Making Use of Shortcut Keys

This section introduces useful shortcut keys for more efficient operation of Designer.

Canvas / Operation panel Shortcut key Description
Canvas Ctrl + C Copies the selected object.
Ctrl + X Cuts the selected object.
Ctrl + V Pastes the copied object.
Ctrl + A Selects all the objects on the top layer.
Delete / BackSpace Deletes the selected object.
Ctrl + Z Returns to the previous operation.
Ctrl + Y Redoes the subsequent operation.
Shift + operation of the object's rotation anchor Rotates the object in increments of 45 degrees.
Shift + left-click / Left-click + drag Selects multiple objects.
Space bar + left-click When zooming in, changes the pointer to the hand tool to move the canvas.
Path Enter / Double-click Exits path generation/editing mode.
Ctrl + left-click Selects multiple anchor points in editing mode. These points are deleted with the Delete key.
Double-click Starts path editing.
Shift + left-click Draws paths at angles of 45 degrees each.
Left-click + ↑ key & ↓ key When drawing a polygon, increases or reduces the number of sides.
Ctrl + A Selects all anchor points.
Ctrl + Shift + dragging Selects multiple anchor points.
Shift + dragging Moves the anchor points along angles of 45 degrees each.
Esc Cancels the selection of all anchor points.
Shapes Double-click Double-click a shape object to start editing it.
Enter / Double-click Exits shape editing mode.
Images Double-click Double-click an image object to open the image editing panel.
Selector Shift + left-click Adds a Selector selection path.
Alt + left-click Deletes a Selector selection path.
Enter / Left-click Completes the Selector path, creating the path from the selection range.
Layers Shift + left-click Click Click to select while holding down the shift key to select multiple sublayers within the layer.
Ctrl + left-click Selects multiple sublayer objects.
Shift + left-click Selects multiple sublayer objects within the specified area.