Customizing Keybind

Astah has preset shortcut keys that you can use to make diagraming quicker and easier, however you can also customize the keyboard shortcuts.

How to Customize the shortcut keys

  1. Close Astah
  2. Copy the "astah-key.properties_org" in the Astah install folder to Userhome\.astah\professional ("Userhome\.astah\uml" or "Userhome\.astah\community")

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  3. Rename "astah-key.properties_org" to "astah-key.properties"

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  4. Open "astah-key.properties" and remove "#" from the line of Shortcut key you want to change and set the key value (xxx.key)

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  5. Save the "astah-key.properties" and then restart Astah

Notes

  • Do not make duplicated keys
  • By default, some different operations share the same Shortcut key(xxx.key), if you decide to change one of them, make sure to change them all
  • If you re-install Astah (by getting a newer version, etc), please adjust the difference between the new "astah-key.properties_org" and your customized "astah-key.properties" file