keyboard
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
Managing Your Workspace
Q: how can I align cards to each other?
A: you can align a selection of items in a horizontal or vertical layout. Choose editor > align horizonally to stack the selected items in a horizontal layout. Moving one of the items within this alignment group will also move the connected items. Note that each item can only be in one aligment group.
Q: can in zoom out of the workspace to get a better overview?
A: use trackpad two finger gesture to zoom in and out of the workspace
double tap on trackpad to inteligently zoom onto the tapped card, double tap again to zoom out
use comand +/- to zoom in and out
Q: Can I navigate with the keyboard, to select items within the workspace?
A: You can navigate with the arrow-keys to the nearest item in the direction of the pressed arrow key. Holding the shift key extends the current selection to that next item.
Q: How can I move the workspace?
A: Use your MacBook trackpad or click and hold in an empty area of the workspace to pan the workspace around.
A: you can align a selection of items in a horizontal or vertical layout. Choose editor > align horizonally to stack the selected items in a horizontal layout. Moving one of the items within this alignment group will also move the connected items. Note that each item can only be in one aligment group.
Q: can in zoom out of the workspace to get a better overview?
A: use trackpad two finger gesture to zoom in and out of the workspace
double tap on trackpad to inteligently zoom onto the tapped card, double tap again to zoom out
use comand +/- to zoom in and out
Q: Can I navigate with the keyboard, to select items within the workspace?
A: You can navigate with the arrow-keys to the nearest item in the direction of the pressed arrow key. Holding the shift key extends the current selection to that next item.
Q: How can I move the workspace?
A: Use your MacBook trackpad or click and hold in an empty area of the workspace to pan the workspace around.