Danila Poyarkov 81bf188f5f Wrap remaining single-key shortcuts and key names in <kbd>

Single-letter tool keys (R, O, L, F, S, P, H), Escape, Enter,
Space (and locale equivalents), arrow key names in shortcut tables
and prose. Remove <kbd> from non-key words like 'drag'.

2026-03-08 13:07:08 +03:00

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Selection & Manipulation	Selecting, moving, resizing, rotating, duplicating, and organizing nodes in OpenPencil.

Selection & Manipulation

Select objects to move, resize, rotate, duplicate, and organize them on the canvas.

Selecting

Click a node to select it (deselects everything else)
Shift + click to add or remove a node from the current selection
Marquee drag — drag on empty canvas to draw a selection rectangle; all intersecting nodes are selected on release
⌘A — select all nodes on the current page
Click empty canvas — deselect all

Moving

Drag a selected node to move it (all selected nodes move together)
Arrow keys — nudge selected nodes by 1 px
Shift + arrow keys — nudge by 10 px

Resizing

Selected nodes show 8 resize handles (4 corners + 4 edge midpoints). Drag any handle to resize.

Shift + drag a corner handle to constrain proportions

Rotating

Hover just outside a corner handle to see the rotation cursor. Drag to rotate.

Shift + drag snaps rotation to 15° increments

Duplicating

Alt + drag (⌥ + drag on Mac) — duplicate the selected node and move the copy
⌘D — duplicate in place

Deleting

Press Backspace or Delete to remove all selected nodes.

Z-Order

Change the stacking order of nodes within their parent:

] — bring to front (top of sibling list)
[ — send to back (bottom of sibling list)

Visibility & Lock

⇧⌘H — toggle visibility. Hidden nodes don't render but stay in the layers panel.
⇧⌘L — toggle lock. Locked nodes can't be selected or moved on canvas.

Move to Page

Move selected nodes to a different page via the context menu. The nodes are reparented under the target page's canvas.

Sections

Drawing a section on the canvas automatically adopts overlapping sibling nodes as children of the new section.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Mac	Windows / Linux
Select all	`⌘A`	`Ctrl` + `A`
Duplicate	`⌘D`	`Ctrl` + `D`
Duplicate + move	`⌥` + drag	`Alt` + drag
Delete	`⌫` / Delete	`Backspace` / Delete
Nudge 1 px	`Arrow keys`	Arrow keys
Nudge 10 px	`⇧` + Arrow keys	`Shift` + `Arrow` keys
Bring to front	]	]
Send to back	[	[
Toggle visibility	`⇧⌘H`	`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `H`
Toggle lock	`⇧⌘L`	`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `L`

Tips

Use the Layers & Pages panel to see and reorder nodes when they overlap.
See Context Menu for additional actions like grouping and component creation.

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