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Keyboard shortcuts

Every Spatial Map keyboard shortcut: one-key drawing tools, draw modifiers, nudge, rotate, scale and raise, selection, undo and redo, and the ⌘K palette.

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How shortcuts work

Most shortcuts work in the layout editor. Every drawing tool is one key away, and a selected shape can be moved, rotated, scaled and raised from the keyboard. Shortcuts are paused while you type in a text field, so typing a name never switches tools.

Screenshot · Keyboard shortcuts panel
Keyboard shortcuts panel in the layout editor listing Tools (Pan V / H, Hold for Select Space, Marquee select Q, Racks G, Marker M, Circle C, Polygon P, Line L, Route Y, Route from A to B N, Floor plan I, 3D model B, Image plane F, Text label T, Stair S, Door D, Magic walls W, Facilities Z, number row 1–0) and Drawing modifiers (Shift, Alt, Enter, Backspace, Esc)
Keyboard shortcuts panel in the layout editor listing Tools (Pan V / H, Hold for Select Space, Marquee select Q, Racks G, Marker M, Circle C, Polygon P, Line L, Route Y, Route from A to B N, Floor plan I, 3D model B, Image plane F, Text label T, Stair S, Door D, Magic walls W, Facilities Z, number row 1–0) and Drawing modifiers (Shift, Alt, Enter, Backspace, Esc)

Where this page says ⌘/Ctrl, use ⌘ (Command) on a Mac and Ctrl on Windows or Linux. The in-app panel shows the right key for your computer.

Anywhere in the app

⌘/Ctrl + KOpen or close the command palette: go to a page, switch theme or switch language.
EscClose the command palette or a dialog.
⌘/Ctrl + SSave your changes on the Profile page.

See the command palette for what it can do.

Pick a tool

A single key switches the active tool. The number row from 1 to 0, plus - and =, picks the same tools, so you can use either hand.

V H 1Pan: drag to move the map. Nothing is created.
2Select.
Space (hold)Select while held. Release to go back to the previous tool.
QMarquee select: drag a rectangle to select every shape inside it.
G R 3Rack (grid). With a rack selected, R redraws it instead.
M 4Asset (marker).
C O 5Circle.
P 6Area (polygon).
L 7Aisle (line).
YRoute: draw a wayfinding path.
NRoute from A to B: click a start and an end to preview a walking route.
I 8Floor plan: an image, a PDF sheet or a DWG drawing.
B 93D model.
F 0Image plane (when nothing is selected).
TText label.
S -Stair. With a shape selected, - scales it down instead.
D =Door. With a shape selected, = scales it up instead.
WMagic walls: build walls around the areas you pick.
ZFacilities: click a facility on the map to focus it.

In Preview mode the keys that create shapes are switched off. Pan, Select, Marquee and Route from A to B still work. The AI Map tool is coming soon, so it has no key yet. See AI Map.

While drawing

ShiftConstrain: a square, 45° angles, or a perfect circle, depending on the tool.
Alt / ⌥Draw outward from the point you clicked instead of corner to corner.
EnterFinish an area, aisle or stair you are drawing point by point.
Backspace / DeleteRemove the last point you placed.
EscCancel the current drawing.

Move, rotate, scale and raise a selected shape

← → ↑ ↓Nudge 0.5 m.
Shift + arrowNudge 5 m.
[ ]Rotate −1° / +1°.
Shift + [ ]Rotate 15°.
- + (or =)Scale down / up by 5%.
PgUp PgDnRaise / lower by 0.5 m (never below 0).
EnterConfirm a move or rotation in progress.
EscCancel a move or rotation in progress and put the shape back.

Selection

Shift + clickAdd a shape to the selection, or take it out.
⌘/Ctrl + clickSame as Shift + click.
Delete BackspaceDelete the selection.
⌘/Ctrl + DDuplicate the selection.
FFit the map to the selection.
RRedraw the selected rack.
EscDeselect.

For selecting many shapes at once, see Multi-select and bulk editing and Selection and transforms.

Undo, redo and export

⌘/Ctrl + ZUndo.
⌘/Ctrl + Shift + Z ⌘/Ctrl + YRedo.
⌘/Ctrl + EExport the facility’s shapes as GeoJSON.
?Show or hide the shortcuts panel.

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