# Keyboard shortcuts for the Amazon Connect flow designer
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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 \$1 / or choose **Keyboard shortcuts**, as shown in the following image.

![\[The Keyboard shortcuts on the flow designer.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/flow-designer-keyboard-shortcuts.png)


The **Keyboard shortcuts** pane displays three tabs:
+ **General**. Provides a summary of the most important keyboard shortcuts.
+ **Canvas**. Lists shortcuts that are active only when the cursor is focused on the canvas area.
+ **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
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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.

![\[A GIF that shows how to jump to the Entry block.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/go-to-entry-block.gif)


## Move viewport
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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.

![\[A GIF that shows how use W, A, S, and D to scroll through the canvas.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/move-viewport.gif)


## Select and move item
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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.

![\[A GIF that shows how to navigate through, select, and move blocks on the flow designer canvas.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/arrowkeys.gif)


The following GIF shows pressing **Space** to pick up/drop and move with **Arrow keys**.

![\[A GIF that shows how to navigate through, and select and move blocks on the canvas.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/space-select-and-move.gif)


## Auto-Arrange
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The Auto-Arrange feature enables blocks to align within a structured, grid-based layout.

Use Ctrl \$1 A to select all blocks, and Ctrl \$1 Alt \$1 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.

![\[A GIF that shows how to auto-arrange blocks on a canvas.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/auto-arrange.gif)


## Navigate between blocks
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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.

![\[A GIF that shows how to navigate between blocks on a canvas.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/kcycle.gif)


Press J to trace the incoming branches to a block, as shown in the following GIF.

![\[A GIF that shows how to trace the incoming branches to a block.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/j-cycle-navigate-between-blocks.gif)


## Sequentially step through all items
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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.

![\[A GIF that shows stepping through items sequentially using the Page Up and Page Down keys.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/upage.gif)


## Notes
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After pressing the Home key, press N to create a new note.

Use Alt \$1 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.

![\[A GIF that shows how to create notes using keyboard shortcuts.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/GIF/notes.gif)