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Shortcut Menus

Right-clicking displays a shortcut menu (context menu).

Right-clicking displays a shortcut menu (context menu).

Right-click by holding down the control key on the keyboard and click the mouse to display shortcut menus (also called contextual menus).

If a command is active, the shortcut menu displays:

  • Enter: Confirms default options of the current command or ends entity selection
  • Cancel: Cancel command execution
  • ESnap Overrides: Lets you select entity snap options and coordinate input methods
  • Pan and Zoom
  • Options that are available at the current prompt

If no command is active, the context menu displays commonly used commands:

  • Repeat previous command
  • Cut, Copy, Copy with Reference Point, Paste, and Paste as Block
  • Undo and Redo
  • Pan and Zoom
  • Options (general settings)
  • Drafting Options

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