Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Jazz Creation Station has a moderate amount of keyboard shortcuts you can use. Here’s a list.

General shortcuts

These actions can also be done by clicking the corresponding item in the menu bar.

• Ctrl+N: Blank new level.

• Ctrl+O: Opens up the load file window.

• Ctrl+S: Saves the current level. Something which is wise to do often.

• Ctrl+R: Saves the current level and runs it in Jazz Jackrabbit 2.

• Ctrl+Z: Undoes your last act. JCS allows for 128 undos.

• F1: Displays main JCS help file with your default browser (JCSHelp/Index.htm).

Copying and pasting tiles

These shortcuts can be used in the Tiles View as well as in the Layer View.

• B: Allows you to copy multiple tiles. After pressing B, you can select a block of tiles to copy. Pressing B again copies the selected blocks to memory.

• , (comma): Copies the tile under cursor to memory, ignoring its event.

• Backspace: Creates a 1-by-1 block containing an empty tile.

• Space: Unselects the current block.

When you paste your block by left-clicking or Enter, it will be put translucent by default (empty blocks, even with an event will be ignored if they’ve been taken from the Layer View). Hold Shift to put an opaque block.

Copying and pasting events

These shortcuts can be used in the Layer View as well as in the Tiles View.

• E: Opens up the event selection window on the tile the mouse cursor is positioned. The event selected is also copied to memory and can be pasted.

• Ctrl+E: Copies the event on the tile the mouse cursor is positioned above to memory.

• Shift+E: Pastes an event.

• I: Toggles illumination for tile under cursor.

Animations

• Control: Allows the user to select a block to use in an animation in the tile window, if the animation to use is selected.

• C: Clones the selected animation.

• Delete: Removes the selected animation.

Tiles View

• T: Opens up the type selection dialog for the tile under cursor (see Tile Types). Only Normal should be displayed.

• Shift+T: Adds translucent property to the tile under cursor in the Tiles View.

• F: Flips the current block in the horizontal direction.

Layer View

• Tab: Allows you to scroll the Layer View. Hold Tab and the left mouse button, then move the cursor around.

• 12345678 (figures 1-8): Selects layer corresponding to the pressed figure.

• Ctrl+Figure: Opens up the layer properties dialog corresponding to the pressed figure.

Related content outside the wiki

• Article at JCSref: JCS Hotkeys