keyboard shortcuts

View all keyboard shortcuts in Loom with ⌘H / ctrl+H

Action	Description	Mac shortcut	Windows / Linux shortcut
Go to parent	Navigates to the parent of the focused or selected node.	⌥W	Alt+W
Go to previous sibling	Navigates to the previous (left in map) sibling of the focused or selected node. If there is no previous sibling and expand tree on impossible navigation is true, siblings will be generated.	⌥A	Alt+A
Go to next sibling	Navigates to the next (right in map) sibling of the focused or selected node. If there is no next sibling and expand tree on impossible navigation is true, siblings will be generated.	⌥D	Alt+D
Go down	Navigates to the most recently visited or first child. If the node has no children and expand tree on impossible navigation is true, children will be generated.	⌥S	Alt+S
Go to previous node	Navigate to previous node in preorder	⌥Z	Alt+Z
Go to next node	Navigate to next node in preorder	⌥X	Alt+X
Back	Navigate to previous node in navigation history	⌥,	Alt+,
Forward	Navigate to next node in navigation history	⌥.	Alt+.
Go to root	Navigates to root node of current visible tree in map	⌥R	Alt+R
Center map	Centers the tree map on the focused or selected node	⌥0	Alt+0
Hoist node	Hoists the focused or selected node to act as a virtual root	⌥6	Alt+6
Unhoist node	Unhoist the most recently hoisted node	⌥7	Alt+7
Unhoist all	Clears the hoist stack, moving you back to the real root	⌥8	Alt+8
Generate children	If there is an active caret in the story text, splits node at the caret position and generates continuations branching from the caret position. Otherwise, generates children branching from the end of the story textbox.	⌥⇧S	Alt+Shift+S
Generate siblings	Generates siblings (children of the parent) of the active or selected node. Equivalent to "retrying" the current node.	⌥⇧D	Alt+Shift+D
New empty child	If there is an active caret in the story text, splits node at the caret position and creates an empty child branching from that position. Otherwise, creates a new empty child of the last node in the story textbox.	⌥C	Alt+C
New empty sibling	Creates an empty sibling of the focused or selected node.	⌥V	Alt+V
Split node	Splits the node at the caret position.	⌥⇧W	Alt+Shift+W
Hide node	Adds "hidden" tag to the focused or selected node, which by default hides it from the tree.	⌥H	Alt+H
Delete node	Opens modal asking to confirm deletion of current node and its subtree.	⌥⌫	Alt+⌫
Toggle bookmark	Toggles "bookmark" tag for focused or selected node. Bookmark label is empty by default.	⌥B	Alt+B
Edit bookmark	Opens bookmark modal, allowing you to add, edit, or remove the node's bookmark and its label.	⌘B	Ctrl+B
Edit chapter	Opens chapter modal, allowing you to add, edit, or remove the node's chapter.	⌘Y	Ctrl+Y
Edit tags	Open modal to edit tags	⌘G	Ctrl+G
Save to local storage	Saves the current Loom state to local browser storage.	⌘S	Ctrl+S
Toggle preferences	Toggles the preferences pane.	⌘P	Ctrl+P
Toggle story text editable	Toggles whether the story text is editable. Disabling allows selecting/copying text across multiple nodes.	⌘E	Ctrl+E
Model config	Opens model config modal	⌘M	Ctrl+M
Hotkeys info	Opens hotkeys info modal	⌘H	Ctrl+H
Debug	Prints debug information to browser console	⌥D	Alt+D