Guides · Work in the app
Keyboard shortcuts
Undo and redo#
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
⌘/Ctrl+Z | Undo the last change to the workspace. |
⌘/Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo it. |
Ctrl+Y | Redo, on Windows and Linux. |
| Right-click Undo | The recent steps, to undo back to one, and History and saved versions…. |
Esc | Closes the menu, dialog or popover that is open. In the Appearance palette it asks first if you have unsaved changes. |
Undo and redo work anywhere in the simulator, except while you are typing in a field (the field keeps its own undo) or another dialog is open. While your assistant is editing the workspace they point you to Take control instead.
The enclosure list#
Click in the list, or Tab to it, and these keys act on the selected enclosures, or on the one you have open when nothing is selected.
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
↑ ↓ | Open the enclosure above or below. |
Shift+↑ Shift+↓ | Extend the selection up or down. |
Space | Add the highlighted row to the selection, or drop it. |
⌘/Ctrl+A | Select all. |
Esc | Clear the selection; with nothing selected, end solo. |
Enter | Rename the open enclosure. |
H | Hide them, or show them if any are hidden. |
Shift+H | Show all. |
S | Solo them, so only they draw on the graphs. Press again to end solo. |
⌘/Ctrl+D | Duplicate. |
⌘/Ctrl+Backspace or Delete | Delete. One enclosure goes at once (undo brings it back); several ask first. |
⌥/Alt+↑ ⌥/Alt+↓ | Move up or down the list. |
⌥/Alt+Shift+↑ ⌥/Alt+Shift+↓ | Move to the top or the bottom. |
The right-click menu shows the same keys beside Hide, Solo, Rename, Duplicate and Delete, and the list menu beside Select all and Show all.
With the mouse#
| Move | What it does |
|---|---|
| ⌘-click (Ctrl-click on Windows and Linux) | Add a row to the selection, or drop it. |
| Shift-click | Select every row between the last one and this one. |
| Double-click a row | Rename it. |
| Drag a row | Move it up or down the list. |
| ⌥-click (Alt-click) an eye | Solo that enclosure. |
| ⌥⌘-click (Alt+Ctrl-click) an eye | Add it to the solo. |
| Press an eye and sweep over other rows | Show or hide them all the same way, as one undo step. |
Number and name fields#
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
↑ ↓ | Step the value up or down. |
Shift+↑ Shift+↓ | A bigger step: ten steps, unless the field sets its own. |
Enter | Keep what you typed. |
Esc | Put the last good value back, or cancel a rename. |
A field’s step buttons show its step sizes the first time you hover them, under Keyboard adjustment. The fields in the calculators step the same way.
In tiles#
| Tile | Keys | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Horn Editor | Tab to a handle, then ← → ↑ ↓ | Nudge it: a station’s area or position, a stuffing edge, the total length or the height. With Shift, ten times as far. |
| Baffle Layout | Tab to the driver, then the arrows | Move it by 2% of the baffle’s shorter side, 8% with Shift. Needs baffle step on. |
| Baffle Layout | Tab to an edge or corner handle, then the arrows | Change the width or height by 1 cm, 5 cm with Shift. |
| Fold, in Draw | Click the drawing, then the arrows | Extend the passage one cell up, down, back or to the front. |
| Fold, in Draw | Backspace or Delete | Remove the last cell. |
| Fold, in Draw | Esc | Cancel the drag in progress. |
| Fold › Full screen › 3D | The arrows | Turn the cabinet 5° at a time, 15° with Shift. |
| Fold › Full screen › 3D | + and −, 0 | Zoom in and out; 0 resets the zoom. |
Your workspaces#
On the page that lists your workspaces, signed in:
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
/ | Go to the search box, Search names, enclosures and drivers. |
↑ ↓ | Move from one workspace to the next. |
→ ← | Open or close a workspace’s peek at its enclosures. |
⌘/Ctrl+D | Duplicate the workspace under the pointer. |
More on the page itself in Workspaces and accounts.
Help beside a tile#
Choose the ⓘ in a tile’s header for a short explanation, what a healthy reading looks like and things to try. On a computer it stays open while you edit your design. Full page opens the complete reference in a new tab; Ask AI prepares a prompt for your own assistant. Use Close help or Esc to close the panel.
Search and help#
| Keys | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
⌘/Ctrl+K | Simulator, docs, gallery | Open search, except while another dialog is in use. |
/ | Simulator, docs, gallery | Open search, when you are not typing in a field or using another dialog. |
↑ ↓, Enter | In search | Move through the results and open one. |
Tab | The app or docs search field | Step through the scopes: All, Tiles, Pages, Terms, Sections, Calculators. |
⌘/Ctrl+Enter | App or docs search | Hand what you typed to Ask your assistant, as a question. |
Esc | In search | Close it. |
⌘/Ctrl+I | Simulator or docs | Open or close Ask your assistant, unless you are typing in a field or using another dialog. |
⌘/Ctrl+Enter | Ask your assistant | Copy the prompt with your question in it. |
In the simulator, Info › Search workspace and docs opens the same search. It can go to a tile already on your dashboard, explain a tile, or add an available tile when the layout is editable. Docs results open in a new tab. On the docs home, Tab to the search field and start typing: search opens with what you typed.