Sketch.com

Created: 17 August 2020

Updated: 17 August 2020

Sketch.com keyboard shortcuts

Create, prototype, collaborate, and bring your ideas to life with the design platform used by over one million people — from freelancers, to the world’s largest teams.

Sketch.com has a 30days trial & requires macOS.

Custom Shortcuts

You can create custom shortcuts for Sketch by opening System Preferences, heading to Keyboard › Shortcuts › App Shortcuts and clicking the add button. In the pop-up menu, select Sketch under the Application drop-down menu and set up your custom shortcut.

General shortcuts
`⌘` `C`	Copy
`⌘` `X`	Cut
`⌘` `V`	Paste
`⌘` `⇧` `V`	Paste over selection
`Space` drag	Pan Canvas
`⌘` `⇧` `N`	New page
`fn` `↑`	Previous page
`fn` `↓`	Next page
`⌘` `+`	Zoom in
`⌘` `-`	Zoom out
`Ctrl` `R`	Show/hide rulers
`Ctrl` `P`	Show/hide pixels
`Ctrl` `X`	Show/hide pixel grid
`Ctrl` `G`	Show/hide grid
`Ctrl` `L`	Show/hide layout
`Ctrl` `E`	Show/hide slices
`Ctrl` `F`	Show/hide prototyping
`⌘` `F`	Filter in Layer List/Components Panel
`⌘` `⇧` `F`	Filter in the Components Panel
`⌘` `Ctrl` `K`	Run custom plugin
`⌘` `Z`	Undo
`⌘` `⇧` `Z`	Redo
`⌘` `N`	New document
`⌘` `O`	Open document
`⌘` `⇧` `O`	Open Documents window
`⌘` `W`	Close window
`⌘` `S`	Save document
`⌘` `⇧` `S`	Duplicate*
`⌘` `⌥` `⇧` `S`	Save As…*
`⌘` `⇧` `P`	Page setup
`⌘` `,`	Open Preferences
`⌘` `H`	Hide Sketch
`⌘` `Q`	Quit Sketch
`⌘` `⇧` `?`	Open the Help menu
`⌘` `P`	Open the Prototyping Preview window
Inserting Layers
`R`	Rectangle
`O`	Oval
`L`	Line
`U`	Rounded rectangle
`V`	Vector tool
`P`	Pencil tool
`T`	Text tool
`A`	Artboard tool
`S`	Slice tool
`H`	Hotspot tool
`⌥` drag	Draw a new shape from center
`⇧` drag	Lock the ratio of shape as you draw it
`Space` drag	Move a new layer before you place it
Selecting Layers
Click	Select a layer
Click-and-drag	Select multiple layers
`⌥` drag	Only select layers within your drag selection
Double-click	Select a layer with a group
`⌘` click	Select a layer within a group
`⌥` click	Select an obscured layer
`⌘` `A`	Select all layers
`⌘` `⇧` `A`	Select all Artboards
`⇧` click	Add layer to/remove layer from your selection
`⌘` `⇧` click	Add layer from a group to your selection
`⌘` click	Add layer to selection/deselect layer in Layer List
`⇧` click	Select a range of layers in Layer List
`fn` `→`	Select next Artboard
`fn` `←`	Select previous Artboard
`⌘` `⇧` `J`	Reveal selection in Layer List
Moving and Resizing Layers
`⌥` hover	Display distance between other layers
`⌘` `D`	Duplicate
`⌥` drag	Duplicate
`⇧` drag	Move layer along X or Y axis
`⌘` drag	Move layer and ignore smart guides
`⌘` `⌥` drag	Move an obscured layer
Arrow keys	Nudge layer any direction by 1 px*
`⇧` Arrow keys	Nudge layer any direction by 10 px*
`⌘` `K`	Scale layer
`⌥` and resize	Resize layer from center
`⇧` and resize	Preserve the layer’s ratio
`⌘` `→` or `↓`	Expand by 1 px
`⌘` `←` or `↑`	Contract by 1 px
`⇧` `⌘` `→` or `↓`	Expand by 10 px
`⇧` `⌘` `←` or `↑`	Contract by 10 px
`Ctrl` `⌥` hover	Show distance to baseline/cap height on text layers
Editing Layers
`Enter`	Edit layer
`Escape`	Finish editing
`⌥` `Tab`	Edit the X position in the Inspector
`⌫`	Delete layer
`⌘` `⌥` `C`	Copy style
`⌘` `⌥` `V`	Paste style
`Ctrl` `S`	Sync shared style
`Ctrl` `⌥` `S`	Reset shared style
`W`	Add link to Artboard
`F`	Toggle fill
`B`	Toggle border
`Ctrl` `C`	Pick color
`0` to `9`	Edit layer opacity
`⌘` `⇧` `T`	Transform shape
`⌘` `⇧` `R`	Rotate layer
`⌘` `Ctrl` `M`	Use the layer as a mask
`⌘` `Escape`	Return to instance
`⌘` `⌥` `U`	Union multiple layers
`⌘` `⌥` `S`	Subtract multiple layers
`⌘` `⌥` `I`	Intersect multiple layers
`⌘` `⌥` `X`	Difference multiple layers
Vector Editing
`⌘` `⌥` `O`	Open/close path
`Tab`	Select the next point
`⌥`	Show all handle control points
`1`	Straight point type
`2`	Mirrored point type
