When you are creating a large bot, you can expand or collapse sections using keyboard shortcuts in both Flow and List views.

By using this feature, you can improve your productivity as a Bot Creator. It enables you to use keyboard shortcuts in a specific section or all sections, and you can move quickly through the process of developing a bot.

shortcut key to expand a section

Shortcut key to collapse a section

Shortcuts to expand or collapse an action is applicable only when the section is selected. You can use the following list of keyboard shortcuts in your bots.

ShortcutAction
[ Collapses the current node
Ctrl+[ Collapses all the nodes
] Expands the current node
Ctrl+] Expands all the nodes
← Collapses the current node or collapses to parent if already collapsed
→ Expands the current node
These keyboard shortcuts to expand and collapse nodes are supported in the following packages and actions:
  • Loop package
  • If package> If, Else if, and Else actions
  • Error handler package> Try, Catch, and Finally actions
  • Step package
  • Trigger Loop package> Trigger Loop and Handle actions