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Inline editing & shortcuts

The fastest way to change text is to click it and type — no side panel needed. This page covers inline editing (including rich text on headings and paragraphs) and the keyboard shortcuts that make building a page quick.

Click to edit

When a node is selected, its text becomes editable in place. Click a heading, paragraph, button label, or link and start typing; click away (or press Esc to cancel) to finish. You can also trigger editing on the selected node from the keyboard with ⌘Enter, without reaching for the mouse.

There are two editing styles depending on the component:

  • Rich text on Typography and Alert — full formatting.
  • Plain text on Button and Link — a single style, because rich formatting would clash with the surrounding component.

Rich text on Typography

Text components edit through a proper rich-text editor. When you're editing, a small floating toolbar appears above the text with:

ControlShortcut
Bold⌘B
Italic⌘I
Underline⌘U
Linktoolbar button (prompts for a URL)
Bulleted listtoolbar button
Numbered listtoolbar button
Clear formattingtoolbar button

Formatting is stored as HTML on the node and rendered identically in the editor, in preview, and on the public page — so what you style is exactly what visitors see. All rich content is sanitized on every render and export, so pasted markup can't introduce anything unsafe.

INFO

📸 Screenshot — a Typography heading in edit mode with the floating bold/italic/link toolbar above it.

Keyboard shortcuts

Press ⌘/ at any time to open the shortcuts dialog. The full set:

Selection

ActionKeys
Previous / next element
Go to parent
Enter first child
Clear selectionEsc

Editing

ActionKeys
Edit text inline⌘Enter
Add to multi-selection⌘Click
Mark all siblings⌘A
Group marked into a Stack⌘G
Duplicate (works on a multi-selection)⌘D
Copy⌘C
Paste⌘V
Remove (works on a multi-selection)Delete

History

ActionKeys
Undo⌘Z
Redo⌘⇧Z
Save now (flush)⌘S

Help

ActionKeys
Show the shortcuts dialog⌘/

TIP

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl wherever these show — the dialog shows the right modifier for your platform automatically.

A fast editing loop

Put the shortcuts together and you rarely touch a menu:

  1. ↑ / ↓ to walk through elements, ← / → to move up and down the tree.
  2. ⌘Enter to edit the selected text, type, Esc to finish.
  3. ⌘Click a few siblings, then ⌘G to wrap them in a Stack or ⌘D to duplicate them.
  4. ⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z to step through history, ⌘S to flush a save before you close the tab.

The outline mirrors your selection the whole time, so you always know where you are in the tree.

See also

FlowRunner — the no-code platform for small businesses.