Illustrator macOS Shortcuts

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Illustrator macOS keyboard shortcuts
ActionmacOS Shortcut
Tools
Selection toolV
Direct Selection toolA
Pen toolP
Add Anchor Point+
Delete Anchor Point-
Type toolT
Line Segment tool\
Rectangle toolM
Ellipse toolL
Paintbrush toolB
Pencil toolN
Rotate toolR
Scale toolS
Reflect toolO
Shear toolW
Width tool⇧W
Eyedropper toolI
Blend toolW
Gradient toolG
Hand toolH
Zoom toolZ
Select Artboard tool⇧O
Select Magic Wand toolY
Select Lasso toolQ
Select Blob Brush tool⇧B
Select Anchor Point tool⇧C
Select Touch Type tool⇧T
Select Shaper tool⇧N
Select Warp tool⇧R
Select Free Transform toolE
Select Perspective Grid tool⇧P
Select Perspective Selection tool⇧V
Select Symbol Sprayer tool⇧S
Select Column Graph toolJ
Select Mesh toolU
Select Live Paint Bucket toolK
Select Live Paint Selection tool⇧L
Select Slice tool⇧K
Select Eraser tool⇧E
Select Scissors toolC
Edit
Undo⌘Z
Redo⌘⇧Z
Cut⌘X
Copy⌘C
Paste⌘V
Paste in Front⌘F
Paste in Back⌘B
Paste in Place⌘⇧V
Select All⌘A
Deselect All⌘⇧A
Find / Replace⌘F
Check spelling⌘I
Open Color Settings⌘⇧K
Open Keyboard Shortcuts settings⌘⌥⇧K
Open Preferences⌘K
Object
Group⌘G
Ungroup⌘⇧G
Bring to Front⌘⇧]
Bring Forward⌘]
Send Backward⌘[
Send to Back⌘⇧[
Lock⌘2
Unlock All⌘⌥2
Hide⌘3
Show All⌘⌥3
Transform Again⌘D
Make Clipping Mask⌘7
Release Clipping Mask⌘⌥7
Toggle Lasso precision cursorCapsLock
Select artwork on active artboard⌘⌥A
Reselect previous selection⌘6
Lock all unselected artwork⌘⌥⇧2
Make compound path⌘8
Release compound path⌘⌥⇧8
Blend objects⌘⌥B
Make warp envelope distortion⌘⌥⇧W
Make mesh envelope distortion⌘⌥M
Make envelope from top object⌘⌥C
Repeat last Pathfinder effect⌘4
Open Transform Each⌘⌥⇧D
Toggle fill and stroke targetX
Reset fill and stroke to defaultsD
Swap fill and stroke colors⇧X
Create Live Paint with Paint Bucket active⌘⌥X
Add layer⌘L
Add layer using New Layer dialog⌘⌥L
Apply Transform value and copy object⌥Enter
Apply proportional width or height value⌘Enter
Apply last effect to selected object⌘⇧E
Apply last effect with settings dialog⌘⌥⇧E
View
Zoom In⌘=
Zoom Out⌘-
Fit to window⌘0
Actual size (100%)⌘1
Show / Hide Rulers⌘R
Show / Hide Grid⌘'
Snap to Grid⌘⇧'
Show / Hide Guides⌘;
Lock Guides⌘⌥;
Outline / Preview mode⌘Y
Cycle screen modesF
Temporarily select Zoom In⌘Space
Temporarily select Zoom Out⌘⌥Space
Hide bounding box⌘⇧B
Hide unselected artwork⌘⌥⇧3
Toggle artboards⌘⇧H
Show transparency grid⌘⇧D
Fit all artboards in window⌘⌥0
Toggle GPU and CPU Preview⌘E
Show Overprint Preview⌘⌥⇧Y
Show Pixel Preview⌘⌥Y
Make guides⌘5
Toggle Smart Guides⌘U
Cycle measurement units⌘⌥⇧U
Toggle all panelsTab
Toggle panels except Tools and Control⇧Tab
Type
Increase font size⌘⇧>
Decrease font size⌘⇧<
Increase tracking⌥Right
Decrease tracking⌥Left
Align left⌘⇧L
Align center⌘⇧C
Align right⌘⇧R
Justify⌘⇧J
Move caret one word right⌘→
Select one word right⌘⇧→
Select to previous paragraph⌘⇧↑
Justify all paragraph lines⌘⇧F
Reset horizontal text scale to 100%⌘⇧X
Increase font size by larger steps⌘⌥⇧.
Decrease leading in horizontal text⌥↑
Reset tracking and kerning to zero⌘⌥Q
Increase kerning or tracking fivefold⌘⌥→
Raise baseline in horizontal text⌥⇧↑
Create text outlines⌘⇧O
Open Character panel⌘T
Open Paragraph panel⌘⌥T
Open Tabs panel⌘⇧T
Open OpenType panel⌘⌥⇧T
Toggle automatic hyphenation⌘⌥⇧H
Insert thin space⌘⌥⇧M
Show hidden characters⌘⌥I
Focus font name in Character panel⌘⌥⇧F
File
New⌘N
Open⌘O
Save⌘S
Save As⌘⇧S
Export As⌘⌥⇧S
Place⌘⇧P
Print⌘P
Close⌘W
Create document without dialog⌘⌥N
Open File Information⌘⌥⇧I
Open Document Setup⌘⌥P
Browse in Adobe Bridge⌘⌥O
Save a copy of the document⌘⌥S
Open Export for Screens⌘⌥E
Package document⌘⌥⇧P
Quit Illustrator⌘Q