Questions tagged [shortcuts]
Questions about keyboard shortcuts for an actions. Can also refer to a simplified workflow with predefined results.
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CorelDRAW Font List shortcut not working
I have added a shortcut for Font List(Ctrl+shift+F) but it won't work unless opening Options (Ctrl+Alt+F) and closing it, after that i can select my text and use the shortcut to change the font
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How to duplicate items in Adobe Xd while also adding spacing like in Sketch?
One of my favorite keyboard shortcuts in Sketch is the duplicate items cmdd as explained here. In Adobe XD the same option is available, however it duplicates the items in the exact same position as ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut I can make to automatically fill a selected polygon area in LibreOffice Draw?
I'm aware that there is a shortcut simply to open the Fill Area menu, but I'm tired of moving my mouse around as I have several, rather large PDFs I have to fill boxes in to answer questions. My ...
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Photoshop “Export > Export As” or “Export > Save For Web” in size 600px + auto suffix in filename
When working with an image in Photoshop, I'd like to have a simple keyboard shortcut, like in Photoshop shortcut for File, Save As, Format: PNG or JPG, Save, OK, that automatically does:
Export > ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in Photoshop to select the lowest layer?
The scenario is that i have 7 different layers and obviously, my screen monitor can't show them all (just only five layers). If i select the upper-most layer(the layer panel will adjust up) then I ...
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Pathfinder Panel > Pathfinders: Merge Doesn't Work with Shortcuts
I’m merging about one hundred (100) fill-only half circles into whole circles—fill only. Pathfinder Panel > Pathfinders: Merge works perfectly if I click on it in the panel—that’s not the issue.
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Sketch: keyboard shortcut for selection tool
I'm so used to just pressing v like in Adobe software.
If I press v in Sketch then it takes me to the pen tool. But then if I press it again it then gives me the selection tool.
I can't seem to find ...
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Inkscape equivalent of paste in front/back
Adobe Illustrator has nice handy shortcuts for paste,
ctrl+f which pastes in front of selected object and
ctrl+b which paste in the back of selected object.
How can I manage this in Inkscape? I ...
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Photoshop - With Layer 'A' clicked in the Layers window, how do I make a selection for Layer 'B' from the canvas?
Normally I would do these steps to achieve the image above:
1) Click 'A' from the Layers window.
2) Find 'B' from the Layers window, but not click it.
3) Cmd+Click 'B' from the Layers window to ...
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Text Committing keyboard shortcut Consistency across Adobe Apps - AE, Premiere, Illustrator & Photoshop
Different Adobe application uses different ways to commit text (or exit text-editing mode)
Photoshop - Numeric Enter Key & Escape Key
Premiere - Numeric Enter Key & Escape Key
Illustrator -...
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Shortcut to change typeface?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to change the typeface?
I press control-T which brings up the character selector which is nice. Then I press tab and it hides all the menus instead of going to the next ...
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Photoshop: How am I supposed to change the keyboard shortcut for “Select Next/Previous Layer”?
According to Photoshop keyboard shortcuts page, the shortcut for "Select next layer down/up" is ALT+[ or ALT+] meaning it hasn't even been set up yet since the [ or ] defines the user changing it ...
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Hotkey/Shortcut to Remove “7” from Pantone Coated Swatch Search in Illustrator
When you are searching in the Pantone Coated Swatch palette in Illustrator, occasionally it will add a 7 in front of the number you type in. For example, if you type in 426 it will autosearch 7426. ...
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How to zoom using Alt+mouse wheel without highlighting shortcut letters?
There is this very helpful zoom shortcut in Photoshop: ALT+mouse wheel.
But it has a very bad side effect: because it uses ALT the shortcut letters of the menus get highlighted (e.g. F for File, E ...
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Illustrator power shortcut
EDIT: Is there a direct shortcut to access the Width field on the Transform Panel in Illustrator?
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transform panel ( panel select box width ) shortcut key required.
shift +f8 normal. (...
