VectorStyler Shortcuts on Windows

VectorStyler shortcuts are used to provide quick access to commands and tools. The shortcuts assigned to commands accessible from the menu are shown next to the command name. The shortcuts assigned to tools are shown in the tool tip displayed when hovering over the tool.

The VectorStyler shortcuts can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts command described in the Settings and Customization chapter.

In the default configuration of VectorStyler following shortcuts can be used.

Common tasks

Command	Shortcut
Create a new document	Control + N
Save the current document	Control + S
Open a document	Control + O
Repeat the last change	Shift + Control + R
Undo the last change	Control + Z
Redo the last change	Shift + Control + Z
Cut	Control + X
Copy	Control + C
Paste	Control + V

Tools

Command	Shortcut
Drawing Lines	\
Node editor tool	A
Brush painter tool	B
Collider tool	C
Direct Selector tool (select objects inside groups)	D
Ellipse tool	E
Pencil tool	F
Gradient tool	G
Document view panning tool	H
Style picker tool	I
Rectangle tool	J
Select and transform tool	V
Path Sketch tool	L
Magic wand tool	M
Node editor tool	N
Reflector tool	O
Bezier drawing tool	P
Stroke profile tool	Shift + P
Contour editor tool	Q
Document view rotation tool	R
Rotate tool	Shift + R
Tiling pattern tool	S
Vector text tool	T
Gradient mesh tool	U
Character tool	V
Blend tool	W
Liquify tool	Shift + W
Swap Fill / Stroke Mode	X
Clear Fill or Stroke	/
Select Color	,
Select Gradient	.
Lasso selection mode	Y
Document view zooming tool	Z
Elastic warp tool	Shift + A
Path Brush tool	Shift + B
Divide the selected shapes	Shift + D
Eraser tool	Shift + E
4-Point distortion tool	Shift + F
Envelope distortion tool	Shift + G
Merge the selected shapes	Shift + M
Create and change artboards	Shift + O
Unite the selected shapes	Shift + U

Editing commands

Command	Shortcut
Undo the last change	Control + Z
Redo the last undone change	Shift + Control + Z
Repeat the last change	Shift + Control + R
Cut	Control + X
Copy	Control + C
Paste	Control + V
Copy the object appearance to the clipboard	Shift + Control + C
Paste above the selected objects	Control + F
Paste below the selected objects	Control + B
Paste inside the selected object	Shift + Control + V
Opens the find replace view	Control + F
Find the next object or text with the current criteria	Alt + N
Find the previous object or text with the current criteria	Alt + E
Select all objects with the current find criteria	Shift + Control + F
Delete the selected object, text or path node	delete
Duplicate the selected objects	Control + D
Create a symbolic reference to the selected object	Alt + Control + D
Create a clone of the selected objects	Shift + Control + D

Documents and Files

Command	Shortcut
Create a new document	Control + N
Create a new document by setting its properties first	Alt + Control + N
Create a new document from the clipboard	Shift + Control + N
Open an existing document from a file	Control + O
Revert the current document to its last saved state	F12
Close the current document	Control + W
Close all views of the current document	Alt + Control + W
Save the current document	Control + S
Save the current document to another file	Shift + Control + S
Save a copy of the current document	Alt + Control + S
Import a file into the current document	Control + I
Link a file into the current document	Alt + Control + I
Export content from the current document to a file	Control + E
Repeat the last exporting command	Shift + Control + E
Print content from the current document	Control + P
Repeat the last printing command	Shift + Control + P
Open the document options view	Alt + Control + P

Selecting objects

Command	Shortcut
Select all objects on the current canvas	Control + A
Select all objects on the current artboard	Alt + Control + A
Deselect current selection	Shift + Control + A
Exit from isolated mode	escape
Select all unselected objects	Shift + Control + I
Restore the last selection	Control + 6
Select the previous object in the object stack	Control + {
Select the next object in the object stack	Control + }
Add the previous object in the object stack to the selection	Shift + Control + {
Add the next object in the object stack to the selection	Shift + Control + }

Artboard and Canvas commands

Command	Shortcut
Open the artboard options view	Alt + Control + A
Create a new artboard	Control + A
Go to the previous artboard	PageDown
Go to the next artboard	PageUp
Go to the previous canvas	Control + PageDown
Go to the next canvas	Control + PageUp
Go to the first member canvas	Shift + Control + PageDown
Go to the template canvas	Shift + Control + PageUp

