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Keyboard

Move canvas

Move nodes

Drag and drop

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

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 for more information.
Shift + ArrowLeft: select all nodes left of the current one
Shift + ArrowRight: select all nodes right of the current one

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 mode.