Hop Shortcuts
The table below lists the main shortcuts in Hop. Using them will save you a lot of time while working with Hop.
| If you are a Mac user, please be aware that the Mac keys must be used. Most of the times you can replace ctrl with cmd. | 
General Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action | 
|---|---|
Ctr + n  |  Create a new work item  |  
Ctrl + o  |  Open a work item  |  
Ctrl + s  |  Save a work item  |  
Ctrl + Shift + F5  |  Open the Metadata Explorer Menu  |  
Ctrl + Space  |  Opens the variables popup (NOTE: only environment variables and variables with the JVM scope are shown here. Variables that are created in pipeline or workflow with a parent, grant parent or root workflow job need to be entered manually))  |  
Ctrl + w  |  Close a work item  |  
Ctrl + q  |  Quit Hop  |  
Ctrl + z  |  Undo last change  |  
Ctrl + Shift + z  |  Redo last change  |  
Ctrl + a  |  Select all items in work item  |  
ESC  |  Unselect all items in work item  |  
Ctrl + f  |  Search the Hop Gui for something  |  
Ctrl + c  |  Copy an object  |  
Ctrl + v  |  Paste an object  |  
Ctrl + x  |  Cut an object  |  
DEL  |  Delete an object  |  
Alt + ←  |  Navigate to the previous file  |  
Alt + →  |  Navigate to the next file  |  
Alt  |  Close the current dialog (similar to pressing the   |  
F8  |  Execute work item  |  
Pipeline and Workflow Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action | 
|---|---|
Ctrl + HOME  |  Align all items to the specified grid side  |  
Ctrl + ←  |  Align all items on the canvas with the left-most selected in the selection.  |  
Ctrl + →  |  Align all items on the canvas with the right-most selected in the selection.  |  
Ctrl + ↑  |  Align all items on the canvas with the top-most selected in the selection.  |  
Ctrl + ↓  |  Align all items on the canvas with the bottom-most selected in the selection.  |  
Alt + →  |  Distribute the selected items evenly between the left-most and right-most item in your selection.  |  
Alt + ↑  |  Distribute the selected items evenly between the up-most and down-most item in your selection.  |  
Ctrl + =  |  Zoom In on your canvas  |  
Ctrl + -  |  Zoom out on your canvas  |  
Ctrl + 0  |  Reset the zoom percentage to 100%  |  
Ctrl + Click  |  On hops to quickly enable/disable  |  
Ctrl + Shift + Click  |  On hops to quickly delete it  |  
Ctrl + Shift + Click  |  Use this shortcut on workflow actions and pipeline transforms that use another workflow or pipeline to open.  |  
mouse over  |  Hover over a workflow action or pipeline transform that uses another workflow or pipeline to open (similar to option above)  |  
mouse over transform + space  |  Opens the outgoing fields  |  
Perspective Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action | 
|---|---|
Ctrl + Shift + ↑  |  Switch one perspective up  |  
Ctrl + Shift + ↓  |  Switch one perspective down  |  
Ctrl + Shift + d  |  Open the Data Orchestration Perspective  |  
Ctrl + Shift + i  |  Open the Execution Information Perspective  |  
Ctrl + Shift + m  |  Open the Metadata Perspective  |  
Ctrl + Shift + e  |  Open the File Explorer Perspective  |  
Ctrl + f  |  Open the Search Perspective  |  
none  |  Open the Plugin Perspective  |  
none  |  Open the Neo4j Perspective  |