Keyboard shortcuts in Creatie

In the creative process, using keyboard shortcuts can significantly enhance your design efficiency.

Basics

	macOS	Windows
View shortcuts	⇧ Shift ⌃ Control ?	Shift Ctrl ?
Show / Hide panels	⌘ Command \	Ctrl \
Pan	Spacebar Drag	Spacebar Drag
Zoom to fit	⇧ Shift 1	Shift 1
Zoom to selection	⇧ Shift 2	Shift 2

Tools

	macOS	Windows
Select	V	V
Scale	K	K
Pan	H	H
Frame	F	F
Section	Q	Q
Slice	S	S
Rectangle	R	R
Ellipse	O	O
Line	L	L
Pen	P	P
Pencil	⇧ Shift P	Shift P
Connector	X	X
Text	T	T
Image	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command K	Shift Ctrl K
Eyedropper	I or ⌃ Control C	I
Comment	C	C
Copy suggestion	E	E
Talk and doodle	D	D
Search	M	M

View

	macOS	Windows
Open layers panel	⌥ Option 1	Alt 1
Open assets panel	⌥ Option 2	Alt 2
Open resources panel	⌥ Option 3	Alt 3
Open design panel	⌥ Option 8	Alt 8
Open library panel	⌥ Option ⌘ Command 4	Ctrl Alt 4
Open prototype panel	⌥ Option 9	Alt 9
Show / Hide panels	⌘ Command \	Ctrl \
Show / Hide left panel	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command \	Shift Ctrl \
Rulers	⇧ Shift R	Shift R
Pixel grid	⌘ Command '	Ctrl '
Layout grids	⇧ Shift G	Shift G
Snap to pixel	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command '	Shift Ctrl '
Pixel preview	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command P	Shift Ctrl P
Multiplayer cursors	⌥ Option ⌘ Command \	Ctrl Alt \
Show comments	⇧ Shift C	Shift C
Show slices	⇧ Shift S	Shift S
Dev mode	⇧ Shift D	Shift D
Show outlines	⌘ Command Y	Ctrl Y

Zoom

	macOS	Windows
Zoom in	+	+
Zoom out	-	-
Zoom to 100%	⌘ Command 0	Ctrl 0
Zoom to next frame	N	N
Zoom to previous frame	⇧ Shift N	Shift N
Zoom to fit	⇧ Shift 1	Shift 1
Zoom to selection	⇧ Shift 2	Shift 2

Text

	macOS	Windows
Bold	⌘ Command B	Ctrl B
Underline	⌘ Command U	Ctrl U
Strikethrough	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command X	Shift Ctrl X
Create link	⌘ Command K	Ctrl K
Ordered list	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command 7	Shift Ctrl 7
Unordered list	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command 8	Shift Ctrl 8
Text align left	⌥ Option ⌘ Command L	Ctrl Alt L
Text align right	⌥ Option ⌘ Command R	Ctrl Alt R
Text align center	⌥ Option ⌘ Command T	Ctrl Alt T
Text align justified	⌥ Option ⌘ Command J	Ctrl Alt J
Increase font size	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command >	Shift Ctrl >
Decrease font size	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command <	Shift Ctrl <
Increase line height	⇧ Shift ⌥ Option >	Shift Alt >
Decrease line height	⇧ Shift ⌥ Option <	Shift Alt <
Increase letter spacing	⌥ Option >	Alt >
Decrease letter spacing	⌥ Option <	Alt <

Vector

	macOS	Windows
Select	V	V
Pen	P	P
Pencil	⇧ Shift P	Shift P
Enter edit mode	↵ Enter	↵ Enter
Bend tool	⌘ Command Drag	Ctrl Drag
Delete	Delete	Delete
Delete and heal	⇧ Shift Delete	Shift Delete
Join anchor points	⌘ Command J	Ctrl J
Outline stroke	⌥ Option ⌘ Command O	Ctrl Alt O
Flatten selection	⌘ Command E	Ctrl E

