Keyboard Shortcuts
Every shortcut surveyed from the source: application toggles, canvas operations, node renaming, and the quick-add picker. Mouse equivalents exist for everything; nothing requires the keyboard.
Application
Section titled “Application”Shortcuts that work anywhere in the flow editor.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + B (or Ctrl + B) | Toggle the transform library panel on the left side of the canvas. |
| Cmd + P (or Ctrl + P) | Toggle the data preview panel underneath the canvas. Expands when collapsed, collapses when expanded. |
Cmd is the standard modifier on macOS; Ctrl on Windows and Linux. The editor accepts whichever your platform uses.
Canvas
Section titled “Canvas”| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Backspace | Delete the selected node(s) or edge(s). Connected edges cascade automatically when you delete a node. |
| Delete | Same as Backspace. |
Pan, zoom, and selection use mouse / trackpad gestures rather than keys — drag with the canvas background to pan, scroll wheel or pinch to zoom, click-and-drag a rectangle to multi-select.
Selected node
Section titled “Selected node”When a node is selected (single-click on a node — not the toolbar buttons that open the config dialog).
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| F2 | Rename the selected node. |
Renaming opens an inline input above the node; the keys below apply while that input has focus.
Renaming a node or flow
Section titled “Renaming a node or flow”These apply while the inline rename input is focused (whether that’s the flow title in the header, the node label on the canvas, or the title in the configuration dialog).
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Enter | Commit the new name. |
| Escape | Cancel the rename and revert to the previous value. |
A blank or whitespace-only entry collapses to “no custom name” — the node displays its default type label, and the flow falls back to its previous title.
Quick-add picker
Section titled “Quick-add picker”When you drag a connection from a node’s source handle and drop it on empty canvas, a quick-add picker appears. The picker is the place where keyboard navigation pays off the most.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ | Move the highlight up or down through the transform list. |
| Enter | Insert the highlighted transform and connect it to the source node automatically. |
| Escape | Dismiss the picker without adding a transform. |
| (typing) | Type to filter the list. The picker auto-focuses the search input. |
Incompatible transforms (locked by tier or schema-incompatible with the source) appear at the bottom of the list and are not selectable.
What’s not (yet) keyboard-driven
Section titled “What’s not (yet) keyboard-driven”A few things you might expect from comparable tools that don’t have shortcuts today:
- No undo/redo. Configuration changes save on commit; node deletes are confirmable for connected nodes via the click flow.
- No global command palette. The transform library (Cmd/Ctrl+B) is the search-driven entry point for adding nodes; quick-add (drop a connection on empty canvas) is the equivalent inline.
- No save shortcut. Flow state autosaves as you work — there’s nothing to manually commit.
- No copy/paste of nodes. The node toolbar’s clone button (or the right-click menu) duplicates a node with its configuration. There is no keyboard equivalent today.
If you want a shortcut that doesn’t exist yet, open an issue and describe what you’d bind it to.
Where to next
Section titled “Where to next”- Quick Start walks through building a flow without using any shortcuts — useful for confirming what each shortcut accelerates.
- Building Your First Flow is a longer walkthrough where the application shortcuts (Cmd/Ctrl+B for the library, Cmd/Ctrl+P for the preview) save the most clicks.