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.