Hotkeys

On a Mac, ⌘ stands in for Ctrl everywhere below unless a row says otherwise.

On the canvas

The canvas takes these keys while focus is on it (or on nothing in particular). They do nothing while you are typing in a note, a field or the chat.

Keys	What they do
V	Select mode: click blocks to select them, drag to box-select.
H	Hand mode: drag anywhere to move around.
hold Space	Pan while held, in either mode.
⌘/Ctrl+A	Select every block.
Esc	Clear the selection, or close an expanded block.
Enter	Open the one selected block: a note to write in, a group, a picture, a repository; a link or a file expands in a panel over the canvas.
Delete or Backspace	Delete the selected blocks (Yard asks first).
arrow keys	Nudge the selection by 1 pixel.
Shift + arrow keys	Nudge by 10 pixels.
⌘/Ctrl+G	Group the selected blocks.
⌘/Ctrl+Shift+G	Ungroup the selected group.
⌘/Ctrl+Z	Undo.
⌘/Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y	Redo.
Shift + click	Add a block to the selection, or take it out.
⌘/Ctrl + wheel, or pinch	Zoom.
wheel	Pan; over a selected block that scrolls, scroll it.

Try the selection and group keys in the canvas basics tutorial.

In notes and specs

Notes and specs use the same editor. Besides the usual text keys:

Keys	What they do
/	Open the block menu: text, headings, lists, a checklist, a quote, code, a divider, an image or file; in a project's spec also a reference to a block and a mention of a repository.
@	In a project's spec: mention a block, a file or a repository.
↑ ↓, then Enter or Tab	Choose in the / or @ menu; Esc closes it.
⌘/Ctrl+/	Open the menu of the block the caret is in (turn it into another kind, move or delete it).
⌘/Ctrl+Shift+↑ / ↓	Move the block the caret is in up or down.
⌘/Ctrl+B, ⌘/Ctrl+I	Bold, italic.
⌘/Ctrl+Z, ⌘/Ctrl+Shift+Z	Undo and redo your own changes (other people's edits stay).
Esc	Close a note that is open in the panel over the canvas; while dragging a block of the note, cancel the drag.

Markdown shortcuts work as you type: # to ### for headings, - or * for a list, 1. for a numbered list, [ ] for a checklist, > for a quote and ``` for code.

In chat and dialogs

Keys	What they do
Enter	Send the message. While the agent is working it waits in the queue and goes next.
Shift+Enter	A new line in the message.
⌘/Ctrl+Enter	In Create spec: create the project.
⌘/Ctrl+Enter	In the note under the agent's questions: send the answers. Enter is a new line there.

In files

Keys	What they do
⌘/Ctrl+S	Save the file you are editing.

In terminals

Keys	What they do
⌘C (Mac) or Ctrl+C with text selected	Copy the selection. Without a selection Ctrl+C interrupts the running program, as in any terminal.
Ctrl+Shift+C	Copy the selection, always.
⌘V (Mac), Ctrl+V or Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste.