Shortcuts and tips
Tools
- V Select
- Click to select, drag to move. Shift-click adds to the selection. Drag on empty space for a box selection. Double-click empty space to add a vertex.
- N Vertex
- Click on empty space to add a vertex.
- E Edge
- Click a vertex, then another (or drag between them). Click the same vertex twice for a loop. Drag onto empty space to add a new connected vertex.
- H / Space
- Pan. Mouse wheel zooms, F fits the graph in view.
Curves
- Bend
- Select an edge and drag its middle handle (or the edge itself) sideways. The bend angle is the TikZ
bend left/right value.
- Bézier
- Two free control points, exported as
.. controls .. and ...
- Spline
- A smooth curve through waypoints. Alt-click the edge to add a waypoint, Alt-click a waypoint to remove it.
- Loop
- Drag the loop's handle around the vertex to change its direction.
Editing
- Del
- Delete the selection
- Ctrl+Z / Y
- Undo / redo
- Ctrl+A
- Select all
- Ctrl+D
- Duplicate the selection
- Ctrl+C / V
- Copy / paste the selection
- Arrow keys
- Nudge selected vertices by one grid step (Shift: a fine step)
- Enter
- Edit the label of the selection
- Ctrl+E
- Export TikZ
Labels
Labels are TeX: write $v_1$, $\alpha$, \textbf{A}. The canvas shows a close preview; the export passes your text through unchanged. Colors accept xcolor names and mixes such as blue!30, or any custom color (exported with \definecolor).