| Shortcut | Command | Description |
| : (;) | Set keyboard focus to the text entry window | |
| [ | load | Types load in the console and sets keyboard
focus to the console. Follow-up with the name of the cell you want to open. |
| ] | save | Save current cell |
| s | select (select an electrically-connected node) |
Press one time to select a rectangle Press two times to select the entire material Press three times to select the entire electrical node |
| S | select more | Select more material, similar to "Ctrl + LClick" in Windows |
| a | select visible | Select material within the box |
| A | select more visible | Similar to 'select more' but select material within the box |
| c | copy | Copy the selected material to the cursor position |
| C | select clear | Clear the selection |
| u | undo | Undo last action |
| U | redo | Redo last command |
| d | delete | Delete the currently selected material |
| Ctrl + d | erase $ | Delete material within the box matching what's under the cursor |
| t | move | Move the selected material to cursor position NOTE: Relative to the box bottom-left corner and the cursor position |
| q/w/e/r | move [dir] 1 | Move the selected material left/down/up/right |
| Keypad Direction | move [dir] 1 | Move the selected material in the direction pressed |
| Q/W/E/R | stretch [dir] 1 | Stretch the selected material left/down/up/right. Like moving but maintains any connections it has. |
| Shift + Keypad Direction | stretch [dir] 1 | Stretch the selected material in the direction pressed NOTE: This also happens when Numlock is on |
| Ctrl + Direction | box grow [dir] 1 | Increase the box in the direction pressed (arrow keys) |
| Ctrl + Shift + Direction | box shrink [dir] 1 | Decrease the box in the direction pressed (arrow keys) |
| z | findbox zoom | Zoom to fit the selection box |
| Z | zoom 2 | Zoom out by 2x |
| v | view | View entire layout |
| i or f | select cell | Select a cell, useful for grabbing instanced cells or your current working cell. |
| , | center | Center view on the box |
| x | expand | Expand, i.e. reveal internals of, selected/boxed instanced layout cells |
| X | unexpand | Unexpand, i.e. hide internals of, selected/boxed instanced layout cells |
| Ctrl + x / m | expand toggle | Toggles if the cell is expanded |
| k | getnode | Print out the labeled name of the node/paint selected |
| y | drc why | Explain the DRC problem under the selection box |
| Y | drc find | Move the box to a DRC error and print out the problem |
Reference: Magic Notes, contains additional long commands by Mark Horowitz, though some macros have changed.
2010/10/21 Three new macros added (Trevin Murakami) 2010/10/01 Updated to match current DOT.magicrc file (Trevin Murakami) 2008/04/16 Updated (BB) 2006/04/06 Updated for Spring 2006 2004/04/08 Written