Shortcuts

Here is a list of handy keyboard and mouse shortcuts:

Inspector Panel

To open a node in the Inspector panel, simply Double-Click on any Node, or just select one if Auto Inspection quick preference is active.

To toggle Auto Inspection on or off, you can use

• Ctrl + I

shortcut or press the respective button on the status-bar's Quick Preferences.

Other useful shortcuts related to the Inspector panel are:

• Ctrl + Shift + Minus (-) resets Parameters to the last saved state of the inspected node
• Ctrl + Shift + Plus (+) updates the node parameters
• Ctrl + P toggles the Inspector panel
• Ctrl + \ changes the Grid view to focus on the inspected node

Since Arrow v1.1.0, new Auto Node Update feature is added to the Quick Preferences and is active by default.

Auto Node Update saves node parameter modifications in-memory, when user inspects another node or deselects the current one by clicking on the grid or multiple selection. To store data permanently, save the document.

• Ctrl + U toggles Auto Node Update

Quick Note:
re-selecting a node will reset modified parameters to the latest kept state.

Item Lists

Item lists which offer move or sort functions (e.g. Dialog and Interaction lists), would also support following shortcuts:

• Home moves selected items to the top
• End moves selected items to the end
• PageUp or Ctrl + Up moves selected items up
• PageDown or Ctrl + Down moves selected items down
• Delete removes selected items if allowed

Grid (Graph) & Editor

• Selection

  • Ctrl + Arrow-Keys moves selected nodes on the (focused) grid
  • Ctrl + W deselects nodes all
  • Ctrl + Left-Click is used to select multiple nodes
  • Shift + Left-Click selects a branch (i.e. a series) between two selected nodes

    It accept one beginning and multiple end nodes. You can activate waterfall mode holding Alt, to select sibling nodes of the series as well.

• Query (Global Text Search)

  • Ctrl + Q or F3 focuses on the query (search) input
  • Ctrl + 2 locates the next match on the grid
  • Ctrl + 1 locates the previous match

• View

  • F11 toggles full-screen
  • Ctrl + Mouse-Wheel to zoom in or out

    Also Ctrl + Plus|Minus

  • Ctrl + 0 to reset zoom
  • Ctrl + Middle-Mouse-Button to grab the grid and move the view

Console Panel

Following shortcuts are to launch the Console panel and play from a special node forward:

• F4 plays form the project's active entry after clearing the console
• F5 plays from the scene's active entry after clearing the console
• F6 opens the console with the state in which it was closed
• F7 plays the last selected node (if any) without clearing the console

Project Management

• Ctrl + S to save the project
• Ctrl + E to quickly re-export (using path and format of the last export)

Revision/History Management

• Ctrl + D to take snapshot
• Ctrl + Z to undo
• Ctrl + Shift + Z to redo