Reference

Canvas keyboard shortcuts

All the keys and gestures for the canvas, for notes, and for To-dos and Flow, on a single page.

Who can do this

For
Designers, Your team
Role
Anyone with access, including “View only”
Plan
All plans, including Free
Where
On a computer

On the canvas, See shortcuts (bottom left, next to Assets) opens this same list. Keys do nothing while you are typing in a field. On a Mac, Ctrl is ⌘.

The pointer

Key or gestureWhat it does
VBrowse: move the canvas and open screens
IInteract: use the prototype inside its frame
SSelect: pick screens and groups
TText: fix a text right there
PAdjust: fine-tune an element (padding, colors, type)
clickOn a screen, zooms to it and centers it
double clickOn a screen, zooms to it and enters Interact
EscDrops the selection and goes back to Browse

Moving around the canvas

Key or gestureWhat it does
dragMove the canvas from the background
wheelZoom in and out where the cursor is
+ / −Zoom in and out from the center
FSee the whole project

Selecting and grouping

Key or gestureWhat it does
Shift + dragMarquee to pick several screens
Ctrl + clickAdds to or removes from the selection
Ctrl+APick them all (in Select mode)
GThe next marquee creates a group (with screens selected, it groups them right away)
Shift while droppingTakes what you drag out of the group that contains it
Ctrl+CCopy the selected screen as an image

Notes

KeyWhat it does
RDictate a note (again to finish; Esc discards it)
EWrite a note
Ctrl+EnterRun the notes that are ready
BShow or hide the notes bar
LShow or hide the Review panel
KShow or hide the client comments
DHide or show the AI questions again

Editing

KeyWhat it does
Ctrl+ZUndo the last thing
Ctrl+YRedo
Shift+GTurn the measuring guides on or off

Inside To-dos

KeyWhat it does
Ctrl+ZUndo checking or unchecking a task
Ctrl+YRedo the last thing you undid
EnterAdd what is written to the list

Inside Flow

Key or gestureWhat it does
CDraw an arrow between two nodes
SMarquee to pick in the diagram
DeleteDelete what is selected
double clickOn a screen node, opens it on the canvas

Inside Sketches

Key or gestureWhat it does
PPen
FFill pen
EEraser
LLasso
Space + dragMove the board

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