Quickly duplicate an object by selecting it, then hitting CTRL+D ( COMMAND+D on MacOS).
CTRL+SHIFT+4 will show and hide grids, which is much quicker than the two-step process of selecting an object and reaching for the toggle button in the sidebar. These Figma-generated grids allow you to position elements on the canvas with precision. Showing and Hiding Layout GridsĪnother shortcut I find myself referring to time and again is toggling visibility of layout grids. In Figma you can press COMMAND+/ or CTRL+/ to bring up the search menu, and here you can do a lot of things (fire up a plugin, hide the UI, search for a file, and many, many more). Click elsewhere on the canvas to apply that color to the object. Select an object then hit I to bring up the color picker. Color PickerĪnother really useful Figma keyboard shortcut allows us to call the color picker at the click of a finger. To group a selection of elements, hit COMMAND+G on MacOS and CTRL+G on Windows. Select the objects you want to use, then hit SHIFT+A.Īuto-layout is a feature which allows you to quickly create resizable components. Quickly Add Auto-Layout and GroupĪnother favorite shortcut of mine is to add auto-layout. As before, holding down SHIFT at the same time will do the same but by 10px. To resize an object by 1px in a given direction hold down CTRL or COMMAND and use the arrow keys. Hold down SHIFT and do the same to move your object 10px at a time. With an element selected, use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT arrow keys to nudge it 1px on the canvas. Nudging is to move an object in any direction. Let’s look at nudging and resizing objects with the arrow keys (I use these shortcuts all the time–they’re super helpful). ALT+Z does the same for zooming out.įor more options and zoom settings click the dropdown in the top right corner of the window: 6. Lastly, holding Z brings up the Zoom tool for you to click or drag on the canvas and zoom in.The + and - keys will zoom in and out, and holding COMMAND (on MacOS) or CTRL (on Windows) allows you to use your mouse wheel to smoothly zoom in and out, centered around wherever the mouse cursor is.And SHIFT+0 will set the zoom level to 100%.SHIFT+2 zooms in to whatever object is currently selected.
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Holding SHIFT+1 (this works for Windows and MacOS) will zoom to fit (so all objects on your canvas are contained within the viewport).Zooming in and out is really important for all design tools, and in Figma there are a number of keyboard shortcuts you can use, depending on your preferred methods of working. Hit 9 for 90% (shown in the Layer properties by “Pass Through”įor finer control, hit two numbers in quick succession 4 and 3 for 43% for example. With your object selected, hit 1 for 10% opacity, 2 for 20% and so on to 0 for 100%. Quickly use keys 0 to 9 to set opacity on a selected object. Effectively the same as the Hand Tool, without the need to switch between tools. You can pan by holding SPACE and dragging with your mouse. Hitting H (Hand Tool) will allow you to drag the viewport around until you find what you’re looking for.īut there’s a faster way. Let’s say you have a bunch of elements on the page, you’re zoomed in, and you want to navigate around them. Once you get in the habit of using these 5 keyboard shortcuts you’ll save so much time creating new objects on the page. Let’s continue with the most basic Figma shortcuts. All the shortcuts are grayed out, but (this is pretty cool) ones you’ve used before will be highlighted for clarity: 2. Quickly Create Shapes and Objects
This will bring up a neat overlay with all the keyboard shortcuts split into helpful categories. To find out all the Figma keyboard shortcuts available to you hit the Help & Resources button in the bottom right corner of the screen (or hit Ctrl+SHIFT+?): Essential Figma Shortcuts to Speed Up Your Design Work
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