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Assign Ctrl+Tab as switch images in Gimp?
Is there a way to assign Next Image and Previous Image as Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab respectively?
I've tried using the keyboard shortcuts dialogue but I can't seem to get it to work. I click on the ...
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GIMP: How do I “step to previous frame” in Animation Playback?
GIMP has the tool Animation Playback (found under Filters/Animation) to help with creating animations. When creating an animation, it is very useful to be able to manually "scrub" through the frames. ...
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Change default modfier keys in GIMP
Is it possible to change the modifier keys for the selection tools in GIMP? https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tools-selection.html
Default setting is
Shift = Add to the current selection
CTRL = Subtract ...
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Proper shortcut to the Fill dialog box in Photoshop
What is the "proper" shortcut to bring up the Fill dialog box in Photoshop? In almost every tutorial on Youtube I can see Shift + Delete being used, which doesn't work for me. I'm on Windows and I use ...
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How to locate an object in the Layers panel with a shortcut?
In my artboard, I have tons of objects. I'd like to focus it on Layers panel with some mouse/keyboard shortcut or combination.
Like in Photoshop, I can easily right click + alt to focus the layer on ...
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How to add shortcut key in illustrator [duplicate]
With the reference video below. How can i add shortcut key to screen & multiply. Any suggestion or help. Thanks
Reference video
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How to zoom and pan very quick in Illustrator?
I'm new with Illustrator. Previously I was working with Affinity Designer.
I make illustrations and for that I quickly need to zoom in and zoom out and pan also. I can do that very simply in Affinity ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcuts for the fixed size marquee in Photoshop?
I use the rectangular marquee tool a lot, specially the fixed size option, is there a shortcut to swap the width and height of it? Also is there a shortcut to apply new dimensions?
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making an action for join and smooth anchors in illustrator
Very commonly I need to join separate anchor points and convert to smooth whit these buttons.
I wanted to speed up the process so I tried making an action for it so that I could just assign it to a ...
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Is there a way to apply a shortcut to a colour swatch in inDesign CC (2019)?
I've been programming a keyboard with shortcuts for various Adobe programs. I've created a company colour pallette to share among the softwares.
I mostly use InDesign and would to create a shortcut ...
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How to move contour of selection instead of content of selection (GIMP)?
I was able to do so, but those buttons gone (probably compatability with new hardware issue) , but anyway I need some workaround - shortcut or using a menu bar.
How I was doing it in the past:
I ...
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How do I scroll horizontally through a Sketch canvas like Illustrator does?
In Illustrator you have the very handy CTRL+mouse scroll shortcut to quickly scroll horizontally through your canvas. I want to do the same in Sketch (not necessarily with the same shortcuts).
How ...
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how to set shortcut for brush size in photoshop
in photoshop, '[]' is too far from main shortcut and 'cv' is also has to be hit multiple times until I get the size I want.
I really like kritas brush size shortcut. shift + pen drag.
Is there ...
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Can I drag and drop layer as another layer mask in Photoshop?
I have a black and white layer in Photoshop. I want to drag and drop that layer quickly on another layer as a layer mask. Is it possible?
Current workflow I'm using is:
Select b/w layer
Ctrl+A to ...
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Shortcut to select themove the cursor to some time
I just want a shortcut to focus on this cursor timer
Like this!!
So that I don't have to all the way to that corner and click then type the cursor time... is there any shortcut for it??
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Keyboard Shortcut to select Table Bounding Box - InDesign
I've been searching online for the keyboard shortcut to select a table's bounding box (container, if you will) but have found nothing. With a text box, if you are editing text within the said text box ...
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Inkscape shortcuts like Illustrator
I want to find an Inkscape shortcuts profile with defined Illustrator shortcuts. For example 'A' for Node Selecting tool, 'P' for Pen not Pencil. Please give a link to file to Import from Edit > ...
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How can I add a custom button to the GIMP toolbar?
