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Navigation & keyboard shortcuts

Move around the canvas, find commands and learn the shortcuts you will use most.

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Move around the canvas

Move around the canvas
ActionDefault shortcut
Zoom towards or away from the pointer.Mouse wheel
Pan across the board.Middle-mouse drag
Pan using the left mouse button.Space + left-mouse drag
Frame the selected objects, or the whole board when nothing is selected.F
Return to 1:1 zoom.Ctrl+0

Everyday shortcuts

These are the default bindings. Board shortcuts apply while working on the canvas; text fields and editing workspaces may use the same keys for their own controls.

Everyday shortcuts
ActionDefault shortcut
Open a board.Ctrl+O
Save the active board.Ctrl+S
Undo.Ctrl+Z
Redo.Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z
Copy the selection / paste clipboard content.Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V
Select all board objects.Ctrl+A
Delete the selection.Delete
Create a group from the selection.Ctrl+G
Quick Arrange the selected objects.Ctrl+Shift+A
Enter or leave fullscreen.F11
Enter or leave Reference Overlay.Ctrl+Shift+F11

Find a command

A quick tap of Space opens Search. Holding Space while dragging pans the canvas. Search does not open when you type a space in a text field.

  1. Tap Space, press F3, or choose Edit > Search.
  2. Search for the action you need and choose its result.

Change a shortcut

  1. Open Edit > Preferences and select Keymap.
  2. Search for the action and edit its binding.
  3. Return to the relevant workspace to try the new shortcut.