Keyboard shortcuts for the Web diagram editor

This documentation describes the keyboard shortcuts for tasks such as traversing, moving, resizing nodes and connections in the Web diagram editor.

As an alternative to a mouse, you can use keyboard shortcuts to manipulate nodes and connections in the Web diagram editor. Each node has eight resize points and one drag point; the resize points are useful only for note nodes. Each connection has a number of drag points based on the number of angular bends in the connection.

As an alternative to the arrow keys, you can use the numeric keypad keys, where 2, 4, 6, and 8 represent down, left, right, and up.

If you are dragging a node or a connection, holding down the Ctrl key with the arrow or numeric key pad key, makes the movement faster but coarser.

Key Function on a node in traversal mode Function on a connection in traversal mode Function in drag mode
Esc     Switches to traversal mode and undoes any dragging just done
Enter     Switches to traversal mode and keeps the node where it was dragged
Down arrow Goes to the node below Switches to a node Moves the current node or connection down
Left arrow Goes to the node to the left Switches to a node Moves the current node or connection left
Right arrow Goes to the node to the right Switches to a node Moves the current node or connection right
Up arrow Goes to the node above Switches to a node Moves the current node or connection up
Period (.) Switches to drag mode Switches to drag mode Iterates through the points on the node or connection clockwise
Slash (/) Switches to a connection Goes to the next connection  
Backslash (\) Switches to a connection Goes to the previous connection  
Space bar Selects the node that is currently in focus Selects the connection that is currently in focus  

In traversal mode, holding down the Ctrl key while pressing one of the keys listed above changes focus rather than selection. Holding down the shift key while pressing one of the keys listed above appends the key to the current selection.


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