Shortcut Keys for Navigation and Selection

Desktop keyboard and mouse shortcuts are provided for navigation controls, most items in the context menu, and a few other controls.

Action Shortcut Keys Description Function

Pan

Left mouse click drag or
1+Left mouse click drag

Pan right, left, up or down.

Navigation

Zoom

mouse scroll or
2+left mouse click drag

Drag up to zoom in, down to zoom out

Navigation

Fast zoom

Ctrl+mouse scroll

Scroll up for fast zoom in and down for zoom out.

Navigation

Rotate (Manual)

Right mouse click drag or
3+Left mouse click drag

Rotate right, left, up or down, centered on a selection, or the center of all nodes.

Navigation

Rotate (Automatic)

Ctrl+O

Toggle to rotate all data continuously around a selected center, or stop rotating.

Navigation

Orbit (Automatic) around x- y- or z- axis

x: Ctrl+alt+shift+o
y: Ctrl+o
z: Ctrl+shift+o

Toggle to rotate all data continuously around the x - y- or z- axis, or stop rotating.

Navigation

Stepwise Move

Arrow key click (right, left, up, or down)

Move all the data a step right, left, up, or down.

Navigation

Reset view

Alt+Shift+R

Reset entire view to the center of the graph. *NOTE:* Click the Fly Out icon to center all the graph data on the screen, and the Center To icon to center the view on selected nodes.

Navigation

Show info

Ctrl+I or
left mouse double click

Displays the information window for a selected node.

Information

Hide menu

Esc

Hides a panel (i.e. Project, Table, etc.) or information window.

Information

Full Screen

Ctrl+F

Enter full screen mode. Press Esc to exit full screen.

Navigation

Select all nodes

Ctrl+A

Select all visible nodes.

Selection

Deselect all nodes

Alt+A (Option+A) or
Double click empty space

Deselect all visible nodes.

Selection

Select a node or nodes

Left mouse click or
Shift+Left mouse click drag

Select one or more nodes.

Selection

Center on a node

c+Left mouse double click

Selects and centers the view on a single node.

Selection & Navigation

Add a node or nodes to a selection

Ctrl+Left mouse click or
Ctrl+Left mouse click drag

Add one or more nodes to a selection.

Selection

Subtract a node or nodes

Alt+Left mouse click or
Alt+Left mouse click drag

Remove one or more nodes from a selection.

Selection

Select all orphaned (floating) nodes

Shift+D

Select all nodes with no connection.

Selection

Drag selection

Left mouse click drag

Drag (and pin) selected nodes and edges to a different position in the graph space.

Selection

Invert selection

I or Shift+I

Toggle to select nodes not currently selected.

Selection

Expand

Ctrl+X

Display a dialog to pull nodes connected to the selected nodes based on relationships from the project’s Neo4j database.

Selection & Import

Leaf Trimming

Ctrl+L

Collapse nodes with only one connection to a single node. Enter the shortcut key again to restore trimmed nodes.

Selection & Editing

Pin or Release

Ctrl+P

Toggle to pin, or release pinning of selected nodes.

Selection

Delete selection

del or backspace

Deletes selected nodes and edges.

Selection & Editing

Clear graph

Ctrl+Shift+C

Remove all data from the graph space.

Selection & Editing

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Immediately undo a Delete or Clear action.

Editing

To access a reference panel of shortcuts in your GraphXR project space, click the Shortcut icon located at the lower left of the browser window.
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