Freeform keyboard shortcuts

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New board⌘N
Duplicate board from board list⇧⌘D
Toggle Freeform sidebar⌃⌘S
Show boards as icons⌘1
Show boards as a list⌘2
Search boards⌘F
Next board item outside formattingTab
Print board⌘P
Close Freeform window⌘W
Show color controls⇧⌘C

Boards and navigation

New board

⌘N

Cmd+N

Duplicate board from board list

⇧⌘D

Shift+Cmd+D

Show boards as icons

⌘1

Cmd+1

Show boards as a list

⌘2

Cmd+2

Search boards

⌘F

Cmd+F

Next board item outside formatting

Tab

Tab

Print board

⌘P

Cmd+P

Close Freeform window

⌘W

Cmd+W

Text and appearance

Show color controls

⇧⌘C

Shift+Cmd+C

Bold selected text

⌘B

Cmd+B

Italic selected text

⌘I

Cmd+I

Underline selected text

⌘U

Cmd+U

Increase selected text size

⌥⌘+

Opt+Cmd++

Decrease selected text size

⌥⌘-

Opt+Cmd+-

Align selected text left

⇧⌘[

Shift+Cmd+[

Align selected text right

⇧⌘]

Shift+Cmd+]

Increase text indentation

⌘]

Cmd+]

Decrease text indentation

⌘[

Cmd+[

Crop selected photo

⇧⌘M

Shift+Cmd+M

Selected objects

Move object one layer forward

⌥⇧⌘F

Opt+Shift+Cmd+F

Bring object to front

⇧⌘F

Shift+Cmd+F

Move object one layer backward

⌥⇧⌘B

Opt+Shift+Cmd+B

Send object to back

⇧⌘B

Shift+Cmd+B

Group selected objects

⌥⌘G

Opt+Cmd+G

Ungroup selected objects

⌥⇧⌘G

Opt+Shift+Cmd+G

Lock selected objects

⌘L

Cmd+L

Unlock selection

⌥⌘L

Opt+Cmd+L

Canvas zoom

Zoom in on board

⌘+

Cmd++

Zoom out on board

⌘-

Cmd+-

FAQ

Which shortcuts are covered?

Freeform on Mac. Board-list commands and selected-object commands have different contexts; text commands require selected text.

Which operating systems are included for Freeform?

This reference includes shortcuts for macOS. Availability depends on the action and app version.

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