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.
In the default configuration of VectorStyler following shortcuts can be used.
Command |
Shortcut |
Undo the last change |
Control + Z |
Redo the last undone change |
Shift + Control + Z |
Repeat the last change |
Shift + Control + R |
Cut |
Control + X |
Copy |
Control + C |
Paste |
Control + V |
Copy the object appearance to the clipboard |
Shift + Control + C |
Paste above the selected objects |
Control + F |
Paste below the selected objects |
Control + B |
Paste inside the selected object |
Shift + Control + V |
Opens the find replace view |
Control + F |
Find the next object or text with the current criteria |
Alt + N |
Find the previous object or text with the current criteria |
Alt + E |
Select all objects with the current find criteria |
Shift + Control + F |
Delete the selected object, text or path node |
delete |
Duplicate the selected objects |
Control + D |
Create a symbolic reference to the selected object |
Alt + Control + D |
Create a clone of the selected objects |
Shift + Control + D |
Command |
Shortcut |
Create a new document |
Control + N |
Create a new document by setting its properties first |
Alt + Control + N |
Create a new document from the clipboard |
Shift + Control + N |
Open an existing document from a file |
Control + O |
Revert the current document to its last saved state |
F12 |
Close the current document |
Control + W |
Close all views of the current document |
Alt + Control + W |
Save the current document |
Control + S |
Save the current document to another file |
Shift + Control + S |
Save a copy of the current document |
Alt + Control + S |
Import a file into the current document |
Control + I |
Link a file into the current document |
Alt + Control + I |
Export content from the current document to a file |
Control + E |
Repeat the last exporting command |
Shift + Control + E |
Print content from the current document |
Control + P |
Repeat the last printing command |
Shift + Control + P |
Open the document options view |
Alt + Control + P |
Command |
Shortcut |
Move the selected objects by setting the exact movement amounts |
Shift + Alt + M |
Scale the selected objects by setting the exact scaling amounts |
Shift + Alt + S |
Rotate the selected objects by setting the exact angle |
Shift + Alt + R |
Apply a transformation to the selected objects |
Shift + Alt + 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 |
Rotate the selected objects by a user-defined amount |
Control + Left or Right Arrow |
Move the selected objects upward in the object stack |
Control + Up Arrow |
Move the selected objects downward in the object stack |
Control + Down Arrow |
Move the selected objects to the front of the object stack |
Shift + Alt + Up Arrow |
Move the selected objects to the back of the object stack |
Shift + Alt + Down Arrow |
Move the selected objects inside the last selected object |
Shift + Alt + Right Arrow |
Move the selected objects outside from their container object |
Shift + Alt + Left Arrow |
Reverse the order of the selected objects |
Alt + Control + R |
Group the selected objects into a single group object |
Control + G |
Ungroup the selected group objects |
Shift + Control + G |
Swap the locked state of the selected objects |
Alt + Control + L |
Swap the hidden state of the selected objects |
Alt + Control + H |
Create a new layer |
Control + L |
Edit the options of the selected objects |
Shift + Control + O |
Edit the options of the current layer |
Shift + Control + L |
Breaks apart the selected composite shapes |
Control + K |
Closes the selected open path with a line segment |
Control + J |
Reverse the direction of the selected object path |
Control + U |
Convert the selected object shape to curves |
Shift + Alt + O |
Intersect the selected object shapes |
Shift + Alt + X |
Command |
Shortcut |
Open a new document view of the current document |
Shift + Alt + N |
Zoom to actual size |
Control + 1 |
Zoom to show the current artboard |
Control + 0 |
Zoom to show the all artboards of the current canvas |
Alt + Control + 0 |
Zoom to show the all objects of the current canvas |
Control + 2 |
Zoom to show the selected objects |
Control + 4 |
Reset the rotation of the document view |
Control + 3 |
Pan the view to center the current mouse position |
Control + 5 |
Show or hide the artboard frame |
Alt + Control + F |
Activate the next document view |
Control + ~ |
Activate the previous document view |
Shift + Control + ~ |
Activate the next document view |
Control + F6 |
Activate the previous document view |
Shift + Control + F6 |
Swap between outline and vector preview modes |
Control + Y |
Swap between pixel and vector preview modes |
Control + = |
Zoom In |
Control + Plus |
Zoom Out |
