Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Balsamiq Wireframes
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Balsamiq Wireframes keyboard shortcuts

Balsamiq Wireframes · Windows, macOS

ActionWindowsmacOS
Select, move, and resize
Edit the selected control's textEnter or F2Enter or F2
Add a control to the selectionShift ClickShift Click
Toggle a control in the selectionCtrl ClickNot documented
Select all controlsCtrl ANot documented
Deselect all controlsCtrl Shift ANot documented
Ignore the control under the pointer while selectingAlt HoldAlt Hold
Keep the aspect ratio while resizingShift ResizeShift Resize
Move only horizontally or vertically while draggingShift DragShift Drag
Disable snapping while moving or resizingCtrl DragNot documented
Move the selection by one pixelArrow keysArrow keys
Move the selection by ten pixelsShift Arrow keysShift Arrow keys
Resize the selection by one pixelCtrl Alt Arrow keysNot documented
Resize the selection by ten pixelsCtrl Alt Shift Arrow keysNot documented
Restore the selection's automatic sizeCtrl Alt 0Not documented
Pan the canvasSpace DragSpace Drag
Grow the selected controlCtrl ]Not documented
Shrink the selected controlCtrl [Not documented
Arrange and edit controls
Bring the selection to the frontCtrl Shift UpNot documented
Send the selection to the backCtrl Shift DownNot documented
Bring the selection forward one layerCtrl UpNot documented
Send the selection backward one layerCtrl DownNot documented
Duplicate while draggingAlt DragAlt Drag
UndoCtrl ZNot documented
RedoCtrl Y or Ctrl Shift ZNot documented
CutCtrl X or Shift DeleteNot documented
CopyCtrl C or Ctrl InsertNot documented
PasteCtrl V or Shift InsertNot documented
Paste in placeCtrl Shift VNot documented
Delete the selectionDelete or BackspaceDelete or Backspace
Duplicate the selectionCtrl DCmd D
Lock the selectionCtrl 2Not documented
Unlock the selectionCtrl 3Not documented
Transform the selected controlCtrl Alt TNot documented
Find controlsCtrl FNot documented
Find the next matching controlCtrl Alt FNot documented
Group and align
Group selected controlsCtrl GCmd G
Ungroup selected controlsCtrl Shift GCmd Shift G
Align selected controls leftCtrl Alt 1Not documented
Align selected controls horizontallyCtrl Alt 2Not documented
Align selected controls rightCtrl Alt 3Not documented
Align selected controls to the topCtrl Alt 4Not documented
Align selected controls verticallyCtrl Alt 5Not documented
Align selected controls to the bottomCtrl Alt 6Not documented
Text, icons, and drawing
Select the previous iconLeftLeft
Select the next iconRightRight
Choose the highlighted iconEnterEnter
Close the icon selectorEscEsc
Make the icon smallerCtrl [Not documented
Make the icon largerCtrl ]Not documented
Finish editing a single-line controlEnterEnter
Finish editing a multiline controlCtrl EnterNot documented
Cancel text editingEscEsc
Open Quick Add/ or +/ or +
Move through Quick Add resultsArrow keysArrow keys
Close Quick AddEscEsc
Add a control at the pointerShift EnterShift Enter
Draw a rectangleR DragR Drag
Draw textT DragT Drag
Draw a linkY DragY Drag
Draw an imageI DragI Drag
Draw an iconA DragA Drag
Projects and boards
Create a new boardCtrl NNot documented
Duplicate the current boardCtrl Shift NNot documented
Create a new projectCtrl Alt NNot documented
Open a projectCtrl ONot documented
Save the project asCtrl Shift SNot documented
Rename the current boardF2 or Ctrl Alt RNot documented
Close the current project or tabCtrl W or Ctrl F4Not documented
Export the projectCtrl ENot documented
Export as PDFCtrl PNot documented
Export as PNGCtrl RNot documented
Create a snapshotCtrl Shift CNot documented
Quit Balsamiq WireframesCtrl QNot documented
Go to the next boardCtrl TabCmd Page Down or Fn Cmd Down
Go to the previous boardCtrl Shift TabCmd Page Up or Fn Cmd Up
Go to the first boardHomeFn Shift Up
Go to the last boardEndFn Shift Down
Views and presentation mode
Toggle the UI LibraryCtrl L or Ctrl F1Cmd L
Toggle the Comments panelCtrl .Not documented
Toggle the Boards panelCtrl JCmd J
Zoom inCtrl + or Ctrl Scroll UpNot documented
Zoom outCtrl - or Ctrl Scroll DownNot documented
Zoom to fitCtrl 0 or 00
Zoom to the selectionCtrl 8 or 88
Zoom to board widthCtrl 9 or 99
Use actual sizeCtrl 1 or 11
Enter presentation modeCtrl Shift F or F5Not documented
Exit presentation modeEscEsc
Edit the current boardEE
Show symbolsSS
Show commentsJJ
Show notesNN
Center the current boardCC
Show linksLL
Open the browserBB
Toggle zoomZZ
Go to the next board in presentation modePage DownOption Down
Go to the previous board in presentation modePage UpOption Up
Go back in presentation historyLeftLeft
Go forward in presentation historyRightRight

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.