# Keyboard Shortcuts

The table below lists the main shortcuts in Hop. Using them will save you a lot of time while working with Hop.

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Note: If you are a Mac user, please be aware that the Mac keys must be used. Most of the times you can replace ctrl with cmd.
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### General Shortcuts

| Shortcut          | Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ctr + n           | Create a new work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Ctrl + o          | Open a work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Ctrl + s          | Save a work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Ctrl + Shift + F5 | Open the Metadata Explorer Menu                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Ctrl + Space      | Opens the variables popup (**NOTE**: only environment variables and variables with the JVM scope are shown here. Variables that are created in pipeline or workflow with a parent, grant parent or root workflow job need to be entered manually)) |
| Ctrl + w          | Close a work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Ctrl + q          | Quit Hop                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Ctrl + z          | Undo last change                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Ctrl + Shift + z  | Redo last change                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Ctrl + a          | Select all items in work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ESC               | Unselect all items in work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Ctrl + f          | Search the Hop Gui for something                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Ctrl + c          | Copy an object                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Ctrl + v          | Paste an object                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Ctrl + x          | Cut an object                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| DEL               | Delete an object                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Alt + ←           | Navigate to the previous file                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Alt + →           | Navigate to the next file                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| <p>Alt<br></p>    | Close the current dialog (similar to pressing the `Ok` button)                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| F8                | Execute work item                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

### Pipeline and Workflow Shortcuts

| Shortcut                     | Action                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ctrl + HOME                  | Align all items to the specified grid side                                                                                  |
| Ctrl + ←                     | Align all items on the canvas with the left-most selected in the selection.                                                 |
| Ctrl + →                     | Align all items on the canvas with the right-most selected in the selection.                                                |
| Ctrl + ↑                     | Align all items on the canvas with the top-most selected in the selection.                                                  |
| Ctrl + ↓                     | Align all items on the canvas with the bottom-most selected in the selection.                                               |
| Alt + →                      | Distribute the selected items evenly between the left-most and right-most item in your selection.                           |
| Alt + ↑                      | Distribute the selected items evenly between the up-most and down-most item in your selection.                              |
| Ctrl + =                     | Zoom In on your canvas                                                                                                      |
| Ctrl + -                     | Zoom out on your canvas                                                                                                     |
| Ctrl + 0                     | Reset the zoom percentage to 100%                                                                                           |
| Ctrl + Click                 | On hops to quickly enable/disable                                                                                           |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click         | On hops to quickly delete it                                                                                                |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click         | Use this shortcut on workflow actions and pipeline transforms that use another workflow or pipeline to open.                |
| <p>mouse over<br></p>        | Hover over a workflow action or pipeline transform that uses another workflow or pipeline to open (similar to option above) |
| mouse over transform + space | Opens the outgoing fields                                                                                                   |

### Perspective Shortcuts

| Shortcut         | Action                                     |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Ctrl + Shift + ↑ | Switch one perspective up                  |
| Ctrl + Shift + ↓ | Switch one perspective down                |
| Ctrl + Shift + d | Open the Data Orchestration Perspective    |
| Ctrl + Shift + i | Open the Execution Information Perspective |
| Ctrl + Shift + m | Open the Metadata Perspective              |
| Ctrl + Shift + e | Open the File Explorer Perspective         |
| Ctrl + f         | Open the Search Perspective                |
| none             | Open the Plugin Perspective                |
| none             | Open the Neo4j Perspective                 |


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