Adobe XD Shortcuts
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Action | MacOS | Windows |
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Move Artboard | 1.Klick Artboard 2.CMD | 1. Klick Artboard 2. CMD |
Masking | CMD + SHIFT + M | CTRL + SHIFT + M |
On pretty much any kind of software, your day to day productivity is directly proportional to the number of shortcuts you know.
Same goes for Adobe XD: you need to learn a few shortcuts to be able to enjoy the real speed of working with this tool. Take the time to learn them, we promise that your workflow will greatly benefit from it in the long run!
In this page, we listed pretty much every available shortcut for Adobe XD, and we grouped them by usefulness.
Must know XD shortcuts
This set of shortcuts are at the foundation of Adobe XD. You must learn these shortcuts to be able to design and prototype at a fast enough pace!
Action | MacOS | Windows |
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Select tool | V | V |
Rectangle tool | R | R |
Ellipse tool | E | E |
Line tool | L | L |
Pen tool | P | P |
Text tool | T | T |
Artboard tool | A | A |
Zoom tool | Z | Z |
Group | CMD + G | CTRL + G |
Ungroup | CMD + SHIFT + G | CTRL + SHIFT + G |
Duplicate | CMD + D | CTRL + D |
Duplicate (by dragging) | ALT + Click & Drag | ALT + Click & Drag |
Edit text | ENTER (on selected text) | ENTER (on selected text) |
Direct layer selection | CMD + Click | CTRL + Click |
Masking | CMD + SHIFT + M | CTRL + SHIFT + M |
Lock / Unlock | CMD + L | CTRL + L |
Hide | CMD + ; | CTRL + ; |
Make Symbol | CMD + K | CTRL + K |
Make Repeat Grid | CMD + R | CTRL + R |
Export | CMD + E | CTRL + E |
Zoom to fit | CMD + 0 | CTRL + 0 |
Zoom to 100% | CMD + 1 | CTRL + 1 |
Zoom to 200% | CMD + 2 | CTRL + 2 |
Zoom to selection | CMD + 3 | CTRL + 3 |
Paste appearance (Design mode) | CMD + ALT + V | CTRL + ALT + V |
Paste interaction (Prototype mode) | CMD + ALT + V | CTRL + ALT + V |
Play preview | CMD + ENTER | CTRL + ENTER |
Design/Prototype Switch | CTRL + TAB | CTRL + TAB |
Show measurements | ALT (with selected layer) | ALT (with selected layer) |
Nice to know XD shortcuts
These shortcuts are of secondary importance, meaning that these actions are not as frequent in a UI/UX designer’s workflow and you can still perform them from the XD visual interface, but it definitely won’t hurt to learn some of these.
Action | MacOS | Windows |
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Increase text size | CMD + SHIFT + > | CTRL + SHIFT + > |
Decrease text size | CMD + SHIFT + < | CTRL + SHIFT + < |
Show layout grid | CMD + SHIFT + ‚ | CTRL + SHIFT + ‚ |
Show square grid | CMD + ‚ | CTRL + ‚ |
Show assets panel | CMD + SHIFT + Y | CTRL + SHIFT + Y |
Show layers panel | CMD + Y | CTRL + Y |
Convert to path | CMD + 8 | CTRL + 8 |
Move layer to front | CMD + SHIFT + ] | CTRL + SHIFT + ] |
Move layer forward | CMD + ] | CTRL + ] |
Move layer backward | CMD + [ | CTRL + [ |
Move layer to back | CMD + SHIFT + [ | CTRL + SHIFT + [ |
Align left | CMD + CTRL + ← | CTRL + SHIFT + ← |
Align center (H) | CMD + CTRL + C | SHIFT + M |
Align right | CMD + CTRL + → | CTRL + SHIFT + → |
Align top | CMD + CTRL + ↑ | CTRL + SHIFT + ↑ |
Align middle (V) | CMD + CTRL + M | SHIFT + C |
Align bottom | CMD + CTRL + ↓ | CTRL + SHIFT + ↓ |
Distribute horizontal | CMD + CTRL + H | CTRL + SHIFT + H |
Distribute vertical | CMD + CTRL + V | CTRL + SHIFT + V |
Add | CMD + ALT + U | CTRL + ALT + U |
Subtract | CMD + ALT + S | CTRL + ALT + S |
Intersect | CMD + ALT + I | CTRL + ALT + I |
Exclude overlap | CMD + ALT + X | CTRL + ALT + X |
Export batch | CMD + SHIFT + E | CTRL + SHIFT + E |
Obvious XD shortcuts
These are very common shortcuts that the majority of other softwares have, so we are pretty sure you might already know them. If not, learn them, they are very handy!
Action | MacOS | Windows |
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New | CMD + N | CTRL + N |
Open | CMD + O | CTRL + O |
Close | CMD + W | CTRL + W |
Save | CMD + S | CTRL + S |
Save as | CMD + SHIFT + S | CTRL + SHIFT + S |
Undo | CMD + Z | CTRL + Z |
Redo | CMD + SHIFT + Z | CTRL + SHIFT + Z |
Cut | CMD + X | CTRL + X |
Copy | CMD + C | CTRL + C |
Paste | CMD + V | CTRL + V |
Delete | DELETE | DELETE |
Select all | CMD + A | CTRL + A |
Deselect all | CMD + SHIFT + A | CTRL + SHIFT + A |
Bold text | CMD + B | CTRL + B |
Italic text | CMD + I | CTRL + I |
Underline text | CMD + U | CTRL + U |