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Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

On macOS the modifier is Cmd; elsewhere it is Ctrl. The editor's Tips & shortcuts button shows the same list with the right keys for your platform.

Find and select

KeysDoes
Cmd KSearch every shape, icon and command
Cmd FFind and replace across labels, body text, table cells and connector labels
Cmd ASelect everything visible
Shift Cmd ADeselect all
Shift + clickAdd or remove one shape from the selection
F2Edit the selected shape's label

Transform

KeysDoes
Cmd G / Shift Cmd GGroup / ungroup
Shift Cmd [ / ]Send to back / bring to front. Plain [ and ] step one layer
Shift Cmd . / ,Font size up / down by 1px
Shift + H / VFlip horizontally / vertically

Layers

KeysDoes
WSwitch the layer you draw on, Blueprint or Notes
Shift Cmd PPromote selected Notes items to the Blueprint layer

View

KeysDoes
Cmd 0 / 1Reset the view / fit everything to the viewport
Cmd ;Toggle the major-gridline overlay
Shift Cmd DToggle light and dark theme
PageUp / PageDownPrevious / next diagram tab

Tools

KeysDoes
QTool lock
8Container tool
9Freehand pen
LLaser pointer

Drop .svg files from your computer straight onto the canvas. They become icons, and are added to your personal library.