Keyboard shortcuts

Commands

These work in every workbench while FreeCAD’s main window has focus.

Keys	Command	What it does
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`H`	Versions and history	Show or hide the panel. H for history.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`V`	Create version	Name a snapshot of the whole project. V for version.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`D`	Compare	Compare two points in time. D for diff.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`R`	Releases	Open the release register. R for releases.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Y`	Sync	Share or sync with your team. sYnc.

Keys

Command

What it does

Ctrl+Shift+H

Versions and history

Show or hide the panel. H for history.

Ctrl+Shift+V

Create version

Name a snapshot of the whole project. V for version.

Ctrl+Shift+D

Compare

Compare two points in time. D for diff.

Ctrl+Shift+R

Releases

Open the release register. R for releases.

Ctrl+Shift+Y

Sync

Share or sync with your team. sYnc.

The same commands are at the bottom of the Tools menu, which shows the keys next to each entry.

Strata commands and their keys in the Tools menu

In the panel

These work when the Versions and history panel has focus, for example after clicking an entry.

Keys	What it does
`↑` `↓`	Move through history entries.
`Enter`	View the selected entry as a read-only copy (same as double-click).
`Ctrl`+`F`	Open the history search and put the cursor in it.
`Esc`	In the search box: clear it, then close it. Elsewhere: close the details card, then the search.

Keys

What it does

↑ ↓

Move through history entries.

Enter

View the selected entry as a read-only copy (same as double-click).

Ctrl+F

Open the history search and put the cursor in it.

Esc

In the search box: clear it, then close it. Elsewhere: close the details card, then the search.

In dialogs

Enter

The dialog’s blue button (Create version, Merge, Release, …).

Esc

Cancel.

Tab

Move to the next field.

How the keys were chosen

Strata’s keys are all on Ctrl+Shift, where FreeCAD 1.1 itself only uses Ctrl+Shift+I, Ctrl+Shift+P, Ctrl+Shift+S and Ctrl+Shift+Tab. All 185 default shortcuts of a running FreeCAD 1.1.4 were checked, and Strata’s test suite verifies that each Strata key belongs to Strata alone.

Other add-ons may use the same keys. If two commands share a key, Qt runs neither, so change one of them as described below. An add-on that hosts Strata in its own interface can choose Strata’s keys itself. For example, an NX-style interface keeps Ctrl+Shift+D and Ctrl+Shift+Y for NX’s Drafting and Layout applications. In that case the Tools menu shows the keys that are actually in effect.

Change a shortcut

Open Tools Customize… and the Keyboard tab.
Find the command, for example by typing Versions and history into the search field.
Click into Shortcut, press the new keys and click Assign.

FreeCAD remembers your choice; Strata never overrides it.

The shortcuts become active once FreeCAD has built Strata’s menu entries, which Strata asks for as soon as it starts. If an add-on such as an alternative user interface hosts Strata (see Embedding), that add-on decides when this happens.