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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 ❇️1
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 2 ⇧+⬅️ 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
Preview mode W W
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 ❇️

Working with type

Mac Windows
Bold (only for fonts with bold face) ⌘B Ctrl+B ❇️
Italic (only for fonts with italic face) ⌘I Ctrl+I ❇️
Normal ⌘Y Ctrl+Y ❇️
Underline ⌘U Ctrl+U ❇️
Strikethrough ⇧⌘ X Shift+Ctrl+X ❇️
All caps (on/off) ⇧⌘K Shift+Ctrl+H ❇️
Small caps (on/off) ⇧⌘H Shift+Ctrl+H ❇️
Superscript ⇧⌘(+)[plus sign] Shift+Ctrl++ ❇️
Subscript ⇧⌥⌘(+)[plus sign] Shift+Alt+Ctrl++ ❇️
Align left, right, or center ⇧⌘L,R, or C Shift+Ctrl+L, R, or C ❇️
Justify all lines ⇧⌘F (all lines) Shift+Ctrl+F (all lines) ❇️
Justify all but last line ⇧⌘J (all but last line) Shift+Ctrl+J (all but last line) ❇️

  1. ❇️ Active soon 

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