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Keyboard shortcuts

The keys worth committing to memory.

Tool shortcuts come straight from the tool definitions, so this list is the real one. The rest are the editor-wide keys you will use constantly.

Tools#

VSelect
ADirect Select — anchors and handles
PPen
TType
MRectangle
LEllipse
\Line
NPencil
BPaintbrush
CScissors
RRotate
SScale
OReflect
IEyedropper
GGradient
HHand — pan
ZZoom

Timeline#

SpacePlay / pause
KKeyframe the selected property at the playhead
F9Easy Ease the selected keyframes
← →Step one frame
Home / EndJump to start / end

Editing#

Ctrl / Cmd + ZUndo
Ctrl / Cmd + Shift + ZRedo
Ctrl / Cmd + DDuplicate
Ctrl / Cmd + GGroup
Alt + dragDuplicate as you drag
Shift + dragConstrain to an axis
Alt is the modifier worth learning

It breaks pairing almost everywhere — breaking a bezier handle out of its mirror, duplicating instead of moving, inverting a tool's default action. When something is doing the symmetric thing and you want the asymmetric one, try Alt first.