Previous Topic: Move a ToolbarNext Topic: Shortcut Menus


Summary of On-Diagram Editing

The on-diagram editing features can be summarized as follows:

To...

Then…

Edit an entity, attribute, table, column, or view name

Select and press F2.

Open the object editor

Double-click or select and press Alt+Enter.

Save changes in an object editor

Enter

Cancel changes in an object editor

Esc (Escape)

Insert a new attribute or column

Select and press Enter.

Edit an annotation

Select and press F2.

Move to the next object in the same entity

Tab or Down Arrow

Move to the previous object in the same entity

Shift+Tab or Up Arrow

Create a copy of an entity or table

Ctrl+Left-click+drag-and-drop

Move an object to another entity or table

Left-click+drag-and-drop

Save your changes to the diagram object

Ctrl + Enter

Cancel your changes

Esc

Diagram/No Selection

Clear all selections

Click the empty space on the diagram

Open the context menu

Right-click or Shift + F10

Move one increment in the desired direction

Up, Down, Left, or Right arrow

Move one page in the desired direction

Shift + Up, Down, Left, or Right arrow

Move to the edge of the binding rectangle in the desired direction

Ctrl + Up, Down, Left, or Right arrow

Move one page down

PgDn or Shift + Down arrow

Move one page up

PgUp or Shift + Up arrow

Move on page up and left

Shift + Home

Move to top left of bounding rectangle

Ctrl + Home

Move on page down and left

Shift + End

Move to bottom left of binding rectangle

Ctrl + End

Move on page up and right

Shift + PgUp

Move to top right of binding rectangle

Ctrl + PgUp

Move on page down and right

Shift + PgDn

Move to bottom right of binding rectangle

Ctrl + PgDn

Move object

Drag

In-place Editing (Click F2 to start in-place editing)

Select the word

Double-click

Accept in-place editing changes and return the focus to the selected object

Enter

Reject in-place editing changes and return the focus to the selected object

Esc

Move to the next child object and start in-place editing

Tab

Move to the previous child object and start in-place editing

Shift + Tab

Move to the previous or next character

Left or Right arrow

Extend the text selection by one character

Shift + Left or Right arrow

Move to the beginning of the text

Home

Select the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the text

Shift + Home

Move to the end of the text

End

Select the text from the current cursor position to the end of the text

Shift + End

Entity

Select the entity name

Click

Open the entity editor

Double-click or Alt + Enter

Delete the entity

Delete

Move the entity

Alt + Up, Down, Right, or Left arrow

Resize the entity

Drag or Shift + Alt + Up, Down, Right, or Left arrow

Attribute

Select the attribute

Click

Start in-place editing

Double-click or F2

Open the context menu

Right-click or Shift + F10

Open the attribute editor

Alt + Enter

Delete the attribute

Delete

Insert a new attribute below the current attribute

Enter

Insert a new attribute above the current attribute

Shift + Enter

Select the attribute below the current attribute

Tab or Down arrow

Select the attribute above the current attribute

Shift + Tab or Up arrow

Select multiple attributes

Shift + Up or Down arrow

Move the attribute one position below

Ctrl + Down arrow

Move the attribute one position above

Ctrl + Up arrow

Move an attribute to primary key

Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow

Move an attribute from primary key to non-primary key

Shift + Ctrl + Down arrow

Relationship Line

Select a relationship line

Click

Open the relationship editor

Double-click or Alt + Enter

Open the context menu

Right-click

Select multiple relationship lines

Shift + click each relationship line

Move in a different direction within the set boundaries

Drag

Insert bend point

Ctrl + Drag

Delete relationship line

Delete

Move a bendpoint

Drag

Edit relationship text

Select and press F2

More information:

On-Diagram Editing Functions

Use the Go To Editor