Are you finding the shortcuts for Affinity Designer? Affinity Designer provides shortcuts to help you quickly work on documents. Here is the list of all shortcuts that you can use in Affinity Designer. This post will help you to check and make your Affinity Designer work faster with Most Used.
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FILE Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl + N
New
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + N
New from clipboard
Ctrl + O
Open
Ctrl + W
Close
Ctrl + S
Save
Shift + Ctrl + S
Save as
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + S
Export
Shift + Ctrl + P
Document setup
Ctrl + P
Print
EDIT Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl + Z
Undo
Shift + Ctrl + Z
Redo
Ctrl + X
Cut
Ctrl + C
Copy
Ctrl + V
Paste
Shift + Ctrl + V
Paste style
Alt + Shift + V
Paste FX
Alt + Ctrl + V
Paste inside
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + V
Paste without format
Ctrl + J
Duplicate
N/A
Start dictation
N/A
Emoji and symbols
TEXT Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl + T
Show character
Shift + Ctrl + T
Show typography
Ctrl + B
Bold
Ctrl + U
Underline
Ctrl + I
Italic
Ctrl + >
Bigger text size
Ctrl + <
Smaller text size
Alt + Ctrl + >
Precise bigger text size
Alt + Ctrl + <
Precise smaller text size
Alt + Left
Tighten spacing
Alt + Right
Loosen spacing
Alt + Shift + Left
Tight more
Alt + Shift + Right
Loosen more
Ctrl + Shift + =
Superscript
Ctrl + Alt + –
Subscript
Alt + Shift + Up
Raise baseline
Alt + Shift + Down
Lower baseline
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Up
Precise raise baseline
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Down
Precise lower baseline
Alt + Ctrl + L
Align left
Alt + Ctrl + C
Align center
Alt + Ctrl + R
Align right
Alt + Ctrl + I
Justify left
Alt + Down
Increase paragraph leading
Alt + Up
Decrease paragraph leading
Alt + Ctrl + Down
Precise increase paragraph leading
Alt + Ctrl + Up
Precise decrease paragraph leading
Shift + Enter
Line break
Alt + Shift + –
Em dash
Alt + –
En dash
Alt + Space
Non-breaking space
Shift + Ctrl + –
Soft hyphen
Alt + Ctrl + –
Non-breaking hyphen
Shift + Ctrl + ;
Spelling options
LAYER Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl + G
Group
Shift + Ctrl + G
Ungroup
Shift + Ctrl + ]
Move layer to front
Shift + Ctrl + [
Move layer to back
Ctrl + ]
Move layer forward one
Ctrl + [
Move layer back one
Alt + Ctrl + G
Move inside
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + G
Move outside
Alt + Ctrl + N
New layer
Shift + Ctrl + N
New pixel layer
Ctrl + M
Curves
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + B
Black and white
Ctrl + L
Lock layer
Shift + Ctrl + L
Unlock layer
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + L
Unlock all
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + H
Show all
Ctrl + Enter
Convert to curves
SELECT Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl + A
Select all
Ctrl + D
Deselect
Shift + Ctrl + I
Invert pixel selection
Alt + Ctrl + ]
Select next
Alt + Ctrl + [
Select previous
VIEW Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl + =
Zoom in
Ctrl + –
Zoom out
Ctrl + 0
Zoom to fit
Alt + Shift + 0
Zoom to width
Alt + Ctrl + 0
Zoom to selection
Ctrl + 1
100% zoom
Ctrl + 2
200% zoom
Ctrl + 3
400% zoom
Ctrl + 4
800% zoom
Ctrl + 8
Actual size
Ctrl + 9
Pixel size
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + R
Reset rotation
Alt + Ctrl + Y
Pixels view mode
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Y
Pixels (Retina) view mode
N/A
Outline view mode
,
Split view
\
Clip to canvas
Ctrl + ;
Show guides
Ctrl + ‘
Show grid
Ctrl + R
Show rulers
Shift + Ctrl + H
Hide studio
Alt + Ctrl + T
Show toolbar
Tab
Toggle UI
N/A
Toggle full screen
TOOLS Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
V
Move tool
A
Node tool
O
Contour tool
C
Corner tool
P
Pen tool
N
Pencil tool
B
Vector brush tool
G
Fill tool
Y
Transparency tool
M
Toggle between rectangle, ellipse, and rounded rectangle tools
Well, there you have it, Affinity Designer shortcuts list. You might not have known about these shortcuts. If I’ve left important something out in this list, feedback is appreciated and welcome on the Make A Public List.
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