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Context Menu Shortcuts

The right-click menu in the desktop viewer — HR box editing, view, selection, paths, attributes and tool shortcuts.

Last updated July 20, 2026

Right-click anywhere in the viewer to open the context menu. Many items are context-sensitive — they grey out (or disappear) depending on what you have selected: an HR box, a segment, a route, or nothing at all.

The right-click context menu in the desktop viewer

HR boxes

These are the desktop-only items — they light up when you right-click an HR (home-run) box:

  • Edit HR Box Properties — open the box’s properties to change its details.
  • Move (M) — pick the box up and move it (see below).
  • Delete (Delete) — remove the box. The Delete key does the same.
  • Merge HR Boxes — combine selected boxes into one shared box.

Moving a box

Right-click a box and choose Move (M), drag it to where it should sit, then right-click again and pick Confirm to drop it — or Cancel to put it back where it was. The branch routes follow the box to its new position.

View & measure

  • ESC — closes the menu without doing anything.
  • Zoom to Fit — zoom the viewer so everything fits on screen.
  • Measure Distance — measure the distance between two points you click.

Select

  • Select All Routes — select every route on the current level.

Paths & preferred areas

  • Create Preferred Area — turn the selected routes’ path into a preferred area, so future routing follows it.
  • Reset Path — clear manual edits on the selected routes and let ABR re-route them automatically.

Edit

  • Modify Seg. Attributes — edit the attributes of the selected conduit segment(s) — for example its elevation.
  • Modify Routes Attributes — edit attributes of the selected route(s).
  • Delete Routes — delete the selected routes from the layout.

Tools

  • Conduit Fill Calculation — open the NEC conduit-fill calculator for the selection.
  • Conduit Stacking — open Conduit Stacking for a preferred area.
  • Export Isolated Panel — export just the panel you have isolated. Shown when you’re in Isolate Panel mode.