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.

SSelect tool (drag to box-select)
AArrow / connection tool
DDrawing tool
FEraser tool
GPan (grab) tool
ZPlace text node
XPlace rectangle (or the triangle / diamond picked from its dropdown)
CPlace ellipse
VOpen icon picker
BInsert image node
WFit canvas to view

Canvas selection & history

⌘/Ctrl + clickToggle multi-select on a node
Shift + dragMarquee multi-select anywhere
⌘/Ctrl + ASelect all nodes
⌘/Ctrl + C / VCopy / paste selected nodes; ⌘/Ctrl + V also pastes images
⌘/Ctrl + DDuplicate selected nodes
⌘/Ctrl + ZUndo
⌘/Ctrl + Shift + ZRedo
Delete / BackspaceDelete selected nodes
IShow only the selected nodes on your screen (press again to show everything)
PPresent: the board full screen with no toolbars (Esc to exit)
LWhile presenting: laser pointer on/off — press and drag to point
Esc / BackspaceWhile presenting inside a sub-canvas you opened: back to the slide
Enter / EscDrawing with "Handwriting → text" on: use the recognised text / keep the ink
⌘/Ctrl + FFind on board; Enter / Shift + Enter for next / previous match, Esc to close
⌘/Ctrl + B / I / EWhile editing text: bold / italic / code on the selected words (again to remove) — selecting text also shows a formatting toolbar
⌘/Ctrl + Shift + X / HWhile editing text: strikethrough / highlight the selected words
⌘/Ctrl + KWhile editing text: make the selected words a link
⌘/Ctrl + = / − / 0Document 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 LWith nothing selected: pan the board smoothly (hold to keep moving)
SpaceWith nothing selected: zoom in smoothly (hold); Shift + Space zooms out
Double-clickEdit a node’s text — or rename a sub-canvas (its Open button goes inside)