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Paper's shortcuts, plus Figma's where Paper has none. Try it: press a tool key.
VMove
HHand
FFrame
RRectangle
OEllipse
TText
PPencil
CComment
SShaders
IPick color
Tools
MoveV
HandH
FrameF or A
Rectangle / EllipseR O
Text / PencilT P
CommentC or Y
ShadersS
Pick a color (fills the selection, or copies it)I
Place imageCtrlShiftK
Panhold Space and drag
Zoom tool (Alt-click zooms out)hold Z
Back to Move, then select parentEsc
View
Zoom in / out+ -
Zoom to 100%Shift0
Zoom to fit / selectionShift1 Shift2
Pan with the keyboard (nothing selected)Arrows
Next / previous artboardN ShiftN
Next / previous pagePageDown PageUp
Measure distanceshold Alt
Show / hide UI. or Ctrl\
Collapse / expand panelsShift\
Layers / Tokens panelAlt1 Alt2
Show / hide commentsShiftC
All shortcuts, searchableCtrl/
Selection
Select all / select othersCtrlA CtrlShiftA
Next / previous siblingTab ShiftTab
Select children, or edit textEnter
Select parentShiftEnter or \
Add to selectionShift click
Select inside framesCtrl click
One level deeperdouble-click
Edit
Undo / redoCtrlZ CtrlShiftZ
Cut / copy / paste (as HTML)CtrlX C V
Paste on top / paste to replaceCtrlShiftV CtrlShiftR
Copy / paste stylesCtrlAltC V
DuplicateCtrlD or Alt drag
Delete / renameDelete CtrlR or F2
Opacity 10% … 100% (two digits for exact)1 … 0
Show / hide · lock / unlockCtrlShiftH CtrlShiftL
Unlock allCtrlShiftAltL
Copy as PNGCtrlShiftC
Copy as Tailwind / ReactAltT AltR
Copy a link to the selection · exportCtrlL CtrlShiftE
Back to all filesCtrlShiftD
Arrange
Nudge 1px / 10pxArrows, Shift + arrows
Resize 1px / 10pxCtrl + arrows
Bring forward / send backwardCtrl] Ctrl[
Bring to front / send to back] [
Group / ungroupCtrlG CtrlShiftG
Wrap in frameCtrlAltG or ShiftF
Add / remove flex layoutShiftA AltShiftA
Align left / right / top / bottomAltA D W S
Align horizontal / vertical centersAltH AltV
Distribute horizontally / vertically
AltShiftH V⌃⌥H V
Flip horizontal / verticalShiftH ShiftV
Resize to fit content / fill the parentCtrlAltShiftR F
Clip content · swap fill and borderAltC ShiftX
Text
Bold / italic / underlineCtrlB I U
StrikethroughCtrlShiftX
Align left / center / right / justifyCtrlAltL T R J
Font size − / +CtrlShift, .
Font weight − / +CtrlAlt, .
Line height − / +AltShift, .
Letter spacing − / +Alt, .
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Shortcuts never fire while you type in a field or edit text. Browsers keep a few keys for themselves, such as CtrlW and CtrlT. In the editor, Ctrl/ opens this list.
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