Keyboard shortcuts

Master these shortcuts to work significantly faster in Site Designer. Most actions that require a menu click can be triggered from the keyboard.

File operations

ActionmacOSWindows
New project⌘N Ctrl+N
Open project⌘O Ctrl+O
Save⌘S Ctrl+S
Save As⌘⇧S Ctrl+Shift+S
Export⌘E Ctrl+E
Close project⌘W Ctrl+W
Quit⌘Q Alt+F4

Edit operations

ActionmacOSWindows
Undo⌘Z Ctrl+Z
Redo⌘⇧Z Ctrl+Shift+Z
Cut⌘X Ctrl+X
Copy⌘C Ctrl+C
Paste⌘V Ctrl+V
Duplicate element⌘D Ctrl+D
Delete elementDel or Backspace Del
Select all⌘A Ctrl+A
DeselectEsc Esc

Canvas and view

ActionmacOSWindows
Zoom in⌘+ Ctrl++
Zoom out⌘- Ctrl+-
Reset zoom to 100%⌘0 Ctrl+0
Fit canvas to window⌘⇧0 Ctrl+Shift+0
Preview in browser⌘P Ctrl+P
Toggle Live Preview⌘L Ctrl+L
Toggle rulers⌘R Ctrl+R
Toggle grid overlay⌘‘ Ctrl+‘
ActionmacOSWindows
Toggle left sidebar⌘⇧[ Ctrl+Shift+[
Toggle right sidebar⌘⇧] Ctrl+Shift+]
Switch to Style pane⌘1 Ctrl+1
Switch to Content pane⌘2 Ctrl+2
Switch to CSS pane⌘3 Ctrl+3
Focus Outline panel⌘⇧O Ctrl+Shift+O
Focus Pages panel⌘⇧P Ctrl+Shift+P
Open project settings⌘, Ctrl+,

Text editing (when a text block is selected)

ActionmacOSWindows
Bold⌘B Ctrl+B
Italic⌘I Ctrl+I
Underline⌘U Ctrl+U
Insert link⌘K Ctrl+K
Select all text in block⌘A Ctrl+A
Exit text editing modeEsc Esc

Element selection on canvas

ActionmacOSWindows
Select parent elementEsc Esc
Select child element↵ Enter Enter
Select next siblingTab Tab
Select previous sibling⇧Tab Shift+Tab
Nudge element (1 px)↑ ↓ ← → Arrow keys
Nudge element (10 px)⇧↑ ⇧↓ ⇧← ⇧→ Shift+Arrow keys