Keyboard reference
Written for macOS. On Windows, ⌘ is Ctrl, ⌥ is Alt and ⌃ is Ctrl.
Files
⌘N |
New diagram |
⇧⌘N |
New symbol… |
⌘O |
Open… |
⌘S |
Save |
⇧⌘S |
Save As… |
⌘E |
Export… |
⌘Q |
Quit |
File ▸ Export patch list (CSV)… and File ▸ Add symbols from this diagram… have no shortcut.
Editing
⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z |
Undo / Redo |
⌘C / ⌘V |
Copy / Paste |
⇧⌘C |
Copy the diagram to the clipboard as an image |
⌘D |
Duplicate |
⌘K |
Quick Add — type a name, press Return |
⌘G |
Insert container |
R |
Rotate the selection 90° |
Backspace or Delete |
Delete the selection |
| Arrow keys | Nudge by one grid step |
Esc |
Cancel an armed symbol or a wire drag |
R and Backspace deliberately have no menu-level shortcut, so they keep working as
ordinary typing when you are in a text field.
Arranging
⌃⌥← |
Align left |
⌃⌥→ |
Align right |
⌃⌥↑ |
Align top |
⌃⌥↓ |
Align bottom |
Distribute horizontally and vertically are on the Edit ▸ Arrange menu, without shortcuts.
View
⌘+ / ⌘- |
Zoom in / out |
⌘0 |
Zoom to fit |
⌘' |
Show grid |
⇧⌘' |
Clean View — hide everything that is not the diagram |
Mouse
| Drag a tile onto the canvas | Place a symbol |
| Click a tile, then click the canvas | Place a symbol |
| Drag from a port to a port | Wire them together |
| Drag from a port into empty space | Place and wire a new symbol, in one step |
| Drag on empty canvas | Rubber-band select |
| Right-click a symbol or container | Properties card at the cursor |
| Right-click a wire | Waypoints, connections, properties, delete |
| Right-click a component tile | Favourites; edit and delete, for your own symbols |
| Drag a label | Move it |