Hotkeys are key combinations and/or buttons assigned to marking menus or individual tools. Once you get to know them, you’ll notice an increase in your speed as you sketch.

Do you want to create your own customized hotkeys? Click hereto learn how.

Hotkeys in SketchBook Pro Desktop

There are hotkeys for marking menus and tools. If you don't like the defaults, change them. If you want to map a hotkey shortcut to a tool, you can do that, as well.

Marking Menu Hotkeys

The lagoon marking menus have the hotkeys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 assigned to them. Even if you have customized your lagoon, these won’t change. These hotkeys can be very useful when setup as express keys on your tablet or stylus buttons.

Lagoon position	Mouse	Stylus
	First press 1, then right-click	Press-hold 1 and pen-down (left click)
	First press 2, then right-click	Press-hold 2 and pen-down (left click)
	First press 3, then right-click	Press-hold 3 and pen-down (left click)
	First press 4, then right-click	Press-hold 4 and pen-down (left click
	First press 5, then right-click	Press-hold 5 and pen-down (left click)
	First press 6, then right-click	Press-hold 6 and pen-down (left click)

Tools

Check out these tables to see what hotkeys and shortcuts are available in SketchBook Pro for the desktop.

If you're using a pen input drawing tablet, make sure to set the buttons to your favorite tools so they're always handy!

You can also check out the Preferences window for a list of shortcuts or a way to remap a tool shortcut.

Mode	Action	Windows	Mac
Animation	Previous frame	“,” (or “<“)	“,” (or “<“)
Brush	Adjust size	B	B
Crop	Press Shift, drag corner to get constrain scale	Shift	Shift
Distort	In Distort mode, press shift to drag edge, only can move the edge alone the extension	Shift	Shift
Fill	Commit the result	Enter	Enter
Layers	Add layer	Ctrl+L	Command+L
Menu	New	Ctrl+N	Command+N
Perspective	Invoke Perspective tool	P	P
Selection	Invoke Lasso selection	L	L
Shape	Press Shift key to get horizontal/ vertical line, square, circle	Shift	Shift
Symmetry	Invoke Symmetry X	X	X
Transform Layer		V	V
UI	Hide UI	T or Tab	T or Tab
Zoom/Rotate/ Move Canvas		Spacekey	Spacekey
	Open	Ctrl+O	Command+O
	Save	Ctrl+S	Command+S
	Save As	Ctrl+Shift+S	Command+Shift+S
	Print	Ctrl+P	Command+P
	Exit	Ctrl+Q	Command+Q
	Undo	Ctrl+Z	Command+Z
	Redo	Ctrl+Y	Command+ Shift+Z
	Cut	Ctrl+X	Command+X
	Copy	Ctrl+C	Command+C
	Copy Merged	Ctrl+Shift+C	Command+Shift+C
	Paste	Ctrl+V	Command+V
	Select All	Ctrl+A	Command+A
	Deselect	Ctrl+D	Command+D
	Invert Selection	Ctrl+Shift+I	Command+Shift+I

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Action	Windows	Mac
Adjust Opacity	O	O
Adjust Slant	/	/
Increase brush size	]	]
Decrease brush size	[	[
Color picker	Alt or I	Alt or I
Swap between two brushes	S	S
Add Group	Ctrl +G	Command+G
Merge with below	Ctrl+E	Command+E
Clear Layer	Backspace or Delete	Delete
Fit to View	Ctrl+0 (zero)	Command+0
Actual size	Ctrl+Alt+0(zero)	Command+Alt+0
Rotate canvas left	9 (nine)	9 (nine)
Rotate canvas right	0 (zero)	0 (zero)
Previous image/Next image	Page Up/Page Down	N/A
Hide Lagoon	Ctrl+J	Command+J
Toggle Title bar on/off	Ctrl+Alt+J	Command+Alt+J

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Action	Windows	Mac
Preference	Ctrl+,	Command+,
SketchBook Pro Help	F1	N/A
Next frame	“.” (or “>”)	“.” (or “>”)
Previous keyframe	Shift + “,” (or “<“)	Shift + “,” (or “<“)
Next keyframe	Shift + “.” (or “>”)	Shift + “.” (or “>”)
Add keyframe (on next frame)	Alt + “.”	Alt + “.”
Play/Stop	Enter	Enter
Invoke Rectangle Selection	M	M
Press ‘Shift’ before add selection, add mode
Press ‘Shift’ during adding selection, get circle or square	Shift	Shift
Press ‘Alt’ before selection, remove mode	Alt	Alt
Press ‘Shift’ after move selection, move horizontally or vertically	Shift	Shift
Arrow key to move pixel	Arrow Key	Arrow Key
Esc key to exit Selection tool
Click outside of selection to cancel the current selection
Polyline:
Delete key to delete last point Double-click to confirm
Click the start point to confirm Enter key to confirm
Invoke Crop tool	C	C
In Transform mode, press Shift to drag corner and constrain scale	Shift	Shift
Exit the fill tool	Esc	Esc
Snap or not	D	D
Invoke Symmetry Y	Y	Y
Ruler	R	R
Ellipse	E	E
French Curve	F	F

Creating custom hotkeys

Are there hotkeys you're used to using that aren't the same as the default hotkeys in SketchBook? Well, now you can create custom hotkeys to solve this.

1. Select Edit > Preferences and tap Hotkeys.

   

2. Scroll through the list to select the command you want to change.

3. Tap the hotkey associated with the command to make it editable.

4. Enter a new hotkey.

   

5. What happens if a hotkey is assigned?

   A message appears. You can either use the assigned hotkey for the current command or enter a new one. If you choose to use it, you will need to create a new hotkey for the other command.

6. Tap Open.

Resetting hotkeys

You can reset some or all hotkeys to their default setting.

• To reset the hotkey for a specific command, select the command, tap Reset, then OK.
• To reset all hotkeys to their default settings, tap Reset All, then OK.

Hotkeys in SketchBook Pro Mobile

SketchBook Pro Mobile for iOS doesn't currently support hotkey shortcuts.

Action	Shortcut
Prompt to quit app	ESC
Show Color Picker	ALT / I
Copy	Ctrl + C
Cut	Ctrl + X
Paste	Ctrl + V
Undo	BACK
DEL
Ctrl + Z
Redo	FORWARD
Ctrl + Y
Ctrl + Shift + Z
Open Preference window	Ctrl + ,
Switch to last brush	S
Toggle fullscreen UI	Tab / T
Quit app	Ctrl + Q
Fit canvas to window	Ctrl + 0
Clear selection	Ctrl + D

Hotkeys in SketchBook Pro Windows 10

Hotkeys are key combinations and/or buttons assigned to tools. Once you get to know them, you’ll notice an increase in your speed as you sketch.

Action	Hotkey
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y
Cut	Ctrl+X
Copy	Ctrl+C
Paste	Ctrl+V
OK	Enter
Color Picker	Alt/I
New	Ctrl+N
Open	Ctrl+O
Save	Ctrl+S
Cancel	Esc