Electric makes use of only two mouse buttons: left and right. On systems with three-button mice, the middle button is not used. On Macintosh systems with only one button, the right button is obtained by holding the Command key when clicking.

Modifier	Button	Action
	Left Mouse Click	Select
	Left Mouse Drag	Move selected objects
	Left Mouse Double Click	Get Info
CTRL	Left Mouse Click	Cycle through selected objects
SHIFT	Left Mouse Click	Invert selection
CTRL + SHIFT	Left Mouse Click	Cycle through objects to Invert
	Right Mouse Click	Draw or Connect Wire
SHIFT	Right Mouse Click	Zoom Out
SHIFT	Right Mouse Drag	Zoom In
CTRL + SHIFT	Right Mouse Drag	Draw Box
	Wheel Mouse Up/Down	Scroll Up/Down
SHIFT	Wheel Mouse Up/Down	Scroll Right/Left

By combining special keystrokes with the mouse functions, advanced layout operations can be done:

Switch Wiring Targets Hit Space while holding the Right mouse button to switch between possible wiring targets under the mouse.
Switch Layers Hit a number between 1-6 to switch layout layers. Additionally, if you have a port highlighted that can connect to the new layer, a contact cut will be created at that point and connected to the port.
Abort Type ESCAPE to abort the current operation.