Navigate the city
Move the camera through the city, use the keyboard and a screen reader, and look up every control.
The city opens on a raised three-quarter view of the whole schema. From there you can orbit, pan, move toward any point and come down to street level. Press ? at any time for every control.
If you lose the city, press Home or choose Reset view in the footer to frame it again. Focusing a type, leaving focus and Home fly the camera to the new framing.
Controls
| Action | Control |
|---|---|
| Orbit | Drag, or [ and ] |
| Tilt | Drag, or Page Up and Page Down |
| Move toward the cursor, or away | Mouse wheel |
| Pan along the ground | Right-drag, Shift-drag (works on a trackpad), W A S D or arrow keys |
| Rise and descend | R, F |
| Move faster | Hold Shift with a movement key |
| Focus selected type | Enter |
| Leave focus, then clear selection | Esc |
| Reframe the city or leave focus | Home, or Reset view in the footer |
| Toggle connection layers | 1 2 3 4 |
| Switch to List, Tree or Matrix, or back to the city | L, T, M |
| Open the selected type’s Editor or Impact page, or go back | E, I |
| Search | ⌘ K or Ctrl K |
| Present full screen, or leave | P, or Esc to leave |
| Show controls | ? |
The first time you open the city in a browser, the camera flies in and a short hint shows over the canvas. That flight, the dialogs and the drawers respect your reduced-motion setting.
Use the keyboard and a screen reader
The header, the footer, the panels and the 2D views work from the keyboard. Use Search or the List view to pick a type without the mouse.
- Arrow keys move between the view switcher’s views and between tabs.
- Every scrolling area takes focus so it can scroll.
- Opening a type puts focus on its name in the inspector. Closing the inspector returns focus to what opened it.
- A screen reader hears selection, view, layer and focus changes and filter counts as they happen.
- The List view is the city as a table.