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Reference & troubleshooting

Keyboard shortcuts

Move through a race and export views with the browser and desktop keyboard controls.

SailViewer Windows menu and screen controls.
SailViewer browser app with the bundled Sample Race color fleet. Select the image to enlarge it.

Time and legs

  • Left / Right arrow: move the end time backward / forward by one second. Hold Shift for 15-second steps.
  • L: open or close the quick leg picker. While it is open, type a leg number, or A for all legs. Escape closes the picker.
  • S: apply the suggested wind direction. Check its orientation before using wind-based results.

Track and filters

  • A outside the leg picker: toggle Track automatic zoom, when Track is visible and logs are open.
  • H: toggle the Track Top 3 setting.
  • F: show or hide Filters.
  • C with Filters foremost: remove the maneuver and rounding restrictions. Other filters remain. Outside Filters, C toggles Track percentile coloring when Track is visible.
  • M with Filters foremost: keep roundings only and remove the maneuver restriction.
  • R: reset filters while preserving the selected leg, then close the filter panel.

Screenshot shortcuts

  • P: Track screenshot. G: Graph screenshot. D: Table screenshot. O: Polar screenshot.
  • Q: run the Track, Graph, Table and Polar screenshot sequence.
  • W: run the Boat, Boxplot and Table screenshot sequence.

Prepare the visible data, selection and settings before exporting. These commands produce view images; they do not save an editable sailing log. Browser download permissions and the available views can affect the sequence.

Desktop application menus

  • Command+O on Mac / Ctrl+O on Windows: Import Logs.
  • Command+Shift+W / Ctrl+Shift+W: Analysis Windows.
  • Command+, / Ctrl+,: Settings.

In a browser, these key combinations may belong to the browser itself. Use SailViewer’s on-screen commands there.