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Shortcuts

Generic

Mac Windows
Undo ⌘ Z Ctrl+Z
Redo ⇧⌘Z Shift+Ctrl+Z
Delete Backspace
Delete Delete
Cut ⌘X Ctrl+X
Copy ⌘C Ctrl+C
Paste ⌘V Ctrl+V
Duplicate ⌘D Ctrl+D
Duplicate ⌥+Drag Alt+Drag
Select All ⌘A Ctrl+A
Deselect All ⇧⌘A Shift+Ctrl+A
Rename Selection ⌘R Ctrl+R

Object

Mac Windows
Group ⌘G Ctrl+G
Ungroup ⇧⌘G Shift+Ctrl+G
Lock/Unlock selection ⌘L Ctrl+L
Show/Hide selection ⇧⌘H Shift+Ctrl+H

Document

Mac Windows
Save changes ⌘S Ctrl+S
Export selected ⌘E Ctrl+E

Text (cursor) manipulation

When inside a text frame, and the text cursor is active.

Mac Windows
Move text cursor right ➡️ ➡️
Move text cursor left ⬅️ ⬅️
Move text cursor right to end of current word Ctrl+➡️ Ctrl+➡️
Move text cursor left to begin of current word Ctrl+⬅️ Ctrl+⬅️
Move text cursor right to end of current line ⌘ ➡️ End
Move text cursor left to begin of current line ⌘ ⬅️ Home
Move text cursor up ⬆️ ⬆️
Move text cursor left ⬇️ ⬇️
Select character right from cursor ⇧+➡️ Shift+➡️
Select character left from cursor 1 ⇧+⬅️ Shift+⬅️
Select word right from cursor ⇧+Option+➡️ Shift+Ctrl+➡️
Select word left from cursor ⇧+Option+⬅️ Shift+Ctrl+⬅️
Select (full) sentence right from cursor ⇧+⌘ ➡️ Shift+End
Select (full) sentence left from cursor ⇧+⌘ ⬅️ Shift+Home

Tools

Mac Windows
Select ⌘V V
Rectangle ⌘R R
Ellipse ⌘E E
Polygon ⌘Y Y
Line ⌘L L
Text ⌘T T
Image ⌘I I
Path/Pen (not in MVP) ⌘P P
Hand (=move canvas) ⌘H H
Zoom tool ⌘Z (zoom in) Z (zoom in)
Holding alt (zoom out) Holding alt (zoom out)

View

Mac Windows
Show/Hide UI
Rulers ⇧R Shift+R
Open layouts panel
Open layers/timeline panel
Open assets panel
Open styles panel

Zoom

Mac Windows
Pan Canvas Spacebar (Hold down) Spacebar (Hold down)
Zoom In ⌘ + or Option-Scrollwheel or Option-swipe (Magic Mouse) or Pinch out (trackpad) Ctrl + or Ctrl-Scrollwheel or Pinch out (trackpad)
Zoom Out ⌘ - or Option-Scrollwheel or Option-swipe (Magic Mouse) or Pinch out (trackpad) Ctrl - or Ctrl-Scrollwheel or Pinch out (trackpad)
Zoom to 100% ⇧0 Shift+0
Zoom to fit ⇧1 Shift+1
Zoom to selection ⇧2 Shift+2

Operations

Mac Windows
From Center Alt
Duplicate selected object ⌥+Drag Alt+Drag
Constrain Shift
Edit Text Enter Enter
Constrain rotate ⇧ (15°) Shift (15°)
Line Constrain Rotate ⇧ (45°) Shift (45°)
Constrain From Center ⇧ + ⌥ Shift + Alt

  1. A the beginning of a line, and there is a line before, the (invisible) new-line character of the previous live will be selected.