Two kind of shortcuts are available:

• to activate a creation tool as if clicking on the diagram palette.

• to directly create and unmask an element in the diagram.

The following table presents the available keyboard shortcuts:

Activate creation tool

Create element

Shortcut

Activated tool

Shortcut

Created element

A

Actor

CTRL-N CTRL-A

Actor

U

Use case

CTRL-N CTRL-U

Use case

N

Note

CTRL-N CTRL-N

Note

O

Operation

CTRL-N CTRL-O

Operation

X

Extension point

CTRL-N CTRL-X

Extension point

E

Extension link

I

Include link

SPACEBAR

Communication link

G

Generalization

R

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