Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 136 Adobe Illustrator 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Ctrl+F — Paste in front
  • Ctrl+B — Paste at back
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste in place
  • Ctrl+I — Check spelling
  • Ctrl+Shift+K — Open Color Settings dialog
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K — Open Keyboard Shortcuts dialog
  • Ctrl+K — Open Preferences dialog
  • Ctrl+N — Create a document
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — Create from template
  • Ctrl+O — Open a document
  • Ctrl+W — Close document window
  • Ctrl+S — Save changes
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As dialog
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Save a copy
  • Ctrl+Alt+E — Export for screens dialog
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Save For Web dialog
  • Ctrl+P — Print
  • Ctrl+Q — Exit application
  • Shift+O — Artboard tool
  • V — Selection tool
  • A — Direct Selection tool
  • Y — Magic Wand tool
  • Q — Lasso tool
  • P — Pen tool
  • Shift+B — Blob Brush tool
  • Shift+Equal — Add Anchor Point tool
  • Minus — Delete Anchor Point tool
  • Shift+C — Switch to Anchor Point tool
  • T — Type tool
  • Shift+T — Touch Type tool
  • Backslash — Line Segment tool
  • M — Rectangle tool
  • L — Ellipse tool
  • B — Paintbrush tool
  • N — Pencil tool
  • Shift+N — Shaper tool
  • R — Rotate tool
  • O — Reflect tool
  • S — Scale tool
  • Shift+R — Warp tool
  • Shift+W — Width Tool
  • E — Free Transform tool
  • Shift+M — Shape Builder Tool
  • Shift+P — Perspective Grid Tool
  • Shift+V — Perspective Selection Tool
  • Shift+S — Symbol Sprayer tool
  • J — Column Graph tool
  • U — Mesh tool
  • G — Gradient tool
  • I — Eyedropper tool
  • W — Blend tool
  • K — Live Paint Bucket tool
  • Shift+L — Live Paint Selection tool
  • Shift+K — Slice tool
  • Shift+E — Eraser tool
  • C — Scissors tool
  • H — Hand tool
  • Z — Zoom tool
  • F — Toggle screen modes
  • Ctrl+1 — Magnify 100%
  • Ctrl+Shift+B — Hide bounding box
  • Ctrl+Shift+H — Show/Hide artboards
  • Ctrl+R — Show/Hide artboard rulers
  • Ctrl+Shift+D — Show transparency grid
  • Ctrl+Alt+0 — View all artboards
  • Ctrl+Y — Toggle Outline and GPU Preview
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Y — View in Overprint Preview mode
  • Ctrl+Alt+Y — View in Pixel Preview mode
  • Ctrl+Equal — Zoom in
  • Ctrl+Minus — Zoom out
  • Ctrl+Semicolon — Hide guides
  • Ctrl+Alt+Semicolon — Lock guides
  • Ctrl+5 — Make guides
  • Ctrl+Alt+5 — Release guides
  • Ctrl+U — Show/hide smart guides
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — Show/hide perspective grid
  • Ctrl+Quote — Show grid
  • Ctrl+Shift+Quote — Snap to grid
  • Ctrl+Alt+Quote — Snap to point
  • Ctrl+A — Select all
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Deselect
  • Ctrl+6 — Reselect
  • Ctrl+Alt+BracketRight — Select object above
  • Ctrl+Alt+BracketLeft — Select object below
  • Ctrl+G — Group selected artwork
  • Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup selected artwork
  • Ctrl+2 — Lock a selection
  • Ctrl+Alt+2 — Unlock a selection
  • Ctrl+3 — Hide a selection
  • Ctrl+Alt+3 — Show all selections
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Bring selection forward
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketRight — Move selection to front
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — Send selection backward
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketLeft — Move selection to back
  • X — Toggle fill and stroke
  • D — Set default fill/stroke
  • Shift+X — Swap fill and stroke
  • Shift+Period — Select gradient fill mode
  • Shift+Comma — Select color fill mode
  • Slash — Select no stroke/fill mode
  • Shift+D — Switch drawing modes
  • Ctrl+J — Join two or more paths
  • Ctrl+Alt+J — Average two or more paths
  • Ctrl+8 — Create compound path
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+8 — Release compound path
  • Ctrl+D — Reapply transformation
  • Ctrl+Shift+M — Move an object
  • Ctrl+7 — Make clipping mask
  • Ctrl+Alt+7 — Release clipping mask
  • Ctrl+Alt+B — Blend objects
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W — Distort with warp envelope
  • Ctrl+Alt+M — Distort with mesh envelope
  • Ctrl+Shift+B — Bold
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — Italic
  • Ctrl+Shift+U — Underline
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Align paragraph left
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Align paragraph right
  • Ctrl+Shift+C — Align paragraph center
  • Ctrl+Shift+J — Justify text left
  • Ctrl+Shift+Period — Increase font size
  • Ctrl+Shift+Comma — Decrease font size
  • Ctrl+Shift+O — Create outlines
  • Ctrl+T — Open Character panel
  • Ctrl+Alt+T — Open Paragraph panel
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Open Tabs panel
  • Tab — Show/Hide all panels
  • Shift+Tab — Show/Hide except Tools
  • Ctrl+L — Add a layer
  • Ctrl+Alt+L — Add layer with dialog
  • BracketRight — Increase Blob Brush size
  • BracketLeft — Decrease Blob Brush size

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Related pages

  • Adobe Illustrator shortcuts
  • Adobe Illustrator cheat sheet
  • Learn Adobe Illustrator shortcuts
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