Keyboard shortcuts

Speed up using Canvas with powerful keyboard shortcuts.

Cursors

In the canvas, the effect of clicking and dragging depends on the current mouse cursor:

• Select cursor - select objects by clicking on them, select multiple objects by dragging. Once selected, move or resize objects by dragging.

• Scale cursor - when resizing objects, scale rather than resize. Scaling increases text sizes, border radii etc.

• Hand cursor - when dragging, pan the viewport

Action	Shortcut
Switch to select cursor	M
Switch to scale cursor	K
Switch to hand cursor	H / hold space / hold middle mouse button

Navigation

Action	Shortcut
Zoom in	+
Zoom out	-
Zoom to 100%	Shift + 0
Zoom to fit	Shift + 1
Zoom to selection	Shift + 2
Show/hide sidebars	Cmd/Ctrl + \
Go back to canvas from report	Esc
Zoom in/out	Cmd/Ctrl + scroll
Pan up/down	Scroll
Pan left/right	Shift + scroll
Find & replace (across all objects in a canvas)	Cmd/Ctrl + F

Object creation

When the cursor is switched to an object cursor, clicking and (optionally) dragging creates an object.

Action	Shortcut
Text	T
Pencil	P
Sticky note	S
Line	L
Connector	Shift + L
Rectangle	R
Ellipse	O
Comment	C
SQL cell	/
Low-code cell	X
Python cell	Y
Visual	V
Frame	F

Object editing

Action	Shortcut
Move	Arrow
Delete	Backspace
Round rotation angles to 15°	Shift + rotate
Preserve aspect ratio / round line angle to 45°	Shift + resize
Lock translation to cartesian axis	Shift + drag
Ignore alignment guides	Cmd/Ctrl + drag
Duplicate	Opt/Alt + drag
Group	Cmd/Ctrl + G
Ungroup	Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + G
Enclose in frame	Cmd/Ctrl + Opt/Alt + G
Bring to front	]
Bring forward	Cmd/Ctrl + ]
Send backwards	Cmd/Ctrl + [
Send to back	[
Bold text	Cmd/Ctrl + B
Italic text	Cmd/Ctrl + I
Underline text	Cmd/Ctrl + U
Code text	Cmd/Ctrl + E

Object selection

Action	Shortcut
Select all	Cmd/Ctrl + A
Copy	Cmd/Ctrl + C
Cut	Cmd/Ctrl + X
Paste	Cmd/Ctrl + V

Object interaction

Action	Shortcut
Edit text/code of selected object	Enter
Finish editing	Esc
Execute query in cell	Shift + Enter

Cell shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Move to cell	Cmd/Ctrl + Arrow
Select cell	Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Arrow
Insert SQL cell referencing current cell	Opt/Alt + Arrow
Insert visual referencing current cell	Opt/Alt + Shift + Arrow
Layout cells	Cmd/Ctrl + Opt/Alt + L
Find & replace (across all text within a cell)	Cmd/Ctrl + fn + F2