What does this shortcut page cover?

It lists 257 keyboard shortcuts for Figma grouped into 13 categories: Essentials, Tools, Edit, Selection, Arrange, View, Zoom, Shape, Text, Components, Cursor, Transform, and Prototyping.

Where should I start if I am new to Figma shortcuts?

Essentials and Tools are the most immediate. Once those feel comfortable, View and Zoom shortcuts reduce how often you reach for the mouse when moving around the canvas.

How different are the Mac and Windows shortcuts in Figma?

The gap is small for most shortcuts. Cmd on Mac maps to Ctrl on Windows in the majority of cases. A few shortcuts use platform-specific keys, and the page marks them clearly.

Do I need to learn all 257 shortcuts?

No. Most experienced Figma designers rely on a core set of around 20 to 30 shortcuts for everyday work. Use this page to discover shortcuts that match your workflow rather than working through it top to bottom.

Figma Hotkeys and Keyboard Shortcuts

Arrange

Action	Hotkey
Bring forward	`Ctrl`+`]`
Align centers	`Alt`+`HAlt`+`V`
Send backward	`Ctrl`+`[`
Distribute spacing	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`HCtrl`+`Alt`+`V`
Align bottom	`Alt`+`S`
Align right	`Alt`+`D`
Tidy up	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`T`
Bring to front	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`[`
Remove auto layout	`Alt`+`Shift`+`A`
Align left	`Alt`+`A`
Align top	`Alt`+`W`
Add auto layout	`Shift`+`A`
Send to back	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`]`

Components

Action	Hotkey
Show assets	`Alt`+`2`
Create component	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`K`
Swap component instance	`Alt`
Detach intense	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`B`
Team library	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`O`

Cursor

Action	Hotkey
Deep select within rectangle	`Ctrl`+`Drag`
Measure to selection (while pointing)	`Alt`
Move while resizing (while dragging)	`Space`
Ignore constraints (frames only, while dragging)	`Ctrl`
Resize proportionally (while dragging)	`Shift`
Select layer menu	`Ctrl`+`Right-click`
Duplicate selection (while moving)	`Alt`
Deep select	`Ctrl`+`Click`
Resize from center (while dragging)	`Alt`

Edit

Action	Hotkey
Copy as PNG	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`C`
Copy properties	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`C`
Paste over selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`V`
Paste properties	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`V`
Copy Page Link to Clipboard	`Ctrl`+`L`
Cut	`Ctrl`+`X`
Duplicate	`Ctrl`+`D`
Copy	`Ctrl`+`C`
Export	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`E`
Rename selection	`Ctrl`+`R`
Paste	`Ctrl`+`V`

Essentials

Action	Hotkey
Quick actions	`Ctrl`+`/Ctrl`+`P`
Show / Hide UI	`Ctrl`+`\`
Pick color	`Ctrl`+`C`

Selection

Action	Hotkey
Select children	`↩`
Show / Hide selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`H`
Select next sibling	`Tab`
Select parent	`Shift`+`↩`
Select inverse	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`A`
Frame selection	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`G`
Deep select	`Ctrl`+`Click`
Select layer menu	`Ctrl`+`Right-click`
Select all	`Ctrl`+`A`
Group selections	`Ctrl`+`G`
Ungroup selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`G`
Select previous sibling	`Shift`+`Tab`
Lock / Unlock selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`L`
Select none	`Esc`

Shape

Action	Hotkey
Remove stroke	`/`
Outline stroke	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`O`
Swap fill and stroke	`Shift`+`X`
Pen	`P`
Smooth join selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`J`
Delete and heal selection	`Shift`+`Delete`
Join selection	`Ctrl`+`J`
Paint bucket	`B`
Flatten selection	`Ctrl`+`E`
Remove fill	`Alt`+`/`
Pencil	`Shift`+`P`
Bend tool	`Ctrl`

