# Keyboard Shortcuts

In addition to standard menu shortcuts, such as ⌘S to save, Curio supports a large number of keyboard shortcuts you can use to be more productive.

⌘ = Command, ⌥ = Option, ⌃ = Control, ⇧ = Shift, ⌫ = Delete, ⏎ = Return, ⎋ = Escape

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!!! tip "Customizing Shortcuts"
	Some shortcuts can be customized with Curio's [Advanced Settings](../advanced-settings#shortcuts).

	In addition, you can make your own custom keyboard shortcuts to any menu item within Curio, including figures styles and stencils displayed in the Format and Insert main menus, using System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts.
	A handy tutorial can be found [here](https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/macos-create-keyboard-shortcuts/).

## Views

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Show/Hide Organizer | ⇧⌘0 (zero) |
| Show/Hide Shelf | ⌥⌘0 (zero) |
| Show/Hide Organizer and Shelf | ⌥⇧⌘0 (zero) or \` (backtick) |
| Show idea space at actual size | ⌘0 or double-click zoom slider if in toolbar |
| Quick zoom out to fit | Hold down Q |
| Quick zoom in | Hold down ⇧Q |
| Dismiss an open inspector popover | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Zoom both split views | Hold ⇧ and use the zoom popup toolbar control, the zoom toolbar slider, or the *Zoom to Actual Size*, *Zoom to Fit*, or *Zoom to Width* menu items to zoom both the primary view and the secondary view. |
| Zoom both split views to actual size | Hold ⇧ while double-clicking or ⌥-clicking the zoom slider will set both the primary view and the secondary view to actual size. |

## Mouse/Trackpad

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Pan | Scroll with mouse or trackpad; <br/>or hold down Spacebar then click and drag to pan |
| Zoom in | Outward pinch gesture with trackpad; <br/>or ⌥⌘Scroll Up; <br/>or hold down Spacebar, then hold down ⌘, then click to zoom |
| Zoom out | Inward pinch gesture with trackpad; <br/>or ⌥⌘Scroll Down; <br/>or hold down Spacebar, then hold down ⌥, then click to zoom |
| Zoom in within gallery windows | Outward pinch gesture with trackpad; <br/>or ⌥⌘Scroll Up |
| Zoom out within gallery windows | Inward pinch gesture with trackpad; <br/>or ⌥⌘Scroll Down |
| Smart Zoom (if enabled in System Settings) | Double tap to zoom, double tap again to restore |

## Files

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | 
| Embed a copy of a file into Curio | Drag file from Finder to an idea space |
| Move file into Curio | ⌘Drag file from Finder to an idea space |
| Create an alias to a file within Curio | ⌥Drag file from Finder to an idea space |
| Drag a copy of the asset file associated with a figure out of Curio | Select a single asset figure, ⌥⇧⌘Drag the figure and notice you are now dragging its file representation, *release the keys while still continuing to drag*, then drop the file on the Finder, Desktop, or other application |

## Tools

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Select tool | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Figure tool | F |
| Text tool | T |
| Line tool | L |
| Brush tool | B |
| Eraser tool | E |

## Layers

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Change the active layer to the next layer down | ⌥{ |
| Change the active layer to the next layer up | ⌥} |

## Figure Snapping

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Toggle edge snap guide | S |
| Toggle center snap guide | C |
| Toggle snap to grid | G |
| Show/Hide grid | ⇧G |

## Figure Navigating

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Select the next figure on the idea space | ⇥ |
| If editing a figure, select the next editable figure on the idea space | ⌃⇥ (or [enable ⇥ and ⇧⇥](curio://defaults-write?Navigate%20Editable%20Text%20Figures%20Via%20Tab=yes)) |
| Select the previous figure on the idea space | ⇧⇥ |
| If editing a figure, select the previous editable figure on the idea space | ⌃⇧⇥ (or [enable ⇥ and ⇧⇥](curio://defaults-write?Navigate%20Editable%20Text%20Figures%20Via%20Tab=yes)) |
| If Tab is used to navigate and you want to insert a tab while editing a figure | ⌥⇥ |

## Figure Nudging

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Move object by one pixel | Arrow keys (if grid is not enabled)<br/>⌥Arrow or ⇧Arrow keys (if grid is enabled) |
| Move object by one grid space | Arrow keys (if grid is enabled)<br/>⌥Arrow or ⇧Arrow keys (if grid is not enabled) |
| Move object to next grid intersection | ⌥⇧Arrow keys |

