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Every keyboard shortcut in Bower, plus the mouse and touch gestures in the editor. Shortcuts don’t fire while you are typing in a text box. On Mac, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

1. Tools

Keys What it does
V Select
B Pen
E Erase Pen
R Repeat Pen
L Line
S Stamp Clipboard
H Pan
Z Zoom
Space Hold to pan temporarily

Note: Reorder, Insert End/Pick, and Delete End/Pick have no shortcut yet.

2. Selection and clipboard

Keys What it does
Ctrl + C Copy Selection (switches you to Stamp Clipboard)
Delete or Backspace Clear the selection
D Deselect (keeps the clipboard)
Esc Deselect and empty the clipboard

There is no paste key: Copy Selection switches you to the Stamp Clipboard tool, then click in the editor to stamp.

3. Undo and redo

Keys What it does
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo

4. Command palette

Keys What it does
Ctrl + Shift + P Open the command palette (search and run any command)

5. Mouse, trackpad, and touch

  • Scroll to zoom, centered on the cursor.
  • Middle-click and drag to pan.
  • Right-click erases with the Pen, Repeat Pen, and Line tools.
  • Zoom tool: click zooms in, Shift + click zooms out, drag left or right to zoom.
  • Tablets: two fingers pan, pinch zooms.

6. 3D Interlacement and 3D Simulation views

  • Left-click and drag orbits.
  • Right- or middle-click and drag pans.
  • Scroll zooms.