Concepts has many keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow. You can find and customize them in the Interactions section of Settings.

Navigation Modes

  • Pan Mode (Space): Press the Spacebar to pan the canvas with your mouse. Press it again to return to your previous tool. You can also press and hold the Spacebar to pan temporarily.
  • Zoom Mode (S): Press 'S' to zoom. Drag right or up to zoom in, and left or down to zoom out. This will scale a selection or guide if one is active.
  • Rotation Mode (R): Press 'R' to rotate the canvas. This will rotate a selection or guide if one is active.

Keyboard Shortcuts

File

  • ⌘ W: Gallery
  • ⌘ I: Import
  • ⇧ ⌘ E: Export
  • ⌘ ,: Settings

Edit

  • ⌘ Z: Undo
  • ⇧ ⌘ Z: Redo
  • ⌘ X: Cut
  • ⌘ C: Copy
  • ⌘ V: Paste
  • ⌘ D: Duplicate

View

  • Space: Pan Canvas
  • R: Rotate Canvas
  • S: Zoom Canvas
  • =: Zoom In
  • -: Zoom Out
  • ⌘ 9: Zoom to Fit
  • ⌘ 8: Zoom to Selection
  • Home: Home Position
  • ⌘ 0: Zoom to 100%
  • ⌘ ⌥ 0: Rotate to 0°
  • ⌥ 6: Toggle Color Wheel
  • ⌥ 7: Toggle Layers
  • ⌥ 8: Toggle Precision
  • ⌥ 9: Toggle Objects

Tools

  • 1 -8: Tool Slot 1-8
  • E: Eraser
  • P: Color Picker
  • , or[: Decrease Tool Size
  • . or]: Increase Tool Size
  • ⇧ , or⇧ [: Decrease Tool Opacity
  • ⇧ . or⇧ ]: Increase Tool Opacity
  • ⌥ , or⌥ [: Decrease Tool Smoothing
  • ⌥ . or⌥ ]: Increase Tool Smoothing

Selection

  • ⌘ A: Select All
  • ⇧ ⌘ D: Select Last
  • Esc: Deselect
  • ⌘ G: Group Selection
  • ⇧ ⌘ G: Ungroup Selection
  • ⌘ L: Lock Selection
  • ⇧ ⌘ L: Unlock Selection

Precision

  • G: Toggle Grid
  • N: Toggle Snap
  • M: Toggle Measure
  • C: Arc Guide
  • I: Line Guide
  • U: Rectangle Guide
  • O: Ellipse Guide
  • V: Angle Guide

Layers

  • L: New Layer
  • ⌘ =: Next Layer
  • ⌘ -: Previous Layer

System

  • F1: Help