Quickdraw

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