Keyboard shortcuts
On a Mac, use Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl. Single-letter shortcuts only work while you're not typing in a note or text field.
These are the default shortcuts — you can change any of them, see Changing shortcuts at the end of this page. The menus always show the shortcut currently in use.
Editing
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + Z |
Undo |
Ctrl + Shift + Z or Ctrl + Y |
Redo |
Ctrl + X |
Cut the selection |
Ctrl + C |
Copy the selection |
Ctrl + V |
Paste whatever you copied last — items from a board, or an image (or image address) from elsewhere |
Ctrl + D |
Duplicate the selection |
Ctrl + A |
Select everything that isn't locked or hidden |
Delete / Backspace |
Delete the selection |
| Arrow keys | Nudge the selection by one screen pixel |
Shift + arrow keys |
Nudge the selection by ten screen pixels |
Escape |
Context-dependent — see the end of this page |
Objects
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + G |
Group the selection |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
Ungroup the selection |
Ctrl + ] |
Bring the selection to the front |
] |
Bring the selected item forward one step |
[ |
Send the selected item backward one step |
Ctrl + [ |
Send the selection to the back |
H |
Hide the selection, or show it again |
L |
Lock the selection, or unlock it |
Shift + H |
Flip horizontally |
Shift + V |
Flip vertically |
Shift + R |
Reset transform — undo rotation, flips, crop, and resizing |
Alt + G |
Black and white on/off for the selected photos (saved with the board) |
C or double-click a photo |
Crop the selected photo |
F2 or double-click its layers row |
Rename the selected item |
V |
Select tool — stop drawing, picking, or placing a note |
N |
Add a note — then click where it should go |
D |
Draw freehand lines (again, or Escape, to stop) |
A |
Draw arrows (again, or Escape, to stop) |
E |
Erase drawings by dragging over them (again, or Escape, to stop) |
Shift + C |
Comment on the selected item |
Enter or double-click a note |
Edit the selected note's text |
Color and opacity
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
I |
Pick a color from the board |
Shift + click (while picking) |
Pick, add a swatch, and keep picking |
| Right-click (while picking) | Stop picking |
1 – 9 |
Set the selection's opacity to 10–90% |
0 |
Set the selection's opacity to 100% |
View
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + + or + |
Zoom in |
Ctrl + - or - |
Zoom out |
Ctrl + 0 |
Actual size (100%) |
Shift + 1 |
Zoom to fit everything |
Shift + 2 |
Zoom to the selection |
Z |
Focus: fill the view with the photo under the pointer — again to go back |
← / → (while focused or in a slideshow) |
Previous / next photo |
Shift + S |
Slideshow on/off |
G |
Grayscale view on/off |
M |
Mirrored view on/off |
Shift + I |
Inverted colors on/off |
O |
Mini-map on/off |
P |
Side panel on/off |
T |
Tool bar on/off |
F |
Float the board in its own always-on-top window, or bring it back (Chrome, Edge, Opera and other Chromium-based browsers) |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Lock the board, or unlock it |
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + Shift + P |
Command palette — search and run any menu command |
Animated photos
With one animated photo (GIF, animated WebP or PNG) selected:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
K |
Play or pause |
, |
Previous frame |
. |
Next frame |
Mouse and trackpad
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Scroll wheel / pinch | Zoom |
Shift + scroll wheel |
Pan sideways |
| Two-finger scroll on a trackpad | Zoom (or pan — see File → Preferences… → Display) |
Space (hold) + drag |
Pan |
| Middle mouse button + drag | Pan |
| Drag on empty board | Select everything the box touches |
Shift + click / Shift + drag a box |
Add to (or remove from) the selection |
| Click a checkbox in a note | Tick or untick it |
Ctrl + click a link in a note |
Open it in a new tab |
Shift while moving |
Move only horizontally or vertically |
Shift while resizing |
Keep the proportions |
Alt while resizing |
Resize around the center (and ignore snapping) |
Shift while rotating |
Turn in 15° steps |
Shift while drawing an arrow |
Keep it at 15° steps |
Alt while dragging or resizing |
Ignore snapping |
| Drag (on a locked board) | Pan |
While cropping
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Enter |
Apply the crop |
Escape |
Cancel the crop |
| Drag inside the crop area | Move it over the photo |
What Escape does
Escape ends a slideshow, stops color picking, closes an open right-click menu, cancels a crop or a note's text edit, stops drawing, cancels a box selection or a pending note placement, and otherwise clears the selection.
Changing shortcuts
Open File → Preferences… and scroll to Keyboard Shortcuts. Click the shortcut next to an action, then press the keys you want for it (Escape cancels). If those keys already belonged to another action, they move over and the other action is left without a shortcut until you give it a new one. The arrow next to each row puts that action back on its default, and Reset all shortcuts restores every default.
A few keys keep their fixed jobs and can't be given to anything else: Escape, Enter, Space, the arrow keys, 0–9 (opacity), and Ctrl + V (paste).
Your shortcuts are saved in this browser, like the side panel and view settings — not with the board, so everyone who opens a shared board keeps their own.