Keyboard Shortcuts

Coggle has shortcuts to help you do lots of common things, and we've collected them all into this handy list:

While editing an item (with the text editor open):

[tab] creates a new child branch from the current one.
[shift] + [tab] moves back to the parent branch
[shift] + [enter] creates a new sibling branch (use [shift] + [ctrl] + [enter] to add a new item below the current ones, instead of automatically choosing whether to place it above or below)
double-tap [backspace] in an empty item with no children to remove it, or
[ctrl] + [shift] + [backspace] in any item to remove it.
[ctrl] +[alt] + [shift] + arrow keys allow you to move around between items, along the direction of the branches. If no item is currently being edited, any combination will also select the root item.

[ctrl] + [Z] (or [command] + [Z] on Mac) undoes the last change (works for all changes since the page was reloaded)
[ctrl] + [shift] + [Z] redoes the last undone change. ([command] + [shift] + [Z] on Mac)

While editing an item (with the text editor open), the following shortcuts apply:

[ctrl] + [enter] creates a new line of text inside the existing branch ([alt] + [enter] also does this)
[ctrl] + [+] (or [command] + [+] on Mac) increases the text size of the current item, or zooms the page if no item is active.
- When changing the text size in an item, also hold the [shift] key to adjust in smaller steps of exactly 1 font size.
[ctrl] + [-] (or [command] + [-] on Mac) reduces the text size of the current item, or zooms the page if no item is active.
[ctrl] + [0] (or [command] + [0] on Mac) sets the text size of the current item back to the default, or sets the page zoom to default if no item is active.
[ctrl] + [shift] + [m] (or[command] + [shift] + [m] on Mac) to re-arrange the current branch and its descendents
[ctrl] + [shift] + [alt] + [r] to re-arrange all of the branches in a diagram.
To change the colour, and style of items, hold [ctrl] + [alt] and use the following keys. In all cases you can hold shift to apply the style to all child items at the same time:
- [ctrl] + [alt] + [c] : cycle colour
- [ctrl] + [alt] + [s] : cycle shape
- [ctrl] + [alt] + [t] : cycle line thickness
- [ctrl] + [alt] + [d] : toggle line dashed/solid (requires paid subscription)
- [ctrl] + [alt] + [l] : toggle line smooth/straight (requires paid subscription)
[enter] or [ctrl] + [s] will save and close an item (or also click anywhere outside the item)
[escape] cancels editing, discarding any changes since the item was opened.

[ctrl] + [shift] + [G] Show the current word count ([command] + [shift] + [G] on Mac)

There are also some handy things you can do with the keyboard and mouse in combination:

[ctrl] + click on the (+) button of a branch to remove it (the (+) turns into an (x) as you hold the key). (On Mac, use [alt] intead of [ctrl] )
[shift] + click on the (+) button of a branch to insert a new parent above it
[ctrl] + [shift] + click on the (+) button of a branch to remove it without removing it's children (Or also use [command] + click on Mac)
[shift] + drag an item to transplant it to a different parent. You can press the shift key at any point while dragging.
While editing an item [shift] + drag the corner of the text area to resize the text of all its child items.
hold [ctrl] after starting to drag an item to snap to a grid as you move it.
Also try holding down [ctrl] and [shift] with the context menu open!

You can copy and paste from the node context menu and background context menu, or with an item open for editing keyboard shortcuts are available:

[ctrl] + [C] (or [command] + [C] on Mac) Copies text, or if no text is selected, copies the item and all its child items.
[ctrl] + [V] ([command] + [V] on Mac) Pastes the clipboard.
- If the clipboard contains whole copied items, these will be pasted onto the currently active item.
- If no text is selected, and the clipboard contains multiple lines of text, each line is added as child items to the current item.
- If text is currently selected: And the clipboard contains multiple lines of text, these will be inserted into the current item replacing the selected text.
- If the clipboard contains a single line of text, it is added into the current item.
[ctrl] + [alt] + [V] (or [command] + [ctrl] + [V] on Mac) Pastes the style from the copied item to the currently active item.
[ctrl] + [alt] + [shift] [V] (or [command] + [ctrl] + [shift] [V] on Mac) Pastes the style from the copied item to the currently active item and all child items.