VectorStyler Shortcuts on MacOS

VectorStyler shortcuts are used to provide quick access to commands and tools. The shortcuts assigned to commands accessible from the menu are shown next to the command name. The shortcuts assigned to tools are shown in the tool tip displayed when hovering over the tool.

The VectorStyler shortcuts can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts command described in the Settings and Customization chapter.

In the default configuration of VectorStyler following shortcuts can be used.

Common tasks

Command	Shortcut
Create a new document	Command + N
Save the current document	Command + S
Open a document	Command + O
Repeat the last change	Control + R
Undo the last change	Command + Z
Redo the last change	Shift + Command + Z
Cut	Command + X
Copy	Command + C
Paste	Command + V
Show or Hide all panels	Tab

Tools

Command	Shortcut
Drawing Lines	\
Node editor tool	A
Brush painter tool	B
Collider tool	C
Direct Selector tool (select objects inside groups)	D
Ellipse tool	E
Pencil tool	F
Gradient tool	G
Document view panning tool	H
Style picker tool	I
Rectangle tool	J
Select and transform tool	V
Path Sketch tool	L
Magic wand tool	M
Node editor tool	N
Reflector tool	O
Bezier drawing tool	P
Stroke profile tool	Shift + P
Contour editor tool	Q
Document view rotation tool	R
Rotate tool	Shift + R
Tiling pattern tool	S
Vector text tool	T
Gradient mesh tool	U
Character tool	V
Blend tool	W
Liquify tool	Shift + W
Swap Fill / Stroke Mode	X
Clear Fill or Stroke	/
Select Color	,
Select Gradient	.
Lasso selection mode	Y
Document view zooming tool	Z
Elastic warp tool	Shift + A
Path Brush tool	Shift + B
Divide the selected shapes	Shift + D
Eraser tool	Shift + E
4-Point distortion tool	Shift + F
Envelope distortion tool	Shift + G
Merge the selected shapes	Shift + M
Create and change artboards	Shift + O
Unite the selected shapes	Shift + U

Editing commands

Command	Shortcut
Undo the last change	Command + Z
Redo the last undone change	Shift + Command + Z
Repeat the last change	Control + R
Cut	Command + X
Copy	Command + C
Paste	Command + V
Paste above the selected objects	Command + F
Paste below the selected objects	Command + B
Paste inside the selected object	Control + Command + V
Copy the object appearance to the clipboard	Shift + Command + C
Opens the find replace view	Command + F
Find the next object or text with the current criteria	Option + N
Find the previous object or text with the current criteria	Option + E
Select all objects with the current find criteria	Shift + Command + F
Delete the selected object, text or path node	delete
Duplicate the selected objects	Command + D
Create a symbolic reference to the selected object	Option + Command + D
Create a clone of the selected objects	Option + D

Documents and Files

Command	Shortcut
Create a new document	Command + N
Create a new document by setting its properties first	Option + Command + N
Create a new document from a template file	Shift + Command + N
Create a new document from the clipboard	Control + Command + N
Open an existing document from a file	Command + O
Revert the current document to its last saved state	F12
Close the current document	Command + W
Close all views of the current document	Option + Command + W
Save the current document	Command + S
Save the current document to another file	Shift + Command + S
Save a copy of the current document	Option + Command + S
Save the current canvas to a file	Control + Command + S
Import a file into the current document	Command + I
Link a file into the current document	Option + Command + I
Export content from the current document to a file	Command + E
Repeat the last exporting command	Shift + Command + E
Export the slices defined in the current document	Control + E
Print content from the current document	Command + P
Repeat the last printing command	Option + Command + P
Open the document options view	Option + Command + P

Selecting objects

Command	Shortcut
Select all objects on the current canvas	Command + A
Select all objects on the current artboard	Option + Command + A
Select all objects inside the current view	Control + Command + A
Deselect current selection	Shift + Command + A
Exit from isolated mode	escape
Select all unselected objects	Shift + Command + I
Restore the last selection	Command + 6
Select the previous object in the object stack	Control + {
Select the next object in the object stack	Control + }
Add the previous object in the object stack to the selection	Shift + Control + {
Add the next object in the object stack to the selection	Shift + Control + }

Artboard and Canvas commands

Command	Shortcut
Open the canvas options view	Option + Control + C
Create a new canvas	Control + C
Duplicate the current canvas	Shift + Control + C
Open the artboard options view	Option + Control + A
Create a new artboard	Control + A
Go to the previous artboard	PageDown
Go to the next artboard	PageUp
Go to the previous canvas	Command + PageDown
Go to the next canvas	Command + PageUp
Go to the first member canvas	Shift + Command + PageDown
Go to the template canvas	Shift + Command + PageUp

