=============================================== Diagrams.net (mouse focused) keyboard shortcuts =============================================== First published at 7/26/2022 on https://defkey.com/diagrams-net-mouse-shortcuts diagrams.net is a free and open source browser-based graph drawing software. It can be used to create diagrams such as flowcharts, wireframes, organizational charts, and network diagrams. Diagrams.net (mouse focused) has 27 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. General mouse shortcuts ----------------------- Ctrl + Left click (click on the drawing canvas) Open the context menu Alt + Wheel up and wheel down Zoom the drawing canvas in/out Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Zoom the drawing canvas in/out Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Move the drawing canvas horizontally Space + Move the mouse Pan drawing canvas Right click + Move the mouse Pan drawing canvas Shape selection --------------- Shift + Left click Select/Deselect shapes Ctrl + Left click Select/Deselect shapes Alt + Left click + Move the mouse (drag the mouse) Force a selection box, no matter what is selected or what shapes are under your mouse cursor Alt (as you finish dragging a selection box) Select intersecting shapes Alt + Left click When you have shapes or connectors stacked on top of each other, hold Alt and click on the shape to select the next shape down the z-order stack, behind the currently selected shape Editing shapes -------------- Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse Clone a shape Shift + Left click + Move the mouse Swap two shapes Alt Hold Alt as you move or resize a shape or group of shapes on the drawing canvas to move it smoothly and not ‘snap’ it to an exact alignment based on the editor grid Alt + Left click + Move the mouse Hold Alt then drag and drop a shape over a container shape to overlap the two shapes instead of adding them to the container shape Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag from a blank section on the drawing canvas) Insert horizontal and vertical space and move the nearby existing shapes Resizing shapes --------------- Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag the grab handles on a shape) Maintain proportions on resize Ctrl Hold Ctrl and resize a group with your mouse. The outer boundary of the group will be resized, but the shapes inside the group will not. This is called a non-recursive group resize Alt Hold Alt and resize a group with your mouse to resize both the group and all of its shapes around its central point Connecting shapes ----------------- Alt + Left click + Move the mouse (drag and drop the end of a connector) Ignore shape Shift + Left click + Move the mouse Hold Shift as you drag the end of a connector and hover over a shape to display only the fixed connection points. Drop the connector on a connection point or at any point inside the boundary of the shape to connect it to that fixed point Using the shape libraries ------------------------- Shift + Left click Hold Shift and click on or drag a shape from the shape libraries. The new shape will have a white fill and a black outline, as per the original diagrams.net default style for shapes and not a custom default style that you have set Alt + Left click + Move the mouse Hold Alt and drag a shape from the library to disable the direction or connection arrows on the existing shapes on the drawing canvas. When you drop the shape, the editor will not try to auto-connect it Shift + Left click Select a shape on the drawing canvas, hold Shift and click on a shape in the shape library to replace the selected shape. This is faster than dragging a new shape from the shape library over an existing shape to replace it Alt + Left click Hold Alt and click on a shape in the shape library to add it to the drawing canvas at the bottom left of your diagram, underneath all other shapes Normally, when you click on something in the shape libraries, it will be added to the center of your diagram, overlapping any existing shapes at that position Alt + Shift (Select the shape on the drawing canvas that you want to connect a new shape to, then hold this shortcut) Insert and connect a shape Alt + Ctrl (Select the shape on the drawing canvas that you want to connect a new shape to, then hold this shortcut) Insert and connect a shape For more information using keyboard shortcuts in diagrams.net, you may refer to these articles. Source: diagrams.net Last modified on (UTC): Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Defkey © All rights reserved.