Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut on the whiteboard. On phones and tablets, use the toolbar instead.
Canvas tools
Single-key shortcuts when the canvas is focused.
| S | Select tool (drag to box-select) |
| A | Arrow / connection tool |
| D | Drawing tool |
| F | Eraser tool |
| G | Pan (grab) tool |
| Z | Place text node |
| X | Place rectangle (or the triangle / diamond picked from its dropdown) |
| C | Place ellipse |
| V | Open icon picker |
| B | Insert image node |
| W | Fit canvas to view |
Canvas selection & history
| ⌘/Ctrl + click | Toggle multi-select on a node |
| Shift + drag | Marquee multi-select anywhere |
| ⌘/Ctrl + A | Select all nodes |
| ⌘/Ctrl + C / V | Copy / paste selected nodes; ⌘/Ctrl + V also pastes images |
| ⌘/Ctrl + D | Duplicate selected nodes |
| ⌘/Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Delete / Backspace | Delete selected nodes |
| I | Show only the selected nodes on your screen (press again to show everything) |
| P | Present: the board full screen with no toolbars (Esc to exit) |
| L | While presenting: laser pointer on/off — press and drag to point |
| Esc / Backspace | While presenting inside a sub-canvas you opened: back to the slide |
| Enter / Esc | Drawing with "Handwriting → text" on: use the recognised text / keep the ink |
| ⌘/Ctrl + F | Find on board; Enter / Shift + Enter for next / previous match, Esc to close |
| ⌘/Ctrl + B / I / E | While editing text: bold / italic / code on the selected words (again to remove) — selecting text also shows a formatting toolbar |
| ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + X / H | While editing text: strikethrough / highlight the selected words |
| ⌘/Ctrl + K | While editing text: make the selected words a link |
| ⌘/Ctrl + = / − / 0 | Document tab: zoom in / out / back to 100% (or pinch on a trackpad) |
| ← → ↑ ↓ | Jump along a connection on that side of the selected node, and fit it in view |
| ← → ↑ ↓ / H J K L | With nothing selected: pan the board smoothly (hold to keep moving) |
| Space | With nothing selected: zoom in smoothly (hold); Shift + Space zooms out |
| Double-click | Edit a node’s text — or rename a sub-canvas (its Open button goes inside) |