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Keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl on Windows and Linux is Cmd on macOS.

Canvas

Canvas shortcuts work when the canvas has focus (click empty canvas first) and no dialog is open.

ActionShortcut
Search nodes by title/
Delete selected nodes / connectionDelete or Backspace
Clear selectionEsc
UndoCtrl+Z
RedoCtrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y
Paste (URL, image or text → node)Ctrl+V
Create a Note at the pointerdouble-click empty canvas
Box-selectShift+drag on empty canvas
Add to selectionShift+click or Ctrl+click
Zoomscroll / pinch
Pandrag empty canvas / two-finger scroll

Create a node at the centre of the view

ShortcutNode
Shift+NNote
Shift+EEvent
Shift+PPrediction
Shift+LLocation
Shift+DDocument
Shift+MMedia
Shift+BEmbed
Shift+SSocial Post
Shift+WNews Article
Shift+RRSS Feed
Shift+GRegion

Actors, Organizations and Narratives have no shortcut: they are entities, created from their sections in the context panel (or by the assistant).

Search overlay

ActionShortcut
Move through results /
Jump to the resultEnter
CloseEsc

AI panel

ActionShortcut
Send messageEnter
New lineShift+Enter
Attach an image PROpaste into the input

Application

ActionShortcut
Presentation modeCtrl+Shift+P
Leave presentation / close dialogEsc

Presentation viewer

ActionShortcut
Next / previous slide Space /
OverviewO
FullscreenF
Minimize to the boardEsc

Not shortcuts (but asked about)

Timeline toggle, Settings, board switching and the filter panels are mouse-only - the timeline and Settings buttons are in the title bar, the board name in the title bar opens the board list, and the filters are in the bottom-left controls cluster.