Is there a way to freeze a group on the pane or to navigate around without moving items itself?

Grouping blocks to meaningful blocks in solution designer is great. And sometimes it is needed to created nested groups. However, is there a way/hot-key to navigate around without moving the underlying section/block itself?

To my understanding, the only way to navigate the page is to left-click mouse and move. If the click is executed on any item, this item will be moved. So once you have created larger group sections you always move that section. Unless you zoom out and find a spot of background to click and navigate.
It would be cool if we could either:

  • have a way to freeze a group in place (right-click → freeze)
  • or have another hot-key combination that like ctrl-left-click or middle-click that allows to navigate without moving the underlying item.
    Thanks!

Hi @Phil-M,

You can use the “Pan Mode” which will will allow you to move around the diagram without editing any of the nodes. We can also create hot keys for it to make switching between the two modes easier!

Pan Mode:

Editing Mode:

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Yes! Awesome - that was the magic button I was looking for. Thank you and a hot-key would be fantastic. Mighty fistbump @LukaszF :right_facing_fist::left_facing_fist:

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