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Cheat sheet

Figma Keyboard Shortcuts

The Figma shortcuts for picking tools, arranging layers, and moving around the canvas. Bindings shown for Mac; on Windows read Cmd as Ctrl and Option as Alt.

15 shortcuts across 3 groups

Tools
KeysAction
VMove tool
FFrame tool
RRectangle
TText
PPen
KScale
Arrange
KeysAction
Cmd + GGroup the selection
Cmd + Shift + GUngroup
Cmd + DDuplicate in place
Cmd + Option + GWrap in a frame
Cmd + /Search for any action
Canvas
KeysAction
Shift + 1Zoom to fit everything
Shift + 2Zoom to the selection
Cmd + 0Reset zoom to 100 percent
Space + dragPan the canvas

Getting these into muscle memory

A cheat sheet only helps if the bindings move from the page into your hands. The fastest way is to pick two or three shortcuts from a single group above, force yourself to use them for a few days even when the mouse feels quicker, and only then add more. Trying to memorize an entire sheet at once rarely sticks, because none of the bindings get enough repetition to become automatic.

The groups here are ordered by how often you reach for them. Openers and palettes come first because they unlock everything else, then editing and navigation, which is where most of a session is spent. Keep this page open in a tab while you learn, and it will quietly work its way out of your sight and into your fingers.

See also