KiCad keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet
Printable cheat sheet covering all 36 KiCad 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.
All shortcuts
- Ctrl+N — New project
- Ctrl+O — Open project
- Ctrl+S — Save
- Ctrl+Z — Undo
- Ctrl+Y — Redo
- Ctrl+X — Cut
- Ctrl+C — Copy
- Ctrl+V — Paste
- Delete — Delete
- Ctrl+A — Select all
- Ctrl+Equal — Zoom in
- Ctrl+Minus — Zoom out
- Home — Zoom fit
- F5 — Redraw
- N — Grid settings
- A — Add component
- W — Add wire
- B — Add bus
- L — Add label
- P — Add power port
- J — Add junction
- M — Move
- R — Rotate
- X — Mirror X
- Y — Mirror Y
- E — Edit
- G — Drag
- C — Copy component
- Q — Place no-connect
- X — Start routing
- V — Add via
- W — Change track width
- Shift+Equal — Switch layer
- Ctrl+N — Toggle ratsnest
- Ctrl+Shift+D — DRC
- Ctrl+Shift+P — Plot
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