Affinity Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS
Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity by Canva on Mac. Switch between Pixel, Vector, and Layout studios, manage layers, and navigate your workspace on macOS.
Document setup
- Open Document Setup
- Cmd+Shift+P
- Resize Document
- Cmd+Opt+I
- Resize Canvas
- Cmd+Opt+C
Copy and paste
- Cut
- Cmd+X
- Copy
- Cmd+C
- Copy Merged
- Cmd+Shift+C
- Paste Style
- Cmd+Shift+V
- Paste FX
- Cmd+Ctrl+V
- Paste Inside
- Cmd+Opt+V
- Paste without Format
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+V
History
- Undo
- Cmd+Z
- Redo
- Cmd+Shift+Z
Selecting on the page
- Select multiple objects
- Shift+Click
- Select overlapped object
- Opt+Click
- Add/remove selection when marquee fully contains object
- Shift+Drag
- Add selection when marquee partially intersects object
- Ctrl+Drag
- Select All
- Cmd+A
- Deselect
- Cmd+D
Selecting on the Layers panel
- Select All Layers
- Cmd+Opt+A
- Select Next Layer
- Opt+]
- Select Previous Layer
- Opt+[
- Select Parent Layer
- Cmd+Up
Selection box settings
- Cycle Selection Box
- .
- Set Selection Box
- Cmd+.
Transforming
- Constrain the movement of an object horizontally, vertically or diagonally
- Shift+Drag
- Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint
- Shift+Drag from within object's bounding box
- Rotate in 15° intervals
- Shift+Drag rotation/corner handle
- Rotate around opposite corner
- Ctrl+Drag corner handle
- Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation
- Esc
- Resize vector objects, maintaining aspect ratio
- Shift+Drag from a corner handle
- Resize an object from its center
- Cmd+Drag from a corner handle
- Mirror shearing
- Cmd+Drag
- Nudge
- UpDownLeftRight
- Nudge (by modified distance)
- Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Object and layer operations
- Group
- Cmd+G
- Ungroup
- Cmd+Shift+G
- Duplicate Selection
- Cmd+J
- Move to Front
- Cmd+Shift+]
- Move Forward One
- Cmd+]
- Send to Back
- Cmd+Shift+[
- Move Back One
- Cmd+[
- Move Inside
- Cmd+Opt+G
- Move Outside
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+G
- Show All
- Cmd+Ctrl+H
- Unlock
- Cmd+Shift+L
- Unlock All
- Cmd+Ctrl+L
- New Container Layer
- Cmd+Opt+L
- New Pixel Layer
- Cmd+Shift+N
- Rename Layer
- Cmd+Shift+R
- Convert to Curves
- Cmd+Return
- Create Clipping Mask
- Shift+C
- Merge Down
- Cmd+E
- Merge Selected
- Cmd+Shift+E
- Merge Visible
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+E
Color
- Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) color selectors (Color and Swatches panels)
- X
- Swap Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) color selectors
- Shift+X
- Set Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) color selectors and any vector objects that are selected to black and white, respectively
- D
- Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) color selectors
- /
- Fill with Foreground Color
- Opt+Del
- Fill with Background Color
- Cmd+Del
Blend modes
- Next Blend Mode
- Shift+=
- Previous Blend Mode
- Shift+-
- Add
- Opt+Shift+W
- Color
- Opt+Shift+C
- Color Burn
- Opt+Shift+B
- Color Dodge
- Opt+Shift+D
- Darken
- Opt+Shift+K
- Difference
- Opt+Shift+E
- Exclusion
- Opt+Shift+X
- Hard Light
- Opt+Shift+H
- Hard Mix
- Opt+Shift+L
- Hue
- Opt+Shift+U
- Lighten
- Opt+Shift+G
- Linear Burn
- Opt+Shift+A
- Linear Light
- Opt+Shift+J
- Luminosity
- Opt+Shift+Y
- Multiply
- Opt+Shift+M
- Normal
- Opt+Shift+N
- Overlay
- Opt+Shift+O
- Pigment
- Opt+Shift+P
- Pin Light
- Opt+Shift+Z
- Saturation
- Opt+Shift+T
- Screen
- Opt+Shift+S
- Soft Light
- Opt+Shift+F
- Vivid Light
