Tips and Shortcuts
Copying Shapes
You can copy and paste shapes within the same canvas or into a canvas of another Requirement.
Panning
Use
CTRL
+
Click
(or the right mouse button) to pan the canvas.
Zooming
Use
CTRL
or
ALT
+
mouse-wheel scroll
to zoom the canvas in/out.
Adding Shapes
Drag a shape from the
Shapes
panel and drop it onto the canvas.
Adding Images
Drag the image from Windows Explorer and drop it onto the canvas.
Note:
You cannot copy an image and paste it onto the canvas.
Cloning Shapes
Hover over a shape until you see blue arrows appear in each direction. Click the arrow to create a connected, cloned shape.
To clone without a connector,
Click
+
drag
the shape or click
CTRL
+
D
. This allows you to control the connector's length when you add it.
Connecting Shapes
Hover over a shape, then hover over the
anchor point
(x) on the edge, click and drag it to the destination.
Replacing Shapes
Drag the new shape onto the old, wait for the replace icon, and then drop the new shape.
Nudging Shapes
Select a shape, and use the keyboard arrow keys. If you hold the
Shift
+
Arrow
keys, you can nudge by larger steps (10 pixels)
Resizing Shapes
Select a shape. Hold down
Ctrl
+
Arrow
(resizes by 1 pixel). Resize the shape in larger increments (10 pixels) by using
Shift
, i.e.
Shift
+
Ctrl
+
Arrow
.
Using Text
Shapes
: Select a shape and just type.
White space
: Double-click anywhere and type.
Connector
: Select it and type.
Undoing an Action
CTRL
+
Z
Adding Image/Hyperlink
Click the
+
in the toolbar.
Multi-Selecting
Hold the left mouse button down and then drag over the items you want to select. Release the button. You can also
CTRL
+
Click
on individual items.
More Options
Right click the canvas.
Parent topic:
Using the Diagram Editor
Next topic:
Adding Shapes to the Canvas