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title: "Keyboard shortcuts and interactions"
slug: "flow-builder-ergonomics"
description: "Userflow's flow builder offers fast, ergonomic keyboard navigation, copy/paste, and undo/redo features for seamless workflow creation."
updated: 2026-09-18T16:08:27Z
published: 2026-09-18T16:08:27Z
canonical: "help.userflow.com/flow-builder-ergonomics"
---

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# Keyboard shortcuts and interactions

Userflow is the fastest flow builder on the market. We invest a significant amount of resources in making the flow builder speedy and efficient.

Learn how to get the most out of the flow builder with keyboard navigation, copy/paste, and undo/redo:

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### Keyboard navigation

When a block is focused, you can move to neighboring blocks by using your keyboard’s **arrow keys**. It works in all directions.

Press **Enter** to enter a block, which e.g. opens and focuses the side panel.

Press **Escape** to close the side panel again and move focus back to the block on the canvas.

Press **Delete** to delete the selected block. This works on all block types: Whole steps, buttons, triggers, conditions etc.

Press **L** when a button, trigger or tooltip is selected to enter link mode. Then use **arrow keys** to move to the step you want to link to. Finally, press **Enter** to link.

Press **A** when focus is within a step to open the **Add block** menu. Use **arrow keys** and **Enter** to select the kind of block to insert.

Press **P** to start previewing the flow in your own app.

Press **?** to show the **Flow builder cheat sheet** (or click the light bulb icon the top bar):

![Cheat sheet](https://cdn.us.document360.io/9697557a-eb5d-476f-9b09-062b0f7bdcbd/Images/Documentation/cheat-sheet.png)

You can perform all actions in the Flow Builder using only your keyboard, except for previewing and selecting elements.

If you have more ideas for shortcuts, we’re all ears!

### Copy/paste

You can easily copy and paste blocks. Both within the same flow, but also across flows.

Focus the block you want to copy and press `Cmd + C` (`Ctrl + C` on Windows). Then move focus to where you want to paste the block and press `Cmd + V` (`Ctrl + V` on Windows).

It works seamlessly for all blocks: Whole steps, buttons, triggers, conditions etc.

Another option is to use drag and drop while holding down `Alt` on your keyboard. Without `Alt`, when you drop the block, it’ll be moved to where you dragged it to. Once you press `Alt`, the cursor will change, and when you drop the block, it’ll be duplicated instead.

### Undo/redo

Press `Cmd + Z` (`Ctrl + Z` on Windows) to undo the last change, or `Shift + Cmd + Z` (`Ctrl + Shift + Z` on Windows) to redo a change.