Nelements Help


Keyboard controls:


  • Press 'N' to add a new nelement to the diagram.
  • To make a subnode, make sure the parent node is selected and then press 'n'.
  • Press 'Ctrl-N' to make a new diagram.
  • The arrow keys control movement within a nelements scene.
  • The mouse wheel makes you zoom into and out of the scene.
  • The 'Q' and 'Z' keys makes the camera look upward or downward
  • The 'A','D','W', and 'X' keys make you strafe left, right, up, and down.
  • The 'delete' key deletes selected nelements
  • Hold 'Ctrl' to select multiple nelements.
  • Press 'Ctrl-X' to cut selected nelements.
  • Press 'Ctrl-C' to copy selected nelements.
  • Press 'Ctrl-V' to paste copied/cut nelements. Note that you can paste nelements under another nelement by selecting the other nelement.
  • 'Spacebar' resets the camera to the default view.
  • Pressing 'Ctrl-S' saves the diagram
  • The 'L' key loads nelement data from an xml file that you select into the current diagram.
  • pressing 'Ctrl-L' allows you to load an xml file as a new diagram.
  • Press 'P' to see properties of a selected nelement where you can change its color,shape, font color, whether attraction/repulsion forces apply to it, or image.
  • Press 'T' to show the selected nelement's (or the current nelement's) text...then you can edit that from there and press 'ok'
  • press 'F10' to go to the Settings panel ... from here you can change the background color and press 'apply' to apply the changes
  • Press 'F1' to go to the online help page.
  • Press '+' or'-' to increase or decrease font sizes.
  • Press 'Alt-S' to bring up the search panel.
To rename a nelement:
  • select a nelement by clicking on it once
  • press the 'R' key
  • enter a new name for the nelement and press 'Enter'
To zoom to a nelement:
  • select a nelement by clicking on it
  • press 'shift' and 'Z'

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