draw.io keyboard shortcuts

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Zeynel Öztürk -
6 years ago
- Shortcuts

Selecting, resizing, moving shapes is easier with these keyboard shortcuts. With Draw.io hotkeys, you'll diagrams. Here are draw.io keyboard shortcuts that will allow you to master the diagrams.

3

(Double click on drawing area or shape) Insert text

0

(Click on the blue arrow) Connect and clone shape

1
+

(Click on symbol / hold, drag) Rotate shape or text

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-1
Ctrl + S

Save

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo

3
Ctrl +

Zoom in / out

-1
or Alt +
0
or Ctrl + +
0
or Ctrl + -
-1
Space

Pan canvas

0
or
+
-1
Ctrl + H

Reset view

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + H

Fit window

0
Ctrl + J

Fit page

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + J

Fit two pages

0
Ctrl + 0

Custom zoom

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Create / remove space

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift

Click connection to disable connections

0
Home

Home

1
End

Refresh

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
Ctrl + D

Duplicate

0
or ⤶ Enter
0
Backspace

Delete

0
or Del
0
Ctrl + Del

Delete including connections

0
or Backspace
1
↑  Shift

Hold shift while resizing to maintain proportions

1
↑  Shift + Ctrl

Hold to resize centered

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Resize cell (grid size)

0
↑  Shift

While holding, ignore handles under mouse

0
↑  Shift +

Move cell (grid size)

0
Tab

Select next

0
↑  Shift + Tab

Select previous

1
↑  Shift +

Add to selection

1
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Remove from selection

1
Ctrl + A

Select all

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + A

Select none

0
Alt +

Select cell below

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

0
Ctrl +

Toggle selection state

0
or ↑  Shift +
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + I

Select vertices

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Select edges

0

Insert text or add an edge label

-1
↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

New line in formatted labels

0
↑  Shift + Esc

Cancel editing

0
⤶ Enter

New paragraph in formatted cells

0
F2

Start editing label of selected cell

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0
or ⤶ Enter
0
F2

Stop editing and apply value

0
or Tab
-1
or Esc
0
Ctrl + B

Toggle bold on selected text

1
Ctrl + I

Toggle italic on selected text

0
Ctrl + U

Toggle underline on selected text

0
Ctrl + .

Superscript on selected text

0
Ctrl + ,

Subscript on selected text

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L

Toggle layers window

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Toggle outline window

0
Ctrl + M

Edit metadata

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

Toggle format panel

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + M

Edit vertex geometry

0

Context menu

2
or Ctrl +
0
F1

About

0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

1
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
Ctrl + G

Group

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Ungroup

0
Ctrl + L

Lock / unlock

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + L

Edit link

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Duplicate

0
or D Ctrl + ⤶ Enter
0
Backspace

Delete selected cells

0
or Del
0
Ctrl + Del

Delete with connections

1
Ctrl + R

Turn / rotate 90° clockwise

0
↑  Shift

Hold to maintain proportions while resizing

0
Ctrl + Home

Collapse container

0
Ctrl + End

Expand container

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Home

Exit group

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Send to back

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Bring to front

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + C

Clear waypoints

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + T

Edit tool tip

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Y

Autosize

0
Ctrl +

Clone cell

0
↑  Shift +

Disconnect edge

0
Alt

(While connecting) Connect to a fixed point

0
Ctrl + S

Save

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save as

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

1
Alt + ↑  Shift + A

Connection arrows

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + P

Connection points

-1
↑  Shift

Ignore handles under the mouse

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Toggle grid

0
Ctrl + P

Print

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo (Windows)

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Z

Redo (Linux, Mac)

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + X

Insert text

0
Ctrl + K

Insert rectangle

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K

Insert ellipse

0
Esc

Cancel action

0
Alt +

Force rubberband

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

Clear default style

0
Ctrl + E

Edit style

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + D

Set as default style

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Copy style

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Paste style

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Program information

Program name: draw.io draw.io (Productivity)

draw.io is a online diagram software allowing users to create flowcharts, process diagrams and more. It can integrate with services like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or the diagram can be downloaded as an .xml file.

Web page: draw.io

Last update: 4/3/2020 7:13 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 84%

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Shortcut count: 114

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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strangerX OP says : 11 months ago 4/19/2023 6:58 PM
How do it quit?! I don't have any widow decorators.

stephenb OP says : 5 years ago 10/22/2018 5:35 AM
Is there a shortcut to add a connector (i.e. without navigating via mouse to the connector icon) ?