Affinity Vector Studio Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Vector Studio on Windows. Covers node editing, layer management, artboard navigation, and symbol tools on Windows.
Vector Studio tools
- Color Picker Tool
- I
- Contour Tool
- O
- Corner Tool
- C
- Fill Tool
- G
- Knife Tool
- K
- Move Tool
- V
- Node Tool
- A
- Path Brush Tool
- B
- Pen Tool
- P
- Pencil Tool
- N
- Point Transform Tool
- F
- Shape Builder Tool
- S
- Shape tools cycle (Rectangle, Ellipse, and Rounded Rectangle)
- U
- Stroke Width Tool
- W
- Text tools cycle (Artistic and Frame Text)
- T
- Transparency Tool
- Y
- Vector Flood Fill Tool
- R
- View Tool
- H
- Zoom Tool
- Z
Slice Studio tools
- Slice Tool
- S
- Slice Selection Tool
- L
Curve drawing
- Edit line or brush strokes as you draw/paint
- Ctrl
- Create a straight line segment as you draw
- Drag+Right-click
- Snap a line's control handle to 45° intervals
- Shift+Drag control handle
- Convert a node to a sharp corner
- Alt+Click
- Convert a node to a sharp corner with mirrored control handle length
- Alt+Drag
- Create a new sharp node
- Shift+Click on any node
- Reposition last drawn node without affecting control handle position (maintains curvature in and out of the node)
- Space+Click,Drag
Curve editing with Node Tool
- Convert to Smooth node
- Right-click
- Convert to Sharp node (cusp)
- Alt+ClickorDouble-click off-curve control handle
- Cycle between sharp and smooth node types
- Double-click a node
- Select previous/next node on a curve
- []
- Straighten a segment
- Alt+Click a segment
- Delete a segment
- Ctrl+Click a segment
- Delete a node (retaining curve's geometry)
- Bksp
- Delete a node (for 'best-fitting' reshaped curve)
- Alt+Bksp
Painting
- Paint a brush stroke along a straight line (45° intervals)
- Shift,Drag
- Pick up a new brush color
- Alt+Drag
- Toggle between standard brush cursor and crosshair cursor
- CapsLock
- Set selected layer's opacity
- [numeric keys]
- Set brush width (decrease/increase)
- []
- Set nozzle width
- Ctrl+Alt+Left-click+drag (left/right)
Need more than shortcuts?
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