iThoughtsX for Mac: Keyboard Shirtcuts to Quickly

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FAQ: Keyboard shortcuts toketaWare

Source URL: http://toketaware.com/ithoughts-faq-keyboard-shortcuts/

The following keyboard shortcuts are available in both iOS and OSX versions

(unless indicated otherwise.)

Key Action

TAB Create a new child

RETURN End edit or create new sibling

CMD+RETUR Start edit or create a new sibling (splitting the text at the cursor if
N necessary)

SHIFT+RETU Create a new sibling (before)

RN

ALT+RETURN Insert newline into topic text

SHIFT+TAB Create new parent

F2 [OSX only] Edit selected topic text

PERIOD Show/Hide a branch

[0..9] Show N levels or sub topic deep

CMD [1..5] Set topic priority

ALT [1..9] Add nth favourite icon

SPACE Show QuickLook (images/attachments)

ESC Abort edit and revert to original text or deselect all. Undo is
available to recover any reverted text.

CMD+A Select All (visible) topics

Arrow Key Navigate around the map (topic to topic)

CMD+Arrow Change topic order
Key

ALT+Arrow Nudge manual aligned topic positions

Key

CMD+ALT+Ar Create new related floating topics

row Key

CMD+[X C V] Cut/ Copy/ Paste

BACKSPACE Delete selected topics (including child topics)

CMD+BACKS Delete individual (selected) topics (not including child topics)

PACE

CMD +/- Increase/decrease size (image, font etc.)

CMD+[B I U] Bold/ Italic/ Underline

CMD+ALT+U Strikethrough

CMD+F [OSX only] Find/Replace

CMD+SHIFT+ Toggle the notes window open/closed

T

CMD+CTRL+ Toggle between editing note and topic text

T

CMD+R Research - launch browser with topic text as search term

CTRL+CMD+ Toggle 'full screen' mode

F

CMD+SHIFT+ Insert Callout topic

K

L [OSX only] Create relationship between 2 selected topics

CMD+0 Toggle between 'Zoom to fit map' and 'Center map with no
zoom'

CMD+SHIFT+ Toggle between 'Zoom to fit map' and 'Zoom to fit selection'
0

CMD+CTRL+ Toggle 'auto zoom' on/o (ie prezi eect)

0

CMD+SHIFT+ Zoom in
>

CMD+SHIFT+ Zoom out

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P Increment the Progress attribute (SHIFT+P to decrement)

CMD+K [OSX only] Edit the hyperlink attribute

CMD+ALT+K Open the hyperlink

CMD+SHIFT+ Toggle Focus mode on/o

F

DoubleClick Canvas Create new floating topic (DoubleTap on iOS)

CMD+DoubleClick Create new related floating topic

Canvas (SHIFT+DoubleTap on iOS)

CMD+DoubleClick Create new relationship (SHIFT+DoubleTap on

Topic iOS)

FAQ: Tips and Tricks (Mac)

toketaWare

Advanced Tips and Tricks

iThoughts is intended to be 'easy to use'. In order to achieve

that, I've had to 'hide' many of the more 'advanced features' -
making them dicult to discover. Below you can see (and
download) a mind map which documents many of these.