shortcuts.md

Keyboard Shortcuts

This page documents the keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys currently wired into the FlexBE WebUI.

Shortcut note:

• Some shortcuts are page-specific.
• Many focused controls also support keyboard activation with Enter or Space.

Global Shortcuts

These shortcuts are available regardless of the active page unless noted otherwise.

Shortcut	Action
F1	Switch to Dashboard
F2	Switch to State Machine Editor
F3	Switch to Runtime Control
F4	Switch to Settings
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+C	Copy selected states/transitions
Ctrl+X	Cut selected states/transitions
Ctrl+V	Paste copied states/transitions
Ctrl+T	Toggle terminal panel
Ctrl+Space	Open the radial tool overlay on key down; evaluate the current tool selection on key up
Esc	Abort an in-progress transition and clear the current statemachine selection
Del	Remove the selected transition

Dashboard

These shortcuts are active on the Dashboard page.

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+N	New behavior
Ctrl+L	Load behavior
Ctrl+S	Save behavior
Ctrl+E	Edit behavior code
Ctrl+B	View behavior code
Ctrl+K	Check behavior

State Machine Editor

These shortcuts are active on the State Machine page.

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+1	Add state
Ctrl+2	Add behavior
Ctrl+3	Add container
Ctrl+D	Toggle data flow graph
Ctrl+H	Toggle comments
Ctrl+4	Add comment
Ctrl+F	Toggle outcome fading
Ctrl+A	Auto-connect obvious outcomes
Ctrl+G	Group selected states
Ctrl+S	Save behavior
Ctrl+K	Check behavior
Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo

State Machine View Navigation

These shortcuts are specific to the State Machine drawing area.

Shortcut	Action
Shift	Temporarily enable panning mode and show the grid while held
Ctrl+0	Toggle Fit View; while active, click the drawing pane to return to 1:1 edit mode centered on the clicked point
Shift+Space	Pan back to the home position
Home / Ctrl+Home / Shift+Home	Pan back to the home position; exits Fit View first if active
End / Ctrl+End / Shift+End	Pan to the current canvas extents; exits Fit View first if active
Shift+Left	Pan left by one grid step
Shift+Right	Pan right by one grid step
Shift+Up	Pan up by one grid step
Shift+Down	Pan down by one grid step

Tool Overlay and Command Entry

The radial tool overlay and command entry use their own keyboard handling.

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Space	Open the tool overlay
Enter	If a main page has focus, open command entry
Enter in command entry	Execute the current command
Esc in command entry	Close command entry
Ctrl+Space in command entry	Close command entry
ArrowUp in command entry	Browse older command history
ArrowDown in command entry	Browse newer command history
ArrowRight in command entry	Accept/extend autocomplete when the caret is at the end of the line

Runtime Control

The Runtime Control page has fewer direct Mousetrap bindings, but it still supports keyboard activation through focused controls:

Shortcut	Action
Enter or Space on focused buttons	Activate the focused control
Enter or Space on focused checkboxes	Toggle the focused checkbox

Settings

The Settings page also relies mainly on focus-based keyboard interaction:

Shortcut	Action
Enter on focused text/number fields	Apply the associated field handler
Enter or Space on focused checkboxes	Toggle the focused checkbox

Accessibility and Focus Navigation

These behaviors are shared across panels.

Shortcut	Action
Tab	Move between focusable controls inside the active panel
Enter or Space on focused buttons	Trigger the button action
Enter on focused input fields with add/apply handlers	Trigger the associated add/apply action
Shift+Enter in the note editor	Save the note

Notes

• Many buttons and checkboxes are intentionally keyboard-accessible even when they do not have a dedicated global shortcut.
• Some shortcuts are page-specific and are ignored when the corresponding page is not active.
• The command-entry feature and the radial tool overlay are separate concepts:
  • Ctrl+Space controls the overlay.
  • Enter from a focused main page opens command entry.