Control + Minus |
Rotate document view counter clockwise |
Control + { |
Rotate document view clockwise |
Control + } |
Create guidelines from the selected objects |
Alt + G |
Release the selected guideline objects |
Shift + Alt + G |
Turn snap to grid on or off |
Control + ' |
Turn snap to guideline on or off |
Control + / |
Turn snap to objects on or off |
Control + . |
Activate or deactivate split display mode |
Shift + , |
Swap between vertical and horizontal split display mode |
Shift + / |
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 |
Control + T |
Show or hide the Paragraph Options panel |
Alt + Control + T |
Show or hide the Tabstop panel |
Shift + Control + T |
Show or hide the Typography panel |
Shift + Alt + Control + 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 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 |
Alt + A |
Show or hide the Brush panel |
Alt + B |
Show or hide the Color panel |
Alt + C |
Show or hide the Path panel |
Alt + P |
Show or hide the Corner panel |
Alt + F |
Show or hide the Color Palette panel |
Alt + H |
Show or hide the Color Variations panel |
Alt + I |
Show or hide the Gradient panel |
Alt + J |
Show or hide the Pattern panel |
Alt + K |
Show or hide the Layers panel |
Alt + L |
Show or hide the Transparency panel |
Alt + M |
Show or hide the Transform panel |
Alt + T |
Show or hide the Shape panel |
Alt + S |
Show or hide the Noise Fill panel |
Alt + U |
Show or hide the Stroke panel |
Alt + W |
Show or hide the Brush Presets panel |
Alt + Q |
Show or hide the Presets panel |
Alt + Control + T |
Show or hide the Override panel |
Alt + O |
Show or hide the Styles panel |
Alt + V |
Show or hide the Symbols panel |
Alt + X |
Command |
Shortcut |
Constrain to proportional shape in drawing and scaling |
Shift + Drag |
Centered drawing or scaling |
Control + Drag |
Disable snapping while drawing |
Alt + Drag |
Constrain angles while editing curves |
Shift + 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 |
Shift + Drag |
Apply drag&drop changes to group member objects |
Control + Release |
Create linked content object (instead of importing) when dropping files on a document |
Alt + Release |
Create linked content object (instead of importing) when dropping files on a document |
Alt + 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) |
Alt + Click |
Adjust variable width profile of contour effects |
Control + Press |
Insert mesh node when double clicking on a path in mesh distortion |
Alt + Click |
Create mesh gradient and distortion shape using lines |
Shift + Click |
Rotate node in elastic warp |
Control + Drag |
Skip point insertion when creating mesh gradient with the mesh tool |
Control + Drag |
Swap node selection in gradient editor |
Shift + Drag |
Constrain radius in gradient editor |
Alt + Drag |
Constrain tiling pattern rotation in pattern editor |
Shift + Drag |
Constrain tiling pattern size and scaling in pattern editor |
Alt + Drag |
Swap selection in all selection tools |
Shift + Click |
Add to selection in all selection tools |
Control + Click |
Select objects inside group objects |
Control + Click |
Constrain length of lines or tangents in node editor tool |
Control + Drag |
Constrain angles of lines or tangents in node editor tool |
Alt + Drag |
Intersect and redirect path at self intersection points |
Control + Click |
Constrain to equal corners in the shape corner editor |
Control + Drag |
Change local corner only |
Alt + Drag |
Select all corner attributes (not just size) |
Shift + Drag |
Select or deselect corner node |
Control + 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) |
Control + Drag |
Bend opposing rectangle side by the same amount |
Shift + Drag |
Bend opposing rectangle side by the negative amount |
Control + Drag |
Draw a circle using only the two points across the diagonal |
Control + Drag |
Pick shape, style or effect from objects behind the current selection |
Shift + Click |
Pick a new shape from an object |
Control + Click |
Pick shape, style or effect from objects inside groups also |
Control + 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 |
Alt + Drag |
Do not change rotation in various shape editing |
Shift + Drag |
Do not change size in various shape editing |
Alt + Drag |
Create variable width profile if uniform, or adjust whole with if profile exists |
Control + Drag |
Add a vertical zone to the edited 9-slice scaling |
Alt + Click |
Add a horizontal zone to the edited 9-slice scaling |
Shift + Click |
Remove a zone from the edited 9-slice scaling |
Control + Click |
Scale the opposite side uniformly of a variable width profile |
Alt + 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 |
Alt + 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 |