# DMN keyboard shortcuts

Most DMN work is in a table, so the shortcuts that matter are the ones that move between cells.

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## Worth knowing

* The editor has to have focus for any of these to work.
* On macOS, Cmd replaces Ctrl throughout.
* Escape cancels whatever you are in the middle of.

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## Shortcuts

| **Shortcut**          | **Does**                                       |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Tab / Shift+Tab       | Next / previous cell                           |
| Enter                 | Edit the current cell, or commit and move down |
| Escape                | Cancel the current cell edit                   |
| Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z | Undo / redo                                    |
| Ctrl+A                | Select all, on the requirements diagram        |
| Delete                | Remove the selected rule or element            |
| Ctrl+scroll           | Zoom, on the requirements diagram              |

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## A few things that catch people out

* Tab through a table rather than clicking. It is several times faster for a long rule set.
* Escape cancels a cell edit without committing, which is the safe way out of a mistake.
* Undo works across both views, so an accidental deletion on the diagram is recoverable.

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## Related

[Save a DMN decisionFlushed, then written as DMN XML.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/save-a-dmn-decision.html)

[Fix DMN editor problemsDefault tables, thumbnails and imports.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/fix-dmn-editor-problems.html)

[DMN editorBack to the editor overview.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/dmn-editor.html)

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