The best keyboard shortcuts to get started with Sketch
Here’s how to fast-track your work in a single keystroke
Whether you’re new to Sketch or a seasoned pro, taking the time to learn the keyboard shortcuts for common actions will seriously speed up your workflow.
But… there are just so many shortcuts. Where do we even start? Well, we thought a curated list of our design team’s can’t-live-without Sketch shortcuts could be just the thing.
We know there are a lot of them, so we recommend bookmarking this page and downloading this handy PDF cheat sheet ✨
Inserting layers
| A | Create an Artboard |
| R | Create a rectangle |
| O | Create an oval |
| T | Create a text layer |
| I | Create an interaction |
| H | Create a Hotspot |
| U | Create a rounded rectangle |
Moving and resizing
| ⌘ click | Select a layer within a group |
| ⌥ hover | Display the distance between layers |
| ⇧ resize | Constrain proportions |
| ⌘D | Duplicate |
| ⌘K | Scale layers |
| Arrow keys | Nudge layer 1px* |
| ⇧ arrow keys | Nudge layer by 10px* |
| ⌘ arrow keys | Expand or contract by 1px |
| ⇧⌘ arrow keys | Expand or contract by 10px |
*You can change the distance in your settings.
Arranging layers
| ⌘G | Group |
| ⇧⌘G | Ungroup |
| ⌘R | Rename layer |
| ⌘ [ or ] | Bring forward or backward |
| Tab | Select next layer in group |
| ⌥ click Align buttons | Align layer to Artboard |
| ⇧⌘H | Hide/show layer |
| ⇧⌘L | Lock/unlock layer |
Navigating documents
| ⌘O | Open Workspace window |
| C | Open Insert window |
| ⌃C | Open Color Picker |
| ⌘ + or - | Zoom in/out |
| ⌥Z click | Zoom out |
| ⌃P | Show pixels on zoom |
| Space and drag | Pan Canvas |
| Z click and drag | Zoom to area |
| ⌘0 | Zoom to 100% |
| ⌘1 | Zoom to all elements on Canvas |
| ⌘2 | Zoom to selection |
| fn← or → | Select previous/next Artboard |
Personalize your interface
| ⌥⌘1 | Show/hide Sidebar |
| ⌥⌘2 | Show/hide Inspector |
| ⌘. | Enter presentation mode |
| ⌃F | Show/hide prototyping |
| ⌃R | Toggle rulers |
Supercharge your Symbols
| ⌘Y | Create Symbol |
| ⌘↵ | Edit Symbol Source |
| ⇧⌘Y | Detach from Symbol |
| ⌥⇧⌘Y | Detach all contents from Symbol |
Faster exporting
| ⇧⌘E | Export |
| ⌘E | Export selected layers |
| Drag layer/thumbnail to Finder | Export asset |
| Drag layer/thumbnail to Canvas | Import flattened duplicate |
| / in the layer name | Include folder in Export |
There you have it, everything you need to streamline your workflow! All that’s left is to commit these shortcuts to muscle memory — though it’s probably easier to just bookmark this page or download our handy cheat sheet 😉
Ready for even more shortcuts? You can take a look at the full list in our documentation. And if we’ve missed one of your most commonly-used shortcuts, let us know on our community forum!
