Penpot Keyboard Shortcuts
Complete Penpot keyboard shortcuts reference — 100 shortcuts across 11 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Linux.
Editing (15)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Alt + Q | Clear undo |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Alt + Shift + C | Copy link |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste and replace |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Copy properties |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Paste properties |
| Delete | Delete |
| Ctrl + D | Duplicate |
| Enter | Start editing |
| Escape | Cancel |
| Alt + N | Rename |
Layers (23)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl + G | Group |
| Shift + G | Ungroup |
| Ctrl + M | Mask |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Unmask |
| Ctrl + K | Create component / variant |
| Ctrl + Shift + K | Detach component |
| Shift + V | Flip vertically |
| Shift + H | Flip horizontally |
| Ctrl + Up | Bring forward |
| Ctrl + Down | Send backward |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up | Bring to the front |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down | Send to the back |
| Shift + Up | Move up fast |
| Shift + Down | Move down fast |
| Shift + Right | Move right fast |
| Shift + Left | Move left fast |
| Up | Move up |
| Down | Move down |
| Right | Move left |
| Left | Move right |
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Create board from selection |
| Shift + A | Add / Remove flex layout |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Add/remove grid layout |
Tools (14)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| B | Board |
| V | Move |
| R | Rectangle |
| E | Ellipse |
| T | Text |
| P | Path |
| Shift + C | Curve |
| C | Comments |
| Shift + K | Insert image |
| Ctrl + Shift + H | Show / Hide |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | Lock / Unlock |
| Shift + L | Lock proportions |
| K | Scale |
| I | Color picker |
Basics (4)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| F | Toggle focus mode |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Export shapes |
| Alt + M | Change theme |
| Ctrl + Alt + P | Plugins manager |
Alignment (8)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Alt + A | Align left |
| Alt + D | Align right |
| Alt + W | Align top |
| Alt + H | Align center horizontally |
| Alt + V | Align center vertically |
| Alt + S | Align bottom |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H | Distribute horizontally |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V | Distribute vertically |
Menu (9)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Show / Hide rulers |
| Ctrl + A | Select all |
| Ctrl + ' | Show / Hide guides |
| Shift + T | Set thumbnails |
| Shift + , | Show / Hide pixel grid |
| , | Snap to pixel grid |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Snap to ruler guides |
| Ctrl + Shift + ' | Snap to guides |
| ? | Show / Hide shortcuts |
Panels (5)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Alt + L | Toggle layers |
| Alt + I | Toggle assets |
| Ctrl + Alt + H | Toggle history |
| Alt + P | Toggle color palette |
| Alt + T | Toggle text palette |
Workspace (9)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| - | Zoom out |
| Shift + 0 | Reset zoom |
| Shift + 1 | Zoom to fit all |
| Shift + 2 | Zoom to selected |
| Z | Zoom lense increase |
| Alt + Z | Zoom lense decrease |
| Shift + Tab | Select previous layer |
| Tab | Select next layer |
| Shift + Enter | Select parent layer |
Shapes (4)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl + Alt + U | Boolean union |
| Ctrl + Alt + D | Boolean difference |
| Ctrl + Alt + I | Boolean intersection |
| Ctrl + Alt + E | Boolean exclude |
Path Editing (4)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Shift + + | Add node |
| Ctrl + J | Merge nodes |
| J | Join nodes |
| X | Make corner |
Text (5)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Alt + Shift + 5 | Toggle line through |
| Ctrl + Shift + . | Increment font size |
| Ctrl + Shift + , | Decrement font size |
| Ctrl + B | Toggle bold |
| Ctrl + I | Toggle italic |
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