Much of the toolbar functionality can be accessed through keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts, listed below, are not case sensitive.
| <Ctrl> T | toggle display of toolbar |
| <Ctrl> A | toggle functional display (+ and -, +, -, none) |
| <Ctrl> S | save current image window as a .gif |
| <Ctrl> P | print current image window |
| <Ctrl> B | toggle between continuous mouse-based coordinate updating |
| <Ctrl> W | write information to FIV log. |
| <Ctrl> R | The Randy -- brings all FIV windows to the front. |
| <Ctrl> L <series of numbers> <return> | set lower activation threshold to specified value |
| <Ctrl> H <series of numbers> <return> | set upper activation threshold to specified value |
| Right arrow, left arrow | increase, decrease brightness |
| Up arrow, down arrow | increase, decrease contrast |
| Page up or minus key | scroll up in stack |
| Page down or equals key | scroll down in stack |
| Home | move to first image in stack |
| End | move to last image in stack |
| Tab or space bar | displays some useful information in a popup window. |