Sketch Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 149 keyboard shortcuts found in Sketch. This application is MacOS-only.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Cmd C — Copy

Cmd X — Cut

Cmd V — Paste

Cmd Shift V — Paste over selection

Space (drag) — Pan Canvas

Cmd Shift N — New page

Fn Up — Previous page

Fn Down — Next page

Cmd + — Zoom in

Cmd - — Zoom out

Ctrl R — Toggle rulers

Ctrl P — Toggle pixels

Ctrl X — Toggle pixel grid

Ctrl G — Toggle grid

Ctrl L — Toggle layout

Ctrl E — Toggle slices

Ctrl F — Toggle prototyping

Cmd F — Filter in Layer List

Cmd Ctrl K — Run custom plugin

Cmd Z — Undo

Cmd Shift Z — Redo

Cmd N — New document

Cmd Shift N — New Cloud document

Cmd O — Open document

Cmd Shift O — Open Cloud document

Cmd W — Close window

Cmd S — Save document

Cmd Shift S — Duplicate document

Cmd Shift Opt S — Save document as...

Cmd Shift P — Page setup

Cmd , — Open Preferences window

Cmd H — Hide Sketch

Cmd Q — Quit Sketch

Cmd Shift ? — Open the Help menu

Cmd P — Open Preview window

Inserting Layers

R — Rectangle

O — Oval

L — Line

U — Rounded rectangle

V — Vector tool

P — Pencil tool

T — Text tool

A — Artboard tool

S — Slice tool

H — Hotspot tool

Selecting Layers

Cmd A — Select all

Cmd Shift A — Select all Artboards

Fn Right — Select next Artboard

Fn Left — Select previous Artboard

Cmd Shift J — Reveal selection in Layer List

Moving and Resizing Layers

Opt — Display distance between other layers (while hovering)

Cmd D — Duplicate

(arrows) — Nudge layer any direction by 1px

Shift (arrows) — Nudge layer any direction by 10px

Cmd K — Scale layer

Cmd Right/Down — Expand by 1px

Cmd Left/Up — Contract by 1px

Cmd Shift Right/Down — Expand by 10px

Cmd Shift Left/Up — Contract by 10px

Ctrl Opt — Show distance to baseline or cap height on text layers (while hovering)

Editing Layers

Enter — Edit layer

Esc — Finish editing

Opt Tab — Focus X position input field in the Inspector

Del — Delete layer

Cmd Opt C — Copy style

Cmd Opt V — Paste style

Ctrl S — Sync shared style

Opt Ctrl S — Reset shared style

W — Add link to Artboard

F — Toggle fill

B — Toggle border

Ctrl C — Pick color

0-9 — Edit layer opacity

Cmd Shift T — Transform shape

Cmd Shift R — Rotate layer

Cmd Ctrl M — Use as mask

Cmd Esc — Return to instance

Cmd Opt U — Union multiple layers

Cmd Opt S — Subtract multiple layers

Cmd Opt I — Intersect multiple layers

Cmd Opt X — Difference multiple layers

Vector Editing

Cmd Opt O — Open or close path

Tab — Selects next point

Opt — Show all handle control points

1 — Straight point type

2 — Mirrored point type

3 — Disconnected point type

4 — Asymmetric point type

Text Editing

Cmd Shift Opt V — Paste as rich text

Cmd T — Change typeface

Cmd B — Bold

Cmd I — Italic

Cmd U — Underline

Cmd Opt + — Increase font size

Cmd Opt - — Decrease font size

Ctrl Opt L — Increase character spacing

Ctrl Opt T — Decrease character spacing

Cmd Shift [ — Align left

Cmd Shift \ — Align center

Cmd Shift ] — Align right

Cmd Opt Space — Emoji and symbols

Cmd Opt O — Convert to outlines

Shift Enter — Insert a line break

Arranging Layers

Cmd G — Group

Cmd Shift G — Ungroup

Cmd R — Rename layer

Tab — Select next layer in group

Shift Tab — Select previous layer in group

Enter — Selects layer inside group

Esc — Selects parent group

Cmd ] — Bring forward

Cmd Opt ] — Bring to front

Cmd [ — Send backward

Cmd Opt [ — Send to back

Cmd Shift Opt Up — Move up, out of group or Artboard

Cmd Ctrl H — Distribute horizontally

Cmd Ctrl V — Distribute vertically

Cmd Shift H — Hide or show layer

Cmd Shift L — Lock or unlock layer

Exporting Layers

Cmd Shift E — Export

Cmd E — Export selected layer(s)

Zoom and Focus

Cmd 0 — Zoom to 100%

Cmd 1 — Zoom to all elements on Canvas

Cmd 2 — Zoom to selected layer(s)

Cmd 3 — Center selected layer(s) in Canvas

Shift ` — Temporarily zoom out to 100%

Cmd Ctrl F — Toggle full screen

Cmd Opt 1 — Show or hide Layer list

Cmd Opt 2 — Show or hide Inspector

Cmd . — Enter presentation mode

Cmd Opt T — Show or hide Toolbar

Text Fields

Opt Tab — Focus Inspector

Tab — Select next field

Shift Tab — Select previous field

Enter — Confirm change

Esc — Clear change

Up — Increase value by 1

Down — Decrease value by 1

Shift Up — Increase value by 10

Shift Down — Decrease value by 10

Opt Up — Increase value by 0.1

Opt Down — Decrease value by 0.1

Miscellaneous

Shift — Launch Sketch with all plugins disabled (hold on startup)

Cmd Ctrl D — Detach from Symbol

Cmd Ctrl Opt D — Detach all contents from Symbol

Cmd Shift D — Refresh Data

Cmd Ctrl R — Run last-used plugin again

0-9 — With a gradient stop selected, position it between 0% and 100%

= — Position selected gradient stop directly between two existing stops