Shortcuts and tips

Open a map in its own tab

On Your maps, open a map with Ctrl+click or a middle click, or right-click it and choose to open it in a new tab. The map then has a tab of its own with nothing to go back to. So a swipe on the touchpad, which browsers take as Back, cannot take you off the map by accident.

Install Complexity as an app

In Chrome or Edge, install Complexity from the address bar, or with Install the app in Your settings. It opens in its own window without browser bars, so the map gets more room. It still needs the internet.

Keys on the map

Key	What it does
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V	Copy and paste the selected steps (within one map)
Delete (hold)	Delete the selected steps, or an empty group
Shift+Delete (hold)	Also delete the outputs of other steps that lead into them
Esc	Close the editor; close Bird’s eye
Enter	Open the editor of the selected step
Left, Right	Go to the step’s inputs or outputs, then follow the line
Up, Down	Choose between the lines on that side
Ctrl + scroll	Zoom

Mouse moves

• Shift-click steps to select several. Drag one of them to move them all into a group.
• Right-click a step for its menu: new step or stage note, highlight, select, copy, duplicate, comment.
• Right-click a line to Disconnect it or to Highlight same connectors.
• Right-click the empty map to Paste.
• Click a solid dot for New node from here.

Small habits

• Pin the editor on a large screen, so it does not slide in and out.
• Add the inputs you know, even without a source. The open end reminds you in Issues.
• Use Free editing to sketch, Rigid to finish. See Editing modes.
• Start from a demo. An empty map offers three demo maps: a process, a customer journey and an information architecture.

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