Illustrator macOS Shortcuts
| Action | macOS Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Tools | |
| Selection tool | V |
| Direct Selection tool | A |
| Pen tool | P |
| Add Anchor Point | |
| Delete Anchor Point | - |
| Type tool | T |
| Line Segment tool | \ |
| Rectangle tool | M |
| Ellipse tool | L |
| Paintbrush tool | B |
| Pencil tool | N |
| Rotate tool | R |
| Scale tool | S |
| Reflect tool | O |
| Shear tool | W |
| Width tool | ⇧W |
| Eyedropper tool | I |
| Blend tool | W |
| Gradient tool | G |
| Hand tool | H |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Edit | |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Redo | ⌘⇧Z |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Paste in Front | ⌘F |
| Paste in Back | ⌘B |
| Paste in Place | ⌘⇧V |
| Select All | ⌘A |
| Deselect All | ⌘⇧A |
| Find / Replace | ⌘F |
| Object | |
| Group | ⌘G |
| Ungroup | ⌘⇧G |
| Bring to Front | ⌘⇧] |
| Bring Forward | ⌘] |
| Send Backward | ⌘[ |
| Send to Back | ⌘⇧[ |
| Lock | ⌘2 |
| Unlock All | ⌘⌥2 |
| Hide | ⌘3 |
| Show All | ⌘⌥3 |
| Transform Again | ⌘D |
| Make Clipping Mask | ⌘7 |
| Release Clipping Mask | ⌘⌥7 |
| View | |
| Zoom In | ⌘= |
| Zoom Out | ⌘- |
| Fit to window | ⌘0 |
| Actual size (100%) | ⌘1 |
| Show / Hide Rulers | ⌘R |
| Show / Hide Grid | ⌘' |
| Snap to Grid | ⌘⇧' |
| Show / Hide Guides | ⌘; |
| Lock Guides | ⌘⌥; |
| Outline / Preview mode | ⌘Y |
| Type | |
| Increase font size | ⌘⇧> |
| Decrease font size | ⌘⇧< |
| Increase tracking | ⌥Right |
| Decrease tracking | ⌥Left |
| Align left | ⌘⇧L |
| Align center | ⌘⇧C |
| Align right | ⌘⇧R |
| Justify | ⌘⇧J |
| File | |
| New | ⌘N |
| Open | ⌘O |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save As | ⌘⇧S |
| Export As | ⌘⌥⇧S |
| Place | ⌘⇧P |
| ⌘P | |
| Close | ⌘W |