Tips and Shortcuts

Copying Shapes

You can copy and paste shapes within the same canvas or into a canvas of another Requirement.

Panning

Use CTRL + Click (or the right mouse button) to pan the canvas.

Zooming

Use CTRL or ALT + mouse-wheel scroll to zoom the canvas in/out.

Adding Shapes

Drag a shape from the Shapes panel and drop it onto the canvas.

Adding Images

Drag the image from Windows Explorer and drop it onto the canvas.

Note: You cannot copy an image and paste it onto the canvas.

Cloning Shapes

Hover over a shape until you see blue arrows appear in each direction. Click the arrow to create a connected, cloned shape.

To clone without a connector, Click+drag the shape or click CTRL+D. This allows you to control the connector's length when you add it.

Connecting Shapes

Hover over a shape, then hover over the anchor point (x) on the edge, click and drag it to the destination.

Replacing Shapes

Drag the new shape onto the old, wait for the replace icon, and then drop the new shape.

Nudging Shapes

Select a shape, and use the keyboard arrow keys. If you hold the Shift+Arrow keys, you can nudge by larger steps (10 pixels)

Resizing Shapes

Select a shape. Hold down Ctrl+Arrow (resizes by 1 pixel). Resize the shape in larger increments (10 pixels) by using Shift, i.e. Shift+Ctrl+Arrow.

Using Text

Shapes: Select a shape and just type.
White space: Double-click anywhere and type.
Connector: Select it and type.

Undoing an Action

CTRL+Z

Adding Image/Hyperlink

Click the + in the toolbar.

Multi-Selecting

Hold the left mouse button down and then drag over the items you want to select. Release the button. You can also CTRL+Click on individual items.

More Options

Right click the canvas.