Adobe InDesign keyboard shortcuts
InDesign lays out books, magazines, and brochures for print or screen, with frames that hold text and images. You can switch selection and drawing tools, transform objects, set and move type, edit tables, change the view, and open production panels from the keyboard.
Windows, macOS · 117 shortcutsDrawing and layout tools
Draw paths, text, frames, shapes, gradients, and transformed objects with InDesign's single-key tool bindings.
| Action | Shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Pen tool | Windows / macOSP |
| Add Anchor Point tool | Windows / macOS= |
| Delete Anchor Point tool | Windows / macOS- |
| Convert Direction Point tool | Windows / macOSShift + C |
| Type tool | Windows / macOST |
| Type on a Path tool | Windows / macOSShift + T |
| Pencil tool | Windows / macOSN |
| Line tool | Windows / macOSBackslash |
| Rectangle Frame tool | Windows / macOSF |
| Rectangle tool | Windows / macOSM |
| Ellipse tool | Windows / macOSL |
| Horizontal Frame Grid tool | Windows / macOSY |
| Vertical Frame Grid tool | Windows / macOSQ |
| Rotate tool | Windows / macOSR |
| Scale tool | Windows / macOSS |
| Shear tool | Windows / macOSO |
| Free Transform tool | Windows / macOSE |
| Eyedropper tool | Windows / macOSI |
| Measure tool | Windows / macOSK |
| Gradient Swatch tool | Windows / macOSG |
| Gradient Feather tool | Windows / macOSShift + G |
| Scissors tool | Windows / macOSC |
| Toggle fill and stroke | Windows / macOSX |
| Swap fill and stroke | Windows / macOSShift + X |
| Toggle formatting between container and text | Windows / macOSJ |
| Apply color | Windows / macOSComma |
| Apply gradient | Windows / macOSPeriod |
| Apply no color | Windows / macOSSlash |
| Switch between Normal and Preview modes | Windows / macOSW |
Objects and transformations
Select frame content or containers, duplicate and move selections, resize frames, and change display quality.
| Action | Shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Select the container of selected content | Windows / macOSEsc |
| Select the content of the selected container | Windows / macOSShift + Esc |
| Duplicate and offset the selection upward | WindowsAlt + Up macOSOption + Up |
| Duplicate and offset the selection downward | WindowsAlt + Down macOSOption + Down |
| Duplicate and offset the selection left | WindowsAlt + Left macOSOption + Left |
| Duplicate and offset the selection right | WindowsAlt + Right macOSOption + Right |
| Move the selection upward | Windows / macOSUp |
| Move the selection downward | Windows / macOSDown |
| Move the selection left | Windows / macOSLeft |
| Move the selection right | Windows / macOSRight |
| Move the selection up by ten increments | Windows / macOSShift + Up |
| Move the selection down by ten increments | Windows / macOSShift + Down |
| Select all guides | WindowsAlt + Ctrl + G macOSOption + Cmd + G |
| Switch between High Quality and Fast Display | WindowsCtrl + Alt + Shift + Z macOSCmd + Option + Shift + Z |
Type formatting and movement
Apply character styles, adjust size and leading, align paragraphs, and move or extend the text selection.
| Action | Shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Apply the font's bold face | WindowsShift + Ctrl + B macOSShift + Cmd + B |
| Apply the font's italic face | WindowsShift + Ctrl + I macOSShift + Cmd + I |
| Apply the font's normal face | WindowsShift + Ctrl + Y macOSShift + Cmd + Y |
| Toggle underline | WindowsShift + Ctrl + U macOSShift + Cmd + U |
| Toggle strikethrough | WindowsShift + Ctrl + Slash macOSControl + Shift + Cmd + Slash |
| Toggle all caps | WindowsShift + Ctrl + K macOSShift + Cmd + K |
| Toggle small caps | WindowsShift + Ctrl + H macOSShift + Cmd + H |
| Toggle superscript | WindowsShift + Ctrl + = macOSShift + Cmd + = |
| Toggle subscript | WindowsShift + Alt + Ctrl + = macOSShift + Option + Cmd + = |
| Apply auto leading | WindowsShift + Alt + Ctrl + A macOSShift + Option + Cmd + A |
| Clear manual kerning and reset tracking | WindowsAlt + Ctrl + Q macOSOption + Cmd + Q |
| Align the paragraph left | WindowsShift + Ctrl + L macOSShift + Cmd + L |
| Align the paragraph right | WindowsShift + Ctrl + R macOSShift + Cmd + R |
| Center the paragraph | WindowsShift + Ctrl + C macOSShift + Cmd + C |
| Justify all lines | WindowsShift + Ctrl + F macOSShift + Cmd + F |
| Toggle auto-hyphenation | WindowsShift + Alt + Ctrl + H macOSShift + Option + Cmd + H |
| Move right one word | WindowsCtrl + Right macOSCmd + Right |
| Move left one word | WindowsCtrl + Left macOSCmd + Left |
| Move to the previous paragraph | WindowsCtrl + Up macOSCmd + Up |
| Move to the next paragraph | WindowsCtrl + Down macOSCmd + Down |
| Move to the start of the story | WindowsCtrl + Home macOSCmd + Home |
| Move to the end of the story | WindowsCtrl + End macOSCmd + End |
| Select the current line | WindowsShift + Ctrl + Backslash macOSShift + Cmd + Backslash |
| Select all text in the story | WindowsCtrl + A macOSCmd + A |
Tables and document view
Move through table cells, navigate pages and document windows, fit selections, and switch measurement units.
