Reference
Keyboard shortcuts
Default bindings for the drawing editor and the canvas editors, and how to rebind them.
Press ? inside any editor to see its live shortcut list — that one reflects any rebinds you have made. The tables below are the defaults as shipped.
Note
On macOS, Ctrl in these tables is ⌘, and Alt is ⌥. The editors treat Ctrl and Cmd as one modifier throughout.
SpaceDesign
The drawing editor. Every binding below is rebindable from the editor's settings, with one exception noted after the table.
File
- Quick saveCtrl + S
- Save as versionCtrl + Shift + S
Edit
- UndoCtrl + Z
- RedoCtrl + Shift + Z
- Duplicate (copy as unique)Ctrl + D
- CopyCtrl + C
- CutCtrl + X
- PasteCtrl + V
- Copy as instanceCtrl + Shift + C
- Merge spacesCtrl + M
- Intersect spacesCtrl + I
- Subtract spacesCtrl + -
- Select allCtrl + A
- Delete selectionDel
- Cancel / exitEsc
Tools
- Select toolV
- Dimension toolD
- Move toolG
- Rectangle toolR
- Line toolL
- Polyline toolP
- Ellipse toolE
- Arc toolA
- Rotate toolShift + R
- Polygon toolShift + P
View
- Grid on / offShift + G
- Snap on / offShift + S
- Capture 3D viewF9
- Switch to 2D view1
- Switch to 3D view3
Selection
- Open / close selected windowF
Two legacy aliases and one fixed key
Ctrl+Y also redoes and Backspace also deletes, regardless of rebinds. Esc is not rebindable at all — it drives a progressive exit chain, cancelling the current operation, then the selection, then the tool.
SpaceSheets and SpaceStory
The canvas editors share one binding set.
Tools
- Select toolV
- Pen toolP
- EraserE
- RectangleR
- LineL
- Sticky noteS
- TextT
- CommentC
- Upload imageU
- Toggle background removal on imageShift + B
- Export selection as PNG / CSVCtrl + Shift + E
Edit
- Clear selection / cancel marqueeEsc
- Select all on active sheetCtrl + A
- Delete selected shapeDel
- Duplicate shape or sheetCtrl + D
- CopyCtrl + C
- CutCtrl + X
- Paste shape, media or cellsCtrl + V
- UndoCtrl + Z
- RedoCtrl + Shift + Z
- Nudge 1pxArrows
- Nudge 10pxShift + Arrows
- Rotate ±15° (±45° with Shift)[ / ]
- GroupCtrl + G
- UngroupCtrl + Shift + G
- Lock / unlockCtrl + Shift + L
- Hide / unhideCtrl + Shift + H
Order
- Bring forwardCtrl + ]
- Send backwardCtrl + [
- Bring to frontCtrl + Shift + ]
- Send to backCtrl + Shift + [
View
- Zoom inCtrl + =
- Zoom outCtrl + -
- Reset zoomCtrl + 0
- Fit all sheetsCtrl + 1
- Cycle grid modeG
- Toggle rulersShift + R
Sheets
- Add new sheetCtrl + Enter
- Delete selected sheetCtrl + Backspace
- Rename active sheetF2
- Next sheetAlt + →
- Previous sheetAlt + ←
Panels & present
- Toggle left sidebarCtrl + \
- Toggle right sidebarCtrl + /
- Toggle commentsCtrl + Shift + M
- Toggle settingsCtrl + ,
- Quick saveCtrl + S
- Save as version…Ctrl + Shift + S
- Enter present modeF5
- Show the cheatsheet?
Saving
Ctrl + S (Cmd + S on a Mac) is a quick save: it pushes everything you have to the server and records a version named for the time — "Version 12 — 09:41". When the toast offers Keep, pressing it promotes that row to a named version that is kept for good; otherwise the row is kept for the retention window shown on the toast. Ctrl + Shift + S names a version yourself, straight away.
Both work on SpaceSheets, SpaceDesign, SpaceModule, moodboards and presentations, and both do the same thing everywhere. If a save cannot reach the server you are told so and no version is created — a version always means the server has that state.
Rebinding
Open the editor's settings and find the keyboard section. Matching is exact on all three modifiers, so a rebound key stops firing its old action — you cannot end up with one keystroke triggering two things.