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title: "Keyboard navigation in the Pipeline Designer"
slug: "keyboard-navigation-in-the-pipeline-designer"
updated: 2026-04-30T19:46:08Z
published: 2026-04-30T19:46:08Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/keyboard-navigation-in-the-pipeline-designer"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Keyboard navigation in the Pipeline Designer

## Navigation in the Pipeline Designer

Use these shortcuts to navigate between connected items. You must focus on something in the designer for these shortcuts to be available.

| **Action** | **Shortcut** |
| --- | --- |
| Go to next element in tree | Up arrow |
| Go to previous element in tree | Down arrow |
| Go to between children left child of condition | Left arrow |
| Go to right child of condition | Right arrow |
| Go to condition/loop element from its child step | Left arrow |
| Go to first focusable element in pipeline tree | FN + left or right arrow |
| Go to last focusable element in pipeline tree | FN + left or right arrow |
| Exit pipeline tree navigation and navigate to next focusable element in page | Tab |
| Exit pipeline tree navigation and navigate to previous focusable element in page | Up arrow + Tab |

## Zoom controls

| **Action** | **Shortcut** |
| --- | --- |
| Zoom in | Mac: ⌘ and + or ⌘ and = Windows: CTRL and + or CTRL and = |
| Zoom out | Mac: ⌘ + - Windows: CTRL + - |
| Default zoom level | Mac: ⌘ + 0 Windows: CTRL + 0 |
| Fit to view | Mac: ⌘ + Enter Windows: CTRL + Enter |

## Step content navigation

| **Action** | **Shortcut** |
| --- | --- |
| Enter step content | Enter |
| Go between step elements | Tab |
| Expand step | Tab to the last inside collapsed step, and then Tab again to expand |
| Collapse step | ESC |

## Add a step navigation

| **Action** | **Shortcut** |
| --- | --- |
| Open the **Add a step menu** | Enter when **Add a step** button is in focus |
| Select a channel | Enter |
| Go between tabs | Left arrow / Right arrow |
| Change options | Up arrow / Down arrow |

## Exchange picker navigation

| **Action** | **Shortcut** |
| --- | --- |
| Focus exchange input | Enter |
| Go to next option in field wrapper | Tab |
| Focus field wrapper | ESC |

Arrow key shortcuts aren't available when focus is in a tab.

| Focus exchange picker input dropdown elements | Tab |
| --- | --- |
| Unfocus exchange picker dropdown elements | ESC |
| Go to next element inside field wrapper | Tab |
| Exit input and focus field wrapper | ESC |
| Go to option in dropdown list | Up arrow / Down arrow |
| Go between tabs | Left arrow / Right arrow |
| Select | Enter |
| Return to step list from step reference | ESC |