Canvas
Canvas shortcuts
The Canvas has its own keyboard shortcuts for creating nodes, moving between agents and arranging the board. The main ones can be remapped; the rest are fixed.
Where it is
- Remap in Settings › Integrations › Canvas › Canvas shortcuts.
- The More tools and shortcuts button in the Canvas toolbar lists the most used keys.
How to use it
- Open Settings › Integrations › Canvas and scroll to Canvas shortcuts.
- Click the field next to an action. It shows Press keys….
- Press the new combination. If another action already used it, that action loses it and shows None.
- Press ⌫Backspace to clear a shortcut, or click Reset to go back to the default.
Shortcuts you can remap
| Action | Default |
|---|---|
| New sticky note | ⇧⌘NCtrl+Shift+N |
| New terminal sheet (opens the Add menu in the middle of the screen) | ⌘TCtrl+T |
| Next needs you (the next agent waiting for you, on any floor or workspace) | ⇧⌘ACtrl+Shift+A |
| Next along the cord | ⌥⌘→Alt+Ctrl+→ |
| Previous along the cord | ⌥⌘←Alt+Ctrl+← |
| Show or hide the minimap | ⇧⌘BCtrl+Shift+B |
| Focus the selection (press again to fly back) | ⌘\Ctrl+\ |
| Zoom to selection | ⌥⌘\Alt+Ctrl+\ |
| Tidy | ⇧⌘TCtrl+Shift+T |
| Duplicate | ⌘DCtrl+D |
| Group | ⌘GCtrl+G |
| Ungroup | ⇧⌘GCtrl+Shift+G |
| Connect (two selected nodes, or the Connect tool) | ⌘LCtrl+L |
| Lift element | None |
| Align left, Center horizontally, Align right, Align top, Center vertically, Align bottom, Distribute horizontally, Distribute vertically | None |
Fixed shortcuts
Board
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Jump to terminal one to nine (numbered top to bottom, left to right) | ⌘1Ctrl+1 to ⌘9Ctrl+9 |
| Command palette (Batuta Search) | ⌘KCtrl+K or ⌘PCtrl+P |
| Terminals waiting for you | ⌥⌘AAlt+Ctrl+A |
| Elements in this workspace | ⌥⌘EAlt+Ctrl+E |
| Elements in every workspace | ⌥⇧⌘EAlt+Shift+Ctrl+E |
| Floors overview | ⇧⌘\Ctrl+Shift+\ |
| Partituras | ⇧⌘LCtrl+Shift+L |
| Show or hide the Omni window | ⇧⌘OCtrl+Shift+O |
| Chat face of the focused agent | ⌘JCtrl+J |
| Cycle through elements | ⌃⇥Ctrl+Tab and ⌃⇧⇥Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
| Undo, redo | ⌘ZCtrl+Z, ⇧⌘ZCtrl+Shift+Z |
| Select all | ⌘ACtrl+A |
| Copy, cut, paste | ⌘CCtrl+C, ⌘XCtrl+X, ⌘VCtrl+V |
| Zoom in, zoom out, back to actual size | ⌘=Ctrl+=, ⌘-Ctrl+-, ⌘0Ctrl+0 |
| Bring to front, send to back | ⇧⌘]Ctrl+Shift+], ⇧⌘[Ctrl+Shift+[ |
| One step forward, one step back | ⌥⌘]Alt+Ctrl+], ⌥⌘[Alt+Ctrl+[ |
| Delete the selection | ⌦Delete, ⌫Backspace or ⌘WCtrl+W |
| Open Settings | ⌘,Ctrl+, |
On Windows and Linux, ⌃YCtrl+Y also redoes.
With nothing selected
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| T | New terminal (click to place it) |
| N | New note |
| L | New text |
| F | New file tree |
| P | New portal |
| Z | Zoom to fit everything |
| V, H | Select tool, Hand tool |
| D, E | Pen, Eraser |
| B, O, A | Rectangle, Ellipse, Arrow |
| C | Connect tool |
| ! | Next agent that needs you |
| Space (hold) | Pan the board |
With a node selected
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ↩Enter | Focus the node (type into a terminal or a note) |
| Arrows, or H J K L | Move the selection to the nearest node in that direction |
| ⌥Alt + arrows | Nudge the node; add ⇧Shift for a bigger step |
| Z | Focus the selection, press again to fly back |
| X twice | Close the node |
| Space (tap) | Lift the node over the board, tap again to put it back |
Inside a focused terminal
- Leave the terminal and return to the canvas: ⇧escShift+Esc. escEsc alone goes to the program running in the terminal.
- Find in terminal: ⌘FCtrl+Shift+F.
- Clear: ⌘KCtrl+Shift+K.
- Scroll lock: ⇧⌘BCtrl+Shift+B.
- Copy and paste: ⌘CCtrl+Shift+C and ⌘VCtrl+Shift+V.
Workspaces
- Switch to workspace one to nine: ⌃1Alt+1 to ⌃9Alt+9.
- Previous or next workspace: ⌘↑Ctrl+↑ and ⌘↓Ctrl+↓.
- New workspace: ⇧⌘NCtrl+Shift+N.
- Show or hide the sidebar: ⌘SCtrl+S.
Common problems
A shortcut does nothing
Check that the canvas has focus: click an empty spot first. While you type in a terminal, a note or a text field, the canvas keys go to that field instead.
I changed a shortcut and want the old one back
Click Reset next to it in Settings › Integrations › Canvas › Canvas shortcuts.