---
layout: developer-doc
title: Shortcuts
category: product
tags: [product, ui]
---
## General Assumptions
#### The meta key.
The cmd key was introduced to make the shortcuts consistent across
platforms. It is defined as command on macOS, and as ctrl
on Windows and Linux.
#### Keyboard-only Workflow
The GUI and all shortcuts were designed in a way to allow both efficient
mouse-only as well as keyboard-only workflows. In most cases, there is a
relation between mouse and keyboard shortcuts, namely, the `left-mouse-button`
corresponds to `enter`. For example, stepping into a node is done by either
double clicking the node, or just pressing the enter key.
#### Missing / not working shortcuts
Some of the shortcuts presented below are marked with the :warning: icon, which
means, that they are planned, but not yet implemented. Feel free to contribute
and help us implement them!
Shortcuts marked with the :bangbang: icon should work, but are reported to be
broken and require further investigation.
## Graph Editor
#### General Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cmd+alt+shift+t | Toggle light/dark application style. Currently doesn't work properly, as the Theme Switcher is not created yet. (https://github.com/enso-org/ide/issues/795) |
| ctrl+` | Show Code Editor. Please note that the Code Editor implementation is in a very early stage and you should not use it. Even just openning it can cause errors in the IDE. Do not try using the graph editor while having the code editor tab openned. |
| cmd+o | Open project |
| cmd+s | Save module |
| cmd+z | Undo last action |
| cmd+y or cmd + shift + z | Redo last undone action |
| cmd+q | Close the application (MacOS) |
| ctrl+q | Close the application (Linux) |
| alt+F4 | Close the application (MacOS, Windows, Linux) |
| ctrl+w | Close the application (Windows, Linux) |
| :warning: ctrl+p | Toggle profiling mode |
| escape | Cancel current action. For example, drop currently dragged connection. |
| cmd+shift+t | Terminate the program execution |
| cmd+shift+r | Re-execute the program |
| cmd+shift+e | Toggle the execution environment between Live and Design. |
#### Navigation
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- |
| Drag gesture (two fingers) | Pan the scene. |
| Pinch gesture (two fingers) | Zoom the scene. |
| MMB drag | Pan the scene. |
| RMB drag | Zoom the scene. |
| LMB double press node name | Step into the node. |
| :warning: LMB double press background | Step out of the current node. |
| cmd+enter | Step in the last selected node. |
| alt+enter | Step out of the current node. |
#### Node Layout
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| LMB drag non-selected node name | Move the node to new position (dragging do not modify selection). |
| LMB drag selected node name | Move all selected nodes the node to new positions. |
#### Node Selection
| Shortcut | Action |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| LMB click node name | Deselect all nodes. Select the target node. |
| LMB click background | Deselect all nodes. |
| :warning: LMB drag background | Select nodes using selection-box. |
| shift + LMB click node name | Add / remove node to the selection group. |
| :warning: shift + LMB drag background | Add / remove nodes to the selection group. |
| :warning: \*-arrow | Select node on the right side of the newest selected node. |
| :warning: cmd + a | Select all nodes. |
| :warning: escape | Deselect all nodes (if not in a mode, like edit mode). |
| shift + ctrl + LMB click node name | Add node to the selection group. |
| :warning: shift + ctrl + LMB drag background | Add nodes to the selection group. |
| shift + alt + LMB click node name | Remove node to the selection group. |
| :warning: shift + alt + LMB drag background | Remove nodes to the selection group. |
| shift + ctrl + alt + LMB click node name | Inverse node selection. |
| :warning: shift + ctrl + alt + LMB drag background | Inverse nodes selection. |
#### Node Editing
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| tab | Open Component Browser to create a new node . |
| backspace or delete | Remove selected nodes. |
| cmd+g | Collapse (group) selected nodes. |
| cmd+LMB | Start editing node expression. |
| cmd+enter | Start editing node expression. |
| enter or LMB on suggestion | Pick selected suggestion and commit editing. |
| cmd + enter | Accept the current Component Browser expression input as-is |
| tab | Pick selected suggestion and continue editing. |
#### Visualization
| Shortcut | Action |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| space | Toggle visualization visibility of the selected node. |
| space hold | Preview visualization of the selected node (hide on release). |
| :warning: space double press | Toggle visualization fullscreen mode |
| ctrl + space | Cycle visualizations of the selected node. |
| :bangbang: cmd + \\ | Toggle documentation view visibility |
#### Visualizations Implementations
| Shortcut | Action |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| cmd + a | Show all points if available in visualization. |
| cmd + z | Zoom into selection if available in visualization. |
#### Debug
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------- |
| ctrl + shift + d | Toggle Debug Mode. All actions below are only possible when it is activated. |
| ctrl + alt + shift + i | Open the developer console. |
| ctrl + alt + shift + r | Reload the visual interface. |
| ctrl + alt + 0 - 10 | Switch between debug rendering modes (0 is the normal mode). |
| ctrl + alt + ` | Toggle profiling monitor (performance, memory usage, etc). |
| ctrl + alt + p | Toggle the visibility of internal components (private API) in the component browser. |
| ctrl + d | Send test data to the selected node. |
| ctrl + shift + enter | Push a hardcoded breadcrumb without navigating. |
| ctrl + shift + arrow up | Pop a breadcrumb without navigating. |
| cmd + i | Reload visualizations. To see the effect in the currently shown visualizations, you need to switch to another and switch back. |
| ctrl + shift + b | | Toggle read-only mode. |