Simple Wires Help

- Getting Started: /manual/docs/getting-started.html
- Projects Dashboard: /manual/docs/projects.html
- Sharing Projects: /manual/docs/sharing.html
- Drawings and the Start Page: /manual/docs/drawings.html
- The Drawing Editor: /manual/docs/editor.html
- Functional Blocks and Ports: /manual/docs/blocks.html
- Master Library: /manual/docs/equipment-library.html
- Warehouses: /manual/docs/warehouses.html
- Racks and Rack Panels: /manual/docs/racks.html
- Drawing Cables: /manual/docs/cables.html
- Off Sheet Pointers: /manual/docs/off-sheet-pointers.html
- Shapes, Text and Images: /manual/docs/shapes-text-images.html
- Page Setup and Drawing Settings: /manual/docs/page-setup.html
- Printing and Exporting: /manual/docs/print-export.html
- Project Data Grids: /manual/docs/project-data.html
- Signal Types: /manual/docs/signal-types.html
- Drawing Revisions: /manual/docs/revisions.html
- Teams: /manual/docs/teams.html
- Billing and Plans: /manual/docs/billing.html
- Your Account: /manual/docs/account.html
- Themes and Appearance: /manual/docs/appearance.html
- Keyboard Shortcuts: /manual/docs/keyboard-shortcuts.html
- FAQ and Troubleshooting: /manual/docs/faq.html


# Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts for the drawing editor and the help panel.

Drawing shortcuts work when the drawing has keyboard focus. Click an empty spot on the drawing first if a
shortcut doesn't respond, for example after using a menu or typing in the property window. If you have
view-only access to a project, the drawing shortcuts are turned off.

<!-- VERIFY: on a Mac, the built-in shortcuts use Cmd in place of Ctrl, but Save, Copy, Cut and Paste are also handled as Ctrl+S/C/X/V by DrawCommandHandler. Confirm what Mac users should press. -->
<!-- VERIFY: the editor loads GoJS 2.0.5 from the CDN; the built-in keys below were checked against the bundled go-debug 2.1.5. -->

## Saving and help

| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> | Save the drawing (**File > Save**). |
| <kbd>F1</kbd> | Open the help panel at the topic for what you're looking at. Works anywhere in the editor and on the dashboard pages. |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd> | Close the help panel. |

## Editing

| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Z</kbd> or <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Backspace</kbd> | Undo. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Y</kbd> or <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Backspace</kbd> | Redo. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Insert</kbd> | Copy the selection. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>X</kbd> or <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Delete</kbd> | Cut the selection. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> or <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Insert</kbd> | Paste. |
| <kbd>Delete</kbd> or <kbd>Backspace</kbd> | Delete the selection. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> | Select everything in the drawing. |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd> | Cancel what you're doing, or clear the selection. |
| <kbd>F2</kbd> | Edit the text of the selected item. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> | Group the selection. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> | Ungroup the selected group. |
| Context menu key | Open the right-click menu for the selection. |

Copy and paste also work from one drawing to another in the same browser.

<!-- VERIFY: Ctrl+G makes whatever kind of group was last made from Edit > Grouping (plain, fixed or collapsible), because the menu commands change the shared group template. It also skips the Free-plan check on fixed and collapsible groups. -->
<!-- VERIFY: copy/paste between drawings uses browser localStorage (DrawCommandHandler.copyToClipboard); confirm it works across projects. -->

## Moving items

| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Move the selection one grid step: 0.1 in on an inch page, 1 mm on a cm page, 0.1 mm on a mm page. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+arrow keys | Move the selection one pixel. |

The arrow keys move selected items whether or not **Snap to Grid** is on. With nothing selected they do
nothing. See [Page Setup and Drawing Settings]({{< relref "page-setup#grid-snapping-and-guidelines" >}}).

## Zooming and scrolling

| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| <kbd>+</kbd> (or keypad <kbd>+</kbd>) | Zoom in. |
| <kbd>-</kbd> (or keypad <kbd>-</kbd>) | Zoom out. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>0</kbd> | Reset the zoom to 100%. |
| <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Z</kbd> | Zoom to fit the whole drawing. |
| <kbd>Page Up</kbd> / <kbd>Page Down</kbd> | Scroll up or down a screen. |
| <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Page Up</kbd> / <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Page Down</kbd> | Scroll left or right a screen. |
| Mouse wheel | Zoom in and out around the pointer. |

<!-- VERIFY: in the bundled GoJS, + and - zoom without Ctrl; Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- also zoom the browser page. Confirm which to document. -->

## Drawing polylines and polygons

While you draw with the polyline or polygon tool:

| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| <kbd>Enter</kbd> | Finish the shape at the last point you clicked. |
| <kbd>Z</kbd> | Remove the last point. |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd> | Cancel the shape. |
| Right-click | Finish the shape. |

See [Shapes, Text and Images]({{< relref "shapes-text-images" >}}).

## Mouse and modifier keys

| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| <kbd>Shift</kbd> while dragging a rack panel | Detaches the panel from its rack as you drag it out. |
| <kbd>Shift</kbd> while dropping an item | Places the item without snapping to guidelines (when **Show Guidelines** is on). |
| Right-click a rack panel > **Detach** | Detaches the panel from its rack. |
| Right-click a rack > **Detach all** | Detaches every panel from the rack. |

See [Racks and Rack Panels]({{< relref "racks" >}}).

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