Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

In Edit and Visualise, the keyboard button at the top right of the map, beside About this map, lists that mode’s shortcuts. Hover over it to see them.

Everywhere

Shortcut	Does
/	On the home page, jump to Find a map.
Esc	Close the Details panel, About this map, a menu or a dialog, or cancel an edit.
Enter	Save an edit, or pick the highlighted suggestion.
Cmd + Enter (Mac), Ctrl + Enter (Windows)	Save the recipe you’re writing.
↑ ↓	Move through suggestions and menu items.

Edit mode

Shortcut	Does
Click	Select a node or connection.
Shift + drag	Select everything in a box.
Cmd + click (Mac), Ctrl + click (Windows)	Add to the selection.
Backspace	Take the selected nodes off the map (to Unplaced). A selected connection is deleted.
Double-click a node	Rename it.
Double-click a connection	Say what it is.
Drag from a node’s handle	Draw a connection. Let go on empty canvas to create a new node.
Right-click a node	Remove from map.
Drag empty canvas, or hold Space and drag	Pan.
Scroll, or double-click empty canvas	Zoom.

Visualise mode

Shortcut	Does
Click	Open a node or connection in the Details panel.
Drag empty canvas, or hold Space and drag	Pan. Holding Space also stops you picking up nodes.
Scroll	Zoom.
Cmd + Shift + → / ← (Mac), Ctrl + Shift + → / ← (Windows)	Load the next or previous saved view, in the order the picker lists them.
Shift + Alt + P (Shift + Option + P on a Mac)	Open every setting of the view, raw, including its step in a reveal and, on the Forces tab, the numbers each mode’s layout runs on.

Table mode

Shortcut	Does
Click a column heading	Sort by it. Click again to reverse.
Enter	Save the cell you’re editing.