## Figure Sizing

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Resize object | Drag selection handle |
| Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object | ⇧Drag handle (note that some items, like images, default to resizing proportionally) |
| Drag out a sticky connecting line | ⌥Drag selection handle |
| Resize image to its natural size, but no wider than the right edge of the idea space | N |
| Resize image to its natural size, expanding the idea space if necessary | ⇧N |
| Reload the full, non-optimized image from disk, then resize it to its natural size, expanding the idea space if necessary | ⌥N |

## Figure Rotating

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Rotate object | ⌘Drag selection handle |
| Rotate object 45° | R |
| Rotate object -45° | ⇧R |
| Rotate object 1° | ⌥R |
| Rotate object -1° | ⌥⇧R |
| Rotate object to 0° | Z |

## Figure Selection

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Add (or remove) selected object to previously selected objects | ⇧Click, ⌘-Click |
| Add (or remove) selected range to previously selected objects | ⇧Drag, ⌘Drag |
| Bring figure to front | ⌥-Click |
| Toggle figure glow visibility | W |
| Toggle figure grab handle visibility | ⇧W |

## Figure Copying

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Cut selected text or object | ⌘X |
| Copy selected text or object | ⌘C |
| Paste selected text or object | ⌘V |
| Duplicate object | ⌥Drag or ⌘D |
| Delete selected object | ⌫ |

## Figure Meta

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Toggle status bar visibility | ⌥⌘/ |
| Set keyboard focus on status bar | ⌘/ |
| Toggle checkbox visibility | ⇧X |
| Toggle checkbox checked/unchecked state | X |
| Show the percent complete popup menu | ⌥-click checkmark adornment |
| Set percent complete to 10% through 100% and show checkbox | 1 through 0 |
| Set priority to none, very low, low, medium, high, urgent | ⌥0 through ⌥5 |
| Set rating from 0 to 5 stars | ⇧0 through ⇧5 |
| Show the meta mini popover | M |
| Show the dates mini popover | D (or ⌥-click date adornment) |
| Toggle start date | ⌥D |
| Toggle due date | ⇧D |
| When editing tag emoji field, display the standard Mac OS Character Viewer popover to insert an emoji or Unicode symbol | ⌃⌘Spacebar |
| Toggle notes window visibility | ⌘\ |
| Increase the adornment flag size | ^] |
| Decrease the adornment flag size | ^[ |

## Figure Miscellaneous

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Play/pause a selected media figure | ⇧⏯️ |
| Open a figure's asset, go to the figure's jump target, or activate in-place browsing or editing of movies, WebViews, or PDFs | Double-Click on figure |
| Open the figure's asset bypassing in-place browsing | ⌥Double-Click on figure |
| Edit the text or caption of the selected figure, else activate and play a selected video figure shown as preview or audio figure, or activate a PDF figure shown as preview, or activate a live web view figure | ⏎ or ⇧⏎ to skip editing|
| Deactivate an activated video or audio figure, PDF figure, or live web view figure (if the site's not capturing keystrokes), or stop the playback of an audio media figure | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Show Insert popover menu | I |
| Show Quick Look Preview | Spacebar if not a parent node in a list or mind map, else ⌥⇧Spacebar |
| Toggle shadow | S |
| Flip through a series of overlapping figures | ⌥Scroll with mouse hovering over overlapping figures |
| Decrease the pen size used for borders and lines | [ |
| Increase the pen size used for borders and lines | ] |
| Decrease the adornment flag size | ^[ |
| Increase the adornment flag size | ^] |
| Decrease the figure corner | { |
| Increase the figure corner | } |
| Decrease the figure margin | ⌥{ |
| Increase the figure margin | ⌥} |
| Decrease the figure width | ^{ |
| Increase the figure width | ^} |

## Brush & Pens

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Decrease the brush size when painting | [ |
| Increase the brush size when painting | ] |

## Text Editing

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit the text or caption of the selected figure | ⏎ |
| Create a new text figure | Click on the idea space background if the Text tool is active, else double-click if the Select tool is active |
| Create a new text figure with a certain width | Click and drag on the idea space background if the Text tool is active, else double-click and drag if the Select tool is active |
| Create text figure under selected object | ⌘⏎ |
| Create text figure over selected object | ⇧⌘⏎ |
| Enter a carriage return while editing | ⌥⏎ |
| Split the text at the current cursor position and make a figure with that text | ⌃⌥⏎ |
| End text editing | ⎋ (Escape) |

