Speed up your scheduling and planning workflow in Planera with these powerful keyboard and mouse shortcuts. Whether you're working on the Canvas or in the Table view, these hotkeys help you stay fast and precise.
Latest Update: 4-13-2026
Canvas Shortcuts
Run the schedule | |
Select specific elements one at a time | |
Select multiple elements within a box | or |
Undo last edit | |
Select Elements | |
Copy selected elements | |
Paste copied elements | |
Zoom in and out | or |
Open element context menu | |
Open Canvas context menu | |
Double click to add a new activity | |
Create a Downward Activity Chain from an activity in edit state | |
Create a Rightward Activity Chain from an activity in edit state | |
Jump to the duration field from the activity name field when editing an activity | Use Bulk Select and choose "Connect in FS" from the menu to link activities |
Connect (Finish to start Relationship) a group of unconnected activities | |
Add Activity — converts cursor into activity cursor |
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Add Task — converts cursor into task cursor |
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Add Text — converts cursor into textbox cursor |
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Add Image — converts cursor into image cursor |
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Zoom In |
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Return to 100% scaling |
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Fit canvas to screen |
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Pan the canvas |
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Convert selection to group |
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Ungroup selection | Mac: |
Table Shortcuts
Select multiple cells to edit | or or |
Select multiple cells out of order to edit | |
Copy selected cell value | |
Select all rows to find and replace element names or to change cell values of an entire column | |
Use arrow keys to move from cell to cell | |
Enters the cell to edit cell values | |
Jump to the edge of the table in any direction | |
Jump to the cell immediately to the right |
General Shortcuts
Redo last action | Mac: Windows: |
Open / close Intercom (Help & Support) | Mac: Windows: |
💡 Tips
Use combinations of
ShiftorCtrl (Cmd)for more flexibility in selecting and editing both Canvas elements and Table cellsRight-click context menus are powerful tools—use them to add, copy, group, or navigate quickly


























