Select Data on the Canvas

Selecting nodes and edges on the canvas can be done using:

  • Mouse and keyboard selection controls

  • Toolbar Select Visible and Inverse icons.

  • One-click selection in the Legend by category, property, tag, relationship, or relationship property.

  • Search of property values in the graph, and selection of search results.

  • Tables of data by category and relationship, to select, center on, or edit data on the project canvas.

Select data with mouse and keyboard controls

Use standard mouse and/or keyboard Selection Shortcuts to select visible data on the project canvas. You can select one or more nodes and/or edges and add to or subtract from your selection.

Once you have a selection, you can:

  • Use left mouse click drag to manually move a selection to another part of the canvas and pin the selection to that location.

  • Click Inverse on the toolbar or the right-click Select menu to deselect currently selected nodes and edges, and select all the other visible data. The badge on the toolbar icon shows the number of currently selected nodes.

    04 02 05 Inverse
    Inverse is often used along with Hide / Unhide Selection to simplify a graph by temporarily removing and then restoring some of its data.

  • Tag and label any selection, which lists it in the Legend’s Tag section.

Action Shortcut Keys Description Function

Select all nodes

Ctrl+A

Select all visible nodes.

Select

Deselect all nodes

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

Deselect all visible nodes.

Select

Select a node or nodes

Left mouse click or
Shift+Left mouse click drag

Select one or more nodes.

Select

Center on a node

c+Left mouse double click

Selects and centers the view on a single node.

Select & Navigaten

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.

Select

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.

Select

Drag selection

Left mouse click drag

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

Select

Invert selection

I or Shift+I

Toggle to select nodes not currently selected.

Selectn

Expand

Ctrl+X

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

Select & Import

Pin or Release

Ctrl+P

Toggle to pin, or release pinning of selected nodes.

Select

Delete selection

del or backspace

Deletes selected nodes and edges.

Select & Edit

Clear graph

Ctrl+Shift+C

Remove all data from the graph space.

Select & Edit

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Immediately undo a Delete or Clear action.

Edit
To access shortcut reference within a project, click the Kineviz icon at the lower left of the browser window and select Shortcut from the menu.
Shortcut

Select in the Legend

The Legend displays scrollable lists of nodes or edges currently visible in the graph by

  • Category

  • Property values of Categories

  • Tag

  • Relationship

  • RelProperty property values of Relationships

Click on a Legend section to display the lists of the nodes or edges. By default, the legend displays the category list. You can click the Relationship section to display the list of relationships below the categories.

04 02 00 LegendSelect

List items appear in bubbles that include the label, the total number of nodes or edges of that type, and the number currently selected. The list is displayed in descending order of the amount of data: items with the most nodes (or edges) appear at the top of a list. You can:

  • Click a list bubble to choose all its nodes (or edges).

  • Ctrl+ left click to select more than one list item.

Use the mouse wheel or scroll gesture to scroll through long lists.

Select by Category, Tag, or Relationship

  1. In the Legend, click Category, Tag, or Relationship

  2. Click a list item to select:

    All the nodes of a Category or Tag, or

    All the edges of a Relationship

    04 02 01 LegendCatRelSelect

Select by Property value

  1. In the Legend, click Property or RelProperty

  2. Use the dropdown menu to choose the Category (or Relationship) and Property Name.

    04 02 02 LegendPropNameSelect
    You can see a list of all property names, but since they do not have to be unique across the database, it’s best to select the property name for a specific Category.

  3. Click a list item to select all the nodes (or edges) with that specific property value. Use Ctrl - click to choose more than one list item.

    04 02 03 LegendPropValSelect

    == Select using a Table

To search and select from a table:

  1. Select data in the graph using any method, or double-click in an empty area to de-select all data.

  2. Open the Table panel, click the Category or Relationship tab, and a category or relationship label to display a table of the nodes (or edges).

  3. In the table’s Search bar, enter a search term to show the rows for items with any property value matching the search term.

  4. Click Select All to select all the data that match your search.

    04 02 04 TableSearchSelect
    A table search followed by Select All _ lets you select multiple nodes (or edges) with similar property values, for example _Location nodes with the same postalCode.