Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts enable you to navigate quickly in the event modeling canvas of oNote. Keys and key combinations are supported for Vim, Emacs, Emacs Meta key, and standard (other) text editors.

The Interface Designer does not have keyboard shortcuts due to its graphical nature.

These shortcuts became available in the cursor-based version 0.4.0 and later of oNote.
Press Shift+? to get available options at any location in the model canvas.
Keyboard shortcuts help
Keyboard shortcuts help

View keyboard shortcuts help

Description Keys

Opens the help page for keyboard shortcuts directly in the oNote app.

Shift+?

Opens the help page for keyboard shortcuts if you are in a text editing mode.

Ctrl+Shift+?

Import an event model

Description Keys

Opens the Import Event Model in JSON format dialog at the current cursor position.

Shift+i

Create a model object

Create a model object at the current cursor position. First press Enter and give the object a name. Then press any of the following keys.

Description Keys

Create and link objects using smart cursor mode.

Shift+Enter

Create a model object in manual mode at the cursor position.

Enter

Create a model object in manual mode at the cursor position. After naming the object, hit tab to quickly create more objects within a lane.

tab

Cut or copy and paste a model object

Description Keys Vim Keys Emacs Keys Standard

Cut a model object.

D

Ctrl+K

Ctrl+X

Copy a model object.

Y

Alt+W

Ctrl+C

Paste a model object that was cut or copied.

P

Ctrl+Y

Ctrl+V

Edit a model object

Edit a model object at the current cursor position. You can edit the name and description of an object.

If focus is on an Interface object, the Interface Designer opens.
Description Keys

Edit the name and description of a model object.

Shift+Enter

Edit the name of a model object.

Enter

Delete a model object

Description Keys

Delete a model object at the current cursor position

Delete Your Delete key label may vary.

Links

Link model objects manually if you are not using smart cursor mode.

For more information, see the link overview. To view a video demo, see the keyboard linking video.

Lanes

Description Keys Vim Keys Emacs

Adds a lane above the cursor

Shift+o

Ctrl+o

Adds a lane below the cursor

o

Ctrl+j

Deletes a lane at the cursor location

dd

Ctrl+k
Click the name of a custom lane to edit its name.

For more information, see default and custom lanes.

Interface Editor

Description Keys

Opens the Interface Designer when cursor focus is on an interface object

Shift+Enter

Move cursor

Use your keyboard arrow keys or keyboard shortcuts to move the cursor to the desired location in the event model canvas. The cursor focus appears as a box with a blue outline.

Cursor movement
Description Keys Vim Keys Emacs Emacs meta Standard

Move cursor up

k

Ctrl+p

N/A

Up arrow keyboard key

Move cursor down

j

Ctrl+n

N/A

Down arrow keyboard key

Move cursor right

l

Ctrl+f

N/A

Right arrow keyboard key

Move cursor left

h

Ctrl+b

N/A

Left arrow keyboard key

Move cursor home

N/A

N/A

N/A

Home

Move cursor end

N/A

N/A

N/A

End

Move cursor to first object on top of model

gg

Shift+Alt+, (comma)

Shift+Meta+, (comma)

Page Up

Move cursor to last object at bottom of model

Shift+g

Shift+Alt+. (period)

Shift+Meta+. (period)

Page Down

Move cursor start of current model lane

0 (zero)

Ctrl+a

N/A

N/A

Move cursor end of current model lane

Shift+4

Ctrl+e

N/A

End
Your keyboard might not have certain keys. For instance, the Mac keyboard does not have a dedicated Home, Insert, Meta, Page Up/Page Down, or End key.

Mac keyboard equivalents

Missing key Equivalent keystrokes

Insert

fn+Enter

Home

fn+Left arrow key

End

fn+Right arrow key

Page Up

fn+Up arrow key

Page Down

fn+Down arrow key

Meta (or Alt)

option See https://osxdaily.com/2013/02/01/use-option-as-meta-key-in-mac-os-x-terminal/ for instructions.