Shortcuts

Last updated on 07 May 2024

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Keyboard shortcuts are the fastest way to speed up your workflow. Many of

them are depend on what you’ve selected and what you’re doing, but you’ll find

the full list of Sketch keyboard shortcuts below. To use a shortcut, press and

hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut.

On this page

General shortcuts
Inserting layers
Selecting layers
Moving and resizing layers
Editing layers
Vector editing
Text editing
Organizing layers
Smart Layout
Exporting layers
Symbols
Zoom and focus
Text fields
Miscellaneous shortcuts
Web app shortcuts
Prototype player shortcuts
Creating custom shortcuts

General shortcuts
⌘ C Copy
⌘ X Cut
⌘ V Paste
⇧ ⌘ V Paste over selection
Space drag Pan Canvas
⌥ ⇧ ⌘ N New page
fn ↑ Previous page
fn ↓ Next page
⌘ + Zoom in
⌘ - Zoom out
⌃ R Show/hide rulers

⌃ P Show/hide pixels

⌃ X Show/hide pixel grid

⌃ G Show/hide grid

⌃ ⌘ G Access grid settings

⌃ L Show/hide layout grid

⌃ ⌘ L Access layout settings

⌃ 1 2 Switch between Canvas and Components View

⌘ F Filter in Layer List/Components View

Switch between Component types in the Components View and Insert

⌘ 1 2 3 4 W indow

⌃ ⌘ 1 D isplay the Design tab in the Inspector

⌃ ⌘ 2 D isplay the Prototype tab in the Inspector

⌃ ⌘ K R un custom plugin

⌘ Z U ndo

⇧ ⌘ Z R edo

⌘ N New document
⌘ O O pen Workspace window

⇧ ⌘ O O pen local document

⌘ W Close window
⌘ S Save new document

⌃ ⌘ S Create a version with an optional description

⌘ ⏎ Save a newly created version from the Create Version dialog

⇧ ⌘ S D uplicate current document

⌥ ⇧ ⌘ S Save As

⇧ ⌘ P Page setup
⌘ , O pen Settings

⌘ H H ide the Mac app

⌘ Q Q uit the Mac app

⇧ ⌘ ? O pen the Help menu

⌘ P O pen the Prototyping Preview window

⇧ ⌘ , O pen the Document Settings window

When Auto Save is disabled in Settings, the Duplicate menu item is replaced by Save As.

Inserting layers
You can use the following shortcuts instead of choosing them in the Insert menu.

R R ectangle

O O val

L Line
U R ounded rectangle

V Vector tool
P Pencil tool
T Text tool

A Artboard tool
S Slice tool

H H otspot tool

C O pen the Insert Window

Enter nsert selected Component onto Canvas from Insert Window

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Enter Go to selected Symbol’s Source from Components View

⌥ drag D raw a new shape from center

⇧ drag Lock the ratio of shape as you draw it

Space drag Move a new layer before you place it

Selecting layers
Click Select a layer

Click-and-drag Select multiple layers

⌥ drag Select layers completely within your selection area

⌘ click Select a layer within a group

Tab Select next layer in group

⇧ Tab Select previous layer in group

Enter Select frontmost child of group, or edit layer

Esc Selects parent group

⌘ A Select all layers, except hidden and locked layers

⌥ ⌘ A Select all layers, including hidden and locked layers

⇧ ⌘ A Select all Artboards

⇧ click Add layer to/remove layer from your selection

⇧ ⌘ click Add layer from a group to your selection
⌘ click Add layer to selection/deselect a layer
⇧ click Select a range of layers

⇧ double-click Maintain your selection while adding layers within groups

⌥ ⌘ Add or move selected layers that are fully enclosed within another

layer

X drag Create a marquee selection without selecting any layers

fn → Jump to next Artboard

fn ← Jump to previous Artboard

⇧ ⌘ J R eveal selection in Layer List

Tab
or ⇧ Tab
Navigate layers in the Canvas

⌘ Esc Clear selection

Moving and resizing ayers l

As you move or resize layers, you’ll see smart guides and measurements automatically.
⌥ hover D isplay distance between other layers

