Hot Keys & Shortcut Keys

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Mouse + Modifier Keys While drawing Selecting Dragging shapes & endpoints Transform handles (scale & rotate) — v4.0 Bezier control points Hot Keys Tools View toggles Shape operations Others Shortcut Keys Basics Alignment Nudging with the keyboard Layers Mouse Wheel & Panning

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The grammar of modifier keys — you don't have to memorize each operation; you can guess it from these three "meanings".

Shift = constrain / release snapping steps … horizontal-vertical, perfect circle, fixed direction. Releasing angle/ratio rounding is also Shift.

Ctrl = disable snapping / add to selection … disables snapping to endpoints & intersections; adds to the selection on click.

Alt = flip the anchor … corner⇔center, scaling pivot, split a shape, select shapes on inactive layers.

On macOS read Ctrl → cmd and Alt → option (mouse operations accept cmd as well).

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Green rows are new or changed in v4.0.

Mouse + Modifier Keys

While drawing

Operation	Action
2nd point of a line + Shift	Constrain to horizontal / vertical
2nd point of an oval + Shift	Perfect circle
Circle tool	Always a perfect circle (no Shift needed). The old "Ellipse" slot and hotkey E now belong to the Circle tool; the Oval tool has its own button — v4.0
2nd point of a circle/oval + Alt	Flip the anchor: the 1st point becomes a corner (normally the center) — v4.0
2nd point of a rectangle + Alt	Flip the anchor: the 1st point becomes the center (normally a corner) — v4.0
Any drag / click + Ctrl	Temporarily disable snapping to endpoints & intersections (works in drawing, moving and endpoint drags)
Ruler (measuring) + Shift	Constrain the measuring line to horizontal / vertical

Selecting

Operation	Action
Click	Select just that shape
Shift or Ctrl + click	Add to the selection
Double-click	Select all connected shapes (on a text: start editing)
Alt + click	On a selected Bezier curve: split it at that point. Otherwise: also target shapes on inactive layers
Ctrl or Alt + drag	Start a range selection even from on top of shapes/handles
Ctrl + Alt + click	Select the palette that shape uses

Dragging shapes & endpoints

Operation	Action
Drag a shape	Move; snaps to endpoints, intersections and grid (Ctrl disables snapping)
Move + Shift	Constrain to horizontal / vertical
Line endpoint + Shift	Keep the direction, change only the length
Circle endpoint + Shift	Make it a perfect circle
Bezier endpoint + Shift	Move only the endpoint, leaving the control points in place
Arc endpoint	The central angle rounds to 5° / 1° steps
Arc endpoint + Shift	Release the angle rounding for a free angle — v4.0 (Ctrl still works as before)

Transform handles (scale & rotate) — v4.0

Corners of the selection frame = scale, just outside the corners = rotate, edge midpoints = stretch. Amounts are accumulated in the number palette while you drag, and keep accumulating until you deselect (shared with the wheel and the [ ] keys).

Operation	Action
Drag a handle	Rotation snaps to 1°, scaling to 1% steps
• Shift or Ctrl	Release the steps for fine adjustment
• Alt	Temporarily flip the scaling pivot between center ⇔ opposite corner (takes effect the moment you press)
ESC	Cancel the drag and restore the shape

Bezier control points

Operation	Action
Drag a control point	Free move (snapping active; Ctrl disables it)
• Shift	Keep the control-line direction, change only the length
• Ctrl + Shift	Mirror the opposite control point for a smooth joint. If the neighbor is a line or arc, project onto its tangent line (v4.0)
• Ctrl + Alt + Shift	Align only the direction of the opposite control point, keeping its length (smooth but asymmetric) — v4.0
Double-click a control point	Align the direction while keeping the length (Bezier neighbor = mirror; line/arc neighbor = tangent) — v4.0
Right-click a control point	Menu with "make symmetric", "same length" and "move onto the diagonal"

Hot Keys

One key switches the function.

