Selection grid

The diagram is entered in a logical grid, and all objects are snapped to the grid.

At any moment you can zoom in or out of the edited diagram (for shortcuts about zooming, see "Using the FFLD Editor").You can also drag the separation lines in vertical and horizontal rulers to freely resize the cells of the grid:

       


  • If a split window is in use, the zoom applies only to the currently selected split window (each split window can be zoomed to different levels).

The current position in the grid is always highlighted by a dotted cell and its coordinates (row, column) are displayed at the bottom left-hand corner of the editor.

If you click on the current position, then the cell is drawn as gray, meaning that it can be dragged somewhere else in the diagram (see below). You can also select multiple cells with the mouse, or use the arrows of the keyboard with the SHIFT key pressed.

Click on the power rail (gray ruler at the left border) to select a full row.

Other selection commands are available from the keyboard:

Keystroke Description
Home moves the caretClosedThe term caret is also sometimes used in graphical user interface terminology where it means a text insertion point indicator, frequently represented by a blinking vertical bar. In this context, it may be used interchangeably with the word cursor, although the latter term is often reserved for a mouse pointer to the left of the line
if pressed again, moves the caret to the head of the network
End moves the caret to the end of the line
if pressed again, moves the caret to the end of the network
Ctrl + Page Up Down moves the caret to previous or next network header
Ctrl + Home/End twice moves the caret to the beginning or the end of the program
Ctrl + A selects the whole network
if pressed again, selects the whole program
Page Up / Down scroll 1 page
Shift-Page Up / Down selection page up or down
Return equivalent to a double-click
Space change contact or coil
Tab move focus cell right
Shift-Tab move focus cell left
Arrows move focus cell or scroll through ladder
Shift-Arrow multi-select cells
Ctrl + F performs a Search and Replace (+ add hyperlink on the topic) within the whole program
Ctrl-Shift-F2 go to previous bookmark
Esc / Shift-Esc close the rename widget