Shortcuts

The full key/mouse reference. For the "why" behind these, see Graph Navigation.

Studios

• U = Space Studio
• I = Publisher Studio

They sit next to each other under your left hand and spell out the thing they switch. Neither fires while you're typing, so a u in the middle of a sentence stays a u. See Space Studio and Publisher Studio: Basics.

Ctrl+Tab flips to the other studio from either one, and it works while you are typing too.

Views & environment

• 1 = Dark Energy refresh
• 2 = 2D
• 3 = 3D
• 4 = Layers refresh
• O = show/hide left panel
• P = show/hide right panel
• T = show/hide text (privacy mode)
• G = show/hide grid
• Drag panel edges to resize left/right panels
• Pop out a node's notes to move them to another screen

Graph basics

• Double-click empty space = add a new node
• Shift or Ctrl+click = multiselect
• Ctrl+drag = box select

With a node selected:

• Alt+drag onto a node = connects
• Alt+click on a node = connects
• C = connects: with two nodes selected it joins them, with one it asks for the other end. Works in the Publisher too
• Or click the Connect button in the bottom bar, pick a type, then click the target

Finding a route

• R = show the route between two nodes
• Or click the Pathfinder button in the bottom bar, next to Connect
• Or right-click a node and choose Find path to…

Select two nodes and the shortest route between them lights up while everything else dims. Nothing disappears and the camera stays where it is. Select one node and Pathfinder asks for the other end. Select none and you click a start, then an end. A strip along the top names each stop and connector on the way, and closing it (or pressing R again with nothing selected) clears the route. More in Pathfinder.

Changing type

Connectors: select connector(s), click a connector type in the left panel, or click the change-connector-type button in the bottom bar.

Nodes: select a node in the right panel and drag it into a new category, or click the change-node-type button in the bottom bar.

Formatting (Notepad)

• Shift+Enter = create a subtitle line in a node or page title
• Ctrl+Alt+1-3 = headings
• We generally follow a mix of Google Docs and standard markdown shortcuts, plus on-screen buttons.

General

• Click away or press Escape to return to normal from most modes.

Windows shortcuts we lean on (not Filamental-specific, but handy)

• Win+V: paste from clipboard history (use the 3-dot menu to paste values)
• Win+S: screenshot
• Win+R: video capture
• Win+T: text capture from screen

We deliberately avoid reinventing these, your machine already does them well.

Trackpad

• 2-finger pan up/down/left/right
• Drag to rotate
• Pinch to zoom

Mac OS

Filamental runs on macOS, and everything above works there. Where a keyboard shortcut uses Ctrl, Cmd works too, since the app accepts either. The single-key shortcuts (U, I, O, P, T, G, 1-4) are identical on every platform.

The mouse and trackpad gestures are the one exception: Ctrl+drag for marquee select is Ctrl everywhere, Mac included.