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Keyboard and mouse

In the table, Action means Cmd on macOS or Ctrl on Windows/Linux.

Input Action
Mouse wheel Zoom around the pointer
Middle-button drag, or Alt/Option + left drag Pan the graph
Click node Select one node
Left-drag on empty canvas Select multiple nodes with a selection rectangle
Click node in minimap Select and focus that node
Click Auto-Layout Graph Arrange the graph horizontally
Shift + click Auto-Layout Graph Arrange instruction sequences in rows of six, keeping a lone final node on the preceding row
F Focus the viewport on the selected node or nodes
Space Open the node picker at the viewport center
Action + C Copy selected nodes
Action + V Paste copied nodes
Del or Backspace Delete selected nodes
Esc Cancel an active connection drag or close the node picker
Enter in node search Create the first matching node
Action + Z Undo
Action + Shift+Z Redo
Ctrl+Y Alternate redo on supported platforms

While a text field has focus, shortcuts such as Copy, Paste and Delete apply to that text. Click the canvas or a node header to use graph shortcuts again. This also applies when editing sticky notes or placemat titles.

ActionFlow 2 node picker with its search field focused
Press Space to open this picker, type to filter, Enter to create the first result, or Escape to close it.