Concepts has many keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow on Android and ChromeOS. 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

  • Ctrl + N: New Drawing
  • Ctrl + I: Import
  • Ctrl + Shift + E: Export
  • Ctrl + W: Gallery
  • Ctrl + ,: Settings

Edit

  • Ctrl + Z: Undo
  • Ctrl + Shift + Z: Redo
  • Ctrl + X: Cut
  • Ctrl + C: Copy
  • Ctrl + V: Paste
  • Ctrl + D: Duplicate

View

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

Tools

  • 1 -8: Tool Slot 1-8
  • E: Eraser
  • , or[: Decrease Tool Size
  • . or]: Increase Tool Size
  • Shift + , orShift + [: Decrease Tool Opacity
  • Shift + . orShift + ]: Increase Tool Opacity
  • Alt + , orAlt + [: Decrease Tool Smoothing
  • Alt + . orAlt + ]: Increase Tool Smoothing

Selection

  • A: Select
  • T: Picker Mode
  • Ctrl + A: Select All
  • Ctrl + Shift + D: Select Last
  • Esc: Deselect
  • Del orBackspace: Delete
  • Ctrl + G: Group Selection
  • Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup Selection
  • Ctrl + L: Lock Selection
  • Ctrl + Shift + L: Unlock Selection

Precision

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

Layers

  • L: New Layer
  • Ctrl + +: Next Layer
  • Ctrl + -: Previous Layer

System

  • F1: Help

Bonus: You can also use your mouse scroll wheel to zoom the canvas or scale a selection. Hold Shift while scrolling to rotate a selection, or click the scroll wheel button to pan.