Keyboard and mouse reference¶

⌘ is the Command key on macOS; on Windows and Linux use Ctrl.

Main window¶

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Reload all data	`⌘R`	`Ctrl+R`
Close current tab	`⌘W`	`Ctrl+W`
Close all tabs	`⇧⌘W`	`Ctrl+Shift+W`
Larger text	`⌘=`	`Ctrl+=`
Smaller text	`⌘-`	`Ctrl+-`
Default text size	`⌘0`	`Ctrl+0`
Go Back (where you were looking)	`⌘[`	`Alt+←`
Go Forward	`⌘]`	`Alt+→`
Quit	`⌘Q`	`Alt+F4`

Undo and Redo are on the toolbar.

Panels¶

Action	How
Show or hide a panel	Its button in the panel bar, or its name in the View menu
See which panel a bar button belongs to	Rest the pointer on the button — the panel pulses
Hide a panel	✕ in its header
Pop a panel out into its own window, or dock it back	The pop-out button in its header, which reads Dock once the panel is in a window; closing the window docks it too
Move a panel to another edge	Right-click its header → Move to …
Resize a panel	Drag the divider beside it
A ready-made arrangement	View → Layout → Build, Simulate, or Write
Start over	View → Layout → Reset Layout

See Arranging the panels.

Diagram¶

Gesture	Effect
Drag on empty canvas	Pan
Scroll	Zoom
Click	Select
`⌘`/`Ctrl` + click	Add to or remove from the selection
`⌘`/`Ctrl` + `Alt` + drag	Lasso-select
Drag a node	Move it
`Shift` while dragging a node	Allow it to change place
`Alt` + drag, state → state	New process
`Alt` + drag, place → state in it	New synthesis process
`Alt` + drag, state → its own place	New degradation process
`Alt` + drag, process → state	Add that state as a product
`Alt` + drag, state → process	Add reactant or modifier (asks for the role)
Right-click	Context menu for whatever is under the cursor
Drag from the Browser	Add a molecule, place, process, or model to the diagram

The Gesture Suggestions bar at the bottom of the diagram names what your current keys will do.

Parameter Explorer¶

Action	Shortcut
Focus the parameter search box	`⌘F` / `Ctrl+F`
Clear the search	`Esc` (in the box)

Biology Agent¶

Action	Shortcut
Send the message	`Enter`
New line in a message	`Shift+Enter`
Larger / smaller transcript text	`⌘=` / `⌘-` (`Ctrl` on Windows and Linux)

Tables and lists throughout¶

Action	Effect
Double-click a symbol in an equation or table	Jump to that state, process, or parameter
`⌘`/`Ctrl` + click a symbol	The same, even in a cell that a double-click would edit
Right-click a symbol	A menu item naming the destination — Show state … in the diagram
Double-click a heading in the Notes panel	Show that state or process in the diagram
Click a state or process in the Outline	Centre the diagram on it
Arrow keys in a Model Realization's tree	Show the selected item in the detail panel, as clicking does
Double-click a search result	Open it
Drag an experiment onto a MOE	Add it to that MOE

The Display Names toggle¶

Wherever equations or formulas are shown — the MOE equation listing, the Action Items table, the Edit Rate Law dialog — a Display Names toggle swaps S…/P… symbols for state and process names. Formula editors always work in symbols, so turn it off before editing.