Layers

	macOS	Windows
Select all	⌘ Command A	Ctrl A
Select inverse	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command A	Shift Ctrl A
Deselect	Esc	Esc
Select child layer	↵ Enter	↵ Enter
Select parent layer	\ or ⇧ Shift ↵ Enter	\ or Shift ↵ Enter
Show / Hide layers	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command H	Shift Ctrl H
Lock / Unlock layers	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command L	Shift Ctrl L
Rename layers	⌘ Command R	Ctrl R
Group selection	⌘ Command G	Ctrl G
Frame selection	⌥ Option ⌘ Command G	Ctrl Alt G
Wrap in selection	⇧ Shift Q	Shift Q
Ungroup	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command G	Shift Ctrl G
Use as mask	⌃ Control ⌘ Command M	Ctrl Alt M
Flatten selection	⌘ Command E	Ctrl E
Search layer	⌘ Command F	Ctrl F
Collapse layers	⌥ Option L	Alt L
Flip vertical	⇧ Shift V	Shift V
Flip horiontal	⇧ Shift H	Shift H
Bring forward	⌘ Command ]	Ctrl ]
Send backward	⌘ Command [	Ctrl [
Bring to front	] or ⌥ Option ⌘ Command ]	] or Ctrl Alt ]
Send to back	[ or ⌥ Option ⌘ Command [	[ or Ctrl Alt [
Nudge in large increments	⇧ Shift Arrow key	Shift Arrow key

Cursor

	macOS	Windows
Deep select	⌘ Command Click	Ctrl Click
Deep select by marquee	⌘ Command Drag	Ctrl Drag
Measure distance	⌥ Option Hover	Alt Hover
Drag and duplicate	⌥ Option Drag	Alt Drag

Edit

	macOS	Windows
Copy	⌘ Command C	Ctrl C
Cut	⌘ Command X	Ctrl X
Paste	⌘ Command V	Ctrl V
Paste to replace	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command R	Shift Ctrl R
Copy as PNG	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command C	Shift Ctrl C
Copy properties	⌥ Option ⌘ Command C	Ctrl Alt C
Paste properties	⌥ Option ⌘ Command V	Ctrl Alt V
Duplicate	⌘ Command D	Ctrl D
Rename layers	⌘ Command R	Ctrl R
Flip vertical	⇧ Shift V	Shift V
Flip horizontal	⇧ Shift H	Shift H
Nudge in large increments	⇧ Shift Arrow key	Shift Arrow key
Resize layers	⌘ Command Arrow key	Ctrl Arrow key
Resize in large increments	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command Arrow key	Shift Ctrl Arrow key
Swap fill and stroke	⇧ Shift X	Shift X
Export slices	⇧ Shift ⌘ Command E	Shift Ctrl E
Layer opacity	1 ~ 0	1 ~ 0
Enter gradient mode, select node
Adjust by 1% increment	← →	← →
Adust by 10% increment	⇧ Shift ← or →	Shift ← or →
Node position 10%-90%	1 ~ 9	1 ~ 9
Node reversal	0	0
Swap nodes	Tab	Tab
Insert node between two adjacent nodes	=	=

Arrange

	macOS	Windows
Align left	⌥ Option A	Alt A
Align horizontal centers	⌥ Option H	Alt H
Align right	⌥ Option D	Alt D
Align top	⌥ Option W	Alt W
Align vertical centers	⌥ Option V	Alt V
Align bottom	⌥ Option S	Alt S
Distribute spacing	⇧ Shift ⌥ Option V	Shift Alt V
Distribute spacing	⇧ Shift ⌥ Option H	Shift Alt H
Add smart layout	⇧ Shift A	Shift A
Remove smart layout	⇧ Shift ⌥ Option A	Shift Alt A

Components

	macOS	Windows
Create component	⌥ Option ⌘ Command K	Ctrl Alt K
Create components in bulk	⌥ Option ⌘ Command N	Ctrl Alt N
Create components set	⌥ Option ⌘ Command I	Ctrl Alt I
Detach instance	⌥ Option ⌘ Command B	Ctrl Alt B
Search	M	M
Open asset panel	⌥ Option 2	Alt 2
Drag and swap instance	⌥ Option Drag	Alt Drag
Open libraries panel	⌥ Option ⌘ Command 4	Ctrl Alt 4

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