Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut on Mac and iPad-with-keyboard — tools, zoom, editing, undo and nudging.
On Mac — and on iPad with a hardware keyboard — Kaleidoscope Plan is fully keyboard-driven. On Mac the menu bar (View and Tool menus) lists the commands too.
Tools
The number keys select tools in palette order:
| Shortcut | Tool |
|---|---|
| ⌘1 | Pan & Zoom |
| ⌘2 | Room |
| ⌘3 | Wall |
| ⌘4 | Door |
| ⌘5 | Window |
| ⌘6 | Fixture |
| ⌘7 | Furniture |
| ⌘8 | Light |
| ⌘9 | Radiator |
Switching tools clears any Wall Edit Mode and sub-tool state.
View & zoom
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘= | Zoom in (×1.25) |
| ⌘− | Zoom out (×0.8) |
| ⌘0 | Actual size (reset zoom and pan) |
| Double-tap / click | Reset the view |
Zoom is clamped to 0.05×–50× by every path (keyboard, pinch and scroll-wheel).
Editing
| Shortcut | Action | Active when |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘Z | Undo | There’s something to undo |
| ⌘⇧Z | Redo | There’s something to redo |
| Esc | Exit Wall Edit Mode, disarm sub-tools, clear the selection, collapse palettes | Always |
| Delete / ⌫ | Delete the selection (wall in edit mode, or a placed item / light / radiator / door / window) | A deletable element is selected |
| ↑ ↓ ← → | Nudge the selected item or the active room | A placed item or the room is the target |
| ⌘C | Copy the selected placed item | A fixture/furniture item is selected |
| ⌘V | Paste it (offset 100 mm, keeping rotation and scale) | Something has been copied |
Nudge steps are 10 mm, or 100 mm with Grid snap on.
On iPhone (no keyboard)
The same actions are reachable by touch:
- Undo / Redo buttons at the top of the menu palette.
- Per-item Delete in each action palette.
- The Nudge pad for arrow-key-style movement.