Keyboard shortcuts

Action Description Shortcut
Essential Shortcuts
Undo  Revert the last action. ⌘ Z
Redo  Reapply the last undone action. ⌘ ⬆ Z
Duplicate/Clone  Create a copy of the selected element. ⌘ D
Delete Remove the selected element. ⌘ delete
Deselect  Unselect any currently selected elements. esc
Show rulers  Toggle the display of rulers on/off. ⇧ R
Delete guidelines  Remove all guidelines from the workspace. delete
Multi-selection  Select multiple elements by holding and clicking. hold ⇧ click
Multi-selection positioning (hold + click & move) Move multiple selected elements together. hold ⇧ click & move
Text Formatting
Bold (B) Apply bold formatting to text. ⌘ B
Italic (I) Apply italic formatting to text. ⌘ I

Underline (U) Apply underline formatting to text. ⌘ U
Size & variant navigation
Switch to next Size (→) Move to the next size option. ⇧ ↔ →
Switch to previous Size (←) Move to the previous size option.  ⇧ ↔ ←
Switch to next Variant (↓) Move to the next variant option. ⇧ ↔ ↓
Switch to previous Variant (↑) Move to the previous variant option. ⇧ ↔ ↑
Video timeline

Play/Pause (Spacebar): 

Play or pause the video timeline. Spacebar
Jump to the start of the timeline (HOME) Go to the beginning of the timeline. Home
Jump to the end of the timeline (END): Go to the end of the timeline. End
Jump to the start of a layer  Move to the beginning of the selected layer. I
Jump to the end of a layer  Move to the end of the selected layer. O
Zoom in your timeline  Magnify the timeline view. ,
Zoom out your timeline  Shrink the timeline view. .
Jump to previous keyframe  Move to the previous keyframe. J

Jump to next keyframe 
Move to the next keyframe. K

Set layer start time to current time 

Set the layer's start at the current playhead position. [
Set layer end time to current time  Set the layer's end at the current playhead position. ]
Toggle timeline  Show or hide the timeline. ⇧ T
Add a new keyframe  Insert a new keyframe at the current position. ⇧ N
Multi select keyframes to the left  Select all keyframes to the left of the current one ⇧ J
Multi select keyframes to the right  Select all keyframes to the right of the current one. ⇧ K
Select all keyframes Highlight all keyframes in the timeline. ⇧ A
Deselect keyframes  Unselect any selected keyframes. Esc
Arrange layers
Bring to the front 

Move the selected element to the top of the layer stack. ⇧ ⌃ ]
Bring forward  Bring the selected element one layer forward. ⌃ ]
Send backwards  Send the selected element one layer backward. ⌃ [
Send to back  Move the selected element to the bottom of the layer stack. ⇧ ⌃ [
Transform
1 px position change (arrow keys) Move the selected element by 1 pixel. arrow keys
10 px position change (Shift + arrow keys) Move the selected element by 10 pixels. ⇧ arrow keys
Container scale (arrow keys) Adjust the scale of the container element. ⌥ ⇧ arrow keys
Zoom
Zoom in/out (scroll up/down)

Magnify or reduce the view. ⌘ +
Zoom in (+):  Increase magnification ⌘ +
Zoom out (-):  Decrease magnification.  ⌘ -
Zoom to fit (0):  Adjust the zoom to fit the entire workspace in view. ⌘ 0
Zoom to 100% (1) Set the zoom to actual size (100%). ⌘ 1
Alignment
Align to left (A):  Align selected elements to the left edge. ⌘ ⇧ L
Align to right (D):  Align selected elements to the right edge. ⌘ ⇧ R
Align to top (W):  Align selected elements to the top edge. ⌘ ⇧ E
Align to bottom (S): Align selected elements to the bottom edge. ⌘ ⇧ >
Align vertically (V):  Center selected elements vertically. ⌘ ⇧ <
Align horizontally (H):  Center selected elements horizontally.  
Distribute vertically (Shift + V):  Evenly space selected elements vertically.  
Distribute horizontally (Shift + H):  Evenly space selected elements horizontally.  
Text
Text align left (L):  Align text to the left. ⌘ ⇧ L
Text align right (R):  Align text to the right. ⌘ ⇧ R
Text align center (E):  Center-align text. ⌘ ⇧ E
Increase text size (Shift + >) Make the text larger. ⌘ ⇧ >
Decrease text size Make the text smaller ⌘ ⇧ <