Text

Action	Hotkey
Adjust letter spacing	`Alt`+`<Alt`+`>`
Italic	`Ctrl`+`I`
Turn into a list	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`7`
Text align left	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`L`
Bold	`Ctrl`+`B`
Text align center	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`T`
Adjust font weight	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`<Alt`+`Ctrl`+`>`
Text align right	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`R`
Text align justified	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`J`
Adjust font size	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`<Shift`+`Ctrl`+`>`
Underline	`Ctrl`+`U`
Create link	`Ctrl`+`K`
Strikethrough	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`X`
Adjust line height	`Shift`+`Alt`+`<Shift`+`Alt`+`>`

Tools

Action	Hotkey
Frame tool	`F`
Move tool	`V`
Pick color	`I`
Arrow tool	`Shift`+`L`
Line tool	`L`
Slice cool	`S`
Pen tool	`P`
Ellipse tool	`O`
Text tool	`T`
Rectangle tool	`R`
Add comment	`C`
Pencil tool	`Shift`+`P`

Transform

Action	Hotkey
Place image	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`K`
Crop image	`Alt`+`Double-click`
Edit shape or image	`↩`
Use a mask	`Ctrl`+`Ctrl`+`M`
Set opacity to 10	`1`
Set opacity to 100	`0`
Set opacity to 50	`5`
Flip horizontal	`Shift`+`H`
Flip vertical	`Shift`+`V`

View

Action	Hotkey
Multiplayer cursors	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`\`
Open layers panel	`Alt`+`1`
Layout grids	`Shift`+`G`
Open design panel	`Alt`+`8`
Open inspect panel	`Alt`+`0`
Show / Hide UI	`Ctrl`+`\`
Outlines	`Ctrl`+`O`
Pixel preview	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`
Rulers	`Shift`+`R`
Open assets panel	`Alt`+`2`
Pixel grid	`Shift`+`
Open prototype panel	`Alt`+`9`

Zoom

Action	Hotkey
Zoom in	`+`
Find next frame	`End`
Pan	`Space`+`Drag`
Next page	`Page`+`↓`
Previous page	`Page`+`↑`
Zoom out	`-`
Zoom to fit	`Shift`+`1`
Zoom to previous frame	`Shift`+`N`
Find previous frame	`Home`
Zoom to 100%	`Shift`+`0`
Zoom to selection	`Shift`+`2`
Zoom to next frame	`N`

Action

Hotkey

Bring forward

Ctrl+]

Align centers

Alt+HAlt+V

Send backward

Ctrl+[

Distribute spacing

Ctrl+Alt+HCtrl+Alt+V

Align bottom

Alt+S

Align right

Alt+D

Tidy up

Ctrl+Alt+T

Bring to front

Alt+Ctrl+[

Remove auto layout

Alt+Shift+A

Align left

Alt+A

Align top

Alt+W

Add auto layout

Shift+A

Send to back

Alt+Ctrl+]

Action

Hotkey

Show assets

Alt+2

Create component

Alt+Ctrl+K

Swap component instance

Alt

Detach intense

Alt+Ctrl+B

Team library

Alt+Ctrl+O

Cursor

Action	Hotkey
Deep select within rectangle	`Ctrl`+`Drag`
Measure to selection (while pointing)	`Alt`
Move while resizing (while dragging)	`Space`
Ignore constraints (frames only, while dragging)	`Ctrl`
Resize proportionally (while dragging)	`Shift`
Select layer menu	`Ctrl`+`Right-click`
Duplicate selection (while moving)	`Alt`
Deep select	`Ctrl`+`Click`
Resize from center (while dragging)	`Alt`

Action

Hotkey

Copy as PNG

Shift+Ctrl+C

Copy properties

Alt+Ctrl+C

Paste over selection

Shift+Ctrl+V

Paste properties

Alt+Ctrl+V

Copy Page Link to Clipboard

Ctrl+L

Cut

Ctrl+X

Duplicate

Ctrl+D

Copy

Ctrl+C

Export

Shift+Ctrl+E

Rename selection

Ctrl+R

Paste

Ctrl+V

Action

Hotkey

Quick actions

Ctrl+/Ctrl+P

Show / Hide UI

Ctrl+\

Pick color

Ctrl+C

Selection

Action	Hotkey
Select children	`↩`
Show / Hide selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`H`
Select next sibling	`Tab`
Select parent	`Shift`+`↩`
Select inverse	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`A`
Frame selection	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`G`
Deep select	`Ctrl`+`Click`
Select layer menu	`Ctrl`+`Right-click`
Select all	`Ctrl`+`A`
Group selections	`Ctrl`+`G`
Ungroup selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`G`
Select previous sibling	`Shift`+`Tab`
Lock / Unlock selection	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`L`
Select none	`Esc`

