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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://parabola.io/docs/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

In this lesson, you’ll learn the key shortcuts and navigation techniques to move through Parabola faster — from canvas navigation and step-level shortcuts to copy-pasting steps across flows and working with drafts. For the full list of keyboard shortcuts — including new ones as they’re released — visit the keyboard shortcuts reference.

Building challenge

Open your starter flow and try out the shortcuts covered in this lesson.
Haven’t created your sample flow yet? Return to the previous lesson.
1

Canvas navigation

  • Press F to frame all steps on the canvas
  • Hold Control and scroll up or down to zoom in and out
  • Click the mini map button in the bottom right to get a bird’s-eye view of all steps
  • Click the Auto arrange button in the bottom right to tidy up your layout
2

Working with steps

  • Click a step to select it, then press Spacebar to open it. Press Escape to close.
  • Press D to duplicate a selected step
  • Press Delete to remove a step — downstream steps stay connected
  • Press Cmd+Z to undo and Cmd+Y to redo
3

Multi-step actions

  • Hold Shift and click multiple steps to select them at once
  • Right-click a selection to add all steps to a card, duplicate them, or delete them
4

Search and copy

  • Press S to open the search bar and quickly find any step
  • Select one or more steps and press Cmd+C to copy them. Open another flow and press Cmd+V to paste them in.
5

Work safely with drafts

  • Click the down arrow next to your flow name and select Create a new draft
  • Make changes in the draft without affecting your live flow
  • When you’re done, click Publish draft to replace the live version — or discard the draft to abandon your changes
Last modified on May 6, 2026