On this occasion I will give a little information about the shortcuts that are available in Adobe Illustrator. This article I wrote for readers who will learn to design using Adobe Illustrator. Hopefully this article useful to readers. For those readers who will learn to design, maybe this article could be used as a reference. You can also find Adobe Illustrator tutorials.
Shortcut | Command | How useful(?) |
Selecting tools Adobe Illustrator CS3 | ||
V | Selection tool | + – |
A | Direct Selection tool | + – |
Y | Magic Wand tool | + – |
Q | Lasso tool | + – |
P | Pen tool | + – |
=+ (plus) | Add Anchor Point tool | + – |
=- (minus) | Delete Anchor Point tool | + – |
Shft + C | Convert Anchor Point tool | + – |
T | Type tool | + – |
\ (backslash) | Line Segment tool | + – |
M | Rectangle tool | + – |
L | Ellipse tool in Adobe Illustrator | + – |
B | Paintbrush tool | + – |
N | Pencil tool | + – |
R | Rotate tool | + – |
O | Reflect tool | + – |
S | Scale tool | + – |
Shft + R | Warp tool | + – |
E | Free Transform tool | + – |
Shft + S | Symbol Sprayer tool | + – |
J | Column Graph tool | + – |
U | Mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator | + – |
G | Gradient tool | + – |
I | Eyedropper tool | + – |
W | Blend tool | + – |
K | Live Paint Bucket tool | + – |
Shft + L | Live Paint Selection tool | + – |
Shft + O | Crop Area tool | + – |
Shft + K | Slice tool | + – |
Shft + E | Eraser tool | + – |
C | Scissors tool | + – |
H | Hand tool | + – |
Z | Zoom tool | + – |
Viewing artwork Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
F | Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized | + – | |
Double-click Hand tool | Fit imageable area in window | + – | |
Double-click Zoom tool | Magnify 100% | + – | |
Spacebar | Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) | + – | |
Ctrl + Spacebar | Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar | Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode | + – | |
Spacebar | Move Zoom marquee while dragging with theZoom tool | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 3 | Hide unselected artwork | + – | |
Alt-drag guide | Convert between horizontal and vertical guide in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft-double-click guide | Release guide | + – | |
Drawing Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Shft-drag | Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares | + – | |
spacebar-drag | Move a shape while drawing it | + – | |
Alt-drag | Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) | + – | |
Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays | + – | |
Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl | Keep the inner radius of a star constant | + – | |
Alt-drag | Keep the sides of a star straight | + – | |
Start dragging, then hold down C | Switch between an open and closed arc | + – | |
Start dragging, then hold down F | Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant | + – | |
Alt-drag | Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral | + – | |
Ctrl-drag | Change the decay rate of a spiral | + – | |
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset. | Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid | + – | |
Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid | + – | |
Start dragging, then press F | Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – | |
Start dragging, then press V | Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – | |
Start dragging, then press X | Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – | |
Start dragging, then press C | Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – | |
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset. | Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step | + – | |
Selecting Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Ctrl | Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Alt | Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool | + – | |
Shft-click | Add to a selection with Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool | + – | |
Shft-click | Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool | + – | |
Alt-click | Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool | + – | |
Shft-drag | Add to selection with Lasso tool | + – | |
Alt-drag | Subtract from selection with Lasso tool in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Caps Lock | Change pointer to cross hair for selected tools | + – | |
Moving selections Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selection in user-defined increments | + – | |
Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 2 | Lock all deselected artwork | + – | |
Hold down Shft | Constrain movement to 45º angle (except whenusing Reflect tool) | + – | |
Editing shapes Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt | Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool | + – | |
Alt | Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool | + – | |
Alt | Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool | + – | |
Alt | Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Spacebar-drag | Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool | + – | |
Alt-drag | Cut a straight line with Knife tool | + – | |
Shft + Alt-drag | Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool | + – | |
Alt + Shape mode | Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panelinto Pathfinder commands | + – | |
Painting objects Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
X | Toggle between fill and stroke in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
D | Set fill and stroke to default | + – | |
Shft + X | Swap fill and stroke | + – | |
> | Select gradient fill mode | + – | |
< | Select color fill mode | + – | |
/ (forward slash) | Select no stroke/fill mode | + – | |
Shft + Eyedropper tool | Sample color from an image or intermediatecolor from gradient | + – | |
Alt + Shft-click + Eyedropper tool | Sample style and append appearance of currentlyselected item | + – | |
Ctrl + / (forward slash) | Add new fill | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash) | Add new stroke | + – | |
Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel | Reset gradient to black and white in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Working with Live Paint groups Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-click Live Paint Bucket tool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke | + – | |
Alt Shft-click Live Paint Bucket tool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient | + – | |
Shft Live Paint Bucket tool | Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options(if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only) | + – | |
Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool | Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces | + – | |
Triple-click Live Paint Bucket tool | Fill all faces that have same fill and strok eall edges that have same stroke in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Alt-click + Live Paint Selection tool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/orstroke | + – | |
Alt + Shft-click + Live Paint Selectiontool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color froman image or intermediate color from a gradient | + – | |
Shft-click + Live Paint Selection tool | Add to/subtract from a selection | + – | |
Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool | Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke | + – | |
Triple-click Live Paint Selection tool | Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Transforming objects Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-click | Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool | + – | |
Alt-drag | Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool | + – | |
Tilde (~)-drag | Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Working with type Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Move one character right or left | + – | |
Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Move up or down one line | + – | |
Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Move one word right or left | + – | |
Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Move up or down one paragraph | + – | |
Shft Ctrl Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Select one word right or left when working with Adobe Illustrator type | + – | |
Shft + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Select one paragraph before or after | + – | |
Shft-click | Extend existing selection | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft + L, R, or C | Align paragraph left, right, or center | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft + J | Justify paragraph | + – | |
Shft + Enter | Insertsoft return | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + K | Highlight kerning | + – | |
Ctrl Shft X | Reset horizontal scale to 100% when working with Adobe Illustrator type | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft + > or < | Increase or decrease type size | + – | |
Alt + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) | Increase or decrease leading | + – | |
Double-click leading icon in the Character panel | Set leading to the type size | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + Q | Reset tracking/kerning to 0 | + – | |
Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) | Add or remove space (kerning) between two characters | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) | Add or remove space (kerning) between charactersby five times the increment value | + – | |
Alt + Shft + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) | Increase or decrease baseline shift when working with Adobe Illustrator type | + – | |
Shft | Switch between Type and Vertical Type, AreaType and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Typetools | + – | |
Alt-click Type tool | Switch between Area Type and Type, Path Typeand Area Type, and Vertical Path Type and Vertical Area Type tools | + – | |
Using panels Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-click New button | Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches,and Symbols panels) | + – | |
Alt-click Delete button | Delete without confirmation (except for Layerspanel) | + – | |
Shft Enter | Apply value and keep text box active when using Adobe Illustrator panels | + – | |
Shft-click | Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links,styles, or swatches | + – | |
Ctrl-click | Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers(same level only), links, styles, or swatches | + – | |
Tab | Show/Hide all panels when using Adobe Illustrator panels | + – | |
Shft + Tab | Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel andControl panel | + – | |
Actions panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-click expansion triangle | Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set | + – | |
Double-click folder icon | Set options for action set | + – | |
Alt-click Play button | Play a single command in Adobe Illustrator actions panel | + – | |
Alt-click New Action button | Begin recording actions without confirmation | + – | |
Brushes panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Double-click brush | Open Brush Options dialog box | + – | |
Drag brush to New Brush button | Duplicate brush | + – | |
Character and Paragraph panels Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decrease the selected value bya small increment | + – | |
Shft + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decreases the selected value bya large increment | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt + Shft + F | Highlight the font name field in the Characterpanel | + – | |
Color panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Ctrl-click color bar | Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke | + – | |
Alt-click color bar | Change the nonactive fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator color panel | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt-click color bar | Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft-click color bar | Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click color bar | Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke | + – | |
Shft-click color bar | Change the color mode | + – | |
Shft-drag color slider | Move color sliders in tandem in Adobe Illustrator color panel | + – | |
Double-click to right of a numerical field | Switch between percentage and 0-255 valuesfor RGB | + – | |
Gradient panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-drag | Duplicate color stops | + – | |
Alt-drag color stop onto another stop | Swap color stops | + – | |
Alt-click swatch in the Swatches panel | Apply swatch color to active (or selected) colorstop | + – | |
Layers panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-click layer name | Select all objects on the layer in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Alt-click eye icon | Show/hide all layers but the selected one | + – | |
Ctrl-click eye icon | Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt-click eye icon | Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers | + – | |
Alt-click lock icon | Lock/unlock all other layers | + – | |
Alt-click expansion triangle | Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy | + – | |
Alt-click New Layer button | Set options as you create new layer | + – | |
Alt-click New Sublayer button | Set options as you create new sublayer | + – | |
Ctrl Alt-click New Sublayer button | Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Ctrl-click New Layer button | Place layer at top of layer list | + – | |
Ctrl + Alt-click New Layer button | Place layer below selected layer | + – | |
Alt-drag selection | Copy the selection to a new layer, sublayer, orgroup | + – | |
Swatches panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Ctrl-click New Swatch button | Create new spot color | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft-click New Swatch button | Create new global process color | + – | |
Alt-drag a swatch over another | Replace swatch with another | + – | |
Ctrl Alt-click in the swatch color list | Select swatch by name (using keyboard) in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Transform panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Shft + Enter | Apply a value and keep focus in edit field | + – | |
Alt Enter | Apply a value and copy object when using Adobe Illustrator transform panel | + – | |
Ctrl Enter | Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height | + – | |
Transparency panel Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
Alt-click on mask thumbnail | Change mask to grayscale image for editing | + – | |
Shft-click on mask thumbnail | Disable opacity mask | + – | |
Shft-click on disabled mask thumbnail | Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator Transparency panel | + – | |
Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments | + – | |
Shft-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments | + – | |
Function keys Adobe Illustrator CS3 | |||
F1 | Invoke Help | + – | |
F2 | Cut | + – | |
F3 | Copy | + – | |
F4 | Paste | + – | |
F5 | Show/hide Brushes panel | + – | |
F6 | Show/hide Color panel in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
F7 | Show/hide Layers panel | + – | |
F8 | Create new symbol | + – | |
Ctrl F8 | Show/hide Info panel in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Ctrl + F9 | Show/hide Gradient panel | + – | |
Ctrl + F10 | Show/hide Stroke panel | + – | |
Ctrl + F11 | Show/hide Attributes panel | + – | |
F12 | Revert | + – | |
Shft + F5 | Show/hide Graphic Styles panel | + – | |
Shft F6 | Show/hide Appearance panel in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Shft + F7 | Show/hide Align panel | + – | |
Shft + F8 | Show/hide Transform panel | + – | |
Shft + Ctrl + F9 | Show/hide Pathfinder panel | + – | |
Shft + Ctrl + F10 | Show/hide Transparency panel | + – | |
Shft + Ctrl + F11 | Show/hide Symbols panel | + – | |
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