RealTest Function Key Reference

The following are all the general-purpose function or "hot" keys available in most window types.

A few window types, such as charts and graphs, also have type-specific key functions, which can be found by looking at the menu and/or options dialog for those windows.

KEY	FUNCTION
Ctrl+F	Edit Find
Ctrl+H	Edit Replace
Ctrl+N	File New
Ctrl+O	File Open
Ctrl+S	File Save
Ctrl+L	File Save All
Ctrl+G	Results Show Graph (also double-click on results line or press Enter)
Ctrl+P	Results Show Plot (also works in graph windows)
Ctrl+T	Results Show Trades (also works in graph windows)
Ctrl+/	Script Comment Toggle (also can click in left margin of line)
Ctrl+Break	Stops the execution of the currently running script
F1	Open the help file and show the page most relevant to what's under the cursor
F2	Show script autocomplete list, or edit test notes in results window
F3	Edit Find Next
F4	Script Apply (checks syntax, applies results/graphs/charts/trades sections, if any, to open windows)
F5	Run the active script in single-test mode (if script has strategies)
Ctrl+F5	Run the active script in order-generation mode (if script has strategies)
F6	Run the active script in multiple-test (optimization) mode (ditto)
F7	Run the Import section of the active script (if present)
F8	Run the Scan section of the active script (if present)
F9	Edit Formulas (for results/graphs/charts/trades windows)
F10	Refresh calculations (ditto)
F11	Show or hide the settings control panel
F12	Show or hide the debug control panel
Up/Down	In windows tied to lists (graph/plot->results, chart->trades/scan) changes window contents to prev/next list item (in generic chart, prev/next symbol in data file)
Left/Right	In windows with multiple views (graph/plot) changes to prev/next view, in chart shifts bars left/right or moves cursor if visible (Shift+Left/Right shifts by 10 bars)
O (letter)	In windows with an options dialog (graph/plot/chart/optgraph), opens that dialog
S	Toggles sorting in sortable graphs
ESC	Cancel calculation of trade/plot formulas, exit zoom or hide cursor in graph/chart
Home/End	Go to start or end of bars in chart
PageUp/Down	Shift chart by number of bars currently displayed (move one "page")

In addition to the above hotkeys, notice that most choices within the main menu and sub-menus have a letter assigned to them.

Pressing the Alt key on your keyboard reveals an underscore under each letter than can be used to select that choice.

Main menu:

Main menu after pressing Alt:

Menu after pressing Alt and then R:

In this case every item on the Run menu also has a hot key assigned to it, but for example Run Test could also be initiated by pressing Alt R T.

A few others that may be useful:

File / Save As	Alt F A
View / Program Options	Alt V O
Data / Show Chart	Alt D C
Script Options	Alt S O
Window / Close All [of current type]	Alt W C