Keyboard Shortcuts

Verified against Kanvaz v9.7.0 — transcribed directly from src/shortcuts.js and confirmed live against the in-app reference (? any time).

Press ? anywhere in Kanvaz to open this same reference with a live filter box. A few of these (Save, Open, Command Palette, Home Screen toggle, Top Mode, MoodLock) work even while a text field is focused — noted below.

Always available

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+S	Save board
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save as
Ctrl+O	Open board
Ctrl+F	Search (routes to Map View’s search if Map is active)
Ctrl+K	Command Palette
Ctrl+H	Toggle Home Screen
Ctrl+Shift+T	Toggle Top Mode
Left / Right	While MoodLock is on: previous / next reference
Ctrl+Shift+L	MoodLock: isolate the selection and hide every toolbar (see Isolate View)

Canvas

Shortcut	Action
Scroll	Zoom in/out
Ctrl+Scroll	Fine zoom
Middle-mouse drag / Space+drag	Pan
Alt+drag	Pan (works over cards too, Maya-style)
0	Reset zoom
+ / -	Zoom step
F	Fit all cards
Shift+F	Zoom to selection (fits everything if nothing selected)
Ctrl+1..9	Save current view to a numbered bookmark (session only)
1..9	Jump to a saved view bookmark
/	Quick search
Shift+I	Isolate View (hide everything but the selection)
M	Toggle Map View
L	Toggle theme (dark/light)
Shift+L	Toggle Layers panel
S	Toggle side panel (opens to Settings first time)
Insert	Toggle side panel (remembers last section)
PageUp / PageDown	Cycle side panel sections
I	About Kanvaz
?	This shortcut reference
Escape	Deselect, close panels, exit Isolate View
Double-click canvas	New note (if enabled in Settings)

Cards (with a card selected)

Shortcut	Action
Click	Select card
Ctrl+A	Select all
Ctrl+drag / V	Box-select multiple (V toggles the mode, Esc exits)
Drag	Move card
Arrow keys	Nudge 1px
Shift+Arrow	Nudge 10px
Delete / Backspace	Delete card
Ctrl+D	Duplicate
Ctrl+G	Group selected cards (2+)
Ctrl+Shift+G	Ungroup
P	Pin/unpin
A	Annotate (image/video/GIF/3D cards only)
H	Hide/show annotations
C	Connections
E	Properties

File

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+S	Save board
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save as
Ctrl+O	Open board
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y (or Ctrl+Shift+Z)	Redo

Notes on how these are dispatched

• Shortcuts are suppressed while a text field, textarea, or dropdown is focused — except the “Always available” set above, which fires regardless (so Ctrl+S always saves, even mid-typing in a note).
• Caps Lock doesn’t break modifier detection — shortcuts compare the real Ctrl/Shift key state, never the letter’s case.
• Map View has its own key handling while active; most Board-only shortcuts (zoom, per-card operations) are inactive there.
• Scratch Board owns the number keys 1–7 for its own tools while active, taking priority over the view-bookmark shortcuts above.

Related

• Board View, Map View, Scratch Board
• Side Panel — what S, Shift+L, Insert open