Reference
Keyboard shortcuts
The drawing's shortcuts. Press ? in any drawing to see them there.
⌘ on Mac is Ctrl on Windows; Option is Alt on Windows.
Drawing
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Option + Arrows | Move a device's label only, and pin it to that side |
| Option + click | Place a keyed note's pointer first |
| Option + drag a blueprint | Move the blueprint alone |
| ⌘ + click | Connect compatible devices |
| Shift while dragging an aim | Constrain the angle |
| Shift while drawing a shade or dragging its end | 15° steps, level and plumb among them |
| Shift while dragging | Keep the move straight across or down |
| Arrows / Shift + Arrows | Move 1 / 10 units |
| C | Draw a conduit |
While a conduit is being drawn, Option frees one click from the tool bar's angle, Backspace takes the last click back with the corner drawn for it, and Enter or Esc ends it at a stub.
Moving around
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| V / H | Select / Pan |
| Hold Space | Pan temporarily |
| 1 to 9 | Switch sheet |
| ⌘ + / ⌘ − / ⌘ 0 | Zoom in / out / fit |
With a mouse, the wheel zooms toward the pointer, holding the middle button (the wheel) and dragging pans under any tool, double-clicking it fits the sheet to the screen, and Shift with the wheel pans sideways. On a trackpad, two fingers pan and a pinch zooms; see zoom and move around a drawing. An Apple Magic Mouse scrolls like a trackpad, so it pans; with any mouse or trackpad, ⌘ or Ctrl while scrolling zooms.
Editing
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Escape | Cancel or clear the selection |
| ⌘ Z | Undo |
| ⌘ Shift Z, Ctrl Y | Redo |
| ⌘ C / ⌘ V / ⌘ D | Copy / Paste / Duplicate |
| ⌘ A | Select all |
| ⌘ ] / ⌘ [ | Bring to front / Send to back |
| Shift + click | Add to or remove from the selection |
| Delete, Backspace | Delete the selection |
| ? | Show the shortcuts |
Undo goes back 200 steps, and a burst of pen strokes counts as one of them; see saving and sync.
Where each control sits is in the drawing screen.