Keyboard shortcuts

These are the keys the editor answers to, in the same groups as the shortcuts sheet inside the app. Press ⌃⇧? in the editor to open that sheet at any time, or choose Help > Keyboard shortcuts in the Deck menu at the top left.

Keys are shown with Mac symbols. On Windows and Linux, most ⌘ shortcuts use Ctrl, and ⌥ is Alt. On Windows, Use as mask is CtrlAltM.

Tools

Action	Keys
Move	V
Hand	H
Frame	F or A
Section	⇧S
Rectangle	R
Ellipse	O
Line	L
Arrow	⇧L
Pen (vector)	P
Pencil	⇧P
Edit points of a vector	↩ or double-click
Text	T
Pick colour	I
Place image	⇧⌘K
Stack	S
Button	B
Eraser	E
Laser pointer	K
Comment	C

View

Action	Keys
Quick actions	⌘K
Insert or swap a component	⇧I
Show or hide the interface	⌘</kbd> or ⌘.
Rulers	⇧R
Pixel grid	⌘’
Snap to pixel grid	⇧⌘’
Layout grids	⇧G
Snapping	⌥⌘’
Outlines	⌘Y
Zoom in / out	⌘+   ⌘−
Zoom to 100%	⇧0
Zoom to fit	⇧1
Zoom to selection	⇧2
Next / previous frame	N   ⇧N
Preview	⌥⌘↩
Layers panel	⌥1
Design / Prototype tab	⌥8   ⌥9
Collapse or expand layers	⌥L
Keyboard shortcuts	⌃⇧?

Present

These work in Preview and in a Present tab. Options > Enable shortcuts turns them off, and a key that one of your screens listens for goes to the screen instead.

Action	Keys
Next frame	→, Space or N
Previous frame	←
Restart	R
Change scaling	Z
Full screen	F
Refresh from the file (Present tab)	⇧R
Leave Preview	Esc

Vector editing

Action	Keys
Add a curve point	drag while placing
Close the path	click the first point
Finish drawing or editing	↩ or Esc
Break handle symmetry	⌥ drag a handle
Smooth or sharp point	double-click a point
Add a point on the path	click the path
Delete points	⌫

Selection

Action	Keys
Select all	⌘A
Select inside a frame	drag on its background
Select inverse	⇧⌘A
Select parent	Esc
Select children	↩
Next / previous sibling	⇥   ⇧⇥
Multi-edit variants	Q
Multi-edit text (several text layers)	↩
Rename	⌘R

Edit

Action	Keys
Copy / cut / paste	⌘C   ⌘X   ⌘V
Paste over selection	⇧⌘V
Paste to replace	⇧⌘R
Copy as PNG	⇧⌘C
Duplicate	⌘D or ⌥ drag
Copy styles / Paste styles	⌥⌘C   ⌥⌘V
Delete	⌫
Undo / redo	⌘Z   ⇧⌘Z
Copy link	⌘L

Arrange

Action	Keys
Frame selection	⌥⌘G or ⌘G
Wrap in new section	⌥⌘S
Remove a section, keep what it holds	⌘⌫
Ungroup	⇧⌘G
Use as mask / Release mask	⌃⌘M
Create component (an instance, on a component)	⌥⌘K
Detach instance	⌥⌘B
Flatten	⌘E
Union selection	⌥⇧U
Subtract selection	⌥⇧S
Intersect selection	⌥⇧I
Exclude selection	⌥⇧E
Add / remove auto layout	⇧A   ⌥⇧A
Save a local copy	⇧⌘S
Generate states	⌥⇧T
Generate the other theme	⌥⇧D
Generate the loading state	⌥⇧L
Generate accessibility notes	⌥⇧N
Bring forward / send backward	⌘]   ⌘[
Bring to front / send to back	⌥⌘]   ⌥⌘[
Flip horizontal / vertical	⇧H   ⇧V
Rotate (⇧ snaps to 15°)	drag just outside a corner
Align left / right	⌥A   ⌥D
Align top / bottom	⌥W   ⌥S
Align centres	⌥H   ⌥V
Distribute horizontally	⌃⌥H
Distribute vertically	⌃⌥V (Mac)
Tidy up	⌃⌥T
Nudge / big nudge	←   ⇧←
Show or hide	⇧⌘H
Lock or unlock	⇧⌘L

Distribute needs three or more layers. On Windows, CtrlAltV is Paste styles, so distribute vertically from the … menu of the Layout section or Quick actions. Read more in Align, distribute and Tidy up.

Text and appearance

Action	Keys
Bold	⌘B
Italic	⌘I
Underline	⌘U
Strikethrough	⇧⌘X
Bulleted list	⌘⇧8
Numbered list	⌘⇧7
Align text left / centre / right	⌥⌘L   ⌥⌘T   ⌥⌘R
Font size up / down	⇧⌘>   ⇧⌘<
Opacity 10% to 100%	1 to 9, 0

Voice

These work while you are in a voice call.

Action	Keys
Mute or unmute	⇧⌘M
Talk, with push to talk on (choose the key in Settings)	`

Files, tabs and settings

A few more keys work around the canvas rather than on it.

Action	Keys
Cursor chat	/
New file	⌥⌘N
Close the tab	⌥⌘W
Next / previous tab	⌃⇥   ⌃⇧⇥
Deck settings	⌘,

Catches

• Your browser keeps some keys. ⌘T and ⌘W belong to the browser, which is why new file and close tab use ⌥.
• Single keys need the canvas in focus. While you type in a field or a text layer, R is the letter R. Press Esc to leave the field first.
• Preview listens to your screens first. If a screen has a key press interaction, that key goes to the screen, not to Present.