Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts for tools, panels, editing, and project navigation.

Editing

ActionShortcut
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
Redo (alternate) Ctrl+Y
Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Copy flattened Ctrl+Shift+C
Delete selection Del

Tools

ActionShortcut
Pointer tool Q
Select tool W
Pencil tool E
Eraser tool R
Brush tool B
Fill tool F
Pan tool X
Color picker tool I

Selection & transform

ActionShortcut
Select all Ctrl+A
Flip horizontal Alt+H
Flip vertical Alt+V
Flip horizontal Shift+H
Flip vertical Shift+V
Rotate clockwise Alt+]
Rotate counter-clockwise Alt+[
Scale 2× Alt+=
Scale 0.5× Alt+-

Panels

ActionShortcut
Toggle layers panel Tab
Toggle tools panel P
Toggle navigator panel N
Toggle palettes panel C
Toggle colors panel O
Toggle Map Builder panel T
Toggle animations panel G
Toggle history panel H

Project

ActionShortcut
Save project Ctrl+S
Fit to view .
New layer Shift+N
Previous stage [
Next stage ]
Previous layer ;
Next layer '

While drawing

  • Hold Shift while using the pencil to erase temporarily.
  • Hold A while using the pencil to sample a color temporarily.
  • Hold Space and drag to pan without switching tools.

Selection nudge

Arrow keys move the active selection by 1 pixel. Hold Shift to nudge by the active layer grid size.