| Action | Shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Move to the next table cell | Windows / macOSTab |
| Move to the previous table cell | Windows / macOSShift + Tab |
| Move to the first cell in the column | WindowsAlt + Page Up macOSOption + Page Up |
| Move to the last cell in the column | WindowsAlt + Page Down macOSOption + Page Down |
| Move to the first cell in the row | WindowsAlt + Home macOSOption + Home |
| Move to the last cell in the row | WindowsAlt + End macOSOption + End |
| Open a new default document | WindowsCtrl + Alt + N macOSCmd + Option + N |
| Go to the next document window | WindowsCtrl + ~ macOSCmd + F6 |
| Scroll up one screen | Windows / macOSPage Up |
| Scroll down one screen | Windows / macOSPage Down |
| Go back to the last viewed page | WindowsCtrl + Page Up macOSCmd + Page Up |
| Go forward to the last viewed page | WindowsCtrl + Page Down macOSCmd + Page Down |
| Go to the previous spread | WindowsAlt + Page Up macOSOption + Page Up |
| Go to the next spread | WindowsAlt + Page Down macOSOption + Page Down |
| Open the Go To command | WindowsCtrl + J macOSCmd + J |
| Fit the selection in the window | WindowsCtrl + Alt + = macOSCmd + Option + = |
| Cycle measurement units | WindowsShift + Alt + Ctrl + U macOSShift + Option + Cmd + U |
Panels and production
Show panels for typography, pages, layers, color, and stroke, then inspect separations in Overprint Preview.
| Action | Shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Show or hide all panels | Windows / macOSTab |
| Show or hide panels except Tools and Control | Windows / macOSShift + Tab |
| Activate the Control panel | WindowsCtrl + 6 macOSCmd + 6 |
| Toggle Character and Paragraph modes in Control | WindowsCtrl + Alt + 7 macOSCmd + Option + 7 |
| Open the Character panel | WindowsCtrl + T macOSCmd + T |
| Open the Paragraph panel | WindowsCtrl + Alt + T macOSCmd + Option + T |
| Open Paragraph Styles | WindowsF11 macOSCmd + F11 |
| Open Character Styles | WindowsShift + F11 macOSCmd + Shift + F11 |
| Open the Tabs panel | WindowsShift + Ctrl + T macOSShift + Cmd + T |
| Open the Layers panel | Windows / macOSF7 |
| Open the Pages panel | WindowsF12 macOSCmd + F12 |
| Open the Color panel | Windows / macOSF6 |
| Open the Swatches panel | Windows / macOSF5 |
| Open the Stroke panel | WindowsF10 macOSCmd + F10 |
| Open the Drop Shadow panel | WindowsAlt + Ctrl + M macOSCmd + Option + M |
| Turn on Overprint Preview | WindowsCtrl + Alt + Shift + Y macOSCmd + Option + Shift + Y |
| Show all separation plates | WindowsCtrl + Alt + Shift + ~ macOSCmd + Option + Shift + ~ |
| Open Preferences | WindowsNot documented macOSCmd + K |
| Minimize the active application window | WindowsNot documented macOSCmd + M |
| Hide InDesign | WindowsNot documented macOSCmd + H |
Source
Adobe InDesign keyboard shortcuts · Checked
Current InDesign desktop defaults from Adobe's keyboard shortcut reference checked August 31, 2026. The tables use the InDesign Default shortcut set, not its optional Illustrator, Photoshop, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, or custom sets.