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Everything, from the keyboard

An instrument with this many surfaces has to be drivable without hunting through panels.

The keys

Anywhere

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Ctrl K or Cmd KThe command paletteAbout thirteen hundred commands generated from the catalogues: every layer, every flow in every direction for every grouping, every country, every lever, every view.
/The same, one keyWorks whenever you are not already typing into something.
EscapeClose whatever is openThe palette, a panel, or focus mode.

The map

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FFocusPuts the scenario rail and the inspector away and gives the world the whole window. The same key brings them back.
DragSpin and tiltOn the globe, horizontal turns it and vertical tilts it, all the way to either pole.
Double clickZoom in one levelCentred on what you clicked, on the flat map.
WheelZoom about the pointerPinch does the same about the point between two fingers.

In the palette

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Up and downMove through the results
EnterRun the highlighted command
Type anythingMatch by subsequenceA run of letters at the start of a word beats a run in the middle, which beats scattered letters.
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