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The Flow Canvas

How to navigate the flow canvas

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Written by Holly Conrad Smith
Updated over 2 months ago

Canvas Navigation

Pan

Click and drag to pan around the canvas.

Zoom

Scroll the center scroll-wheel of the mouse, or use to fingers on touchpad.

Select and Move Nodes

Click and drag a node to move it.

Hold shift and click to add more nodes to your current selection.

Hold shift and drag to marquee select multiple nodes.

Copy/Cut/Paste/Delete Nodes

Use ctrl + c to copy

Use ctrl + x to cut

Use ctrl + v to paste

Use del to remove a node

Use alt + drag to quick copy. This retains any wired connections.

Right Click Pet Menu

Right click anywhere on the flow canvas to see the pet menu.

Cut/Copy/Del

Another way to cut, copy, and delete from the menu.

Enable/Disable

Disable nodes to prevent their changes from being applied in the flow.

Bake Geometry

Turn flow geometry into individual features. This disconnects the flow and creates a single feature for every flow-generated element.

Select a node.

Right click and select "disable"

Embed Data

Add the JSON for a geometry directly into a flow.

Select a feature node. Right Click and select "embed"

Align Top

Organize the flow canvas by aligning nodes.

Select multiple nodes and choose "align top."

Zoom to bounds

Right click and select "fit to view"

You can also use shortcut ctrl + f

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