Changing Objects

Command	Shortcut
Move the selected objects by setting the exact movement amounts	Shift + Alt + M
Scale the selected objects by setting the exact scaling amounts	Shift + Alt + S
Rotate the selected objects by setting the exact angle	Shift + Alt + R
Apply a transformation to the selected objects	Shift + Alt + T
Move the selected objects by a user-defined amount	Left, Right, Up or Down Arrow
Move the selected objects by 10 times a user-defined amount	Shift + Left, Right, Up or Down Arrow
Rotate the selected objects by a user-defined amount	Control + Left or Right Arrow
Move the selected objects upward in the object stack	Control + Up Arrow
Move the selected objects downward in the object stack	Control + Down Arrow
Move the selected objects to the front of the object stack	Shift + Alt + Up Arrow
Move the selected objects to the back of the object stack	Shift + Alt + Down Arrow
Move the selected objects inside the last selected object	Shift + Alt + Right Arrow
Move the selected objects outside from their container object	Shift + Alt + Left Arrow
Reverse the order of the selected objects	Alt + Control + R
Group the selected objects into a single group object	Control + G
Ungroup the selected group objects	Shift + Control + G
Swap the locked state of the selected objects	Alt + Control + L
Swap the hidden state of the selected objects	Alt + Control + H
Create a new layer	Control + L
Edit the options of the selected objects	Shift + Control + O
Edit the options of the current layer	Shift + Control + L
Breaks apart the selected composite shapes	Control + K
Closes the selected open path with a line segment	Control + J
Reverse the direction of the selected object path	Control + U
Convert the selected object shape to curves	Shift + Alt + O
Intersect the selected object shapes	Shift + Alt + X

Styling commands

Command	Shortcut
Edit the document level style definitions	Control + U
Edit the current canvas style overrides and definitions	Alt + Control + U
Edit the selected object style overrides and definitions	Shift + Control + U
Expand the selected symbol objects	Shift + Control + R
Expand the selected group combination	Shift + Control + G
Expand the stroke outline of the selected objects	Shift + Control + S
Select the next blend mode	Shift + Plus
Select the previous blend mode	Shift + Minus

Text Formatting

Command	Shortcut
Edit the selected object text wrapping options	Alt + Control + W
Edit the character style attributes of the selected text	Control + T
Create or edit the text on path formatting options	Alt + Control + F
Convert between frame and vector text modes	Control + V
Decrease tracking in the selected text	Control + Alt + Left
Increase tracking in the selected text	Control + Alt + Right
Decrease leading in the selected text	Control + Alt + Down
Increase leading in the selected text	Control + Alt + Up

Color, Shape and Image Effects

Command	Shortcut
Create a blend between the selected objects	Alt + Control + B
Edit the image effects of the selected objects	Alt + Control + X
Edit the shape effects of the selected objects	Alt + Control + S

Viewing documents

Command	Shortcut
Open a new document view of the current document	Shift + Alt + N
Zoom to actual size	Control + 1
Zoom to show the current artboard	Control + 0
Zoom to show the all artboards of the current canvas	Alt + Control + 0
Zoom to show the all objects of the current canvas	Control + 2
Zoom to show the selected objects	Control + 4
Reset the rotation of the document view	Control + 3
Pan the view to center the current mouse position	Control + 5
Show or hide the artboard frame	Alt + Control + F
Activate the next document view	Control + ~
Activate the previous document view	Shift + Control + ~
Activate the next document view	Control + F6
Activate the previous document view	Shift + Control + F6
Swap between outline and vector preview modes	Control + Y
Swap between pixel and vector preview modes	Control + =
Zoom In	Control + Plus
Zoom Out	Control + Minus
Rotate document view counter clockwise	Control + {
Rotate document view clockwise	Control + }
Show or hide the guidelines	Control + ;
Lock or unlock the guidelines	Shift + Control + ;
Create guidelines from the selected objects	Alt + G
Release the selected guideline objects	Shift + Alt + G
Turn snap to grid on or off	Control + '
Turn snap to guideline on or off	Control + /
Turn snap to objects on or off	Control + .
Activate or deactivate split display mode	Shift + ,
Swap between vertical and horizontal split display mode	Shift + /

