Illustrator Shortcuts

Design·248 shortcuts·23 sections

File Operations5

New Document⌘N
Open File⌘O
Save⌘S
Save As⇧⌘S
Export As⇧⌘E

Tools (single-key)14

Selection ToolV
Direct SelectionA
Pen ToolP
Type ToolT
Ellipse ToolL
Rectangle ToolM
PaintbrushB
Pencil ToolN
Free Transform toolE
Rotate ToolR
Scale ToolS
EyedropperI
Zoom ToolZ
Hand ToolH

Edit & Selection5

Select All⌘A
Deselect All⇧⌘A
Group⌘G
Ungroup⇧⌘G
Join Paths⌘J

Arrange9

Bring Forward⌘]
Send Backward⌘[
Bring To Front⇧⌘]
Send To Back⇧⌘[
Lock Selection⌘2
Unlock All⌥⌘2
Hide Selection⌘3
Show All⌥⌘3
Make Clipping Mask⌘7

View7

Zoom In⌘+
Zoom Out⌘-
Fit Artboard In Window⌘0
Actual Size⌘1
Toggle Outline Preview⌘Y
Show Grid⌘'
Show Guides⌘;

Type3

Increase Font Size⇧⌘>
Decrease Font Size⇧⌘<
Create Outlines⇧⌘O

Work with documents14

New from template⇧⌘N
New document (no dialog)⌥⌘N
Place file⇧⌘P
File Information⌥⇧⌘I
Document Setup⌥⌘P
Browse in Adobe Bridge⌥⌘O
Close document⌘W
Save a copy⌥⌘S
Save as script files⌘F12
Export for Screens⌥⌘E
Save for Web⌥⇧⌘S
Package document⌥⇧⌘P
Print⌘P
Quit⌘Q

Select tools27

Artboard tool⇧O
Magic Wand toolY
Lasso toolQ
Curvature tool⇧~
Blob Brush tool⇧B
Add Anchor Point tool+
Delete Anchor Point tool-
Anchor Point tool⇧C
Touch Type tool⇧T
Line Segment tool\\
Shaper tool⇧N
Reflect toolO
Warp tool⇧R
Width tool⇧W
Shape Builder tool⇧M
Perspective Grid tool⇧P
Perspective Selection tool⇧V
Symbol Sprayer tool⇧S
Column Graph toolJ
Mesh toolU
Gradient toolG
Blend toolW
Live Paint Bucket toolK
Live Paint Selection tool⇧L
Slice tool⇧K
Eraser Tool⇧E
Scissors toolC

View artwork26

Toggle screen modesF
Switch to Hand toolSpace
Hide bounding box⌃⇧B
Hide unselected artwork⌥⇧⌘3
Show document template⌘H
Show/hide artboards⇧⌘H
Show/hide artboard rulers⌥⌘R
Show transparency grid⇧⌘D
View all artboards in window⌥⌘0
Paste in place on active artboard⇧⌘V
Exit Artboard tool modeEsc
Next document⌘F6
Previous document⇧⌘F6
Next document group⌥⌘F6
Previous document group⌥⇧⌘F6
Toggle GPU/CPU preview⌘E
Overprint Preview mode⌥⇧⌘Y
Pixel Preview mode⌥⌘Y
Zoom in⌘=
Lock guides⌥⌘;
Make guides⌘5
Release guides⌃⌥5
Show/hide smart guides⌘U
Show/hide perspective grid⇧⌘I
Snap to grid⇧⌘'
Snap to point⌥⌘'

Work with selections7

Last-used selection tool⌘`
Cross hair pointer for LassoCaps Lock
Select artwork in active artboard⌥⌘A
Reselect⌘6
Select object above⌥⌘]
Select object below⌥⌘[
Lock all deselected artwork⌥⇧⌘2

Draw10

Increase Blob Brush size]
Decrease Blob Brush size[
Switch drawing modes⇧D
Join Paths⌘J
Average paths⌥⌘J
Create corner or smooth join⌥⇧⌘J
Create compound path⌘8
Release compound path⌥⇧⌘8
Edit pattern⇧⌘F8
Repeat transform⌘D

