workspace

Keyboard Shortcuts

Workarea
Keyboard ShortcutCommand
↑↓←→select card in direction of arrow
⌘-↑↓←→insert (connected) card in direction of arrow (as applicable)
ctrl-⌘-↑↓←→move card into direction of arrow (if applicable)
Delete selected/hovered over card or delete hovered over connection

Text Editor
Keyboard ShortcutCommand
↩︎enter and exit cards text editor
⌥-↩︎Insert line break within card text editor
⌘-←→Move cursor to start/end of text within text editor
⌥-←→Move cursor after next word in within text editor
escCancel editing text of card
⌘-BMake selected text Bold. Also See menu Editor > Style.
  

Connecting Cards
Connect two cards with click and hold on a card until the cursor changes. Then drag to another card.
Keyboard ShortcutCommand
escCancel while connecting cards
Make connection with alternate style
  

Moving Cards
Keyboard ShortcutCommand
escCancel while moving cards


Custom keyboard shortcuts
Note that you can also create custom keyboard shortcuts for any other common action item: Create keyboard shortcuts for apps

Basic Gestures

Add a card by double clicking at any location within this workspace.
Edit a selected card by pressing the keyboard return-key
Move a card by dragging the selected card.
Connect two cards with click and hold on a card until the cursor changes. Then drag to another card.
- Choose line style with right click on a connection line.
- Add Document, Image or web address cards by dragging anything into the workspace.
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Scroll the workarea using a MagicMouse, TrackPad or click and hold in the empty space until the cursor changes. Then drag around.

Open and explore an example document under the App menu Help > Open Example Document.
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