n8n-docs/docs/keyboard-shortcuts.md
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tags:
- Keyboard
- Move canvas
- Move nodes
- Drag and drop
description: Keyboard shortcuts available in n8n.
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# Keyboard shortcuts and controls
n8n provides keyboard shortcuts for some actions.
## Workflow controls
- **Ctrl** + **Alt** + **n**: create new workflow
- **Ctrl** + **o**: open workflow
- **Ctrl** + **s**: save the current workflow
- **Ctrl** + **z**: undo
- **Ctrl** + **shift** + **z**: redo
- **Ctrl** + **Enter**: execute workflow
## Canvas
### Move the canvas
- **Ctrl** + **Left Mouse Button** + drag: move node view
- **Ctrl** + **Middle mouse button** + drag: move node view
- **Space** + drag: move node view
- **Middle mouse button** + drag: move node view
- Two fingers on a touch screen: move node view
### Canvas zoom
- **+** or **=**: zoom in
- **-** or **_**: zoom out
- **0**: reset zoom level
- **1**: zoom to fit workflow
- **Ctrl** + **Mouse wheel**: zoom in/out
### Nodes on the canvas
- **Double click** on a node: open the node details
- **Ctrl/Cmd** + **Double click** on a sub-workflow node: open the sub-workflow in a new tab
- **Ctrl** + **a**: select all nodes
- **Ctrl** + **v**: paste nodes
- **Shift** + **s**: add sticky note
### With one or more nodes selected in canvas
- **ArrowDown**: select sibling node below the current one
- **ArrowLeft**: select node left of the current one
- **ArrowRight**: select node right of the current one
- **ArrowUp**: select sibling node above the current one
- **Ctrl** + **c**: copy
- **Ctrl** + **x**: cut
- **D**: deactivate
- **Delete**: delete
- **Enter**: open
- **F2**: rename
- **P**: pin data in node. Refer to [Data pinning](/data/data-pinning.md) for more information.
- **Shift** + **ArrowLeft**: select all nodes left of the current one
- **Shift** + **ArrowRight**: select all nodes right of the current one
- **Ctrl/Cmd** + **Shift** + **o** on a sub-workflow node: open the sub-workflow in a new tab
## Node panel
- **Tab**: open the Node Panel
- **Enter**: insert selected node into workflow
- **Escape**: close Node panel
### Node panel categories
- **Enter**: insert node into workflow, collapse/expand category, open subcategory
- **ArrowRight**: expand category, open subcategory
- **ArrowLeft**: collapse category, close subcategory view
## Within nodes
- **=**: in an empty parameter input, this switches to [expressions](/glossary.md#expression-n8n) mode.