## Idea Graphs

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Create a connected text figure with directional line | While editing an existing text figure, ⌘-Click on the idea space background |
| Create a connected text figure with bidirectional line | While editing an existing text figure, ⇧⌘-Click on the idea space background |
| Create a connected text figure with nondirectional line | While editing an existing text figure, ⌥⌘-Click on the idea space background |
| Quickly connect one figure to another with directional line | Drag one figure on another while holding ⌘ |
| Quickly connect one figure to another with bidirectional line | Drag one figure on another while holding ⇧⌘ |
| Quickly connect one figure to another with nondirectional line | Drag one figure on another while holding ⌥⌘ |

## Lines

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Snap line to 45 degree increment | ⇧ (while dragging endpoint) |
| Add another point to a line currently being created | Hold ⌥ while releasing mouse button then click for the next point |
| Add another point to an existing line | Right-click on the line and choose Insert Midpoint |
| Stick line endpoint to a location within a target figure | ⌘ (while dragging endpoint) |
| Freely position line endpoint (will not stick to another figure) | ⌃ (while dragging endpoint) |

## List Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Create next text sibling | ⌘⏎ or ⏎ if editing |
| Create previous text sibling | ⇧⌘⏎ or ⇧⏎ if editing |
| Create child | ⌥⌘⏎ |
| Create parent | ⇧⌥⌘⏎ |
| Split the text at the current cursor position and make new sibling | ⌃⌥⏎ |
| Enter a carriage return while editing | ⌥⏎ |
| Indent a collection figure (turn figure into a child) | ⇥ or ⌃⇧→ |
| Outdent a collection figure (turn figure into a parent) | ⇧⇥ or ⌃⇧← |
| Insert a tab while editing | ⌥⇥ |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of a branch | Quick Spacebar Tap |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of a branch and its children | Quick ⌥Spacebar Tap or ⌥-Click the expand/collapse widget |
| Toggle the expand/collapse all branches at this level | Quick ⇧Spacebar Tap or ⇧Click the expand/collapse widget |
| Move the selected figures above their siblings | ⌃⇧↑ |
| Move the selected figures below their siblings | ⌃⇧↓ |
| Adopt the branch style when moving nodes | Press ⇧ right before dropping |
| Create a connected list figure with directional line | Select an existing list figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected list figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing list figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected list figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing list figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Mind Map Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Create next text sibling | ⌘⏎ or ⏎ if editing |
| Create previous text sibling | ⇧⌘⏎ or ⇧⏎ if editing |
| Create child | ⇥ or ⌥⌘⏎ |
| Create parent | ⇧⇥ or ⇧⌥⌘⏎ |
| Split the text at the current cursor position and make new sibling | ⌃⌥⏎ |
| Enter a carriage return while editing | ⌥⏎ |
| Indent a collection figure (turn figure into a child) | ⌃⌘→ or ⌃⇧→ |
| Outdent a collection figure (turn figure into a parent) | ⌃⌘← or ⌃⇧← |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of a branch | Quick Spacebar Tap |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of a branch and its children | Quick ⌥Spacebar Tap or ⌥-Click the expand/collapse widget |
| Toggle the expand/collapse all branches at this level | Quick ⇧Spacebar Tap or ⇧Click the expand/collapse widget |
| Move the selected figures above their siblings | ⌃⇧↑ |
| Move the selected figures below their siblings | ⌃⇧↓ |
| Adopt the branch style when moving nodes | Press ⇧ right before dropping |
| Create a connected mind map figure with directional line | Select an existing mind map figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected mind map figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing mind map figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected mind map figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing mind map figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Table Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Edit the next item | ⇥ |
| Edit the previous item | ⇧⇥ |
| Enter a carriage return while editing | ⌥⏎ |
| Resize just a row or column, without resizing entire table | ⌥Drag row or column divider |
| Add Row Above | Select cell, press ⌥Up |
| Add Row Above and Resize Table | Select cell, press ⌥⇧Up |
| Add Row Below | Select cell, press ⌥Down |
| Add Row Below and Resize Table | Select cell, press ⌥⇧Down |
| Add Column Before | Select cell, press ⌥Left |
| Add Column Before and Resize Table | Select cell, press ⌥⇧Left |
| Add Column After | Select cell, press ⌥Right |
| Add Column After and Resize Table | Select cell, press ⌥⇧Right |
| Create a connected table figure with directional line | Select an existing table figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected table figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing table figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected table figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing table figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Index Card Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Move between the title and body fields | ⇥, ⇧⇥ |
| Insert a tab while editing | ⌥⇥ |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of the index card | Quick Spacebar Tap (while the index card or its title is selected) |
| Create a connected index card figure with directional line | Select an existing index card figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected index card figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing index card figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected index card figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing index card figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Album Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of the album | Quick Spacebar Tap (while the album is selected, note this is only possible if the pinboard has a title) |
| Create a connected album figure with directional line | Select an existing album figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected album figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing album figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected album figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing album figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Pinboard Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of the pinboard | Quick Spacebar Tap (while the pinboard is selected, note this is only possible if the pinboard has a title) |
| Create a connected pinboard figure with directional line | Select an existing pinboard figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected pinboard figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing pinboard figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected pinboard figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing pinboard figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Stack Collections

