Shortcuts

The fastest Round Trip workflow keeps one hand on search and the other on the canvas. Text fields keep their normal editing keys; graph shortcuts run when a text input does not own the event.

The problem

Following a bug across three classes can turn into a tour of tiny buttons. Search and rail navigation have direct gestures, as do source history and graph edits, but only if you know which surface has focus.

When to reach for it

Use shortcuts when you already know the next class, member, or edit. Keep context menus for actions you use less often, such as Split Pins, Edit Catch Clauses, or Remove Reroute.

See it

The shortcut table is the visual reference. Read the key in the first column, the action in the second, and the surface that must own focus in the third.

Shortcut table

Key or gesture	What it does	Where it works
Cmd/Ctrl+K	Toggle the class picker	Round Trip Graphs window
Cmd/Ctrl+P	Focus global search	Round Trip Graphs window
Cmd/Ctrl+S	Run the unified Compile path for pending drafts	Graph window
Cmd/Ctrl+Z	Undo the latest in-session graph action	Graph window, except while editing text
Cmd+Shift+Z	Redo	macOS graph window, except text input
Ctrl+Y	Redo	Windows or Linux graph window, except text input
Cmd/Ctrl+C	Copy the selected graph subgraph	Canvas
Cmd/Ctrl+X	Cut the selected graph subgraph	Canvas
Cmd/Ctrl+V	Paste the graph clipboard	Canvas
Delete or Backspace	Delete the graph selection	Canvas, except text input
Shift+W / Shift+S	Align the selected nodes’ top or bottom edges (Align Top, Align Bottom)	Canvas, two or more nodes selected, except text input
Shift+A / Shift+D	Align the selected nodes’ left or right edges (Align Left, Align Right)	Canvas, two or more nodes selected, except text input
Shift+M / Shift+C	Line up vertical centers (Align Middle) or horizontal centers (Align Center)	Canvas, two or more nodes selected, except text input
F2	Rename the focused eligible identity	Right rail
Enter	Commit a rename or activate a picker or method row	Right rail, pickers, method rail
Escape	Cancel rename or dismiss a picker	Right rail and pickers
Up / Down	Move through picker results or method rows	Focused picker or method rail
Left / Right	Collapse or expand overload and accessor groups	Method rail
Space	Activate the focused method row	Method rail
Alt-click a wire	Break that wire	Canvas
Double-click a wire	Add a reroute knot	Canvas
Double-click method title	Open the active method in source	Top rail
Double-click method row	Open that method in source	Method rail

The current editor implementation also accepts Cmd/Ctrl+O for the class picker. Cmd/Ctrl+K is the documented class-finding shortcut used throughout these guides.

Do it

1. Press Cmd/Ctrl+K, type part of a Platformer class name, move with Up or Down, and press Enter.

2. Press Cmd/Ctrl+P, search for a method, and activate the result.

3. Focus the method rail. Move with Up and Down, expand a group with Right, and open a child with Enter.

4. Select a node, copy and paste it, then undo and redo. Watch the toolbar buttons track the same history.

5. Double-click a wire, move the new reroute knot, then Alt-click the wire to break it. Undo to restore the connection and its route.

6. Select two nodes and right-click one. The align entries show the same keys as this table (⇧W and so on on macOS). Close the menu and press Shift+A to align their left edges.

You should see

You can move from class search to a graph edit and back through undo without reaching for a toolbar button.

Change one thing

Open three methods using only class picker, global search, and rail keys. Then use the top-rail back button to retrace the same route. Keyboard edit history and method navigation history are separate.

What it writes

Shortcuts invoke the same actions as their buttons and menus. Cmd/Ctrl+S writes pending drafts through Compile; navigation and selection keys write nothing. Copy remains inside Round Trip’s graph clipboard.

When it goes wrong

When it goes wrong

Symptom	Check	Fix
Delete removes text instead of a node.	Look for a focused text editor in the right rail or a literal.	Commit or cancel the text edit, return focus to the canvas, then delete the selection.
Undo changes typed text instead of the graph.	Check which control owns keyboard focus.	Leave the text field before using graph undo.
Alt-click does not break anything.	Confirm the pointer is over a rendered wire or connected pin.	Use the wire context menu and choose Break Link when the hit area is crowded.

Next

• Classes and members: apply the rail keys to real overloads and accessors.
• Layout, reroutes, and comments: use the pointer gestures with persistent layout.
• Preview and Compile: understand what Cmd/Ctrl+S writes.