Keyboard Shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut in Neural Garden, in one place.

Global shortcuts

These work anywhere in the app.

These work on the canvas while you're not typing.

Tip: Pasting a link, picture or text from elsewhere makes a new thought.

Shortcut	Action
`F`	Fit everything, or the selection
`Delete / Backspace`	Delete what's selected
`Cmd/Ctrl + A`	Select all
`Cmd/Ctrl + C, then Cmd/Ctrl + V`	Copy and paste thoughts
`Cmd/Ctrl + Z`	Undo
`Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z`	Redo (or Ctrl + Y)
`Cmd/Ctrl + / Cmd/Ctrl -`	Zoom in / out
`Cmd/Ctrl + Scroll`	Zoom toward the pointer
`Hold F`	Quick zoom: see everything
`Enter`	Edit the selected thought
`Double-click empty space`	New thought
`Double-click a thought`	Open it as a garden
`Cmd/Ctrl + Left / Up`	Collapse the selected thought
`Cmd/Ctrl + Right / Down`	Expand the selected thought
`Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Left / Up`	Collapse all
`Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Right / Down`	Expand all

With one thought selected, the arrow keys jump to the nearest thought in that direction. Tab follows the sort order instead.

Shortcut	Action
`Arrow keys`	Nearest thought in that direction
`Tab / Shift + Tab`	Next / previous thought

These work while you're editing a thought's notes.

Shortcut	Action
`/`	Open the command menu
`/image`	Add a picture
`/ai`	Ask AI about this thought
`[[`	Link to another thought
`[ [ with text selected`	Turn the text into a link
`Cmd/Ctrl + K`	Add or edit a web link
`Cmd/Ctrl + .`	Fold or unfold a nested list
`Enter at the end of a folded line`	New line below the folded part
`Backspace below a folded line`	Back up to the folded line
`Shift + Enter`	New line
`Escape / Cmd/Ctrl + Enter`	Save and stop editing

On a phone or tablet, use these instead.