Keys that work on the canvas don’t fire while you’re typing in a field, and keys that belong to a node work when that node is selected or under the pointer.
Anywhere
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Alt Space | search files, from any program (Ctrl Alt Space if Alt+Space is taken) |
| Win Esc | Mission Control, from any program |
| Ctrl Alt Z | History |
| Ctrl K | command palette |
| Ctrl Shift S | screenshot, also with a program full screen |
| hold F1 | help map |
| ? or Ctrl / | list of shortcuts |
| Esc | closes search, Mission Control, History, menus and full-screen sequences |
Canvas
| Keys or gesture | Does |
|---|---|
| double-click on empty canvas | add a node there |
| right-click on empty canvas | canvas menu |
| scroll wheel | zoom on empty canvas, scroll over a node that scrolls |
| Ctrl + scroll wheel, pinch | zoom anywhere |
| middle button + drag, Space + drag | pan |
| F | fit everything in view |
| 0 | zoom to 100% |
| Ctrl Alt ← / → | canvas 1 / canvas 2 |
| drag on empty canvas | selection box |
| Shift + click | add to or remove from the selection |
| Ctrl A | select all nodes |
| Ctrl C / X / V | copy, cut, paste nodes |
| Ctrl D | duplicate |
| Del or Backspace | delete |
| Ctrl Z | undo |
| Ctrl Shift Z or Ctrl Y | redo |
| Alt + drag | pull a snapped program, a clip or a title out of its block |
Programs
| Keys or gesture | Does |
|---|---|
| click the program | use it in place |
| double-click the header | full screen |
| Shift + scroll up over the node | full screen |
| Shift + scroll down | leave full screen |
| pointer past the screen edge, in full screen | go to the program snapped on that side |
Search
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ | choose a result |
| Enter | open as a node |
| Ctrl Enter | open the containing folder |
| Ctrl T | tags |
Folder node
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| arrows, Home, End, a letter | move the selection |
| Enter | open |
| Backspace | up one folder |
| Alt ← / → | back / forward |
| F2 | rename |
| Del | delete to the Recycle Bin |
| Ctrl C / X / V | copy, cut, paste files |
| Ctrl F | filter by name |
| Ctrl L | type a path |
| ← →, Esc | in the image viewer: previous, next, close |
Photos
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| double-click a slider | reset it |
| Ctrl Z | undo the last adjustment |
| Enter / Esc / X | crop: confirm, cancel, swap orientation |
| ↑ | culling: flag |
| Space, →, ↓ | culling: next |
| ← | culling: previous |
| Z | culling: check focus |
Video
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Space | play / pause |
| ← → | one frame |
| Shift ← → | ten frames |
| ↑ ↓ | previous / next cut |
| Home / End | start / end |
| S or Ctrl B | cut at the playhead |
| Q / W | trim before / after the playhead |
| Ctrl D | duplicate the selected clip |
| T | title at the playhead |
| right-click a clip | clip commands |
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| arrows, Page Up / Page Down, Esc | full-size page: turn, close |
| R | editing: rotate selected pages |
| Del | editing: delete selected pages |
| Ctrl A, Ctrl Z, Ctrl Y, Esc | editing: select all, undo, redo, stop |
| Ctrl P | print the pages as shown |
Other nodes
| Keys | Where | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl L, F5, Alt ← / → | Web | address bar, reload, back, forward |
| ↑ / ↓, Enter, Esc | Web, clipping a zone | widen or narrow the block, add it, stop picking |
| Esc | Note | cancel the change |
| Enter / Shift Enter | AI Chat | send / new line |
| Enter | To-do, Calendar | add |