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The Ultimate Handbook of Web Creation Shortcuts

All Assets

  • Arrows: move assets on canvas by 1px
  • Shift + arrow: move assets faster by 10px
  • Option + drag asset by corner: resize from center of asset
  • Shift + drag asset by corner: free form resize
  • Esc: deselects element, exits context menu
  • Enter: move cursor to new line in text
  • Delete: remove asset

 

Video

  • Space bar: play/pause video

 

Text/Fonts

  • Esc: saves changes in text element
  • Option + drag asset by side handles: resize from center of asset

 

Font size / Line Height slider

  • Arrow left / Arrow down: decrease the font size by 1
  • Arrow right / Arrow up: increase the font size by 1
  • Fn + arrow down: decrease the font size by 10
  • Fn + arrow up: increase the font size by 10
  • Fn + arrow right: set font size to max value
  • Fn + arrow left: set font size to min value

 

Frame Name

  • Esc: Cancel editing
  • Enter: Exit editing, save the new name
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