Tools

A	Select mode
D	Dot
L	Line
E	Circle — from v4.0 always a perfect circle (up to v3.x this was the Ellipse tool)
Shift + E	Oval — v4.0 (detected by the Shift key itself, so CapsLock doesn't matter)
V	Arc
B	Bezier curve
R	Rectangle
T	Text
P	Pricking iron (stitching)
X	Beveling (round corner)
O	Offset
C	Center line
M	Distance marking
#	Dimension annotation
!	Trimming
W	Tracing image mode
U	Leather simulator mode
Q	Mandala mode On/Off
Y	Open the template repository
*	Clear all

View toggles

G	Show/hide grid
S	Show/hide ruler
F	Pin the ruler origin at the cursor (while the ruler is shown)
I	Show/hide intersections & joints (with design check)
J	Show/hide Bezier offset guidelines
H	Show/hide tracing images
F5	Show/hide dimension annotations
F6	Stitching simulation On/Off
F7	Show/hide print areas
>	Show path direction with an arrowhead
=	Toggle even/odd-only stitches (during stitching simulation)

Shape operations

[ ／ ]	Rotate selection by 1° (from v4.0 accumulated in the number palette; a run of rotations is one Undo)
{ ／ } (Shift + [ ])	Rotate selection by 5°
Ctrl + [ ／ ]	Shrink / expand selection by 1%
Ctrl + Shift + [ ／ ]	Shrink / expand selection by 5%
• ／ -	Raise / lower the opacity of the selection. During stitching simulation: thread thickness
Z	Extend / trim two selected lines to/at their intersection
Delete ／ BackSpace	Delete the selection
F8	Separate a template object into shapes
F9	Convert the selection into a template object
F10	Convert a copy of the selection into a template object

Others

0–9	Switch the line palette (applies to the selection if any)
ESC	Release step by step: pending clicks → selection → toggle between tool and select mode
Enter	Open the number (transform) palette — v4.0
F2	Edit the selected text in place (same as double-click) — v4.0
Arrow keys	Pan the canvas

Shortcut Keys

On macOS read Ctrl → cmd and Alt → option.

Basics

Ctrl + N	New project
Ctrl + O	Open project from file
Ctrl + S	Save project
Shift + Ctrl + S	Save project as
Ctrl + P	Print
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Shift + Ctrl + Z	Redo
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + D	Deselect all
Ctrl + C ／ X ／ V	Copy / cut / paste
Shift + Ctrl + C	Move or copy with set distance
Ctrl + R	Reset the view to show all shapes
Ctrl + I ／ J	Flip horizontally / vertically
Ctrl + F	Flip shape path direction
Ctrl + G ／ U	Group / ungroup
Ctrl + L	Create the line symmetry of the selection
Ctrl + E	Draw common tangent circle / line
Ctrl + Y	Create mirror shapes in the mandala section (mandala mode only)
Alt + F4 (cmd + Q on Mac)	Exit the application

Alignment

Ctrl + Alt + L ／ R	Align selection to the left / right
Ctrl + Alt + H	Center selection horizontally (with multiple layers, the layer shortcut "hide other layers" takes precedence)
Ctrl + Alt + T ／ B	Align selection to the top / bottom
Ctrl + Alt + V	Center selection vertically

Nudging with the keyboard

Ctrl + arrow key	Move the selection 1.00mm in that direction
Ctrl + Shift + arrow key	Move 0.10mm
Ctrl + Alt + arrow key	Move 0.01mm

Layers

Ctrl + Alt + N	Add a new layer
Ctrl + Alt + D	Delete layer
Ctrl + Alt + C	Change layer name
Ctrl + Alt + U ／ J	Move layer one up / down
Ctrl + Alt + H	Hide other layers (with multiple layers this wins over "center horizontally"; the Ctrl + Alt + A toggle is recommended instead)
Ctrl + Alt + A	Hide all but the active layer ⇔ show all (toggle) — v4.0
Ctrl + Alt + I	Toggle "ignore layer" mode
Ctrl + Alt + M	Merge with the layer below
Ctrl + Alt + F	Flatten all layers
Ctrl + Alt + Y	Move the selection to the layer below

Mouse Wheel & Panning

Operation	Action
Right-button drag	Pan the canvas (release without moving = context menu)
Middle-button (wheel) drag	Pan the canvas (same as right-drag)
Wheel	Zoom in/out (centered on the cursor)
Shift + wheel	Horizontal scroll
Alt + Shift + wheel	Vertical scroll
Ctrl + wheel	Rotate the selection by 1° (from v4.0 accumulated in the number palette; a run is one Undo)
Ctrl + Shift + wheel	Expand / shrink the selection by 1% (same as above)
Alt + wheel	Change the stroke thickness of the selection. With the Arc tool active: change the radius
Shift ／ Ctrl + wheel (single shape with a leather image selected)	Stretch the leather image horizontally / vertically

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