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Practice n8n keyboard shortcuts

Drill all 41 until you don't have to think about them.

wire up workflows without the mouse

n8n retired the old Tab node-adder shortcut — the panel now opens with N. New Workflow (Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+N) and Open Workflow (Cmd/Ctrl+O) sit out: the browser claims those chords.

41 verified moves 5 levels macOS & Windows verified 2026-07-25
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The progression

Every deck is graded 1 to 5: level 1 is the reflex core, the top level is where the specialists live. One move from each, so you can see how far it goes.

  1. Level 110 moves

    Execute the current workflow

    macCmd+EnterwinCtrl+Enter

    the loop you run all day — build, execute, read the output

    …and 9 more at this level

  2. Level 28 moves

    Cut the selected nodes

    macCmd+XwinCtrl+X

    lift nodes out of one branch to drop them into another

    …and 7 more at this level

  3. Level 38 moves

    Zoom in on the canvas

    Plus

    push in to wire fiddly connections on a dense canvas

    …and 7 more at this level

  4. Level 411 moves

    Wrap a whole selection of code in a block comment

    Shift+Alt+A

    block-comment a selection in one stroke

    …and 10 more at this level

  5. Level 54 moves

    Drop an extra cursor on the line above to edit several lines at once

    Ctrl+Alt+ArrowUp

    stack a multi-cursor upward for column edits

    …and 3 more at this level

How graduation works. Drill until every move in the deck holds at ≥95% first-try, under 800ms median, across two separate days. Then the deck is done — and you get a certificate stating exactly that, plus a LinkedIn credential in one click.

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