Hot keys

Hot keys

You can use keyboard shortcuts to help speed up your design process. Commands are divided into several sections.

General Shortcuts

Action	Hotkey(s)
Open	`Ctrl`+O
New	`Ctrl`+N
Save	`Ctrl`+S
Save as	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+S
Export	`Ctrl`+E
About	F1
Exit	`Alt`+F4, `Ctrl`+Q
Copy	`Ctrl`+C
Cut	`Ctrl`+X
Paste	`Ctrl`+V
Undo	`Ctrl`+Z
Redo	`Ctrl`+Y, `Ctrl`+`Shift`+Z
Toggle rules	`Ctrl`+R
Toggle grid	`Ctrl`+’
Toggle left panel	`Ctrl`+T

Inserting Objects

Action	Hotkey(s)
Rectangle	R
Oval	O
Line	L
Text	T
Artboard	A
Draw from center	`Alt`+Drag
Draw lock aspect	`Shift`+Drag
Select	S, Esc
Insert bitmap	P
Create avatar	`Ctrl`+P

Selecting Objects

Action	Hotkey(s)
Select layer	Click
Select all	`Ctrl`+A
Select all Artboards	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+A
Select in group	`Ctrl`+click

Editing Objects

Action	Hotkey(s)
Sape edit mode	Enter, double click
Finish editing	Escape
Delete layer	Backspace, Del
Toggle mask	`Ctrl`+M
Flip horizontaly	`Ctrl`+`→`, `Ctrl`+`←`
Flip vertical	`Ctrl`+`↑`, `Ctrl`+`↓`
Union	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+U
Substract	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+P
Intersect	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+I
Difference	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+X
Align left	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`←`
Align horizontally	`Shift`+`Ctrl`(+)-
Align right	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`→`
Align top	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`↑`
Align vertically	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+\|
Align bottom	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`↓`
Distribute horizontally	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+H
Distribute vertically	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+V

Text Editing

Action	Hotkey(s)
Bold	`Ctrl`+B
Italic	`Ctrl`+I
Increase font size	`Ctrl`(+)+
Decrease font size	`Ctrl`(+)–
Increase Character Spacing	`Ctrl`+`→`
Decrease Character Spacing	`Ctrl`+`←`
Horizontal Align Left	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + {
Horizontal Align Center	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + \|
Horizontal Align Right	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + }

Moving and Resizing Objects

Action	Hotkey(s)
Distances from objects	`Alt`
Duplicate	`Alt`+Drag, `Ctrl`+D
Move long X/Y axis	`Shift`+Drag
Move by 1px	Arrow keys
Move by 10px	`Shift`+Arrow keys
Resize from center	`Alt`+resize
Preserve ratio	`Shift`+resize
Move canvas	Space+Drag

Arranging Objects

Action	Hotkey(s)
Group selection	`Ctrl`+G
Ungroup selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+G
Bring forward	`Ctrl`+[
Bring to front	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+[
Send backward	`Ctrl`+]
Send to back	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+]
Hide/show	`Ctrl`+H
Lock/unlock	`Ctrl`+L

Zoom and Focus

Action	Hotkey(s)
Zoom	`Ctrl` + Mouse Wheel
Zoom In	`Ctrl`(+)+,+
Zoom Out	`Ctrl`(+)-,-
Zoom to 100%	`Ctrl`+0
Zoom to all elements	`Ctrl`+1
Zoom to selection	`Ctrl`+2
Fit width	`Ctrl`+3
Fit height	`Ctrl`+4

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