Opening and Closing Panels

Command	Shortcut
Show or hide the Image Effects panel	Control + X
Show or hide the Shape Effects panel	Control + S
Show or hide the Blend panel	Control + B
Show or hide the Contour panel	Control + D
Show or hide the Character Options panel	Control + T
Show or hide the Paragraph Options panel	Alt + Control + T
Show or hide the Tabstop panel	Shift + Control + T
Show or hide the Typography panel	Shift + Alt + Control + T
Show or hide the Text on Path panel	Control + F
Show or hide the Text Wrap panel	Control + W
Show or hide the Glyph panel	Control + G
Show or hide the History panel	Control + H
Show or hide the Navigator panel	Control + N
Show or hide the Magic Wand panel	Control + M
Show or hide the Appearance panel	Shift + Control + B
Show or hide the Alignment panel	Shift + Control + A
Show or hide the Canvas and Artboard panel	Alt + A
Show or hide the Brush panel	Alt + B
Show or hide the Color panel	Alt + C
Show or hide the Path panel	Alt + P
Show or hide the Corner panel	Alt + F
Show or hide the Color Palette panel	Alt + H
Show or hide the Color Variations panel	Alt + I
Show or hide the Gradient panel	Alt + J
Show or hide the Pattern panel	Alt + K
Show or hide the Layers panel	Alt + L
Show or hide the Transparency panel	Alt + M
Show or hide the Transform panel	Alt + T
Show or hide the Shape panel	Alt + S
Show or hide the Noise Fill panel	Alt + U
Show or hide the Stroke panel	Alt + W
Show or hide the Brush Presets panel	Alt + Q
Show or hide the Presets panel	Alt + Control + T
Show or hide the Override panel	Alt + O
Show or hide the Styles panel	Alt + V
Show or hide the Symbols panel	Alt + X

Application commands

Command	Shortcut
Quit VectorStyler	Alt + F4
Settings	Control + K
Keyboard Shortcuts	Shift + Alt + Control + K

Drawing and Editing

Command	Shortcut
Constrain to proportional shape in drawing and scaling	Shift + Drag
Centered drawing or scaling	Control + Drag
Disable snapping while drawing	Alt + Drag
Constrain angles while editing curves	Shift + Drag
Constrain angles while drawing lines and curves	Shift + Drag
Constrain movement direction to horizontal or vertical	Shift + Drag
Constrain scaling to user defined proportions	Shift + Drag
Apply drag&drop changes to group member objects	Control + Release
Create linked content object (instead of importing) when dropping files on a document	Alt + Release
Create linked content object (instead of importing) when dropping files on a document	Alt + Release
Do not replace image or linked content from dropping an other file on the object	Control + Release
Extract a single object from a blend object when double clicking (instead of separating)	Alt + Click
Adjust variable width profile of contour effects	Control + Press
Insert mesh node when double clicking on a path in mesh distortion	Alt + Click
Create mesh gradient and distortion shape using lines	Shift + Click
Rotate node in elastic warp	Control + Drag
Skip point insertion when creating mesh gradient with the mesh tool	Control + Drag
Swap node selection in gradient editor	Shift + Drag
Constrain radius in gradient editor	Alt + Drag
Constrain tiling pattern rotation in pattern editor	Shift + Drag
Constrain tiling pattern size and scaling in pattern editor	Alt + Drag
Swap selection in all selection tools	Shift + Click
Add to selection in all selection tools	Control + Click
Select objects inside group objects	Control + Click
Constrain length of lines or tangents in node editor tool	Control + Drag
Constrain angles of lines or tangents in node editor tool	Alt + Drag
Intersect and redirect path at self intersection points	Control + Click
Constrain to equal corners in the shape corner editor	Control + Drag
Change local corner only	Alt + Drag
Select all corner attributes (not just size)	Shift + Drag
Select or deselect corner node	Control + Drag
Draw lines using the pencil or pen tool	Control + Drag
Draw quadratic curves using the pen tool	Shift + Drag
Extend existing open curve while drawing a line or curve (even if not clicked on the ending node)	Shift + Drag
Create new object while drawing a line or curve (even if clicked on the ending node)	Control + Drag
Bend opposing rectangle side by the same amount	Shift + Drag
Bend opposing rectangle side by the negative amount	Control + Drag
Draw a circle using only the two points across the diagonal	Control + Drag
Pick shape, style or effect from objects behind the current selection	Shift + Click
Pick a new shape from an object	Control + Click
Pick shape, style or effect from objects inside groups also	Control + Click
Do not change angle in spiral and polygonal spiral shape drawing and editing	Shift + Drag
Do not change radius in spiral and polygonal spiral shape drawing and editing	Alt + Drag
Do not change rotation in various shape editing	Shift + Drag
Do not change size in various shape editing	Alt + Drag
Create variable width profile if uniform, or adjust whole with if profile exists	Control + Drag
Add a vertical zone to the edited 9-slice scaling	Alt + Click
Add a horizontal zone to the edited 9-slice scaling	Shift + Click
Remove a zone from the edited 9-slice scaling	Control + Click
Scale the opposite side uniformly of a variable width profile	Alt + Drag
Scale all nodes uniformly in the variable width profile	Shift + Drag
Stretch all nodes according to the location of changed node in a variable width profile	Shift + Drag
Duplicate a variable width profile node	Alt + Drag
Stroke width brush thinning mode	Shift + Drag
Rotate guideline around the center of the visible guideline segment	Control + Drag
Update guideline place (artboard or canvas) when moving	Control + Drag