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Edit selected item | ⏎ |
| Stop editing item | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Delete selected item | ⌫ |
| Create next text sibling | ⌘⏎, or just ⏎ if editing |
| Create previous text sibling | ⇧⌘⏎, or just ⇧⏎ if editing |
| Split the text at the current cursor position and make new sibling | ⌃⌥⏎ |
| Move the selected figures above their siblings | ⌃⇧↑ |
| Move the selected figures below their siblings | ⌃⇧↓ |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of the stack | Quick Spacebar Tap (while the stack is selected, note this is only possible if the stack has a title) |
| Create a connected stack figure with directional line | Select an existing stack figure, ⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected stack figure with bidirectional line | Select an existing stack figure, ⇧⌘-Click on idea space background |
| Create a connected stack figure with nondirectional line | Select an existing stack figure, ⌥⌘-Click on idea space background |

## Organizer

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Rename an Organizer item | ⏎, Enter |
| Indent Organizer items to the right | ⇥ |
| Move indented Organizer items to the left | ⇧⇥ |
| Extend selection to the selected Organizer item | ⇧Click |
| Add the selected range to previously selected Organizer items | ⇧Drag |
| Add (or remove) selected Organizer item to previously selected Organizer items | ⌘-Click |
| Select next Organizer item | ↓, or ⌘↓ if the Organizer doesn't have focus |
| Extend selection to the next Organizer item | ⇧↓ |
| Select previous Organizer item | ↑, or ⌘↑ if the Organizer doesn't have focus |
| Extend selection to the previous Organizer item | ⇧↑ |
| Delete selected Organizer items | ⌫ |
| Create new blank or default idea space | ⌥-Click the Add toolbar button |
| Create new idea space with same style/template as current | ⇧Click the Add toolbar button |
| Create a copy of an Organizer item | ⌥Drag the item to a destination location |
| Create an alias to an Organizer item | ⌥⌘Drag the item to a destination location |
| Collapse selected Organizer item | ← |
| Collapse selected Organizer item and all child Organizer items | ⌥← |
| Expand selected Organizer item | → |
| Expand selected Organizer item and all child Organizer items | ⌥→ |
| Scroll down a "page" of Organizer items without changing the selection | Page Down |
| Scroll up a "page" of Organizer items without changing the selection | Page Up |

## Presentation Mode

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| End the presentation | ⎋ (Escape) |
| Go to the next slide | →, ↓, Page Down, ⌘↓, Click when mouse cursor is hidden |
| Go to the previous slide | ←, ↑, Page Up, ⌘↑, ⌥-Click (or Right-Click) when mouse cursor is hidden |
| Go to the first slide | Home |
| Go to the last slide | End |
| Go back in history | [, Backspace, ⌘← |
| Go forward in history | ], ⌘→ |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of a selected mind map branch | Quick Spacebar Tap |
| Toggle the expand/collapse of a selected mind map branch and its children | Quick ⌥Spacebar Tap |
| Toggle the expand/collapse all selected mind map branches at this level | Quick ⇧Spacebar Tap |
| Toggle scaling mode | S |
| Zoom Out (experimental) | , or < |
| Zoom In (experimental) | . or > |
| Zoom Actual Size (experimental) | / |
| Scroll the idea space | Click and drag on the background or use mouse or trackpad scrolling |
| Select a figure | Click on figure |
| Open a figure's asset or go to the figure's jump target | Double-Click on figure |
| Play/pause a selected media figure | Spacebar |
| Set a rating | 0 through 5 (when a figure is selected) |