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title: Keyboard Shortcuts
description: Figma-compatible keyboard shortcut reference for OpenPencil tools, editing commands, view controls, and layer actions.
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# Keyboard Shortcuts
Full Figma-compatible shortcut map. ✅ = implemented.
::: tip Symbol Legend
⌘ = Cmd (Mac) / Ctrl (Win/Linux) · ⇧ = Shift · ⌥ = Alt/Option · ⌃ = Ctrl · ⌫ = Backspace
:::
## Tools
| Key | Tool | Status |
|-----|------|--------|
| V | Move/Select | ✅ |
| K | Scale | 🔲 |
| H | Hand | ✅ |
| F | Frame | ✅ |
| S | Section | ✅ |
| R | Rectangle | ✅ |
| O | Ellipse | ✅ |
| L | Line | ✅ |
| — | Polygon | ✅ (flyout only) |
| — | Star | ✅ (flyout only) |
| ⇧L | Arrow | 🔲 |
| P | Pen | ✅ |
| ⇧P | Pencil | 🔲 |
| T | Text | ✅ |
| C | Comment | 🔲 |
| I | Eyedropper | 🔲 |
## File
| Shortcut | Action | Status |
|----------|--------|--------|
| ⌘N | New Tab | ✅ |
| ⌘T | New Tab | ✅ |
| ⌘O | Open File | ✅ |
| ⌘W | Close Tab | ✅ |
| ⌘S | Save | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘S | Save As | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘E | Export… | ✅ |
## Edit
| Shortcut | Action | Status |
|----------|--------|--------|
| ⌘Z | Undo | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘Z | Redo | ✅ |
| ⌘X | Cut | ✅ |
| ⌘C | Copy | ✅ |
| ⌘V | Paste | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘V | Paste Over Selection | 🔲 |
| ⌘D | Duplicate | ✅ |
| ⌫ | Delete | ✅ |
| ⌘A | Select All | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘A | Select Inverse | 🔲 |
| ⇧⌘C | Copy as PNG | ✅ |
| ⌥⌘C | Copy Properties | 🔲 |
| ⌥⌘V | Paste Properties | 🔲 |
## View
| Shortcut | Action | Status |
|----------|--------|--------|
| ⌘' | Pixel Grid | 🔲 |
| ⌃G | Layout Guides | 🔲 |
| ⇧R | Rulers | 🔲 |
| ⌘\\ | Show/Hide UI | ✅ |
| ⌘= | Zoom In | ✅ |
| ⌘- | Zoom Out | ✅ |
| ⌘0 | Zoom to 100% | ✅ |
| ⌘1 | Zoom to Fit | ✅ |
| ⌘2 | Zoom to Selection | ✅ |
| ⇧1 | Zoom to Fit (alt) | ✅ |
| ⇧2 | Zoom to Selection (alt) | ✅ |
| ⌘J | Toggle AI Chat | ✅ |
## Object
| Shortcut | Action | Status |
|----------|--------|--------|
| ⌥⌘G | Frame Selection | 🔲 |
| ⌘G | Group Selection | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘G | Ungroup | ✅ |
| ⇧A | Add Auto Layout | ✅ |
| ⌥⌘K | Create Component | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘K | Create Component Set | ✅ |
| ⌥⌘B | Detach Instance | ✅ |
| ⌘] | Bring Forward | 🔲 |
| ⌥⌘] | Bring to Front | 🔲 |
| ] | Bring to Front | ✅ |
| ⌘[ | Send Backward | 🔲 |
| ⌥⌘[ | Send to Back | 🔲 |
| [ | Send to Back | ✅ |
| ⇧H | Flip Horizontal | 🔲 |
| ⇧V | Flip Vertical | 🔲 |
| ⇧⌘H | Toggle Visibility | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘L | Toggle Lock | ✅ |
| ⌘E | Flatten | 🔲 |
## Text
| Shortcut | Action | Status |
|----------|--------|--------|
| ⌘B | Bold | ✅ |
| ⌘I | Italic | ✅ |
| ⌘U | Underline | ✅ |
| ⇧⌘X | Strikethrough | 🔲 |
## Canvas Interaction
| Input | Action | Status |
|-------|--------|--------|
| Click | Select node | ✅ |
| Shift+Click | Add/remove from selection | ✅ |
| Alt+Drag | Duplicate and move | ✅ |
| Shift+Drag (draw) | Constrain to square/circle | ✅ |
| Shift+Drag (resize) | Maintain aspect ratio | ✅ |
| Shift+Drag (rotate) | Snap to 15° | ✅ |
| Middle mouse drag | Pan | ✅ |
| Scroll | Pan | ✅ |
| Ctrl+Scroll / Pinch | Zoom | ✅ |
| Double-click text | Edit text inline | ✅ |
| Drag onto frame | Reparent into frame | ✅ |
| Escape | Deselect / Cancel | ✅ |