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Keyboard Shortcuts
Workarea
Text Editor
Connecting Cards
Connect two cards with click and hold on a card until the cursor changes. Then drag to another card.
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
Keyboard Shortcut | Command |
↑↓←→ | 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 Shortcut | Command |
↩︎ | 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 |
esc | Cancel editing text of card |
⌘-B | Make 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 Shortcut | Command |
esc | Cancel while connecting cards |
⌥ | Make connection with alternate style |
Moving Cards
Keyboard Shortcut | Command |
esc | Cancel 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.
- 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.
Learn more tips and features under Help > Big Hairy Goal Help
⁃ 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.
- 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.
Learn more tips and features under Help > Big Hairy Goal Help