Common keyboard shortcuts are described.
| Keyboard shortcut | Action | 
| Ctrl+Page down | Moves from tab to tab in a dialog. | 
| Space/Enter | Toggles the selection of the shape that has focus. | 
| Esc | Cancels the current selection. | 
| Ctrl+a | Selects all shapes in the diagram. | 
| Up arrow | Moves the selected shape up one grid increment. If the an item in a list is selected, moves to the previous sibling subfield. | 
| Down arrow | Moves the selected shape down one grid increment. If the an item in a list is selected, moves to the next sibling subfield. | 
| Right arrow | Moves the selected shape to the right one grid increment. If the an item in a list is selected, moves to the next sibling subfield. | 
| Left arrow | Moves the selected shape to the left one grid increment. If the an item in a list is selected, moves to the previous sibling subfield. | 
| Shift+left arrow | Decreases the width of the selected shape by one grid increment. | 
| Shift+right arrow | Increases the width of the selected shape by one grid increment. | 
| Home | Moves the focus and selection to the first shape on the diagram. | 
| End | Moves the focus and selection to the last shape on the diagram. | 
| Tab | Moves the focus and selection to the next shape on the diagram. If focus is on a property heading in a mobile business object, such as an attribute, operation, parameter or role, pressing Tab moves focus to the next property heading. If focus is on a property under a property heading, Tab moves focus to the next property. | 
| Shift+Tab | Moves the focus and selection to the previous shape on the diagram. If focus is on a property heading in a mobile business object, such as an attribute, operation, parameter or role, pressing Shift+Tab moves focus to the previous property heading. If focus is on a property under a property heading, Shift+Tab moves focus to the previous property heading. | 
| > | Navigates to a mobile business object's attributes, operations, parameters, or roles. | 
| < | Navigates to a mobile business object's attribute, operation, parameter, or role heading when focus is on, for example, an operation name under the operation heading. | 
| Del | Deletes the selected shape. | 
| Shift+F10 | Displays the context menu. | 
| Ctrl+Shift+'+' | Zooms in on the center of the diagram. | 
| Ctrl+Shift+'-' | Zooms out from the center of the diagram. | 
| Ctrl+Shift+press left mouse button and draw a box | Zooms in centered on the area you enclosed in the box. As you hold down the Ctrl+Shift keys, the cursor changes to a magnifying glass, which allows you to define the area to zoom into. |