Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts only fire when the canvas (or chrome that's not an input) has focus. Typing in the inspector, dialogs, or any text field is always safe — single-letter shortcuts won't trigger.

Tools

Shortcut	Tool
`V`	Select
`P`	Place

F, M, and A are reserved for Flex Track, Measure, and Annotate — those tools aren't built yet (they show dimmed in the rail), so the keys do nothing for now. Panning has no tool key; it's middle / right-drag, or an empty-space drag in Select. To delete track, select it and press Delete (see Selection).

Selection

Shortcut	Action
`R`	Rotate selection +15° around the cursor's nearest connector
`Shift+R`	Rotate selection −15° around the cursor's nearest connector
`Shift+F`	Mirror-flip selection (or the ghost, if Place is active)
`Shift` + drag	Constrain the move to one axis (the dominant drag direction)
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Remove every selected piece
`Esc`	Back out one step (close dialog → exit Place → clear selection)

View

Shortcut	Action
`G`	(When held) toggle grid — see the Grid section in Snapping and the grid
`Shift+L`	Toggle light / dark theme
`Shift+S`	Toggle "show all scales" override in the catalogue dock

Fit layout to view has no keyboard shortcut — it's the diagonal-arrows button at the top-right of the canvas. (F is the Flex Track tool.)

Layout actions

Shortcut	Action
`⌘K` / `Ctrl+K`	Open the command palette
`⌘Z` / `Ctrl+Z`	Undo
`⌘Shift+Z` / `Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Redo