Canvas help and keyboard shortcuts
The Flow canvas help provides details of keyboard shortcuts and other ways that you can interact with the canvas.
Prerequisites
- You have created a Flow and opened the Flow canvas. Refer to The Flow canvas.
Opening the canvas Help
To show the Flow canvas Help, either:
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Press Ctrl + H.
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Click the Help icon on the canvas toolbar.
- The Flow canvas Help is overlaid on the canvas, and provides a visual reference guide to useful canvas keyboard shortcuts and other ways that you can interact with the canvas.
- To hide the Flow canvas Help, either:
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Press Ctrl + H again.
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Click the Help icon on the canvas toolbar again.
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Keyboard shortcuts and mouse interactions
The Flow canvas Help details the following keyboard shortcuts and other ways of interacting with the canvas.
| Keyboard shortcut / mouse action | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+H | Open and close canvas Help. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy a step on the canvas. Refer to Copying and pasting steps on the Flow canvas. |
| Ctrl+V | Paste a copied step onto the canvas. Refer to Copying and pasting steps on the Flow canvas. |
| Ctrl+F | Search for steps on the canvas. Refer to Searching the Flow canvas. |
| Period (.) | Open the Canvas Settings. Refer to Canvas Settings. |
| Ctrl+G | Combine the selected steps into a group step on the canvas. |
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Ungroup the selected group step on the Flow canvas. |
| Shift+A | Auto arrange graph. |
| Shift+F | Zoom to fit the entire Flow on the canvas. |
| Mouse scroll or Plus (+) and Minus (-) | Zoom in/out on the canvas. |
| Left Mouse or Enter | Select a step/outcome. |
| Left Mouse+Drag or Arrow keys | Click and hold anywhere on the canvas, then pan and move around the canvas. |
| Alt+Left Mouse or L | Highlight the path of all outcomes and steps connected to a step. For example, Alt+click a step to view which outcomes and steps are connected to it on the canvas. |
| Shift + Arrow keys | Move selected step faster (speed scales with zoom level). |
| Ctrl+Left Mouse or Enter | Add a selected step to multi-selection. Refer to Selecting steps on the Flow canvas. |
| Double-click or Space | Edit a step on the Flow canvas. |
| Right Mouse or Menu | Open the context menu options for that step. |
| Right Mouse+Drag | Select all the steps contained within the canvas selection box. |
| Delete | Delete the selected step from the canvas. |
| Esc | Close all open menus and deselect all steps on the canvas. |
| Spacebar | Edit the currently selected canvas step. |
