Adobe XD Shortcuts

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 Adobe 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!

ActionMacOSWindows

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 Adobe 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.

ActionMacOSWindows

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!

ActionMacOSWindows

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