Using gestures and keyboard shortcuts in Application Composer - AWS Application Composer
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Using gestures and keyboard shortcuts in Application Composer

Use gestures and keyboard shortcuts in AWS Application Composer.

Gestures and keyboard shortcuts are supported in both the console and toolkit versions of Application Composer.

Gestures

Select a card to design with

To add a card to your application, select it from the resource palette and drag it onto the canvas.

Selecting a resource from the resource palette and dragging it onto the Application Composer canvas.

Group cards together

While pressing Shift, select cards to group. Then, choose Group from the resource actions menu.

Selecting multiple Lambda functions and grouping them together.

Connect cards together

Click on a port from one card and drag it onto a port on another card.

Selecting a port from one resource card and connecting it to another resource card on the Application Composer canvas.

Arrange cards on your canvas

Select Arrange to visually arrange and organize the canvas.

Configure card properties

Do any of the following to configure card properties:

  • Double-click on a card to bring up the resource properties panel.

  • Click on a card and select Details to bring up the resource properties panel.

  • For Application Composer from the AWS Management Console, select Template to show your application code. Configure directly from here.

Selecting the Template View and modifying the infrastructure code from there.

Zoom in and out

Use the zoom controls to zoom in and out of your canvas. You can also use a multi-touch trackpad, with the general pinch-to-zoom gestures.

Zooming in and out of the Application Composer canvas using the zoom controls.

Keyboard shortcuts

For a list of keyboard shorcuts, select Keyboard shortcuts from the Application Composer menu.

Image of the keyboard shortcuts in Application Composer.