DOCUMENTATION

Keyboard shortcuts

Last updated September 2026
Freeform
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Press ? in the Freeform editor (or click the keyboard button on the toolbar) to see this list any time.

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On a Mac, use ⌘ Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl. Shortcuts don't fire while you're typing in a text box - the text keeps its own keys (its own undo, copy, arrows).

Edit

KeysAction
Ctrl + ZUndo
Ctrl + Shift + Z or Ctrl + YRedo
Ctrl + CCopy
Works between Freeform pages too
Ctrl + XCut
Ctrl + VPaste
Ctrl + DDuplicate
Delete or BackspaceDelete
Deleting a frame deletes what is inside it

Selection

KeysAction
Ctrl + ASelect everything on the page
EscDeselect
Shift + ClickAdd or remove an item from the selection
Drag on empty canvasSelect everything a box touches

Move

KeysAction
Arrow keysNudge 1px
Items inside an auto-layout frame are placed by the frame
Shift + Arrow keysNudge 10px

Layers & groups

KeysAction
Ctrl + GGroup into a frame
2 or more items selected
Ctrl + Shift + GUngroup a frame
A frame selected
Ctrl + Shift + LLock / unlock (locked items ignore clicks and drags)
Unlock from the Layers panel
]Bring forward one layer
[Send backward one layer
Ctrl + ]Bring to front
Ctrl + [Send to back
Shift + Scroll wheelMove one layer per wheel notch (up = forward)
Pointer over the canvas
Hold Alt + while droppingCombine with the item you drop onto

Help

KeysAction
?Show these shortcuts