Keyboard shortcuts
The bindings worth learning, and where to find the rest.
Mod is ⌘ on macOS and Ctrl everywhere else. The full list lives in the editor itself —
press Mod+Shift+? to open the cheat sheet without leaving your file.
Tools
Description
The editor with a launch post. Shift-Command-? opens the keyboard shortcuts panel along the bottom, grouped by what they do: Essential, then View, Edit and Arrange are picked in turn. Escape closes it.
A tool belongs to a mode, so a key only reaches a tool the current toolbar actually has: B is the
brush in Design and the pencil in a pixel canvas.
| Key | Tool |
|---|---|
V | Move |
K | Scale |
H | Hand (pan) |
F | Frame |
Shift+S | Section |
R | Rectangle |
O | Ellipse |
L | Line |
Shift+L | Arrow |
P | Pen |
Shift+P | Pencil |
B | Brush |
E | Eraser |
Q | Lasso select |
Shift+B | Paint bucket |
T | Text |
S | Sticky |
W | Washi tape (PopCorn) |
C | Add comment |
I | Eyedropper |
Mod+Shift+K | Place an image or video |
Moving around
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Space + drag | Pan the canvas |
| Scroll | Zoom toward the pointer |
Mod+1 | Zoom to fit the page |
Mod+2 | Zoom to the selection |
Mod+0 | Zoom to 100% |
Mod+= / Mod+- | Zoom in / out |
PageUp / PageDown | Previous / next page |
Home / End | First / last page |
Editing
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Mod+Z / Mod+Shift+Z | Undo / redo |
Mod+A | Select all |
Mod+D | Duplicate |
Delete | Delete the selection |
Mod+G / Mod+Shift+G | Group / ungroup |
Enter | Edit the selected object (points, text, a component) |
Enter (with a shape tool) | Place a default-sized shape in the middle of the view — creating without dragging |
← → ↑ ↓ | Nudge the selection 1px (Shift: 10px) |
Mod+→ / Mod+↓ | Grow the selection 1px wider / taller (Shift: 10px); Mod+← / Mod+↑ shrink it |
Mod+Alt+C / Mod+Alt+V | Copy / paste properties |
Mod+Alt+T | Tidy up |
Shift+H / Shift+V | Flip horizontal / vertical |
Arranging
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Mod+] / Mod+[ | Bring forward / send backward |
Mod+Shift+] / Mod+Shift+[ | Bring to front / send to back |
Mod+Alt+M | Use the top layer as a mask |
Vectors and booleans
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Alt+Shift+U | Union |
Alt+Shift+S | Subtract |
Alt+Shift+I | Intersect |
Alt+Shift+E | Exclude |
Alt+Shift+F | Flatten (also Mod+E) |
Alt+Shift+B | Shape builder |
Shift+C | Crop an image |
Components and files
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Mod+Alt+K | Create a component |
Mod+I | Import a .popcraft file |
Mod+Shift+E | Export the selection |
Mod+P |
Animate mode
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Space | Play / pause |
J / K | Previous / next keyframe |
Home / End | Go to the start / the end |
, / . | Previous / next frame (Shift+< / Shift+>: 10 frames) |
I / O | Work area start / end at the playhead |
M | Add a marker |
= / - | Zoom time in / out about the playhead |
; | Zoom to frames, or back to the whole duration |
Shift+; or \ | Fit the whole duration |
Alt / Mod + scroll, or pinch | Zoom time about the pointer (the time under it stays put) |
Shift + scroll | Pan time |
Shift+F3 | Graph editor |
F9 | Easy ease the picked keys |
Mod+Alt+H | Hold the picked keys |
← / → | Nudge the picked keys a frame (Shift: 10) |
Mod+C / Mod+V | Copy the picked keys / paste them at the playhead |
Delete or Backspace | Delete the picked keys |
Shift+F | Stage view: only the active frame |
More in Keys and the timeline.
The window
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
Mod+\ | Show / hide the side panels |
Ctrl+\ | Show / hide all of the UI |
Shift+R | Show / hide rulers |
Mod+Shift+J | The AI agent panel |
Ctrl+Alt+Enter | Start presenting |
Mod+Shift+? | The full cheat sheet |