Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts for the Graph Editor

State Machine 2 includes many keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow in the Graph Editor.

General

Shortcut (Mac)	Shortcut (Windows)	Description
Space	Space	Open node creation menu
Cmd + S	Ctrl + S	Save the state machine
F	F	Focus on selection, or center graph if nothing selected

Selection & Editing

Shortcut (Mac)	Shortcut (Windows)	Description
Cmd + A	Ctrl + A	Select all nodes
Cmd + C	Ctrl + C	Copy selected nodes
Cmd + V	Ctrl + V	Paste copied nodes
Cmd + X	Ctrl + X	Cut selected nodes
Cmd + D	Ctrl + D	Duplicate selected nodes
Delete	Delete	Delete selected nodes

Organization

Shortcut (Mac)	Shortcut (Windows)	Description
Cmd + G	Ctrl + G	Group or ungroup selected nodes

Alignment

Shortcut (Mac)	Shortcut (Windows)	Description
Cmd + Alt + ←	Ctrl + Alt + ←	Align selected nodes to the left
Cmd + Alt + →	Ctrl + Alt + →	Align selected nodes to the right
Cmd + Alt + ↑	Ctrl + Alt + ↑	Align selected nodes to the top
Cmd + Alt + ↓	Ctrl + Alt + ↓	Align selected nodes to the bottom
Cmd + Alt + C	Ctrl + Alt + C	Align selected nodes to the center (horizontal)
Cmd + Alt + M	Ctrl + Alt + M	Align selected nodes to the middle (vertical)

Navigation

Shortcut (Mac)	Shortcut (Windows)	Description
Scroll Wheel	Scroll Wheel	Zoom in/out
Middle Mouse Drag	Middle Mouse Drag	Pan the graph view
Right Mouse Drag	Right Mouse Drag	Pan the graph view

Tip: Press Space anywhere on the canvas to quickly open the node creation menu at your cursor position.