⌥ ⌘ L Locks/unlocks layer proportions when resizing

⌘ D D uplicate

⇧ ⌘ D D uplicate behind

⌥ drag D uplicate

⇧ drag Move layer along X or Y axis

⌘ drag Move layer and ignore smart guides

⌥ ⌘ drag anywhere Move a layer

Arrow keys Nudge layer any direction by 1 px*

⇧ Arrow keys Nudge layer any direction by 10 px*
K Scale layer

⌥ and resize R esize layer from center

⇧ and resize Preserve the layer’s ratio

⌘ → or ↓ x
E pand by 1 p x
⌘ ← or ↑ Contract by 1 px
⇧ ⌘ → or ↓ x
E pand by 10 p x
⇧ ⌘ ← or ↑ Contract by 10 px
⌃ ⌥ hover Show distance to baseline/cap height on text layers

*You change this value in Settings.

Editing layers
W hen you’ve selected a layer, you can use the following shortcuts:

Enter Edit layer

Esc Finish editing

⌘ Esc D eselect layer selection in groups

⌥ Tab Edit the X position in the Inspector

⌫ D elete layer

⌥ ⌘ C Copy style
⌥ ⌘ V Paste style
⌃ S Sync shared style

⌃ ⌥ S R eset shared style

W Add link to Artboard

F Toggle fill

B Toggle border

⌃ C Pick color
0 to 9 Edit layer opacity

⇧ ⌘ T Transform shape

⇧ ⌘ R R otate layer

⌃ ⌘ M U se the layer as a mask

⌥ ⌘ U U nion multiple layers

⌥ ⌘ S Subtract multiple layers

⌥ ⌘ I I ntersect multiple layers

⌥ ⌘ X D ifference multiple layers

Vector editing
⌥ ⌘ O O pen/close path

Tab Select the next point

⌥ Show all handle control points

1 Straight point type

2 Mirrored point type

3 D isconnected point type

4 Asymmetric point type

D ouble-click vector point Toggle point between Straight and Mirrored

⇧ drag vector point Move point along X or Y axis

⌘ drag handle control point Convert your selected point to a isconnected type
D

⇧ click (when inserting points) Place new point at a 45º angle

⇧ click path segment Place new point between existing points
⌘ click path segment Curve the path between existing points

Text editing
⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V Paste as rich text
⌘ T Change typeface
⌘ B Bold

⌘ I I talic

⌘ U U nderline

⌥ ⌘ + ncrease font size

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⌥ ⌘ - D ecrease font size

⌃ ⌥ L I ncrease character spacing

⌃ ⌥ T D ecrease character spacing

⇧ ⌘ { Align left
⇧ ⌘ | Align center
⇧ ⌘ } Align right
⌃ ⌘ Space or fn E Emoji & symbols

⌥ ⌘ O Convert to outlines
⇧ Return I nsert a line break

Organizing layers
U se these shortcuts to organize your layers.

⌘ G Group

⇧ ⌘ G U ngroup

⌘ r R ename selected layer(s)

⌥ ⌘ R R ename all layer(s)

Click-and-drag layer Adjust layer hierarchy

⌘ ] Bring forward

⌥ ⌘ ] Bring to front

⌘ [ Send backward

⌥ ⌘ [ Send to back

⌥ ⇧ ⌘ ↑ Move up (out of group/Artboard)

⌃ ⌘ H Align horizontally
⌃ ⌘ V Align vertically
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ H Align horizontally in an Artboard
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ V Align vertically in an Artboard
⌃ ⌘ ← Align layer to the left
⌃ ⌘ → Align layer to the right
⌃ ⌘ ↑ Align layer to the top
⌃ ⌘ ↓ Align layer to the bottom
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ ← Align layer to the left within an Artboard
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ → Align layer to the right within an Artboard
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Align layer to the top within an Artboard
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Align layer to the bottom within an Artboard
⌥ click Align buttons Align layer to Artboard
⇧ ⌘ H H ide/show layer

⇧ ⌘ L Lock/unlock layer

Smart Layout
⌘ L followed by ← , H , → , ↑ , V , or ↓ Apply Smart Layout and set direction
⌥ ⌘ L Pause/resume Smart Layout
L Remove Smart Layout

Exporting layers
⇧ ⌘ E x
E port

⌘ E x
E port selected layer(s)

