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Diagram Navigation Hotkeys
Whilst you are working on a diagram, a number of facilities are also available to you through the keyboard keys. Some of these facilities are exclusively provided by keyboard keys - the diagram navigation hotkeys - which you can use to quickly move or operate on elements within a diagram.
Facility |
Diagram Hotkeys |
|---|---|
Move the selected element(s) by increments |
Shift + Arrow (Movement is in the direction of the arrow)
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Scroll the diagram |
Arrow (Movement is in the direction of the arrow)
|
Clear the current selection
|
Esc |
(If no element is selected) Select the element with the lowest Z-Order number - the furthest back in the diagram (If an element is selected) Move focus to the element with the next-lowest Z Order number (coming forward out of the diagram)
|
Tab |
(If no element is selected) Select the element with the highest Z-Order number - the furthest forward in the diagram (If an element is selected) Move focus to the element with the next-highest Z Order number (moving back into the diagram)
|
Shift + Tab |
Add the clicked element to the current selection |
Shift + click or Ctrl + click
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Pan the diagram
|
Ctrl + Shift + drag |
Locate the item in the Project Browser and highlight it
|
Alt + G |
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