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Cheat Sheet

Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Full cheat sheet of keyboard hotkeys for canvas navigation, drawing tool activation, item positioning nudges, and history management.

Full cheat sheet of hotkeys matching the Layerpin map editor. Press ? or / anywhere on the editor canvas to open the live shortcut cheat sheet modal.

View & Canvas

Action / CommandKey Combination
Show or hide all map items
Opt/Alt + I
Toggle zoom visibility preview
Opt/Alt + Z
Toggle shape hotspot outlines
Opt/Alt + H
Cycle canvas background mode
G
Show or hide the editor panel
Cmd/Ctrl + \
Save changes
Cmd/Ctrl + S
Open keyboard shortcuts
?or/orCmd/Ctrl + /
Deselect and return to select tool
Esc

Items

Action / CommandKey Combination
Delete selected item
Delete / Backspace
Copy selected item
Cmd/Ctrl + C
Paste copied item
Cmd/Ctrl + V
Duplicate selected item
Cmd/Ctrl + D
Copy item style
Opt/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + C
Paste item style
Opt/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + V
Copy item content
Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + C
Paste item content
Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + V

Tools

Action / CommandKey Combination
Select tool
V
Marker tool / toggle back to select
M
Polygon tool / toggle back to select
P
Rectangle tool / toggle back to select
R
Circle tool / toggle back to select
C
Line tool / toggle back to select
L
Brush tool / toggle back to select
B
Text tool / toggle back to select
T
Callout tool / toggle back to select
O
Measure tool / toggle back to select
N
Eraser tool / toggle back to select
E

Position

Action / CommandKey Combination
Nudge selected item
Arrow keys
Nudge selected item faster
Shift + Arrow keys
Constrain drawing while placing lines and shapes
Shift drag

Navigation & Viewport

Action / CommandKey Combination
Temporarily pan while drawing
Space + drag / Middle-mouse drag
Pan viewport
Arrow keys (or drag)
Zoom in
+or=
Zoom out
-or_
Zoom to fit / reset view
0

History

Action / CommandKey Combination
Undo
Cmd/Ctrl + Z
Redo
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z