D rag a layer/thumbnail to Desktop x

E port asset

D rag a layer/thumbnail to Canvas I nsert flattened duplicate

/ in layer name I ncludes folder in export

Symbols
⌘ Y Create Symbol
⌘ ⏎ Edit Symbol Source

etach from Symbol for a Symbol Instance or Convert to Artboard for

⇧ ⌘ Y
D

the Symbol Source

⌥ ⇧ ⌘ Y Detach all contents from Symbol

Z oom and ocus f

⌘ 0 Zoom to 100 %

⌘ 1 Zoom to all elements on Canvas

⌘ 2 Zoom to selected layer(s)
⌘ 3 Center selected layer(s) in the Canvas
Z drag Zoom to area
Z click Zoom in
⌥ Z click Zoom out
~ (or § on some keyboards) Temporarily zoom out to 100 %

⌃ ⌘ F Toggle full screen

⌥ ⌘ 1 Show/hide Layer List

⌥ ⌘ 2 Show/hide Inspector

⌘ . Enter presentation mode

⌥ ⌘ T Show/hide toolbar

Text e ds fi l
These shortcuts apply when you’re editing a numerical field in the Inspector:

⌥ Tab Focus nspectorI

Tab Select next field

⇧ Tab Select previous field

Enter Confirm change

Esc Clear change
↑ I ncrease value by 1

↓ D ecrease value by 1

⇧ ↑ I ncrease value by 10

⇧ ↓ D ecrease value by 10

⌥ ↑ I ncrease value by 0.1

⌥ ↓ D ecrease value by 0.1

⇧ click and drag label Adjust value in increments of 10

⌥ click and drag label Adjust value in increments of 0.1

R esizing shortcuts
W hen you’re adjusting the height or width of a layer, the following characters give you more

control over the starting position of the resize.

L Scale from the left (default)

R Scale from the right

T Scale from the top (default)

B Scale from the bottom

C / M Scale from the center / middle

Using math operators

You use these math operators in all numerical inputs of the Inspector.

+ Add
- Subtract

* Multiply

/ D ivide

% Resize layer to a percentage of its parent group or Artboard

Setting individual radius values

W hen you select a rectangle, you can specify a different value in the radius field for each
corner in the Inspector by using ; as a spacer (e.g. 40;0;40;0 ).

Export elds shorthand fi

n the Scale field of the Make Exportable panel in the Inspector, use the following characters to

customize your export sizes.

X Scale multiplier, e.g. 2x will export at twice the size

H x
E port your layer at a specific height, e.g. 512h

W x
E port your layer at a specific width, e.g. 51 2w

Misce aneous shortcuts ll

These shortcuts are available for specific tools or when you’re performing specific actions.

⇧ on startup Launch the Mac app with all plugins disabled

⇧ ⌃ D R efresh Data (In version 87 and earlier: ⌘ ⇧ D )

⌘ ⌃ R R un the last plugin you used again

⌘ drag selection
R otate layer
handle

⇧ drag when rotating Snap rotation to 15º increments

W ith a gradient stop selected, position it between 0 and

0 to 9
%

100 %

=
Position selected gradient stop directly between two existin g

stops

⌃ C Brings up the eyedropper to set that layer’s fill color

N Add a new comment

^ N Show or hide comments

⌃ ⇧ N Show or hide resolved comments

⌘ Submit a comment

⌃ M Show or hide the Minimap

⌘ K Show or hide the Command Bar

W eb app shortcuts
These shortcuts are available when viewing Sketch documents in the web app.

Shift 0 Zoom to selected Artboard’s actual size (100 % )

Shift 1 Fit selected Artboard to screen

[ View as grid
] View as list
0 Zoom to 100 %

1 Fit to Screen
+ Zoom in ( U S keyboards)

= Zoom in (Non- U S keyboards)

- Zoom out
⌃ click Show layer menu

← or → Navigate Artboards
D Show or hide the Document Details panel

V Show or hide the Versions panel

I Show or hide the Inspector panel

C Show or hide the Comments panel

N Add a new comment

⇧ N Show or hide comments

⌘ Submit a comment

P rototype player shortcuts

These shortcuts are available when using the Prototype player on the web

R Restart Prototype

← or → Go Back / Forward

N Add a new comment

Creating custom shortcuts

To create custom shortcuts for Sketch, open the System Settings, head to Keyboard >

Shortcuts > App Shortcuts and click the Add button. In the pop-up menu, select Sketch under

the All Applications drop-down menu and set up your custom shortcut.