Webflow keyboard shortcuts

Webflow's current designer reference covers canvas editing, breakpoints, panels, classes, interactions, element movement, and publishing. Webflow documents Command and Option on Mac with Control and Alt equivalents on Windows, which this map keeps explicit.

Windows, macOS · 67 shortcuts

General and view

Open Webflow's shortcut cheatsheet, save snapshots, publish or export code, change canvas modes, and show comments.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Show the shortcut cheatsheetShift/Shift/
Save a snapshotShiftCtrlSShiftCmdS
Deselect the current element or exitEscEsc
Delete the selected elementDelete is also documented.BackspaceBackspace
Open the publish dialogShiftCtrlPShiftCmdP
Open the code export dialogShiftCtrlEShiftCmdE
Edit the selected elementEnterEnter
Open Quick FindCmd+K is an additional documented binding.CtrlECmdE
Open the AI AssistantAltAOptionA
Toggle preview modeShiftCtrlPShiftCmdP
Toggle the guide overlayShiftCtrlGShiftCmdG
Show element edgesShiftCtrlEShiftCmdE
Toggle X-ray modeShiftCtrlXShiftCmdX
Toggle comment modeCC
Show or hide on-canvas commentsShiftCShiftC

Editing and breakpoints

Copy, cut, paste, duplicate, undo, redo, and switch between Webflow's desktop, tablet, and mobile breakpoints.

ActionWindowsmacOS
CopyCtrlCCmdC
CutCtrlXCmdX
PasteCtrlVCmdV
Duplicate the selected elementCtrlDCmdD
UndoCtrlZCmdZ
RedoShiftCtrlZShiftCmdZ
Switch to desktop view11
Switch to tablet view22
Switch to mobile landscape view33
Switch to mobile portrait view44

Panels and components

Open Webflow's left and right panels, expand panel sections, and create or rename components from the designer.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Open the Add panelAA
Open the Pages panelPP
Open the Properties panelKK
Open the Components panelShiftCtrlAShiftCmdA
Show the Assets panelJJ
Open the Style panelSS
Open Element settingsDD
Open Style selectorsGG
Open the Interactions panelHH
Make the selected element a componentCtrlShiftACmdShiftA
Rename a selected component instanceF2 is the Windows binding.AltROptionR
Add a class to the selected elementCtrlEnterCmdEnter
Rename the last classCtrlShiftEnterCmdShiftEnter
Duplicate the last classCtrlAltEnterCmdOptionEnter
Remove the last classAltShiftEnterOptionShiftEnter

Canvas and layout

Select related elements, toggle content editors, wrap elements in flex containers, and move elements through the canvas hierarchy.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Select the parent elementUp ArrowUp Arrow
Select the child elementDown ArrowDown Arrow
Select a sibling elementRight Arrow selects the other sibling direction.Left ArrowLeft Arrow
Select the next or previous elementRight Arrow selects the opposite direction.AltLeft ArrowOptionLeft Arrow
Toggle content editorsCtrlShiftLCmdShiftL
Wrap the element in horizontal flexAltGOptionG
Wrap the element in vertical flexCtrlGCmdG
Unwrap the elementCtrlShiftGCmdShiftG
Move before the previous elementCommand+Down is an additional documented binding.[[
Move after the previous elementCommand+Up is an additional documented binding.]]
Move before a sibling within its parentCmd+Left is an additional documented binding.Ctrl[Cmd[
Move after a sibling within its parentCmd+Right is an additional documented binding.Ctrl]Cmd]
Move before the parent elementCtrlShiftUpCmdShiftUp
Move after the parent elementCtrlShiftDownCmdShiftDown

Interactions timeline

Edit a selected action in the interactions timeline, move it by milliseconds, select multiple actions, and duplicate or paste timeline work.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Delete the selected actionDelete is also documented.BackspaceBackspace
Enable the timeline hand toolHH
Zoom the timeline inAlt=Option=
Zoom the timeline outAlt-Option-
Move an action forward by 10 millisecondsAlt.Option.
Move an action back by 10 millisecondsAlt,Option,
Jump an action forward by 100 millisecondsShift.Shift.
Jump an action back by 100 millisecondsShift,Shift,
Select all timeline actionsCtrlACmdA
Copy selected actionsCtrlCCmdC
Paste selected actionsCtrlVCmdV
Duplicate the selected actionCtrlDCmdD

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