Advanced Designing, Tutorials

How to use keyboard shortcuts in PosterMyWall

Design in minutes with PosterMyWall and work fast with keyboard shortcuts. Take a look at all the keyboard shortcuts that do wonders.

How to use keyboard shortcuts in PosterMyWall

Design in minutes with PosterMyWall and work fast with keyboard shortcuts. Take a look at all the keyboard shortcuts that do wonders.

Design in minutes with PosterMyWall and work fast with keyboard shortcuts. Take a look at all the following keyboard shortcuts that do wonders. For a quick overview, watch the above video.

Note: If you’re using a Mac, you will have the cmd key instead of the ctrl key for shortcuts. For example, use ctrl z to undo on a Windows laptop or PC, and ⌘(cmd) z if you’re using a Mac.  

General editing use 

KeyAction
SpaceToggle video to play/pause
⌘ z, ctrl zUndo
⌘ shift z, ctrl shift z, ctrl y, ⌘ yRedo
Shift tAdd text
⌘ s, Shift sSave design
Delete, backspaceDelete items
⌘ d, ctrl dDuplicate items
EscDeselect item/multiple items
+ (when no item is selected)Zoom in
– (when no item is selected)Zoom out
Space barStop or play a video
Shift xSwitch between Edit and Position tabs

Move items

KeyAction
Ctrl up, ⌘ upMove item up a layer
Ctrl down, ⌘ downMove item down a layer
Direction keyMove item one pixel in specified direction*
Shift keyMove item ten pixels in a specified direction

*Hold key to move multiple pixels at a time. 

Open modals

KeyAction
Shift cOpen the Crop modal
Shift pOpen the Add from my photos tab
Shift d Open Download modal
Shift mOpen Mask modal
Shift r Open Resize modal
Shift tAdd text

Select and adjust items

Key Action
+Increase selected items size
– Decrease selected items size
ctrl lLock an item
⌘ a, ctrl aSelect all unlocked items
⌘ shift a, ctrl shift aSelect all items 
TabSelect an item/next item
Shift tabSelect previous item