Canvas Help and keyboard shortcuts
The Flow canvas help provides details of keyboard shortcuts and other ways that you can interact with the 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 | Left-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 on 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. |