Edit shapes7

Increase symbol intensity⇧}
Decrease symbol intensity⇧{
Blend objects⌥⌘B
Finish adding to blend⌥⇧⌘B
Warp envelope distort⌥⇧⌘W
Mesh envelope distort⌥⌘M
Object envelope distort⌥⌘C

Work with objects14

Apply last Pathfinder effect⌘4
Move object⇧⌘M
Transform Each⌥⇧⌘D
Release clipping mask⌥⌘7
Toggle fill and strokeX
Default fill and strokeD
Swap fill and stroke⇧X
Gradient fill mode>
Hide gradient annotator⌥⌘G
Color fill mode<
No fill/stroke mode/
Add new fill⌘/
Add new stroke⌥⌘/
Make Live Paint⌥⌘X

Create variable width points1

Delete width pointDelete

Work with type53

Move character right/left→
Move up/down one line↑
Move word right/left⌘→
Move up/down one paragraph⌘↑
Select word right/left⇧⌘→
Select paragraph before/after⇧⌘↑
Align left⇧⌘L
Align right⇧⌘R
Align center⇧⌘C
Justify text left⇧⌘J
Justify all lines⇧⌘F
Insert soft return⇧↩
Highlight kerning⌥⌘K
Reset horizontal scale to 100%⇧⌘X
Increase font size⇧⌘.
Decrease font size⇧⌘,
Increase font size by steps⌥⇧⌘.
Decrease font size by steps⌥⇧⌘,
Increase leading⌥Up
Decrease leading⌥Down
Reset tracking/kerning to 0⌥⌘Q
Increase kerning/tracking⌥Right
Decrease kerning/tracking⌥Left
Increase kerning/tracking by 5x⌥⌘Right
Decrease kerning/tracking by 5x⌥⌘Left
Increase baseline shift⌥⇧Up
Decrease baseline shift⌥⇧Down
Character panel⌘T
Paragraph panel⌥⌘T
Tabs panel⇧⌘T
OpenType panel⌥⇧⌘T
Insert bullet⌥8
Insert copyright symbol⌥G
Insert ellipsis⌥;
Insert paragraph symbol⌥7
Insert section symbol⌥6
Insert trademark symbol⌥2
Insert registered trademark⌥R
Superscript⇧⌘=
Subscript⌃⌥⇧=
Insert em dash⌥⇧-
Insert en dash⌥-
Insert discretionary hyphen⇧⌘-
Toggle auto-hyphenation⌥⇧⌘H
Insert double left quote⌥[
Insert double right quote⌥⇧[
Insert single left quote⌥]
Insert single right quote⌥⇧]
Insert em space⇧⌘M
Insert en space⇧⌘N
Insert thin space⌥⇧⌘M
Show hidden characters⌥⌘I
Create Outlines⇧⌘O

Use panels5

Switch units of measurement⌥⇧⌘U
Show/hide all panelsTab
Show/hide all panels except Tools⇧Tab
Increase value by fraction⌘Up
Increase value by 10x⇧Up

Character and Paragraph panels2

Increase value by large increment⇧↑
Highlight font name field⌥⇧⌘F

Color panel1

Open Color Guide⇧F3

Layers panel2

Add a layer⌘L
Add layer with dialog⌥⌘L

Transform panel2

Apply value and copy object⌥↩
Apply value and scale proportionally⌘↩

Transparency panel1

Apply last effect with dialog⌥⇧⌘E

Function keys20

HelpF1
CutF2
CopyF3
PasteF4
Show/hide Brushes panelF5
Show/hide Color panelF6
Show/hide Layers panelF7
Create new symbolF8
Show/hide Info panel⌘F8
Show/hide Gradient panel⌘F9
Show/hide Stroke panel⌘F10
Show/hide Attributes panel⌘F11
RevertF12
Show/hide Graphic Styles panel⇧F5
Show/hide Appearance panel⇧F6
Show/hide Align panel⇧F7
Show/hide Transform panel⇧F8
Show/hide Pathfinder panel⇧⌘F9
Show/hide Transparency panel⇧⌘F10
Show/hide Symbols panel⇧⌘F11

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New Document⌘N
Open File⌘O
Save⌘S