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Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

All keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures of the Web Studio, by view. On macOS, Ctrl in the screenshot shortcuts is the Control key and Alt is Option.

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+Alt+SSave a screenshot of the current view as a file.
Ctrl+Alt+FCopy a screenshot of the current view to the clipboard (not in Firefox).
EscapeClose the open settings popover or dialog.
Drag the edge of the Explorer or InspectorResize it.
Left / Right arrow on a focused edgeResize the Explorer or Inspector in steps of 16 pixels.
Double-click the edgeRestore the default width.
Up / Down arrow, EnterMove through and pick an entry in a metric list.
Arrow keys, Home, EndMove the focused thumb of the color range slider by 1, or to its lower or upper end.

The screenshot shortcuts are the way to get an open legend into a screenshot of the Metric view.

ShortcutAction
Drag with the left mouse buttonRotate the map.
Drag with the right mouse buttonPan the map.
Mouse wheel, or drag with the middle buttonZoom towards the pointer.
Alt + mouse wheelZoom towards the center of the view.
Arrow keysPan the map.
Shift, Ctrl or Cmd + arrow keysRotate the map.
Hover a buildingShow its name and values, and draw its edges.
Click a building or folderSelect it and open the Inspector.
Double-click a buildingOpen the file’s source link, when the map has one.
Right-click a building or folderOpen the context menu.
Click the viewcubeSnap the camera to that side, edge or corner.
Drag the viewcubeRotate the map.
Right-click Center mapSet the zoom that Center map fits to.
Hover a segment of the distribution barLight up the files of that extension.
Click the distribution barSwitch between percentages and absolute values.
Right-click a segment of the distribution barFlatten or Exclude that extension.
ShortcutAction
Click a folderStep into it.
Click the centerStep out to the parent folder.
Click a fileSelect it and open the Inspector.
Hover a segmentShow its metrics and fade the rest.
Right-click a segmentOpen the context menu.
ShortcutAction
Mouse wheelMagnify the word cloud.
DragMove the word cloud.
Hover a wordShow its frequency and TF-IDF value.
Click a wordOpen it: mark it in the cloud and pin it in the Explorer.
Click the empty cloudLet go of the opened word.
Right-click a wordCopy, Search word or Hide word.
ShortcutAction
Mouse wheelZoom.
Drag the backgroundPan.
Space + drag, or drag with the right mouse buttonPan from anywhere, also from a box.
Drag a boxMove it; Reset layout puts it back.
Hover a box or edgeShow what it is, and draw all edges of the box.
Click a box or edgeSelect it and show it in the Inspector.
Double-click a folder, package or fileOpen or close it.
Click a badgeSelect its box and list its cycles or upward dependencies.
Right-click a boxOpen the context menu.
TabMove the keyboard focus into the graph.
Arrow keysMove the focus from box to box.
EnterSelect the focused box.
SpaceOpen or close the focused box.

See also The code map, Domain view and Dependency view.