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15 ComfyUI Hotkeys That Actually Save You Time

Added 2025-06-29 22:49:04 +0000 UTC

Shortcuts real power users keep in muscle memory (or wish they did).

🔥 Essential Hotkeys

Ctrl + Z — Undo
Roll back accidental deletes or changes instantly.
Period Key — Jump to selection
Instantly centers your view on the workflow or selected nodes.
Ctrl + R — Refresh ComfyUI
Fixes the occasional gray screen on startup (no restart needed). Also picks up new LoRAs/models instead of restarting.
Shift + Click + Drag the beginning of a wire — Grab the plug from opposite direction, not drag out a new one.
Ctrl + Click + Drag — Box-select nodes
Select to copy, delete, or move groups of nodes.
Shift + Click + Drag anywhere on a wire — Duplicates the wire
Prevents needing to drag out a new one.
Ctrl + Shift + V — Instead of Ctrl + V to paste, adding shift will keep connections to the noncopied nodes. (Ctrl + C to copy)
DEL — Deletes selected nodes.

➕ Extras

Ctrl + Arrow Keys — Move selected nodes together
Ctrl + ↑ / ↓ — Adjust weight of highlighted text in a prompt easily
Shift + Click middle button of wire — Instantly add Get/Set nodes (Easy Use nodes required)
Ctrl + A — Select all nodes
F — Fullscreen
W — Open workflow side bar
Q — Open recent images side bar

🧠 Why Learn Hotkeys?

Every second you save adds up. Feels slow at first. Then suddenly it’s second nature.
Once you start doing some of these by default you will build/edit workflows in seconds.