Electric makes use of only two mouse buttons: left and right. On systems with three-button mice, the middle button pans the display. On Macintosh systems with only one button, the right button is obtained by holding the Command key when clicking.

Modifier | Button | Action
--- | --- | ---
| Left Click | Select
SHIFT | Left Click | Invert selection
CTRL | Left Click | Cycle through selected objects
CTRL + SHIFT | Left Click | Cycle through objects to Invert
| Left Double Click | Get Info
| Left Drag | Move selected objects
CTRL | Left Drag | Move selected objects, constrained
| Right Click | Draw or Connect Wire
CTRL | Right Click | Draw Wire (no connect)
SHIFT | Right Click | Zoom Out
SHIFT | Right Drag | Zoom In
CTRL + SHIFT | Right Drag | Draw Box
| Wheel Up/Down | Scroll Up/Down
SHIFT | Wheel Up/Down | Scroll Right/Left
CTRL | Wheel Up/Down | Zoom in/out

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.