Keyboard shortcuts · Reference

⌘ is the Command key on macOS and Ctrl on Windows and Linux. Option is Alt on Windows and Linux. Editor shortcuts do not act while a text field, select or editable text has focus, except the text-editing shortcuts listed for that state. ⌘K is the one shortcut that also works from inside a field.

Studio

Shortcut	Action
⌘K or /	Open Search Studio tools. / works only when no field has focus
↑, ↓, Enter, Escape in search	Move through the results, open the selected tool, close search
F2 on a project tab	Rename the tab's project (your own projects only)
Enter, Escape while renaming	Save the new name, cancel
Option + ←, Option + → on a project tab	Move the tab left or right
Shift + F10 or the ContextMenu key	Open the menu of the focused project tab, layer, artboard, scene or canvas
Escape	Close the open menu or popover
←, → on a sidebar resize handle	Resize the sidebar by 8 px, or 32 px with Shift
Home, End on a sidebar resize handle	Set the sidebar to its minimum or maximum width

The letters shown beside tools in the search results are labels only and are not bound to keys.

Canvas

These apply in every tool with the shared canvas viewport while the canvas has focus or the pointer is over it.

Shortcut	Action
⌘Z, Shift + ⌘Z	Undo, redo (Design Lab, Animation and the expression tools)
Scroll	Zoom around the pointer
F	Fit the canvas
+ or =, −	Zoom in, zoom out
Drag on empty canvas	Pan
Space + drag, middle-button drag	Pan over content
Arrow keys on a selected layer	Nudge the layer 1 px
Shift + arrow keys on a selected layer	Nudge the layer 10 px
Arrow keys on the focused Navigate canvas map	Move the visible area by 15% of its size
←, → on the focused Move artboard map handle	Dock the artboard map left or right

Design Lab

Design Lab is the layered composition tool. Press ? or select Keyboard shortcuts in the canvas toolbar to open its shortcut sheet, and press Escape to close it.

Shortcut	Action
T, S, M, I, K, E	Add a text layer, shader layer, brand mark, image, sticker or Effect layer. E works only on an artboard
⌘C, ⌘X, ⌘V	Copy, cut, paste layers. With no layer selected, ⌘C copies the active artboard
⌘A	Select every unlocked layer on the active surface
Option + ⌘C, Option + ⌘V	Copy style, paste style
⌘D	Duplicate the selection
Delete or Backspace	Delete the selection
⌘], ⌘[	Bring forward, send backward
Shift + ⌘], Shift + ⌘[	Bring to front, send to back
⌘G, Shift + ⌘G	Group (two or more layers), ungroup
Shift + ⌘L	Lock or unlock
Option + A, Option + H, Option + D	Align left, horizontal center, right
Option + W, Option + V, Option + S	Align top, vertical center, bottom
Option + Shift + H, Option + Shift + V	Distribute horizontally, vertically
Shift while dragging the rotate handle	Snap the rotation to 15° steps
⌘B, ⌘I, ⌘U while editing text	Bold, italic, underline
Escape while editing text	Finish editing
Enter or Escape in crop mode	Finish cropping
Arrow keys in crop mode	Move the focal point by 1%, or 5% with Shift

Design Lab shortcuts work while Design Lab has focus or the pointer is over it. They do not act while a text field, menu or dialog has focus. Duplicate, delete, cut and the order chords act on the canvas selection, or on the layer chosen in the layer list when nothing is selected on the canvas. Delete and duplicate skip a locked layer chosen in the layer list. The Option shortcuts and the bracket chords read the physical key, so they work on keyboard layouts where those keys type other characters.

Expression tools

The expression tools are OpenGraph, Terminal card, Partnership lockup, Blog cover and Slide templates. These keys work while their canvas has focus.

Shortcut	Action
Delete or Backspace	Delete the selected layers
⌘D	Duplicate the selected layers
⌘A	Select every unlocked layer on the page
⌘], ⌘[	Bring the selected layer forward, send it backward
Shift + ⌘], Shift + ⌘[	Bring the selected layer to front, send it to back
Enter	Edit the selected text layer on the canvas
Escape	Finish editing text, or clear the selection
Option + ↑, Option + ↓	Move the focused layer row or slide thumbnail up or down

The order chords need exactly one selected layer.

Animation

Shortcut	Action
Home, End on the playhead	Move the playhead to the start or end
←, → on the playhead	Step one output frame, or one second with Shift
←, → or ↑, ↓ on a trim handle	Move the cut one frame, or ten frames with Shift. With Option, later scenes ripple
←, → on a keyframe diamond	Move the keyframe one frame, or ten frames with Shift
Delete or Backspace on a keyframe diamond	Remove the keyframe
←, → on the rotate handle	Rotate 1°, or 15° with Shift
⌘ + scroll over the storyboard	Zoom the storyboard's time axis

Moodboard

Shortcut	Action
Escape	Clear the tile selection when no field is being edited

Brand book

Shortcut	Action
←, → in Read	Previous or next page
Escape in Read	Return to Overview

Source drawer

Shortcut	Action
⌘Enter or ⌘S	Apply the code
⌘F	Open find and replace
Enter, Shift + Enter in find	Next or previous match
Enter in replace	Replace the current match
Shift + Option + F	Format the JSON
Tab, Shift + Tab	Indent, outdent
Escape	Close the find bar, then the drawer
←, → on the resize handle	Resize the drawer by 8 px, or 32 px with Shift
Home, End on the resize handle	Set the drawer to its minimum or maximum width

Documentation

Shortcut	Action
⌘K	Open documentation search

Documentation search covers the headings and body text of every page.

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