I'd like to be able to add custom buttons to the GIMP toolbar.
For example to be able to add the "Hue-Saturation Tool". There is a youtube video (GIMP Tutorial: Customizing Main Tool Bar) that shows ...
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Krita - How to Snap Assistant Tools?
Using both the Assistant Tools and Grids and Guides in tandem with one another is useful for pixel art, comic book panels and perspective. There’s a problem with setting these up and I couldn’t find ...
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Inkscape: keyboard shortcut for Break Path At Selected Nodes
I've been searching long time for keyboard shortcuts for these actions in Inkscape.
Join selected nodes
Break path at selected nodes
Join selected endnodes with a new segment
Delete segment between ...
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Auto Add Clipping Mask When Adding Adjustment Layers
In Photoshop, when I add an adjustment, is there a way to use the below layer as an Clipping Mask at the same time, rather than having to manually do this separately afterwards?
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How can I make a shortcut for 100% view in Illustrator?
Illustrator (and many other programs too) have a shortcut for resizing to fit/default Ctrl+0
My artboard is smaller than the space of fill in my screen, I'm wondering if there's a way to have a ...
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inkscape keyboard shortcut for resize
What is the inkscape keyboard shortcut (no mouse drag) equivalent of
Ctrl+mouse drag to resize an object?
I am trying to resize 2 objects by same factor. However with mouse it is difficult to know ...
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Search among artboards and symbols in sketch-app
I am using sketch ver. 51.1.
Is it a way to search among artboards and components in order to access them quickly? I want to search in whole project, not just in current page.
If it is possible ...
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Focus view on selected layer in Photoshop
While working on a huge workspace I need Photoshop to focus the current view on the object / layer I selected, how can I do this?
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Illustrator: keyboard shortcut for color picker
I'm working on various color schemes for my design elements. I wish I could simply fill the elements by copying and pasting hex-values using keyboard shortcuts.
Everytime, I have to double click on ...
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Is there a way to navigate from artboards to layers in Sketch from keyboard?
I'm new to Sketch and trying to learn as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. I know that you can use tab and shift + tab to navigate up and down through layers OR artboards but I can't see a way to ...
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How to change InkScape path opacity with shortcuts?
Closely Related: What is the shortcut key for object opacity in Illustrator?
When tracing, I would like to be able to quickly change the opacity of the path I am editing with a keyboard or mouse ...
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Photoshop shortcut for File, Save As, Format: PNG or JPG, Save, OK [duplicate]
Classical situation: you're working in Photoshop on a PSD file and you want a to export it to PNG or JPG.
Here is the usual way: menu File > Save As > Click on Format > Find PNG in the list and ...
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Photoshop action 'select forward layer' has 'without make visible' attached by default. Can I change this?
I'm trying to make an action that makes a change, then moves up a layer, making it visible in the process. However, when I use the Alt + ] or Alt + [ shortcuts, it only cycles visible layers. When I ...
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Is there a way to select the eyedropper tool while typing?
Is there a way to use the eyedropper tool while typing?
I cant' type "I" to select it, because that just inserts the letter i.
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InDesign: how to expand all collapsed links
Is there a way to expand up all the links listed in the 'Links' panel at once?
I want to get a quick overview of all the extra info I toggle to display in links (resolution, color mode, etc.). Is ...
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Save as two formats automatically {Inkscape}
Is it possible to make inkscape save two formats not just one at a time?
Preferably without appearing where to save the file every time, because I would predefine it, and without appearing portable ...
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Is there a full list of hotkeys/shortcuts for Invision Studio yet? [closed]
I was wondering if there was already a complete list of all the key bindings for Invision Studio? I noticed some unintuitive bindings such as the use of Backspace as Delete. That got me wondering what ...
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What's the alternative of using Cmd+\ in InDesign to align text?
My co-worker is the one who taught me this short key in InDesign. It's very useful to align content for a much cleaner look, but it can only be used if the content is in the same paragraph or ...