`3`	Disconnected point type
`4`	Asymmetric point type
Double-click vector point	Toggle point between Straight and Mirrored
`⇧` drag vector point	Move point along X or Y axis
`⌘` drag handle control point	Convert your selected point to a Disconnected type
`⇧` click (when inserting points)	Place new point at a 45º angle
`⇧` click path segment	Place new point between existing points
`⌘` click path segment	Curve the path between existing points
Text Editing
`⌘` `⌥` `⇧` `V`	Paste as rich text
`⌘` `T`	Change typeface
`⌘` `B`	Bold
`⌘` `I`	Italic
`⌘` `U`	Underline
`⌘` `⌥` `+`	Increase font size
`⌘` `⌥` `-`	Decrease font size
`Ctrl` `⌥` `L`	Increase character spacing
`Ctrl` `⌥` `T`	Decrease character spacing
`⌘` `⇧` `{`	Align left
`⌘` `⇧` `\|`	Align center
`⌘` `⇧` `}`	Align right
`⌘` `⌥` `Space`	Emoji & symbols
`⌘` `⌥` `O`	Convert to outlines
`⇧` `Return`	Insert a line break
Organizing Layers
`⌘` `G`	Group
`⌘` `⇧` `G`	Ungroup
`⌘` `R`	Rename layer
`Tab`	Select next layer in group
`⇧` `Tab`	Select previous layer in group
`Enter`	Selects layer inside group
`Escape`	Selects parent group
Click-and-drag layer	Adjust layer hierarchy
`⌘` `]`	Bring forward
`⌘` `⌥` `]`	Bring to front
`⌘` `[`	Send backward
`⌘` `⌥` `[`	Send to back
`⌘` `⌥` `⇧` `↑`	Move up (out of group/Artboard)
`⌘` `Ctrl` `H`	Distribute horizontally
`⌘` `Ctrl` `V`	Distribute vertically
`⌥` click Align buttons	Align layer to Artboard
`⌘` `⇧` `H`	Hide/show layer
`⌘` `⇧` `L`	Lock/unlock layer
Exporting Layers
`⌘` `⇧` `E`	Export
`⌘` `E`	Export selected layer(s)
Drag a layer/thumbnail to Desktop	Export asset
Drag a layer/thumbnail to Canvas	Insert flattened duplicate
`/` in layer name	Includes folder in export
Symbols
`⌘` `Y`	Create Symbol
`⌘` `⇧` `Y`	Detach from Symbol
`⌘` `⌥` `⇧` `Y`	Detach all contents from Symbol
Zoom and Focus
`⌘` `0`	Zoom to 100%
`⌘` `1`	Zoom to all elements on Canvas
`⌘` `2`	Zoom to selected layer(s)
`⌘` `3`	Center selected layer(s) in the Canvas
`Z` drag	Zoom to area
`Z` click	Zoom in
`⌥` `Z` click	Zoom out
`~` (or `§` on some keyboards)	Temporarily zoom out to 100%
`⌘` `Ctrl` `F`	Toggle full screen
`⌘` `⌥` `1`	Show/hide Layer List
`⌘` `⌥` `2`	Show/hide Inspector
`⌘` `.`	Enter presentation mode
`⌘` `⌥` `T`	Show/hide Toolbar
Text Fields
`⌥` `Tab`	Focus Inspector
`Tab`	Select next field
`⇧` `Tab`	Select previous field
`Enter`	Confirm change
`Escape`	Clear change
`↑`	Increase value by 1
`↓`	Decrease value by 1
`⇧` `↑`	Increase value by 10
`⇧` `↓`	Decrease value by 10
`⌥` `↑`	Increase value by 0.1
`⌥` `↓`	Decrease value by 0.1
`⇧` click and drag label	Adjust value in increments of 10
`⌥` click and drag label	Adjust value in increments of 0.1
Resizing Shortcuts
`L`	Scale from the left (default)
`R`	Scale from the right
`T`	Scale from the top (default)
`B`	Scale from the bottom
`C` / `M`	Scale from the center / middle
How to Use Math Operators
`+`	Add
`-`	Subtract
`*`	Multiply
`/`	Divide
`%`	Resize layer to a percentage of its parent group or Artboard
Export Fields Shorthand
`X`	Scale multiplier. Eg, `2x` will export at twice the size
`H`	Export your layer at a specific height. Eg, `512h`
`W`	Export your layer at a specific width. Eg, `512w`
Miscellaneous
`⇧` on startup	Launch Sketch with all plugins disabled
`⌘` `⇧` `D`	Refresh Data
`⌘` `Ctrl` `R`	Run the last plugin you used again
`⌘` drag selection handle	Rotate layer
`⇧` drag when rotating	Snap rotation to 15º increments
`0` to `9`	With a gradient stop selected, position it between 0% and 100%
`=`	Position selected gradient stop directly between two existing stops
Cloud Shortcuts
`0`	Zoom to 100%
`1`	Fit to Screen
`+`	Zoom in (US Keyboards)
`=`	Zoom in (Non-US Keyboards)
`-`	Zoom out
`Ctrl` click	Show Layer Menu
`←` or `→`	Navigate Artboards
`⌘` `/`	Show Keyboard Shortcuts Sheet
`Esc`	Hide Keyboard Shortcuts Sheet