Keyboard shortcuts

Here are the keyboard shortcuts available when viewing and editing (modifying the layout of) diagrams.

Viewing diagrams

• + Zoom in.
• - Zoom out.
• w Zoom to fit width.
• h Zoom to fit height.
• c Zoom to fit content.
• f Enter fullscreen mode.
• p Enter presentation mode.
• Escape Exit fullscreen or presentation mode.
• Up arrow Navigate to the previous diagram.
• Down arrow Navigate to the next diagram.
• Left arrow Navigate to the next diagram.
• Right arrow Navigate to the previous diagram.
• b Go back to the last viewed diagram.
• i Show diagram key/legend.
• d Toggle element descriptions on/off.
• m Toggle element/relationship metadata on/off.
• t Toggle the tooltip on/off (hold the Alt key while the tooltip is displayed to enable sticky tooltips).

Animation (static diagrams with animations, and dynamic diagrams):

• . Step forward.
• , Step backward.

Editing diagrams

• a Select all elements on the current diagram.
• d Deselect all elements on the current diagram.
• n Select all elements by name on the current diagram (case sensitive).
• Shift or Alt + click: Multi-select element.
• l Open the automatic layout modal.
• u Undo.

When one or more elements are selected on a diagram:

• Up arrow Move all selected elements up.
• Down arrow Move all selected elements down.
• Left arrow Move all selected elements left
• Right arrow Move all selected elements right.

When a relationship is highlighted on a diagram:

• Up arrow Move the label towards the end of the line (the arrow head).
• Down arrow Move the label towards the start of the line.
• r Toggle the line routing algorithm between direct, curved, orthogonal, and default.
• v Add vertex.