Keyboard Shortcuts

Mastering NullPad's keyboard shortcuts will significantly speed up your documentation workflow.

General Actions

Shortcut	Action
`Alt` + `Q`	Create a new note
`Alt` + `S`	Create a new section
`Alt` + `A`	Go to previous section (left)
`Alt` + `D`	Go to next section (right)
`Alt` + `E`	Set anchor at mouse position (works over minimap for precise distant placement)
`Alt` + `W`	Go to workspace anchor (Home)
`Alt` + `T`	Consolidation of chronology blocks (Manual Stamp)
`Drag Anchor`	Real-time preview on Minimap to visualize positioning
`Alt` + `C`	Toggle Easy Copy mode (Creates a Note Cluster if multiple notes selected)
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo (scoped to current section)
`Ctrl` + `Y` / `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`	Redo
`Delete`	Delete all selected notes
`Alt` + `Left Click (Drag)`	Pan workspace (even over notes)
`Alt` + `R`	Open Navigator (Search and Section management)
`Alt` + `V`	Toggle Nexus (Chronos and Objectives)
`Esc`	Dismiss any active modal or overlay

Note Formatting

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `B`	Toggle Bold
`Ctrl` + `U`	Toggle Underline
`Ctrl` + `\`	Remove all formatting
`Ctrl` + `E`	Toggle Code formatting
`Ctrl` + `1` to `4`	Apply predefined theme colors
`Ctrl` + `'`	Apply custom color-picker color

List & Block Formatting

Type these at the start of a line followed by a Space:

Pattern	Result
`*`	Bulleted List
`1.`	Numbered List
`<`	Checkbox / To-Do
`>`	Toggle / Collapsible Block
`---` + `Enter`	Horizontal Line
```	Code Block (Nexus only)

Mouse & Selection

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `Click / Hover`	Select multiple notes to drag (Hold Ctrl to select on hover)
`Ctrl` + `Drag`	Box select multiple notes (on empty background)
`Click` (Empty Area)	Click anywhere on empty space inside a note to drag it
`Alt` + `Right Click (Drag)`	Move note by clicking anywhere on its surface (even over text)
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `L`	Select all occurrences of current selection (multi-cursor)
`Shift` + `Alt` + `Click`	Multi-cursor selection (Only inside an actively focused note)
`Alt` + `Scroll`	Zoom in/out of the canvas (See Linux fix)
`Mouse Scroll`	Scroll nexus
`Shift` + `Mouse Scroll`	Scroll horizontally
`Alt` + `Left Click`	Reset zoom to 1:1 and center view at clicked location (Center note if clicked on one) (See Linux fix)
`Left Click` (Background)	Pan workspace (Click and Drag)
`Double Click` (Section Name)	Rename section
`Double Click` (Nav Item)	Jump to item

Topology Canvas

Shortcut	Action
`Alt` + `Q`	Create a new node
`Alt` + `W`	Tidy Up (Align & distribute nodes)
`Alt` + `E`	Create cluster from selection (when >1 nodes selected)
`Alt` + `S`	Link nodes in series (when >1 nodes selected)
`Ctrl` + `Click`	Select/deselect multiple nodes
`Ctrl` + `Click` (on Workspace Notes)	Select multiple sidebar notes to drag together
`Ctrl` + `Drag`	Box select multiple nodes (on empty background)