Keyboard shortcuts on boards

Boards are faster with the keyboard. Here’s the full set of shortcuts for the canvas. On Mac use ⌘ Cmd; on Windows and Linux use Ctrl.

All shortcuts

Shortcut	What it does
`Esc`	Clear the current selection (or back out of an active drawing tool)
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo your last change
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`	Redo the last undone change
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `Y`	Redo (same as `Shift+Z`)
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `D`	Duplicate the selected node(s) just off to the side
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `C`	Copy the selected node(s)
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `X`	Cut the selected node(s)
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `V`	Paste node(s) onto the canvas
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `G`	Group the selected nodes so they move together
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`	Ungroup the selected group
`Cmd/Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P`	Present your frames as a slideshow
`F`	Focus a person on a family-tree board (press again to clear)
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Delete the selected node(s), or the selected connection bend
`Arrow keys`	Nudge the selected node(s) a little
`Shift` + `Arrow`	Nudge the selected node(s) further

Esc backs out one layer at a time. If a drawing tool is active, the first Esc puts the tool away; a second Esc clears your selection.
Duplicate, group, and ungroup are undoable — one Cmd/Ctrl+Z reverses the whole action, even if it created several nodes at once.
F only does something on family-tree boards. It highlights the selected person’s ancestors and descendants — see Family-tree boards.
Present needs at least one frame. Group nodes into a frame first, then Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P.