Keyboard shortcuts for the Amazon Connect flow designer
The Amazon Connect flow designer includes keyboard shortcuts to help you use the designer efficiently.
To access the complete list of keyboard shortcuts, press Ctrl + / or choose Keyboard shortcuts, as shown in the following image.
The Keyboard shortcuts pane displays three tabs:
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General. Provides a summary of the most important keyboard shortcuts.
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Canvas. Lists shortcuts that are active only when the cursor is focused on the canvas area.
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Other. Includes all remaining keyboard shortcuts not covered in the previous tabs.
The following sections explain how use some of the keyboard shortcuts.
Home key: Go to Entry block
Press Home to jump to the Entry block.
When the canvas is in motion, a blue indicator appears at the center of the viewport to signify active movement.
The following GIF shows how to use the Home keyboard shortcut to jump to the Entry block.
Move viewport
After pressing the Home key, you can use W, A, S, and D to scroll through the canvas; hold to move faster.
The following GIF shows how to use these keyboard shortcuts to scroll through the flow designer canvas.
Select and move item
Use Arrow keys to navigate and select.
Press Space to pick up/drop, and move with Arrow keys.
The following GIF shows how to use the Arrow keys to navigate through, select, and move blocks on the flow designer canvas.
The following GIF shows pressing Space to pick up/drop and move with Arrow keys.
Auto-Arrange
The Auto-Arrange feature enables blocks to align within a structured, grid-based layout.
Use Ctrl + A to select all blocks, and Ctrl + Alt + A to auto-arrange them.
If one or more blocks are selected, only the selected blocks are auto-arranged.
This function is also accessible from the toolbar.
The following GIF shows how to use the keyboard shortcut to navigate between blocks on the flow designer canvas.
Navigate between blocks
When a block is selected, press K to cycle the outgoing branches of a block, and press L to select the cycled target.
This eliminates the need to manually trace the path to a connected block.
The following GIF shows how to use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate between blocks on the flow designer canvas.
Press J to trace the incoming branches to a block, as shown in the following GIF.
Sequentially step through all items
After clicking on the canvas, use the Page Up and Page Down keys to step through items sequentially, following a row-wise order.
The following GIF shows how to use these keyboard shortcuts to step through items sequentially.
Notes
After pressing the Home key, press N to create a new note.
Use Alt + N to fold or unfold the selected note.
When a note is selected, press Enter to begin editing.
The following GIF shows how to create notes using these keyboard shortcuts.
