Context menu

The context menu gives access to functions specific to the current selection.

Overview

Command Description Keys
Undo undo the last action ⌘ Z
Redo redo the last action ⇧ ⌘ Z
Cut cut the current selection ⌘ X
Copy copy the current selection to clipboard ⌘ C
Paste paste the clipboard contents into the glyph ⌘ V
Delete Selection delete current selection
Select All select all glyph contents ⌘ A
Select None clear current selection ⇧ ⌘ A
Add Component add component to glyph
Add Anchor add anchor to glyph
Add Guideline add guideline to glyph
Lock Guideline Lock or unlock selected guideline
Close Contour close one or many contours (based on selection) or
join selected points (must be end-points)
⌘ J
Break Contour break contours at the selected points
Reverse Contour Direction reverse direction of selected contours
Set Start Point set selected point as the first
Decompose Components decompose selected components ⇧ ⌘ D
Un/lock Background Images lock or unlock all background images (by default all images are locked)
Select Previous Source switch location to previous source ⌘ ↑
Select Next Source switch location to next source ⌘ ↓
Select Previous Glyph go to previous glyph of glyph search selection ⌘ ←
Select Next Glyph go to next glyph of glyph search selection ⌘ →
Find glyphs that use "this-glyph-name" gives you a dialog with glyphs that use the selected glyph as a component
Replace selected glyph on canvas replace the selected glyph with a different glyph on canvas
Remove selected glyph on canvas remove the selected glyph on canvas
Add glyph before selected glyph add a new glyph before the selected glyph
Add glyph after selected glyph add a new glyph after the selected glyph