Adobe XD Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 97 keyboard shortcuts found in Adobe XD.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keys for Edit menu

Ctrl Z — Undo

Ctrl Shift Z — Redo

Ctrl X — Cut

Ctrl C — Copy

Ctrl V — Paste

Ctrl Alt V — Paste Appearance (Design mode) or Paste Interaction (Prototype mode)

Ctrl D — Duplicate

Del — Delete

Ctrl A — Select All

Ctrl Shift A — Deselect All

Keys for File menu

Ctrl N — New

Ctrl Shift O — Open...

Alt F4 — Close

Ctrl S — Save...

Ctrl Shift S — Save As...

Ctrl Shift E — Export Batch

Ctrl E — Export Selected

Ctrl Shift I — Import

Keys for Pen/Path

P — Switch to Pen tool

Alt — Asymmetric control point

Shift — Snap control point angle

Shift — Snap anchor point angle

Ctrl Alt U — Add

Ctrl Alt S — Subtract

Ctrl Alt I — Intersect

Ctrl Alt X — Exclude overlap

Ctrl 8 — Convert to path

Keys for Layers (Objects), Groups, and Artboards

Ctrl G — Group layers

Ctrl Shift G — Ungroup layers

Ctrl K — Make component

Ctrl L — Lock/Unlock layer

Ctrl , — Hide/Show layer

Ctrl Shift M — Mask with shape

Ctrl R — Make repeat grid

1-9 — Change layer opacity

Ctrl ; — Show/Hide artboard guides

Ctrl Shift ; — Lock artboard guides

Keys for Align

Ctrl Shift Left — Left

Shift C — Center (horizontally)

Ctrl Shift Right — Right

Ctrl Shift Up — Top

Shift M — Middle (vertically)

Ctrl Shift Down — Bottom

Keys for Arrange

Ctrl Shift ] — Bring to front

Ctrl ] — Bring forward

Ctrl [ — Send backward

Ctrl Shift [ — Send to back

Keys for Distribute

Ctrl Shift H — Horizontal

Ctrl Shift V — Vertical

Keys for Text

Ctrl B — Bold

Ctrl I — Italic

Ctrl Shift . — Increase font size

Ctrl Shift , — Decrease font size

Keys for Operations menu

Alt — From center

Shift — Constrain

Enter — Edit text

Shift — Constrain rotate (15 deg)

Shift — Line constrain rotate (45 deg)

Shift Alt — Constrain from center

Ctrl — Direct select

Ctrl Tab — Switch between Design and Prototype mode

Keys for Tools menu

V — Select

R — Rectangle

E — Ellipse

Y — Polygon

L — Line

P — Pen

T — Text

A — Artboard

Z — Zoom

Ctrl 3 — Zoom to selection

I — Eyedropper

Keys for Interface and Viewing Options

Ctrl + — Zoom in

Ctrl - — Zoom out

Ctrl 0 — Zoom to fit

Ctrl 1 — Zoom to 100%

Ctrl 2 — Zoom to 200%

Space — Pan

Ctrl Shift Y — Assets

Ctrl Y — Layers

Ctrl Shift ' — Show layout grid

Ctrl ' — Show square grid

Ctrl Tab — Switch between Design and Prototype mode

Up/Down — Increase or decrease a value in a field by 1

Shift Up/Down — Increase or decrease a value in a field by 10

Keys for Design Specs

Ctrl +/- — Zoom

Ctrl 0 — Reset zoom

(arrows) — Pan

Shift (arrows) — Faster pan

Esc — Go from Spec view to UX flow view

Esc — Remove focus from artboard in UX flow view

Keys for Vector Editing

Enter — Start editing selected vector object

Esc — Stop editing selected vector object

Keys for Prototyping

Ctrl A — See all connections in prototype mode

Ctrl Enter — Preview

Ctrl Shift E — Share prototype online

Left/Right — Navigate artboards in preview or shared prototype