Drawing Mode Keyboard Shortcuts
Command | Description | Windows | macOS |
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Automatically Fill Inside Regions |
Automatically fill drawing shapes. |
Ctrl + Shift + R |
⌘ + Shift + R |
Bring Forward |
Bring the selected drawing element one step forward. |
Ctrl + PgUp |
⌘ + PgUp |
Bring To Front |
Bring the selected drawing element to the front. |
Ctrl + Shift + PgUp |
⌘ + Shift + PgUp |
Brush Tool |
Activate the Brush Tool in Brush Mode. |
Alt + B |
Alt + B |
Brush Tool (General) |
Activate the Brush Tool. |
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Centerline Editor Tool | Activate the Centerline Editor Tool. | Alt + W | Alt + W |
Close Gap Tool |
Activate the Close Gap Tool. |
Alt + C |
Alt + C |
Contour Editor Tool |
Activate the Contour Editor Tool. |
Alt + Q |
Alt + Q |
Convert Brush Strokes to Pencil Lines |
Convert Brush to Pencil. |
^ |
^ |
Convert Pencil Lines to Brush Strokes |
Convert Pencil Lines to Brush. |
& |
& |
Cutter Tool |
Activate the Cutter Tool. |
Alt + T |
Alt + T |
Cycle Through Flatten Drawing Modes | This shortcut cycles through the different drawing modes: Normal, Flatten Latest and Auto Flatten | ||
Decrement Brush Size | Decrement Brush Size. | ||
Draw Behind | Toggle the Draw Behind mode for the current tool. | ||
Dropper Tool |
Activate the Dropper Tool. |
Alt + D |
Alt + D |
Edit Texture/Gradient Tool |
Activate the Edit Texture/Gradient Tool |
Shift + F3 |
Shift + F3 |
Ellipse Tool |
Activate the Ellipse Tool. |
Alt + = |
Alt + = |
Eraser Tool |
Activate the Eraser Tool. |
Alt + E |
Alt + E |
Flatten |
Flatten. |
Alt + Shift + F |
Alt + Shift + F |
Flip Horizontal |
This is the shortcut key to flip horizontally drawing objects in Drawing mode. |
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Flip Vertical |
This is the shortcut key to flip vertically drawing objects in Drawing mode. |
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Group |
This is the shortcut key to group drawing objects in Drawing mode |
Ctrl + G |
⌘ + G |
Hand Tool |
Activate the Hand Tool. |
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Increment Brush Size | Increment Brush Size. | ||
Light Table |
The shortcut key that activates the Auto Light Table command. |
Shift + L |
Shift + L |
Line Tool |
Activate the Line Tool. |
Alt + \ |
Alt + \ |
Onion Skin: Add 1 Next |
The shortcut key that activates the Add One Next Drawing command for the onion skin. |
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Onion Skin: Add 1 Previous |
The shortcut key that activates the Add One Previous Drawing command for the onion skin. |
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Onion Skin: Reduce 1 Next |
The shortcut key that activates the Reduce One Next Drawing command for the onion skin. |
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Onion Skin: Reduce 1 Previous |
The shortcut key that activates the Reduce One Previous Drawing command for the onion skin. |
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Paint Tool |
Activate the Paint Tool. |
Alt + I |
Alt + I |
Paint Tool (General) |
Activate the Paint Tool without changing its mode. |
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Paint Unpainted Tool |
Activate the Paint Tool in Paint Unpainted Mode. |
Alt+Y |
Alt+Y |
Pencil Tool |
Activate the Pencil Tool. |
Alt + / |
Alt + / |
Perspective Tool |
This is the shortcut for the drawing perspective tool. |
Alt + 0 |
Alt + 0 |
Polyline Tool |
Activate the Polyline Tool. |
Alt + _ |
Alt + _ |
Rectangle Tool |
Activate the Rectangle Tool. |
Alt + 7 |
Alt + 7 |
Repaint Brush Tool |
Activate the Brush Tool in Repaint Mode. |
Alt + X |
Alt + X |
Resize Pencil Style Tool |
This is the shortcut for the tool to resize pencil. |
O |
O |
Rotate 180 |
Rotate the drawing 180 degrees. |
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Rotate 90 CCW |
Rotate the drawing 90 degrees counterclockwise. |
Ctrl + 7 |
⌘ + 7 |
Rotate 90 CW |
Rotate the drawing 90 degrees clockwise. |
Ctrl + 9 |
⌘ + 9 |
Rotate View Tool |
Activate the Rotate View Tool. |
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Select Strokes with Current Colour |
This is the shortcut key to select all drawing objects in the active layer(s) of a drawing that are coloured with the current colour. |
Ctrl + Shift + A |
⌘ + Shift + A |
Select Tool |
Activate the Select Tool. |
Alt + S |
Alt + S |
Send Backward |
Send the selected drawing element one step backward. |
Ctrl + PgDown |
⌘ + PgDown |
Send to Back |
Send the selected drawing element to the back. |
Ctrl + Shift + PgDown |
⌘ + Shift + PgDown |
Show Grid |
Show/hide the Drawing View grid by default. |
Ctrl + ' |
⌘ + ' |
Show Strokes |
Shortcut key to the Show Strokes command. |
K |
K |
Show/Hide Contour Editor Controls |
Show/Hide Rotation and Scale Controls |
Alt+F5 |
Alt+F5 |
Show/Hide Onion Skin |
Toggles on and off the onion skin. |
Alt + O |
Alt + O |
Smooth |
Smooth. |
Alt + Shift + S |
Alt + Shift + S |
Smooth Editor Tool |
Activate the Smooth Editor Tool. |
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Snap and Align |
Use drawing bounding boxes for snapping and alignment. |
Ctrl + Alt + , |
⌘+Alt + , |
Snap to Contour |
Use drawing contours for snapping. |
Ctrl + Alt + ; |
⌘+Alt + ; |
Snap to Grid |
Snap drawings to the grid. |
Ctrl + Alt + ' |
⌘ + Alt + ' |
Stamp Tool | Activate the Stamp tool. | ||
Stroke Tool |
Activate the Stroke Tool. |
Alt + V |
Alt + V |
Text Tool |
Activate the Text Tool. |
Alt + 9 |
Alt + 9 |
Ungroup |
This is the shortcut key to ungroup drawing objects in Drawing mode |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
⌘ + Shift + G |
Unpaint Tool |
Activate the Paint Tool in Unpaint Mode. |
Alt + U |
Alt + U |
Zoom Tool |
Activate Zoom Tool temporarily or permanently if pressed with ALT. |
Alt + Z |
Alt + Z |