Basic
Tips and Tricks
MeVisLab Tips and Tricks
This chapter shows some features and functionalities which are helpful but do not provide its own tutorial.
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Using Snippets
- Scripting Assistant
- User Scripts
- Show status of module in- and output
- Module suggestion of module in- and output
Keyboard Shortcuts
This is a collection of useful keyboard shortcuts in MeVisLab, hopefully it grows continuously.
| Shortcut | Functionality |
|---|---|
| CTRL + 1 | Automatically arrange selection of modules / in the current network |
| CTRL + 2 | Open most recent network file |
| CTRL + 3 | Run most recent test case (extremely useful for developers) |
| CTRL + A then CTRL + 1 | Layout network |
| CTRL + A then TAB | Layout .script file (in MATE) |
| CTRL + D | Duplicate currently selected module (including all field values) |
CTRL
and Left Mouse
or Middle Mouse Button
 | Show Internal Network |
| SPACE | Show hidden outputs of the currently selected module |
| CTRL + ALT + T | Start test center |
| CTRL + K | Restart MeVisLab with current network(s) |
| CTRL + R | Run script file with the same name of your network file if available in the same directory. |
| ALT
Double-click
on a module | Open automatic panel of the module. |
Using Snippets
Sometimes you have to create the same network over and over again – for example, to quickly preview DICOM files. Generally, you will at least add one module to load and another module to display your images. Sometimes you may also want to view the DICOM header data. A network you possibly generate whenever opening DICOM files will be the following: