The Visualization Workspace is shown when the Visualization Screen is opened. The workspace contains elements from database which are visualized as a graph. You can interactively manipulate the elements  (for example move them). Example of a workspace:

Common operations in the workspace are:

Select element

Click on an element to select it.

Select more elements

Hold "SHIFT" and click on several elements.

Hold "SHIFT" and select (click+drag) a Workspace area containing one or more elements.

Press "CTRL(⌘)" + "A" to select all elements in the workspace.

Move element

Hold the left mouse button on a selected element and move the mouse to move the element.

Explore node

If a node has some neighbors currently not shown in the visualization, a node is not entirely explored. This node is marked by a "+" symbol. Doubleclick explores this node and all neighbors are shown.

Move view

Click and hold the left mouse button on the workspace (away from any shown elements) and move the mouse to pan the whole view.

Zoom view

Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out. The zoom center is the current position of the mouse cursor.

Other keyboard shortcuts

  • DEL : Hide selected nodes and relationships

  • CTRL(⌘) + DEL : Hide not selected nodes and relationships

  • CTRL(⌘) + SHIFT + DEL : Hide orphaned nodes (nodes with no relationships)

  • CTRL(⌘) + A : select all elements in the visualization

  • CTRL(⌘) + F : open search tab in visualization and set focus on the search field so you can start typing the search string right away

  • CTRL(⌘) + Q : open the top search panel

  • CTRL(⌘) + S : save visualization

  • CTRL(⌘) + Z : undo the last operation (adding or removing of graph elements)

  • CTRL(⌘) + Y : redo the last undone operation (adding or removing of graph elements)

  • CTRL(⌘) + E : expand selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + R : find all relationships between selected and unselected parts of the graph

  • CTRL(⌘) + SHIFT + R : find mutually related nodes for the selected part of the graph

  • CTRL(⌘) + W : find the shortest path between selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + B : select neighbors of selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + < : select incoming nodes of selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + > : Select outgoing of selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + I : invert selection

  • ESC : Unselect all nodes and relationships

  • CTRL(⌘) + L : layout the selected part of the graph using the force-directed layout

  • CTRL(⌘) + M : create a new node

  • CTRL(⌘) + SHIFT + M : toggle adding of new relationships

  • CTRL(⌘) + X : delete selected nodes and relationships

  • CTRL(⌘) + UP_ARROW : horizontal ALIGNMENT of selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + LEFT_ARROW : vertical ALIGNMENT of selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + RIGHT_ARROW : equal horizontal SPACING between selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + DOWN_ARROW : equal vertical SPACING between selected nodes

  • CTRL(⌘) + MOUSE WHEEL or SHIFT+ MOUSE WHEEL : stretch out or compress the selected part of the graph (expand or reduce spacing between nodes)

  • ARROWS : move selected part of the graph in the desired direction

  • Hold the right mouse button and move the mouse - rotate the selected part of the graph (or the whole graph if nothing is selected)