Drawing keyboard shortcuts

Drawing keyboard shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts for editing, aligning, and moving objects. Some actions have two or more shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts for editing objects

Action or command Keyboard shortcut

Complete an open or closed polygon or a Bezier shape Enter, or double-click the last point

Constrain the direction of the line tool or the rotation of the regular polygon tool Shift while you drag

Constrain movements to a vertical or horizontal direction Shift while you drag an object

Constrain resizing to a vertical or horizontal direction Shift while you drag an object's handle

Resize objects proportionally Shift while you drag an object's corner handle diagonally

Constrain the oval tool to a circle, the rectangle tool to a square, the rounded rectangle tool to a rounded square, or the arc tool to a quarter-circle Shift while you drag

Create a smooth point on a polygon Option while you drag

Create an unsmooth point on a Bezier shape Option while you drag

Duplicate -D

Free Rotate Shift--R

Lock a tool to use it repeatedly without having to select it again Double-click the tool

Reshape -R

Add a control handle to a polygon while in Reshape mode Click an anchor point, press Option, and drag away from the anchor point

Delete a control handle while in Reshape mode Option while you click the top of the control handle

Display a control handle on a Bezier shape while in Reshape mode Click an anchor point

Select multiple anchor points while in Reshape mode Shift-click

Select several objects Shift while you click each object

Select the eyedropper Tab

Keyboard shortcuts for aligning and moving objects

Action or command Keyboard shortcut

Align Objects Shift--K

Align To Grid Shift--L

Group -G

Ungroup Shift--G

Lock -H

Unlock Shift--H

Move Backward Shift--(hyphen)

Move Forward Shift--(plus)

Move selected objects one pixel or gridpoint Arrow keys

Turn Autogrid On/Off -Y

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