A visual cheat-sheet for the 108 keyboard shortcuts found in Affinity Designer.
Esc — Cancel operation
F1 — Help
0-9 — Change opacity
Tab — Toggle UI
T — Cycle text tools
Y — Transparency tool
I — Color picker tool
P — Pen tool
[ — Decrease brush size
] — Increase brush size
A — Node tool
F — Point transform tool
G — Fill tool
H — View tool
; — Toggle snapping
\ — Clip to canvas
Z — Zoom tool
X — Toggle active selector
C — Corner tool
V — Move tool
B — Vector brush tool
N — Pencil tool
M — Cycle shape tool
, — Cycle split view
. — Reset selection box
/ — Set fill or stroke to none
Ctrl 1 — Zoom to 100%
Ctrl 2 — Zoom to 200%
Ctrl 3 — Zoom to 400%
Ctrl 4 — Zoom to 800%
Ctrl 8 — Zoom to actual size
Ctrl 9 — Zoom to pixel size
Ctrl 0 — Zoom to fit
Ctrl - — Zoom out
Ctrl = — Zoom in
Ctrl Tab — Switch view
Ctrl W — Close
Ctrl R — Rulers
Ctrl T — Character
Ctrl Y — Redo
Ctrl O — Open
Ctrl P — Print
Ctrl [ — Back one
Ctrl ] — Forward one
Ctrl Enter — Convert to curves
Ctrl A — Select all
Ctrl S — Save
Ctrl G — Group
Ctrl J — Duplicate
Ctrl L — Lock
Ctrl ; — Show guides
Ctrl ' — Show grid
Ctrl Z — Undo
Ctrl X — Cut
Ctrl C — Copy
Ctrl V — Paste
Ctrl N — New
Ctrl M — Curves
Ctrl , — Preferences
Space — Hold for view tool
W — Selection brush
E — Erase brush
I — Color picker tool
O — Cycle dodge or burn brushes
[ — Decrease brush size
] — Increase brush size
G — Flood fill tool
L — Freehand selection tool
X — Toggle active selector
V — Move tool
B — Cycle brush or pixel tools
M — Cycle marquees
, — Cycle split view
. — Reset selection box
Alt — Drawing and painting - temporarily switches to the color picker tool
Shift — Freehand selection tools - connects clicked points with straight lines
Shift — Reverses aspect ratio constraint on scaling
Ctrl — Scales from the center of selection
Alt — Ignores snapping during an operation
Ctrl — Geometric shapes - moves red handles symmetrically
Shift — Path text - maintains distance between red handles
Ctrl — Path text - moves red handles symmetrically
Shift — Pixel brush painting - draws straight line connecting two strokes
Shift — Pixel selections - constrains marquee to square or circle
Ctrl — Pixel selection - moves underlying layer rather than selection
Alt — Pixel selection - removes from selection
Ctrl — Pixel tool - erases from current layer or projects
Shift — Rotating - constrains rotations to 15 degree intervals
Shift — Selecting - scales multiple objects and layers
Alt — Selecting - selects object or layer behind current selection
Ctrl — Shearing - mirrors shear around center of object
Shift — Vector drawing tools - constrains handle angles to 15 degrees
Alt — Vector drawing tools - sets node to sharp for creating cusps
Ctrl — Vector drawing tools - temporarily switches to node editing from pen
Ctrl T — Character panel
Ctrl Shift T — Typography dialog
Ctrl B — Bold
Ctrl I — Italic
Ctrl U — Underline
Ctrl Alt L — Align left
Ctrl Alt C — Align center
Ctrl Alt R — Align right
Alt Shift Left — Tighten spacing more
Alt Shift Right — Loosen spacing more
Ctrl Alt Shift Up — Precise raise baseline
Ctrl Alt Shift Down — Precise lower baseline
Ctrl Alt Down — Precise increase leading
Ctrl Alt Up — Precise decrease leading