Changing Objects

Command	Shortcut
Move the selected objects by setting the exact movement amounts	Shift + Option + M
Scale the selected objects by setting the exact scaling amounts	Shift + Option + S
Rotate the selected objects by setting the exact angle	Shift + Option + R
Apply a transformation to the selected objects	Shift + Option + T
Move the selected objects by a user-defined amount	Left, Right, Up or Down Arrow
Move the selected objects by 10 times a user-defined amount	Shift + Left, Right, Up or Down Arrow
Scale the selected objects by a user-defined amount	Shift + Option + Left, Right, Up or Down Arrow
Rotate the selected objects by a user-defined amount	Command + Left or Right Arrow
Move the selected objects upward in the object stack	Command + Up Arrow
Move the selected objects downward in the object stack	Command + Down Arrow
Move the selected objects to the front of the object stack	Option + Command + Up Arrow
Move the selected objects to the back of the object stack	Option + Command + Down Arrow
Move the selected objects inside the last selected object	Option + Command + Right Arrow
Move the selected objects outside of their container object	Option + Command + Left Arrow
Reverse the order of the selected objects	Option + Control + R
Group the selected objects into a single group object	Command + G
Ungroup the selected group objects	Shift + Command + G
Swap the locked state of the selected objects	Option + Command + L
Swap the hidden state of the selected objects	Option + Command + H
Create a new layer	Command + L
Edit the options of the selected objects	Shift + Command + O
Edit the options of the current layer	Shift + Command + L
Merge the selected objects into a single combined shape	Command + 8
Breaks apart the selected composite shapes	Control + K
Closes the selected open path with a line segment	Command + J
Reverse the direction of the selected object path	Control + U
Convert the selected object shape to curves	Shift + Option + O
Intersect the selected object shapes	Shift + Option + X

Styling commands

Command	Shortcut
Open the Preset Manager view	Command + M
Edit the document level style definitions	Command + U
Edit the current canvas style overrides and definitions	Option + Command + U
Edit the selected object style overrides and definitions	Shift + Command + U
Expand the selected symbol objects	Shift + Control + R
Expand the selected group combination	Shift + Control + G
Expand the stroke outline of the selected objects	Shift + Control + S
Expand the content objects of the selected tiling pattern fill	Shift + Control + P
Find and replace objects and symbols	Option + Command + R
Select the next blend mode	Shift + Plus
Select the previous blend mode	Shift + Minus

Text Formatting

Command	Shortcut
Edit the selected object text wrapping options	Option + Control + W
Edit the character style attributes of the selected text	Control + T
Edit the paragraph style attributes of the selected text	Control + P
Create or edit the text on path formatting options	Option + Control + F
Convert between frame and vector text modes	Control + V
Decrease tracking in the selected text	Control + Option + Left
Increase tracking in the selected text	Control + Option + Right
Decrease leading in the selected text	Control + Option + Down
Increase leading in the selected text	Control + Option + Up

Color, Shape and Image Effects

Command	Shortcut
Create a blend between the selected objects	Option + Command + B
Edit the blending options the selected blend effect	Control + Command + B
Create a contour effect on the selected object	Option + Command + C
Edit the contour effect options of the selected contour object	Control + Command + C
Edit the image effects of the selected objects	Option + Control + X
Edit the shape effects of the selected objects	Option + Control + S

Viewing documents

Command	Shortcut
Open a new document view of the current document	Shift + Option + N
Zoom to actual size	Command + 1
Zoom to show the current artboard	Command + 0
Zoom to show the all artboards of the current canvas	Option + Command + 0
Zoom to show the all objects of the current canvas	Command + 2
Zoom to show the selected objects	Command + 4
Reset the rotation of the document view	Command + 3
Pan the view to center the current mouse position	Command + 5
Show or hide the artboard frame	Option + Command + F
Show or hide the transparency grid	Option + Command + G
Activate the next document view	Command + ~
Activate the previous document view	Shift + Command + ~
Activate the next document view	Command + F6
Activate the previous document view	Shift + Command + F6
Swap between outline and vector preview modes	Command + Y
Swap between pixel and vector preview modes	Command + =
Show or hide the document ruler	Shift + Command + R
Zoom In	Command + Plus
Zoom Out	Command + Minus
Rotate document view counter clockwise	Command + {
Rotate document view clockwise	Command + }
Show or hide the guidelines	Command + ;
Lock or unlock the guidelines	Shift + Command + ;
Create guidelines from the selected objects	Option + G
Release the selected guideline objects	Shift + Option + G
Turn snap to grid on or off	Command + '
Turn snap to guideline on or off	Command + /
Turn snap to objects on or off	Command + .
Activate or deactivate split display mode	Shift + ,
Swap between vertical and horizontal split display mode	Shift + /

