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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."
tags: ["Flow Builder", "Keyboard Shortcuts"]
updated: 2026-11-09T16:31:51Z
published: 2026-11-09T16:31:51Z
canonical: "help.userflow.com/flow-builder-ergonomics"
stale: true
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.userflow.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Keyboard shortcuts and interactions

The Flow builder has keyboard shortcuts for moving between blocks, adding and linking blocks, and previewing, plus copy and paste, drag to move or duplicate, and undo. This page lists them all.

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## What keyboard shortcuts does the Flow builder have?

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Arrow keys | Move to the neighboring block in any direction. |
| **Enter** | Enter the focused block, which opens the side panel. |
| **Escape** | Close the side panel and return focus to the block on the canvas. |
| **Delete** | Delete the selected block: a whole step, button, trigger, condition, and so on. |
| **L** | With a button, trigger, or tooltip selected, enter link mode. Use the arrow keys to move to the step to link to, then press **Enter**. |
| **A** | With focus inside a step, open the **Add block** menu. Use the arrow keys and **Enter** to pick a block. |
| **P** | Preview the flow in your own app. |
| **?** | Show the **Flow builder cheat sheet**. You can also click the light bulb icon in the top bar. |

![The Flow builder cheat sheet listing all keyboard shortcuts](https://cdn.us.document360.io/9697557a-eb5d-476f-9b09-062b0f7bdcbd/Images/Documentation/cheat-sheet.png)

You can do everything in the Flow builder with the keyboard, except previewing in your app and selecting elements. Previewing needs the [Userflow Chrome extension](/userflow/docs/userflow-chrome-extension), and selecting elements is done by clicking in your app. See [Selecting elements](/userflow/docs/tooltip-element-selection).

## How do I copy and paste blocks in the Flow builder?

You can copy any Flow builder block and paste it in the same flow or a different one. This works for whole steps, buttons, triggers, and conditions.

1. Focus the block and press `Cmd + C` (`Ctrl + C` on Windows).
2. Move focus to where you want the copy and press `Cmd + V` (`Ctrl + V` on Windows).

To reuse a step across many flows, you can also save it as a [step template](/userflow/docs/step-templates).

## Move, reorder, or duplicate blocks by dragging

To move a block in the Flow builder, drag it and drop it where you want it. This is how you change the order of buttons in a step, or the order of steps in a flow.

To duplicate a block instead of moving it, hold `Alt` while you drag. The cursor changes, and when you drop the block, a copy is placed there and the original stays where it was.

## How do I undo or redo a change in the Flow builder?

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

## Related articles

- [Flow builder basics](/userflow/docs/flow-builder-basics)
- [Adding and deleting steps in a flow](/userflow/docs/adding-and-deleting-steps)
- [Step templates](/userflow/docs/step-templates)