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Keyboard shortcuts

Every shortcut. Press ? in the app to see them there.

Tools

KeyTool
SpaceHand (hold it from any tool; the Hand is where the board starts)
VSelect (the Pointer)
CCount
LLength
DDrop on a run
AArea
UVolume
WTop wall area
XDeduct area
NRoom
KScale by a known length
MRuler
SSymbol recognition
1–9Arm a pinned item
TTouch view or desktop view

Drawing

KeyDoes
EnterFinish (or double-click)
⌫Remove the last point
EscFinish a run or count, else back to the Hand (on the Pointer, it just deselects)
BStraight or Arc
PSnap on or off (to your marks and the plan's lines)
Alt PThe Snap menu: Marks, Drawing
AltSkip snapping once
YSymbol preview before a count is placed
OAngle snap
ShiftAngle snap while held

Markup

KeyTool
Shift TText
Shift AArrow
Shift CCloud
Shift DDimension
Shift PPen
Shift HHighlighter
ShiftStraight pen line; lock an arrow's angle
Shift with T, A, C, D, P or H picks a markup tool, not the measuring tool on the plain letter: A is Area and Shift A is Arrow, H hides the selection and Shift H is the Highlighter. T on its own is still touch view or desktop view.

Selection

KeyDoes
Click / Shift-clickSelect / add or remove
Drag on empty spaceBox select (→ inside, ← touching)
⌘ASelect all on the sheet
⌘C ⌘VCopy, paste onto the sheet under the pointer
⌘DDuplicate
ArrowsNudge 1 px (Shift: 10 px)
⌫Delete (a picked point, else the selection)
HHide on the plan
Right-clickChange item, arc or straight, reverse, add drop, hide…

View and file

KeyDoes
+ −Zoom
FFit all
ZZoom to the selection
Space-dragPan (or middle-drag, arrows)
[ ]Rotate the sheet
⌘KSwitch project (on the Projects page, it goes to the search)
⌘Z ⇧⌘ZUndo, redo
EExport the marked-up PDF
⌘SSave a version
?Show the shortcuts

While reviewing AI items or recognised symbols: A accept, R not an item, → skip.