iPad Gestures & Touch Controls
Circuitry is built for touch — full gesture support so the canvas feels native on iPad.
Everything you do on desktop works on iPad, with gestures that make drawing, navigating, and editing fast and natural.
Canvas gestures
| Gesture | Action |
|---|---|
| Single tap | Select a tool or object |
| Drag a selected object | Move it (tap to select first, then drag) |
| One-finger drag on empty canvas | Pan the viewport |
| Two-finger pan | Move the viewport |
| Pinch | Zoom the canvas |
A finger is a navigation device by default: it pans, pinches, and taps to select. Prefer to draw without a Pencil? Turn on Draw With Finger in Settings and your finger draws, selects, and drags just like a Pencil.
Keyboard shortcuts (with a keyboard attached)
| Key | Action | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| H | Hand (pan) tool | Glide around the canvas |
| Shift+T | Show/hide the header of the selected expanded node | Minimalist view |
| ⌘⇧Enter (Ctrl+Shift+Enter on Windows/Linux) | Full screen | Focus mode |
Expand a node, select it and press Shift+T to hide its header, then ⌘⇧Enter for a clean full-screen view — perfect for presentations and documentation.
Apple Pencil
Pair gestures with Apple Pencil for precise, pressure-sensitive drawing. See Apple Pencil High-Resolution Capture.
While the Pencil is on the canvas, palm and stray finger touches are ignored — rest your hand naturally as you write or draw. A deliberate finger tap still selects objects, and a finger can drag selected objects and on-canvas controls.
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Heavy work — terminals, native execution, machine-hosted models — can run on your main computer over Circuitry Server while you stay mobile on the iPad.