73 Shortcuts for Balsamiq Mockups

Jump to: Selection, Edit/History, Group, Align, Working with Icons, Working with Text, Quick Add, Working with Mockup Files, Views

1. Selection

Enter/F2

Edit the selected control's text

Shift+Click

Add to selection

Ctrl+Click

Toggle selection

Ctrl+A

Select All

Ctrl+Shift+A

Deselect All

Hold Shift

Resize maintaining aspect ratio

Hold Ctrl

Disable snapping during move or resize

Ctrl+]

Increase font or icon size

Ctrl+[

Decrease font or icon size

Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Nudge selection 20px

Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Nudge selection 1px

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Nudge-Resize selection 2px

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Nudge-Resize selection 20px

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up

Bring to front

Space+ Click and drag

Pan the canvas (Hand tool)

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down

Send to back

Ctrl+Arrow Up

Bring forward

Ctrl+Arrow Down

Send backward

Alt+Drag

Clone selection

2. Edit/History

Ctrl+Y

Undo last command

Ctrl+Z

Redo last command

Ctrl+X

Cut the selected controls

Ctrl+C

Copy the selected controls

Ctrl+V

Paste

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste In Place

Delete

Delete the selected controls

Ctrl+D

Duplicate the selected controls

Ctrl+2

Lock the selected controls

Ctrl+3

Unlock all locked controls

3. Group

Ctrl+G

Group the selected controls

Ctrl+Shift+G

Ungroup the selected groups

4. Align

Ctrl+Alt+1

Align selected controls left

Ctrl+Alt+2

Align selected controls center

Ctrl+Alt+3

Align selected controls right

Ctrl+Alt+4

Align selected controls top

Ctrl+Alt+5

Align selected controls middle

Ctrl+Alt+6

Align selected controls bottom

5. Working with Icons

Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Navigating the suggestion list

Enter

Using the selected icon

Esc

Closing the icons library

Esc

Closing the suggestion list

6. Working with Text

Eneter/F2

Start Editing text of the selected control

Enter/Ctrl+Enter

Committing the current text

Esc

Ignoring the current edit

Ctrl+]

Grow/Increase Text Size

Ctrl+[

Shrink/Decrease Text Size

7. Quick Add

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Sending focus to quick add

Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Navigating the Suggestion List

Esc

Closing the Suggestion List

Esc

Sending focus back to the Canvas

8. Working with Mockup Files

Ctrl+N

New Blank Mockup

Ctrl+Shift+N

New Clone of Current Mockup

Ctrl+O

Open a mockup file

Ctrl+S

Save the current mockup file

Ctrl+Shift+S

Save as

Ctrl+W

Close current mockup

Ctrl+Shift++W

Close all mockups

Ctrl+E

Export this mockup's XML

Ctrl+Shift+E

Import mockup

Ctrl+Shift+C

Export Snapshot to Clipboard

Ctrl+R

Export Snapshot to PNG

Ctrl+Shift+R

Export All Snapshots to PNG

Ctrl+P

Print mockup

Ctrl+Q

Quit Balsamiq Mockups

Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Looping through the open files in Mockups for Desktop

9. Views

Ctrl+L

Hide/Show the UI Library

Ctrl+F

Enter Full Screen View

Esc

Exit Full Screen View

Ctrl+K

Show/Hide Markup

Ctrl+plus

Zoom In

Ctrl+-

Zoom Out

Ctrl+1

Zoom to Actual Size

Ctrl+0

Zoom to Fit

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