Canvas Controls and Shortcuts

The editor starts with the Select tool active. The current tool controls whether dragging empty canvas space selects nodes or moves the view.

Navigate the canvas#

• Choose Move, then drag empty canvas space to pan.
• Hold Control or Space while dragging to temporarily switch between Select and Move. Releasing the key restores the chosen tool.
• Drag with the middle mouse button to pan from either tool.
• Use the mouse wheel to zoom around the pointer.
• Use the lower-left zoom slider for precise zoom, Reset view to restore the default position and scale, and the minimap button to show or hide the minimap.

Select nodes#

• With Select active, drag empty canvas space to box-select intersecting nodes.
• Hold Shift while box-selecting to add nodes to the current selection.
• Shift, Control, or Command + click a node: add it to or remove it from the selection.
• Control / Command + A: select all nodes.
• Click a connection to select it.
• Escape: clear the selection and close the active canvas overlay.

Edit the canvas#

• Control / Command + C: copy selected nodes.
• Control / Command + V: paste copied nodes.
• Delete or Backspace: delete selected nodes or the selected connection.
• Control / Command + Z: undo.
• Control / Command + Shift + Z, or Control / Command + Y: redo.

Undo and redo cover canvas state such as nodes, connections, viewport, and appearance. Project-management actions and local Asset Library changes are managed separately.

Add files and clipboard content#

• Drop image, video, or audio files onto the canvas to upload them as nodes.
• Use Upload assets in the bottom toolbar to choose files.
• If no copied canvas nodes are waiting, Control / Command + V can insert clipboard text as a Text node or a clipboard image as an Image node when the browser grants clipboard access.

When shortcuts are paused#

Canvas shortcuts do not take over while focus is inside an input, textarea, select, editable text area, dialog control, or another canvas control that requires normal typing. Finish editing or move focus back to the canvas before using canvas shortcuts.