

Alt + I

cmd + alt + I

Codes the selected segment with a newly-created code named after the first 63 characters of the selected segment (in-vivo-coding).

Strg + L

cmd + L

Inserts an internal link at the location of the selected segment. The location it is linked to is set by highlighting another segment in that document or another one in the project and hitting Ctrl + L again.

PgUp, PgDn

PgUp, PgDn

Moves to the next/previous page of a PDF document.

Pos1, End

Pos1, End

Moves to the beginning or the end of a text document.

Strg + Plus,

Strg + Minus

cmd + Plus,

cmd + Minus

Zooms in or out of the document.

Strg + Zero

cmd + Zero

Zooms the view to 100 %.

Alt + Tab,

Alt + Shift + Tab

alt + Tab,

alt + Shift + Tab

Jumps to the next/previous tab.

Strg + F4

cmd + w

Closes the current tab or the current view.

„Media player“ toolbar [not available in MAXQDA Base]

Windows

Mac

 

Strg + Alt + P

cmd + alt + P

Activates/deactivates the media player.

Shift + F3

Shift + F3

Jumps to the previous time stamp.

F3

F3

Jumps to the next time stamp.

F4 or F5

F4 or F5

Plays or pauses the media file.

F6

F6

Inserts a time stamp.

„Multimedia browser“ [not available in MAXQDA Base]

Windows

Mac

 

F7

F7

Sets a clip start.

F8

F8

Sets a clip end.

F9

F9

Plays a clip.

F10

F10

Cancels the clip mark.

Table overviews, e.g. „Overview of coded segments“

Windows

Mac

 

Ctrl + Shift + E

cmd + Shift + E

Opens the table as Excel file in the standard program.

Ctrl + Shift + H

cmd + Shift + H

Opens the table as HTML file in the standard internet browser.

Ctrl + E

cmd + E

Opens the dialog window for exporting the table or view.

Del

cmd + Backspace

Deletes the chosen row/s.

MAXDictio Dictionary [only available in MAXQDA Plus and MAXQDA Analytics Pro]

Windows

Mac

 

Ctrl + Shift + N

cmd + Shift + N

Creates a new category.

Ctrl + Alt + N

cmd + alt + N

Creates a new search item.

Ctrl + E

cmd + E

Opens the dialog window for exporting a dictionary.

Del

cmd + Backspace

Deletes the chosen category.

MAXDictio Stop list [only available in MAXQDA Plus and MAXQDA Analytics Pro]

Windows

Mac

 

Ctrl + N

cmd + N

Creates a new word to be excluded.

Ctrl + E

cmd + E

Opens the dialog window for exporting the stop list.

Del

cmd + Backspace

Deletes the focused items.