- 20 Jan 2023
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Freehand keyboard shortcuts
- Updated on 20 Jan 2023
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Freehand has many keyboard shortcuts to streamline your work. To access all Freehand keyboard shortcuts, select the Help icon () at the top right of a Freehand and then select Keyboard shortcuts.
See the Freehand keyboard shortcuts in the following tables.
Tools
Action | Mac and Windows |
Pointer |
|
Pencil |
|
Eraser |
|
Text |
|
Shape |
|
Line |
|
Upload |
|
Sticky note |
|
Frames |
|
Boards |
|
Pages |
|
Grids |
|
Reactions |
|
Commenting |
|
Editing
Action | Mac | Windows |
Shape detection | Option | Alt |
Straight line | Shift | Shift |
Deselect | Escape | Escape |
Delete | Backspace or Delete | Backspace or Delete |
Copy | ⌘ + C | Ctrl + C |
Paste | ⌘ + V | Ctrl + V |
Duplicate |
OR
|
OR
|
Undo | ⌘ + Z | Ctrl + Z |
Redo | ⌘ + Shift + Z | Ctrl + Shift + Z |
Send to back | [ | [ |
Bring to front | ] | ] |
Send backward | Cmd + [ | Ctrl + [ |
Bring forward | Cmd + ] | Ctrl + ] |
Styling
Action | Mac | Windows |
Shape Fill | ⌘ + E | Ctrl + E |
Change line start | , | , |
Change line end | . | . |
Remove line start | Shift + , | Shift + , |
Remove line end | Shift + . | Shift + . |
Use thin line weight | Option + 1 | Alt + 1 |
Use medium line weight | Option + 2 | Alt + 2 |
Use thick line weight | Option + 3 | Alt + 3 |
Formatting
Action | Mac | Windows |
Bold | ⌘ + B | Ctrl + B |
Italicize | ⌘ + I | Ctrl + I |
Highlight | ⌘ + E | Ctrl + E |
Left align text | ⌘ + Shift + L | Ctrl + Shift + L |
Center align text | ⌘ + Shift + C | Ctrl + Shift + C |
Right align text | ⌘ + Shift + R | Ctrl + Shift + R |
Line breaks in text | Enter | Enter |
Object ordering
You can reorder shapes, lines, text, images, artboards, and sticky notes. You can't reorder frames, comments, and reactions.
Action | Mac | Windows |
Send to back | [ | [ |
Bring to front | ] | ] |
Send backward | Cmd + [ | Ctrl + [ |
Bring forward | Cmd + ] | Ctrl + ] |
To reorder multiple items at the same time, hold the shift
key, select the items, and then use the preceding keyboard shortcuts.
Application
Action | Mac | Windows |
Quick pointer | ⌘ | Ctrl |
Move | Space | Space |
Zoom in | ⌘ + + | Ctrl + + |
Zoom out | ⌘ + - | Ctrl + - |
Zoom to 100% | ⌘ + 0 | Ctrl + 0 |
Zoom to fit | ⌘ + . | Ctrl + . |
Navigate frames | ← ↑ ↓ → | ← ↑ ↓ → |
Magnify | Z + click | Z + click |
Magnify area | Z + click + drag | Z + click + drag |
Export Freehand to image | ⌘ + Shift + E | Ctrl + Shift + E |