Opening and Closing Panels

Command	Shortcut
Show or hide the Image Effects panel	Control + X
Show or hide the Shape Effects panel	Control + S
Show or hide the Blend panel	Control + B
Show or hide the Contour panel	Control + D
Show or hide the Character Options panel	Command + T
Show or hide the Paragraph Options panel	Shift + Command + T
Show or hide the Text on Path panel	Control + F
Show or hide the Text Wrap panel	Control + W
Show or hide the Glyph panel	Control + G
Show or hide the History panel	Control + H
Show or hide the Navigator panel	Control + N
Show or hide the Snapping Options panel	Control + Command + ,
Show or hide the Magic Wand panel	Control + M
Show or hide the Appearance panel	Shift + Control + B
Show or hide the Alignment panel	Shift + Control + A
Show or hide the Canvas and Artboard panel	Option + A
Show or hide the Brush panel	Option + B
Show or hide the Color panel	Option + C
Show or hide the Path panel	Option + P
Show or hide the Corner panel	Option + F
Show or hide the Color Palette panel	Option + H
Show or hide the Color Variations panel	Option + I
Show or hide the Gradient panel	Option + J
Show or hide the Pattern panel	Option + K
Show or hide the Layers panel	Option + L
Show or hide the Transparency panel	Option + M
Show or hide the Shape panel	Option + S
Show or hide the Transform panel	Option + T
Show or hide the Noise Fill panel	Option + U
Show or hide the Stroke panel	Option + W
Show or hide the Brush Presets panel	Option + Q
Show or hide the Presets panel	Option + Control + T
Show or hide the Override panel	Option + O
Show or hide the Styles panel	Option + V
Show or hide the Symbols panel	Option + X

Application commands

Command	Shortcut
Hide VectorStyler	Command + H
Quit VectorStyler	Command + Q
Settings	Command + K
Keyboard Shortcuts	Shift + Option + Command + K

Drawing and Editing

Command	Shortcut
Constrain to proportional shape in drawing and scaling	Shift + Drag
Centered drawing or scaling	Control + Drag
Disable snapping while drawing	Command + Drag
Constrain angles while editing curves	Control + Drag
Constrain angles while drawing lines and curves	Shift + Drag
Constrain movement direction to horizontal or vertical	Shift + Drag
Constrain scaling to user defined proportions	Command + Drag
Apply drag&drop changes to group member objects	Command + Release
Create linked content object (instead of importing) when dropping files on a document	Option + Release
Create linked content object (instead of importing) when dropping files on a document	Option + Release
Do not replace image or linked content from dropping an other file on the object	Control + Release
Extract a single object from a blend object when double clicking (instead of separating)	Option + Click
Adjust variable width profile of contour effects	Command + Press
Insert mesh node when double clicking on a path in mesh distortion	Option + Click
Create mesh gradient and distortion shape using lines	Shift + Click
Rotate node in elastic warp	Command + Drag
Skip point insertion when creating mesh gradient with the mesh tool	Command + Drag
Swap node selection in gradient editor	Shift + Drag
Constrain radius in gradient editor	Option + Drag
Constrain tiling pattern rotation in pattern editor	Shift + Drag
Constrain tiling pattern size and scaling in pattern editor	Option + Drag
Swap selection in all selection tools	Shift + Click
Add to selection in all selection tools	Control + Click
Select objects inside group objects	Command + Click
Constrain length of lines or tangents in node editor tool	Control + Drag
Constrain angles of lines or tangents in node editor tool	Option + Drag
Intersect and redirect path at self intersection points	Command + Click
Constrain to equal corners in the shape corner editor	Control + Drag
Change local corner only	Option + Drag
Select all corner attributes (not just size)	Shift + Drag
Select or deselect corner node	Command + Drag
Draw lines using the pencil or pen tool	Control + Drag
Draw quadratic curves using the pen tool	Shift + Drag
Extend existing open curve while drawing a line or curve (even if not clicked on the ending node)	Shift + Drag
Create new object while drawing a line or curve (even if clicked on the ending node)	Command + Drag
Bend opposing rectangle side by the same amount	Shift + Drag
Bend opposing rectangle side by the negative amount	Command + Drag
Draw a circle using only the two points across the diagonal	Command + Drag
Pick shape, style or effect from objects behind the current selection	Shift + Click
Pick a new shape from an object	Command + Click
Pick shape, style or effect from objects inside groups also	Command + Click
Do not change angle in spiral and polygonal spiral shape drawing and editing	Shift + Drag
Do not change radius in spiral and polygonal spiral shape drawing and editing	Option + Drag
Do not change rotation in various shape editing	Shift + Drag
Do not change size in various shape editing	Option + Drag
Create variable width profile if uniform, or adjust whole with if profile exists	Command + Drag
Add a vertical zone to the edited 9-slice scaling	Option + Click
Add a horizontal zone to the edited 9-slice scaling	Shift + Click
Remove a zone from the edited 9-slice scaling	Command + Click
Scale the opposite side uniformly of a variable width profile	Option + Drag
Scale all nodes uniformly in the variable width profile	Shift + Drag
Stretch all nodes according to the location of changed node in a variable width profile	Shift + Drag
Duplicate a variable width profile node	Option + Drag
Stroke width brush thinning mode	Shift + Drag
Rotate guideline around the center of the visible guideline segment	Control + Drag
Update guideline place (artboard or canvas) when moving	Control + Drag