Hotkeys and Controls

The node editor provides many different hotkeys/keyboard shortcuts and controls to make editing Dialogue assets quick and easy.

Viewport Controls

Panning

Panning

To pan the node view, you can either middle mouse press and hold, then drag your mouse, or you can hold Ctrl and Left Mouse on the grid and drag.

Zooming

Zooming

You can zoom in and out by scrolling the middle mouse wheel or using Ctrl+ and Ctrl-.

Resizing

Resizing Nodes

Most types of nodes can be resized by hovering the mouse over their edge and clicking and dragging to resize them.

Moving

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Moving Nodes

If you click and hold the mouse in the title area or an empty area of a node, then you can drag the node to move it around.

Selecting

Selecting Nodes

To select nodes, you can click on the title area or an empty area of a node. To select multiple nodes, just hold the Shift key when clicking.

You can also select nodes by dragging a selection rectangle around them. Just click on the background grid and drag a rectangle around the nodes you want to select.

Deselecting

Deselecting Nodes

To deselect nodes, just click on the background grid. Alternatively, you can hold the Shift key and drag a deselection rectangle around the nodes you want to deselect.

Quick-Create Wheel

The Quick-Create wheel can be accessed by holding the Alt key with the mouse over the node view. If you hover over and release Alt, or click on any of the buttons in the quick-create wheel, you can quickly create nodes, rather than having to create them via the Create menu.

Using the Quick-Create Wheel

Hotkeys / Keyboard Shortcuts

File Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut	Description
New File	Ctrl + N	Creates a new Dialogue asset file.
Open File	Ctrl + O	Launches a file browser to select a Dialogue asset file to open.
Save File	Ctrl + S	Saves the current Dialogue asset.

View Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut	Description
Find	Ctrl + F	Shows the Find tool for searching for nodes.
Zoom In	Ctrl +	Zooms in.
Zoom Out	Ctrl -	Zooms out.
View Selected	Ctrl + X	Pans and zooms to view the currently selected nodes.
View All	Ctrl + Shift + X	Pans and zooms to view all nodes.

Edit Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut	Description
Undo	Ctrl + Z	Undo the previous action.
Redo	Ctrl + Y	Redo the previous action.
Copy	Ctrl + C	Copy the currently selected nodes.
Paste	Ctrl + V	Paste a copy of the copied selection.
Delete	DELETE	Delete the currently selected nodes.

Select Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut	Description
Select All	Ctrl + A	Select all nodes.
Deselect All	Shift + A	Deselect all nodes.
Invert Selection	Ctrl + I	Deselects all selected nodes, and selects all nodes which were not selected.