General Information on the Expecco User interface

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Personal Settings[Bearbeiten]

Many aspects of the UI can be adjusted to your personal style via the settings dialog ("Extras" - "Settings"). Setting parameters are stored in a file in your home folder "~/.expecco/.expeccoPreferences", where "~" stands for your home folder. The home folder is typically "/home/<yourName>" on Linux systems, "/Users/<yourName>" on macOS, and "c:\users\<yourName>\Documents" on MS-Windows systems.

The entry tab of the settings dialog shows the name of your settings file and provides a link to inspect its contents.

The settings file contains mostly UI-related parameters, but a few attributes which affect the execution are also stored there (for example, debugging flags, which control if a debugger should be opened in case of errors). It is possible to use different settings files by giving the "--settings" command line argument. To create a different settings file, use the "Save As..." menu item in the settings dialog.

Keyboard Focus[Bearbeiten]

The keyboard focus window is the (sub-) window, which processes your keyboard input. Unless explicitly set via the "Extras"-"Settings"-"Look & Feel" dialog, the default behavior is initially set according to the operating system's usual default behavior. This is different between Unix and MS-Windows systems:

- in Unix/Linux, the keyboard focus usually follows the mouse. I.e. you do not need to click into a window to change the focus. Just move the mouse pointer over or into that window.

- in Windows, the focus remains in a window, until some other window is clicked.

In most cases, this default setting corresponds to the user's expectations. However, if you prefer the other style, change this in the above mentioned settings dialog (eg. if you are used to one style, but you have to deal with the other system type).

Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts[Bearbeiten]

  • Ctrl-c (Copy)
  • Ctrl-x (Cut)
  • Ctrl-v (Paste)
  • Ctrl-z (Undo)
  • Ctrl-y (Redo)
  • Ctrl-g (Goto Line)
  • Ctrl-f (Find)


  • Ctrl-+ (Zoom In)
  • Ctrl-- (Zoom Out)
  • Ctrl-Shift-+ (Zoom In All)
  • Ctrl-Shift-- (Zoom Out All)

  The following shortcuts work in the diagram editor:

  • Ctrl-n (New Step)
  • Ctrl-e (Freeze Pin with Environment Variable)
  • Ctrl-p (Toggle Pin's is-Parameter Attribute)

A full list is found in: "Common Keyboard Shortcuts". Shortcuts of individual editors are found in the corresponding editor's description.



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