Canvas Shortcuts

Reference for everything you can do from the keyboard, pointer, and context menus on a Canvas board. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl anywhere this guide shows ⌘ (Command). On Mac, ⌥ is the Option key.

Right-click (or Control-click on a Mac trackpad) for actions that are not always visible elsewhere — for example, change the board background color, fit or reset zoom, or open node-specific actions like download, duplicate, and layer order. See Right-click menus for the full list.

View-only collaborators can use navigation shortcuts (tools V / H, zoom, fit) but not editing or generation shortcuts.

Tools

Press a letter once to switch tools. Works when focus is not inside a text field.

Key	Tool
V	Select — move, resize, and multi-select nodes
H	Hand — pan the board (click-drag also pans)
T	Text — click to place a text box
R	Rectangle
O	Ellipse
L	Line
A	Arrow
P	Pen — freehand strokes
C	Clear — erase pen strokes
S	Section — generation surface (dashed outline)
F	Frame — empty designable rectangle (solid outline)
K	Toggle Scale mode while on Select (Figma-style proportional resize)

When a single image or video is selected, E, U, A, and R run media actions instead of switching tools — see Media actions.

Color

Key	Action
I	Eyedropper — sample a color from the screen and apply it to the active fill, stroke, or text color (when a colorable node is selected, a drawing tool with color options is active, or a color picker is open)

Navigation & zoom

Action	Shortcut
Pan	Space + drag, Hand tool + drag, or two-finger trackpad scroll
Zoom at cursor	⌘ / Ctrl + scroll wheel, or pinch on trackpad / touch
Zoom in / out	⌘+ / ⌘− (Ctrl on Windows) — anchors on selection when something is selected
Zoom scope (+ / − at click)	Hold Z then click to zoom in, or hold AltZ (or Alt while Z is held) then click to zoom out — same steps as the bottom-left + / − controls
Zoom to region	Hold Z and drag a rectangle — releases to fit that region to the viewport (Figma-style zoom to selection)
Reset zoom to 100%	⌘0 or right-click empty canvas → Reset zoom
Fit entire board in view	⇧1 or right-click empty canvas → Fit all
Fit selection in view	⇧2
Toggle rulers	⌘R / CtrlR
Focus mode — collapse both side panels (handle buttons stay visible)	CtrlSpace (Windows / Linux / Mac)
Open media library (asset picker)	M

Selection

Action	Shortcut
Select node	Click
Add to / toggle in selection	⇧ + click
Cycle stacked nodes under cursor	Tab (add with ⇧Tab)
Select parent container	Enter
Select all on page	⌘A or right-click empty canvas → Select all
Clear selection & exit edit modes	Esc

Editing & clipboard

Action	Shortcut
Undo	⌘Z
Redo	⇧⌘Z or ⌘Y
Duplicate	⌘D, or ⌥ + drag with Select tool
Copy	⌘C
Cut	⌘X
Paste at cursor	⌘V
Paste in place / into selection	⇧⌘V
Paste to replace selection	⇧⌘R
Copy properties (fill, stroke, …)	⌥⌘C
Paste properties	⌥⌘V
Delete selection	Delete or Backspace
Nudge 1 unit	Arrow keys
Nudge 10 units	⇧ + arrow keys
Group into section	⌘G
Remove from section	⇧⌘G
Bring forward	] or ⌘]
Send backward	[ or ⌘[
Bring to front	⇧⌘]
Send to back	⇧⌘[

Copy and cut apply to board nodes only when you are not selecting text elsewhere (chat, inputs, etc.). Drag files from your desktop onto the board to import them.

Media actions

With exactly one image or video selected (and no modifier keys held):

Key	Action
E	Edit in Studio
U	Upscale
A	Animate (image → video, or re-animate video)
R	Regenerate
D	Download
Enter	Open in media modal

With multiple media nodes selected, D downloads all downloadable items.

Double-click

Target	Result
Image or video	Open in media modal
Text node	Edit text inline
Section or frame title	Rename
Section body (with shots)	Present sequence
Design	Open present / preview mode
Frame body	Enter container — select child under cursor, or rename if empty

Right-click menus

Right-click to open a context menu. What you see depends on where you click: blank board space shows board-level options (including background color); clicking a node shows actions for that selection. Many of these actions also have keyboard shortcuts — listed here when they do.

Empty canvas

Right-click blank board space (not on a node). The menu includes navigation shortcuts plus a Background color picker at the bottom for the dot-grid stage (saved for your next visit):

• Select all — ⌘A
• Fit all — ⇧1
• Zoom in — Z (hold, then click on the board)
• Zoom out — AltZ (hold, then click on the board)
• Reset zoom — ⌘0

The Background color row opens a color picker in the menu footer — use it to tint the canvas behind your content.

Nodes

Right-click any node (or the current selection). Availability depends on node type and permissions:

Action	Notes
Open in modal	Images & videos — Enter
Open in new tab	Direct URL to the asset file
Regenerate / Edit / Upscale / Animate	Media only — same as R E U A
Download	Media, or design export submenu (HTML, PDF, PNG)
Copy prompt	Media with a stored prompt
Present sequence	Sections that contain playable shots
Copy / Paste properties	Shapes, frames, text, media — not pen strokes
Duplicate	⌘D
Bring to front / Send to back	Z-order
Generate more…	Add another slot to a section
Group into section	⌘G — needs 2+ nodes
Remove from section	Ungroup from parent section
Delete / Remove from canvas	Delete

Present mode

When presenting a section sequence or design fullscreen:

Key	Action
Esc	Close present mode
← / →	Previous / next slide
Space	Play / pause autoplay

Design file editor

When editing a design source file in the Designs panel code editor:

• ⌘S — save file
• Esc — close editor (confirms if there are unsaved changes)

Canvas chat

The chat panel on the right uses the same conventions as Studio: Enter sends, ⇧Enter adds a new line. Mention trained models with @model in your prompt. Select an image on the board first to use it as a reference in chat.