Sketch Keyboard Shortcuts

Sketch keyboard shortcut reference covering 33 bindings for Mac. Commonly searched bindings include Insert Rectangle, Insert Artboard, and Insert Text. 33 of 33 shortcuts are verified against official Sketch documentation, each with a linked source when available. Search by action name, filter by category, look up what a key combination does, print a cheat sheet, or practice with flashcards.

Official Sketch documentation

Arrange

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Align Left Align left Cmd+Option+A Yes Source
Align Right Align right Cmd+Option+D Yes Source
Distribute Horizontally Distribute horizontally Cmd+Cmd+Option+H Yes Source
Bring Forward Bring forward Cmd+Option+Up Yes Source
Send Backward Send backward Cmd+Option+Down Yes Source

Components

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Create Symbol Create symbol Cmd+Option+K Yes Source
Detach Symbol Detach from symbol Cmd+Option+Shift+K Yes Source

Editing

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Group Group layers Cmd+G Yes Source
Ungroup Ungroup Cmd+Shift+G Yes Source
Duplicate Duplicate Cmd+D Yes Source
Flatten Flatten selection Cmd+Option+Shift+B Yes Source
Union Union boolean Cmd+Option+U Yes Source
Subtract Subtract boolean Cmd+Option+S Yes Source
Intersect Intersect boolean Cmd+Option+I Yes Source
Difference Difference boolean Cmd+Option+X Yes Source
Undo Undo Cmd+Z Yes Source
Redo Redo Cmd+Shift+Z Yes Source

File

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Save Save document Cmd+S Yes Source

Tools

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Insert Rectangle Insert rectangle R Yes Source
Insert Oval Insert oval O Yes Source
Insert Line Insert line L Yes Source
Insert Artboard Insert artboard A Yes Source
Insert Text Insert text T Yes Source
Vector Tool Vector tool V Yes Source
Scissors Scissors tool C Yes Source
Zoom Zoom tool Z Yes Source

View

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Zoom In Zoom in Cmd+Plus Yes Source
Zoom Out Zoom out Cmd+Minus Yes Source
Zoom to Selection Zoom to selection Cmd+2 Yes Source
Zoom to Fit Zoom to fit canvas Cmd+1 Yes Source
Toggle Grid Toggle grid Cmd+G Yes Source
Toggle Rulers Toggle rulers Cmd+R Yes Source
Toggle Pixels Toggle pixel view Cmd+P Yes Source

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