Whether or not you’re new to Sketch or a seasoned professional, taking the time to be taught the keyboard shortcuts for frequent actions will critically pace up your workflow.
However… there are simply so many shortcuts. The place can we even begin? Effectively, we thought a curated checklist of our design staff’s can’t-live-without Sketch shortcuts may very well be simply the factor.
We all know there are quite a lot of them, so we advocate bookmarking this web page and downloading this useful PDF cheat sheet ✨
Table of Contents
Inserting layers
A
Create an Artboard
R
Create a rectangle
O
Create an oval
T
Create a textual content layer
I
Create an interplay
H
Create a Hotspot
U
Create a rounded rectangle
Transferring and resizing
⌘ click on
Choose a layer inside a bunch
⌥ hover
Show the gap between layers
⇧ resize
Constrain proportions
⌘D
Duplicate
⌘Ok
Scale layers
Arrow keys
Nudge layer 1px*
⇧ arrow keys
Nudge layer by 10px*
⌘ arrow keys
Develop or contract by 1px
⇧⌘ arrow keys
Develop or contract by 10px
*You may change the gap in your settings.
Arranging layers
⌘G
Group
⇧⌘G
Ungroup
⌘R
Rename layer
⌘ [ or ]
Convey ahead or backward
Tab
Choose subsequent layer in group
⌥ click on Align buttons
Align layer to Artboard
⇧⌘H
Cover/present layer
⇧⌘L
Lock/unlock layer
Navigating paperwork
⌘O
Open Workspace window
C
Open Insert window
⌃C
Open Coloration Picker
⌘ + or –
Zoom in/out
⌥Z click on
Zoom out
⌃P
Present pixels on zoom
Area and drag
Pan Canvas
Z click on and drag
Zoom to space
⌘0
Zoom to 100%
⌘1
Zoom to all parts on Canvas
⌘2
Zoom to choice
fn← or →
Choose earlier/subsequent Artboard
Personalize your interface
⌥⌘1
Present/conceal Sidebar
⌥⌘2
Present/conceal Inspector
⌘.
Enter presentation mode
⌃F
Present/conceal prototyping
⌃R
Toggle rulers
Supercharge your Symbols
⌘Y
Create Image
⌘↵
Edit Image Supply
⇧⌘Y
Detach from Image
⌥⇧⌘Y
Detach all contents from Image
Quicker exporting
⇧⌘E
Export
⌘E
Export chosen layers
Drag layer/thumbnail to Finder
Export asset
Drag layer/thumbnail to Canvas
Import flattened duplicate
/ within the layer title
Embrace folder in Export
There you’ve it, every part it’s essential to streamline your workflow! All that’s left is to commit these shortcuts to muscle reminiscence — although it’s most likely simpler to simply bookmark this web page or obtain our useful cheat sheet 😉
Prepared for much more shortcuts? You may check out the total checklist in our documentation. And if we’ve missed one in all your most commonly-used shortcuts, tell us on our neighborhood discussion board!
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