Affinity Designer keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet
Affinity Designer is a professional design and drawing tool for macOS and Windows. It is mainly used for vector graphics drawing, suitable for icons, UI design, website design, promotional materials, etc. It is easy to use and very convenient to operate.
Designer Persona
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Cancel operation | esc |
| Help | F1 |
| Change opacity | 0 - 9 |
| Toggle UI | Tab |
| Artistic Text Tool | T |
| Transparency Tool | Y |
| Eyedropper Tool | I |
| Pen Tool | P |
| Decrease brush width | [ |
| Increase brush width | ] |
| Node Tool | A |
| Point Transform Tool | F |
| Fill Tool | G |
| View Tool | H |
| Toggle Snapping | ; |
| Clip to Canvas | \ |
| Zoom Tool | Z |
| Toggle Color Picker | X |
| Corner Tool | C |
| Move Tool | V |
| Vector Brush Tool | B |
| Pencil Tool | N |
| Polygon Tool | M |
| Toggle Split View | , |
| Reset Selection Marquee | . |
| Set brush/fill color picker to “No Fill” | / |
| Zoom to 100% | Cmd + 1 |
| Zoom to 200% | Cmd + 2 |
| Zoom to 400% | Cmd + 3 |
| Zoom to 800% | Cmd + 4 |
| Zoom to Actual Size | Cmd + 8 |
| Zoom to Pixel Size | Cmd + 9 |
| Zoom to Fit | Cmd + 0 |
| Zoom Out | Cmd + - |
| Zoom In | Cmd + = |
| Close Editor | Cmd + W |
| Show Rulers | Cmd + R |
| Show Characters | Cmd + T |
| Open | Cmd + O |
Cmd + P |
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| Move Back One | Cmd + [ |
| Move Forward One | Cmd + ] |
| Convert to Curves | Cmd + Enter |
| Select All | Cmd + A |
| Save | Cmd + S |
| Group | Cmd + G |
| Duplicate | Cmd + J |
| Lock | Cmd + L |
| Show Guides | Cmd + ; |
| Show Grid | Cmd + ' |
| Undo | Cmd + Z |
| Cut | Cmd + X |
| Copy | Cmd + C |
| Paste | Cmd + V |
| New… | Cmd + N |
| Curves (Adjustment) | Cmd + M |
| Preferences | Cmd + , |
| Pan (with Hotkey) | Space |
Pixel Persona
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Selection Brush Tool | W |
| Erase Brush Tool | E |
| Color Picker Tool | I |
| Toggle Dodge and Burn Brush Tools | O |
| Decrease brush width | [ |
| Increase brush width | ] |
| Flood Fill Tool | G |
| Freehand Selection Marquee Tool | L |
| Toggle Color Picker | X |
| Move Tool | V |
| Toggle Paint Brush and Pixel Tools | B |
| Toggle Marquee Selection Tools | M |
| Toggle Split View | , |
| Reset Selection Marquee | . |
Advanced Text
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Show Characters | Cmd + T |
| Show Typography | Cmd + Shift + T |
| Bold | Cmd + B |
| Italic | Cmd + I |
| Underline | Cmd + U |
| Align Left | Cmd + Alt + L |
| Align Center | Cmd + Alt + C |
| Align Right | Cmd + Alt + R |
| Decrease Kerning | Alt + Left |
| Increase Kerning | Alt + Right |
| Decrease Paragraph Leading | Alt + Down |
| Increase Paragraph Leading | Alt + Up |
| Raise Baseline | Alt + Shift + Up |
| Lower Baseline | Alt + Shift + Down |