Action

Hotkey

Remove stroke

/

Outline stroke

Shift+Ctrl+O

Swap fill and stroke

Shift+X

Pen

P

Smooth join selection

Shift+Ctrl+J

Delete and heal selection

Shift+Delete

Join selection

Ctrl+J

Paint bucket

B

Flatten selection

Ctrl+E

Remove fill

Alt+/

Pencil

Shift+P

Bend tool

Ctrl

Text

Action	Hotkey
Adjust letter spacing	`Alt`+`<Alt`+`>`
Italic	`Ctrl`+`I`
Turn into a list	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`7`
Text align left	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`L`
Bold	`Ctrl`+`B`
Text align center	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`T`
Adjust font weight	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`<Alt`+`Ctrl`+`>`
Text align right	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`R`
Text align justified	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`J`
Adjust font size	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`<Shift`+`Ctrl`+`>`
Underline	`Ctrl`+`U`
Create link	`Ctrl`+`K`
Strikethrough	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`X`
Adjust line height	`Shift`+`Alt`+`<Shift`+`Alt`+`>`

Action

Hotkey

Frame tool

F

Move tool

V

Pick color

I

Arrow tool

Shift+L

Line tool

L

Slice cool

S

Pen tool

P

Ellipse tool

O

Text tool

T

Rectangle tool

R

Add comment

C

Pencil tool

Shift+P

Action

Hotkey

Place image

Shift+Ctrl+K

Crop image

Alt+Double-click

Edit shape or image

↩

Use a mask

Ctrl+Ctrl+M

Set opacity to 10

1

Set opacity to 100

0

Set opacity to 50

5

Flip horizontal

Shift+H

Flip vertical

Shift+V

Action

Hotkey

Multiplayer cursors

Alt+Ctrl+\

Open layers panel

Alt+1

Layout grids

Shift+G

Open design panel

Alt+8

Open inspect panel

Alt+0

Show / Hide UI

Ctrl+\

Outlines

Ctrl+O

Pixel preview

Ctrl+Shift+P

Rulers

Shift+R

Open assets panel

Alt+2

Pixel grid

Shift+`

Open prototype panel

Alt+9

Action

Hotkey

Zoom in

+

Find next frame

End

Pan

Space+Drag

Page+↓

Page+↑

Zoom out

-

Zoom to fit

Shift+1

Zoom to previous frame

Shift+N

Find previous frame

Home

Zoom to 100%

Shift+0

Zoom to selection

Shift+2

Zoom to next frame

N

Arrange

Components

Cursor

Edit

Essentials

Selection

Shape

Text

Tools

Transform

View

Zoom

Arrange

Components

Cursor

Edit

Essentials

Selection

Shape

Text

Tools

Transform

View

Zoom

Figma Hotkeys

Frequently Asked Questions

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Arrange13

Components5

Cursor9

Edit11

Essentials3

Selection14

Shape12

Text14

Tools12

Transform9

View12

Zoom12

Arrange13

Components5

Cursor9

Edit11

Essentials3

Selection14

Shape12

Text14

Tools12

Transform9

View12

Zoom12

Figma Hotkeys

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this shortcut page cover?

Where should I start if I am new to Figma shortcuts?

How different are the Mac and Windows shortcuts in Figma?

Do I need to learn all 257 shortcuts?

Related Apps

PhotoShop

Illustrator

AutoCAD

InDesign

Affinity Photo

PureRef

Arrange

Components

Cursor

Edit

Essentials

Selection

Shape

Text

Tools

Transform

View

Zoom

Arrange

Components

Cursor

Edit

Essentials

Selection

Shape

Text

Tools

Transform

View

Zoom