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Relationships graph keyboard shortcuts (Mac OS)

Use the following shortcuts to navigate, select objects, move and resize tables, and issue commands in the relationships graph.

Table and relationship selection and arrangement shortcuts

 

To	Press
Move the selection around the relationships graph, individually selecting tables, notes, or relationships	Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow, Right Arrow
Move the selection incrementally between objects	Shift+Up Arrow, Shift+Down Arrow, Shift+Left Arrow, Shift+Right Arrow
Move the selection to an object that includes text beginning with specific characters	Type the characters Note  If multiple objects share initial characters, you can move the selection to the next occurrence by pressing -G or typing the characters again.
Switch between the relationships graph and the zoom controls	Tab
Move the selected object	Control-Up Arrow, Control-Down Arrow, Control-Left Arrow, Control-Right Arrow after selecting a table, or drag the selected table
Resize the selected object	Control-Shift-Up Arrow, Control-Shift-Down Arrow, Control-Shift-Left Arrow, Control-Shift-Right Arrow after selecting a fully expanded table
Select multiple tables	Shift-click, drag selection around multiple tables Note  To select by partially dragging around tables, press while dragging.
Select all tables	-A
Select all tables directly related to the currently selected table	-Y
Select tables with the same source table	-U
Toggle the display state of selected tables (Tables can be displayed fully expanded, by table name alone, and by table name and related fields. Notes can be displayed expanded or collapsed.)	-T

Relationships graph shortcuts

 

To	Press
Add a table	-Shift-T
Edit a table	-O when one table is selected
Delete a table	Delete when one or more tables are selected
Add a relationship	-Shift+R
Edit a relationship	-O when one relationship is selected
Delete a relationship	Delete when one or more relationships are selected
Add a text note	-Shift-N while dragging
Duplicate a selection	-D, or Option while dragging
Change to Pointer mode	-R
Change to Zoom In mode	- = (equals) Note  Option-click temporarily changes to Zoom Out mode.
Change to Zoom Out mode	- -(hyphen) Note  Option-click temporarily changes to Zoom In mode.
Change to Note mode	-N
Change the display percentage of the relationships graph	Type a percentage value, then Enter
Snap to fit	-I
Turn page guides on and off	-E
Display page setup options	-Shift-P
Undo the last command	-Z