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Use Ctrl + Alt + / on Windows or ⌘ + ⌥ + / on Mac to open the Keyboard Shortcuts modal inside the app.
Object operations
| Windows | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + C | ⌘ + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + X | ⌘ + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + V | ⌘ + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | ⌘ + ⇧ + V | Paste in place * |
| Ctrl + D | ⌘ + D | Duplicate |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A | Select all objects |
| Ctrl + Click | ⌘ + Click | Selects a nested object |
| Delete | ⌫ | Delete |
| ← → ↑ ↓ | ← → ↑ ↓ | Move 1px |
| Shift + Arrows | ⇧ + Arrows | Move 10px |
| Shift + Rotate | ⇧ + Rotate | Rotate 15° |
| Ctrl + Z | ⌘ + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | ⌘ + ⇧ + Z | Redo |
| Ctrl + G | ⌘ + G | Group/Ungroup |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + G | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + G | Flatten layers |
| Ctrl + L | ⌘ + L | Lock/Unlock |
| Shift + Click | ⇧ + Click | Add object to selection |
| Alt + Drag | ⌥ + Drag | Duplicate objects |
| Shift + Drag | ⇧ + Drag | Constrain to vertical or horizontal axis |
| Shift while resizing | ⇧ while resizing | Resize maintaining aspect ratio |
| Alt + C | ⌥ + C | Copy styles |
| Alt + V | ⌥ + V | Paste styles |
| Shift + X | ⇧ + X | Flip stroke and fill colors |
| Ctrl | ⌘ | Temporarily disable snapping |
| Alt | ⌥ | Inspect distances |
| Shift + Click | ⇧ + Click | Replace selected icon |
| Alt + Drag | ⌥ + Drag | Draw line from center point |
Editing text and syntax based stencils
| Windows | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Enter | Enter edit mode |
| Ctrl + Enter | ⌘ + Enter | Apply changes and exit edit mode |
| Esc | Esc | Exit edit mode without applying changes |
Arranging and aligning objects on the page
| Windows | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + ↑ | ⌘ + ↑ | Bring forward |
| Ctrl + ↓ | ⌘ + ↓ | Send backwards |
| Ctrl + Shift + ↑ | ⌘ + ⇧ + ↑ | Bring to front |
| Ctrl + Shift + ↓ | ⌘ + ⇧ + ↓ | Send to back |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ← | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + ← | Align left |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + C | Align center |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + → | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + → | Align right |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ↑ | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + ↑ | Align top |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + M | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + M | Align middle |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ↓ | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + ↓ | Align bottom |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + H | Distribute horizontally |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + V | Distribute vertically |
For all Align operations: Select multiple objects and then click on one of the selected objects to set it as the reference.
Quick Draw toolkit
| Windows | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| D | D | Connector |
| Shift + P | ⇧ + P | Pencil |
| P | P | Polygon |
| R | R | Rectangle |
| O | O | Ellipse |
| L | L | Line |
| Shift + L | ⇧ + L | Arrow |
| T | T | Text |
| H | H | Hotspot |
Working with projects
| Windows | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Option | Alt | Collapse folders in panels. |
| C | C | Comment |
| D | D | Diagram |
| Ctrl + S | ⌘ + S | Save ** |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | ⌘ + ⇧ + S | Save as... |
| Ctrl + O | ⌘ + O | Open projects |
| Fn + Page Up | Fn + ↑ | Previous page |
| Fn + Page Down | Fn + ↓ | Next page |
| Ctrl + Alt + X | ⌘ + ⌥ + X | Export |
| Ctrl + P | ⌘ + P | Preview |
| Ctrl + Alt + E | ⌘ + ⌥ + E | Share |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | ⌘ + ⌥ + R | Show rulers |
| Ctrl + ( ; ) | ⌘ + ( ; ) | Show custom guides |
| Ctrl + ( ' ) | ⌘ + ( ' ) | Show paper grid |
| Ctrl + Shift + ( ' ) | ⌘ + ⇧ + ( ' ) | Show layout grid |
| Ctrl + Shift + ( ; ) | ⌘ + ⇧ + ( ; ) | Snap to grids & guides |
| Alt + Shift + ( ' ) | ⌥ + ⇧ + ( ' ) | Snap to page |
| Ctrl + Alt + ( ' ) | ⌘ + ⌥ + ( ' ) | Snap to other objects |
| Ctrl + F | ⌘ + F | Search in current tab |
| Alt + 1 through 7 | ⌥ + 1 through 7 | Switch current tabs |
| Ctrl + . | ⌘ + . | Toggle both sidebars on-off |
| Alt + 0 | ⌥ + 0 | Show left sidebar |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | ⌘ + ⇧ + I | Show format panel |
| Ctrl + (+) / (-) | ⌘ + (+) / (-) | Zoom in/out in editor/viewer/preview mode |
| Ctrl + 0 | ⌘ + 0 | Reset zoom |
| - | - | Zoom out |
| = | = | Zoom in |
| 0 | 0 | Zoom to 100% |
| 1 | 1 | Zoom to page |
| 2 | 2 | Zoom to selection |
| 3 | 3 | Zoom to content |
Preview/View mode
| Windows | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Shift + F | ⌘ + ⇧ + F | Full screen |
| Alt + Click 'Full Screen' button | ⌥ + Click 'Full Screen' button | Hide browser |
| Shift | ⇧ | Show interactions |
| ← → | ← → | Navigate pages |
| Esc | Esc | Exit full screen |
Notes:
* Users of Firefox that have AdBlock Plus installed as a browser extension can't use the Ctrl + Shift + V shortcut to 'paste stencils in place' because it is used by the extension. To release it, go to about:config and change the extensions.adblockplus.sidebar_key property to an empty string.
** Projects are auto-saved automatically so that, usually you don't need to save them manually.