- Opt+Shift+V
Adjustments and filters
- Black & White Adjustment
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+B
- Brightness / Contrast Adjustment
- Cmd+B
- Curves Adjustment
- Cmd+M
- HSL Adjustment
- Cmd+U
- Invert Adjustment
- Cmd+I
- Levels Adjustment
- Cmd+L
- Live Liquify Filter
- Cmd+Shift+X
Stroke adjustment
- Decrease/increase shape or curve's stroke width by percentage
- []
- Decrease/increase shape or curve's stroke width by absolute values
- Shift+[]
Opacity
- Change opacity for selected layer (or Brush tools in Pixel Studio)
- [numeric keys]
Content replacement
- Fill
- Shift+F5
- Inpaint
- Opt+Shift+Del
Shape building
- Add mode
- =orShift+=
- Delete mode
- -
- Create mode
- Shift+8
Warping
- Apply mesh warp
- Cmd+Opt+M
Symbols
- Create symbol
- Cmd+Shift+K
Other
- Erase with Pixel Tool
- Cmd+Drag
- Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled)
- O
- Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled)
- Shift+O
Switching between Studios
- Vector Studio
- F1
- Pixel Studio
- F2
- Layout Studio
- F3
- Canva AI Studio
- F4
- Develop Studio
- Cmd+Shift+A
- Panorama Studio
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+P
Creating, opening, and placing
- New Document
- Cmd+N
- New from Clipboard
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+N
- Open/Import Document
- Cmd+O
- Place
- Cmd+Shift+M
Closing
- Close All Documents
- Cmd+Opt+W
- Close Document / Close App (when no documents open)
- Cmd+W
Switching between documents / views
- Next document / view cycle
- Ctrl+Tab
- Previous document / view cycle
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Saving
- Save
- Cmd+S
- Save As
- Cmd+Shift+S
Outputting
- Export (to file or Canva)
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+W
- Cmd+P
Window and app shortcuts
- App Settings
- Cmd+,
- Hide Affinity
- Cmd+H
- Hide other apps
- Cmd+Opt+H
- Show / Hide Panels
- Cmd+Shift+H
- Show / Hide Toolbar
- Cmd+Opt+T
- Toggle full-screen mode
- Cmd+Ctrl+F
- Toggle UI
- Tab
Viewing modes
- Preview Mode
- Ctrl+W
- Pixel view mode
- Cmd+Opt+Y
- Pixel (Retina) view mode
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+Y
- Last used wireframe mode (Outline or X-ray) toggle
- Cmd+Y
- Clip to Canvas
- \
- Toggle Split View (Vector/Pixel or Before/After, depending on Studio)
- ,
- Solo (isolate) an object
- Opt+Click Layers panel thumbnail
Zooming and panning
- Hot key zoom
- Cmd+Space+Drag
- Zoom In (keyboard only)
- Cmd+Shift+=
- Zoom In (keyboard + mouse/trackpad)
- Cmd+Space+Click
- Zoom In (by drawing a marquee)
- Opt+Space+Drag
- Zoom Out (keyboard only)
- Cmd+-
- Zoom Out (keyboard + mouse/trackpad)
- Opt+Space+Click
- Hot key panning
- Space+Drag
- Scroll up/down
- Mouse scroll wheel
- Scroll left/right
- Shift+Mouse scroll wheel
- Zoom to Fit
- Cmd+0orDouble-click View Tool icon
- Zoom to Width
- Cmd+Opt+0
- Zoom to Selection
- Cmd+Shift+0orDouble-click Layers panel thumbnail
- Zoom to Document
- Cmd+Opt+Shift+0
- Zoom to 100%
- Cmd+1orDouble-click Zoom Tool icon
- Zoom to 200%
- Cmd+2
- Zoom to 400%
- Cmd+3
- Zoom to 800%
- Cmd+4
- Actual Size
- Cmd+8
- Pixel Size
- Cmd+9
Rotating the view
- Rotate document view (about cursor)
- Cmd+Scroll using multitouch gesture or mouse scroll wheel
- Rotate document view (about center)
- Cmd+Shift+Scroll using multitouch gesture or mouse scroll wheel
- Reset document view rotation
- Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+R
Guides and grids
- Toggle Snapping
- ;
- Show/Hide Guides
- Cmd+;
- Show/Hide Grid
- Cmd+'
- Grid Plane cycle
- '
- Show/Hide Rulers
- Cmd+R
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