Chitmunk supports a full set of keyboard shortcuts to help you work faster. This page lists every shortcut organized by category.
Note: On macOS, use Cmd (⌘) instead of Ctrl for all keyboard shortcuts listed below.
Edit
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + Z
Undo the last action
Ctrl + Y or Ctrl + Shift + Z
Redo the last undone action
Ctrl + D
Duplicate selected elements
Ctrl + A
Select every visible, unlocked element on the current face
Delete or Backspace
Remove selected elements (a locked layer stays put and a note tells you to unlock it in Layers)
Ctrl + C
Copy selected elements to clipboard
Ctrl + V
Paste elements from clipboard (works across card types)
Escape
Close an open menu, or deselect all elements. While you edit text, it ends the edit.
Ctrl + K
Open the Command Palette to search every tool, shape, generator, and action by name
Ctrl + S
Save the game
?
Show or hide the keyboard shortcut list inside the editor
Ctrl + Enter
Apply the open generator window (the one for dice, dials, tables and the like)
Add Elements
Shortcut
Action
T
Add a text element
I
Add an image element
R
Add a rectangle shape
Shift + P
Start the pen tool to draw a custom shape
Transform
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + G
Group two or more selected elements. With fewer than two selected, it opens card search instead.
Ctrl + Shift + G
Ungroup selected group
Shift + H
Flip selected elements horizontally
Shift + V
Flip selected elements vertically
]
Bring selected element to front
[
Send selected element to back
Shift + Alt + H
Space three or more selected elements evenly across (distribute horizontally)
Shift + Alt + V
Space three or more selected elements evenly down (distribute vertically)
Canvas Navigation
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + Mouse Wheel
Zoom in and out toward the pointer (pinch on a trackpad does the same)
Mouse Wheel
Pan up and down
Shift + Mouse Wheel
Pan left and right
Middle Click + Drag
Pan the canvas
Space + Drag
Pan mode: hold Space, then click and drag to pan
Shift + Rotate
Snap rotation to 15-degree increments
Shift + Resize Corner
Lock aspect ratio while resizing
Nudge
Shortcut
Action
↑↓←→
Move selected element by 1 pixel
Shift + ↑↓←→
Move selected element by grid size (larger increment)
View & Navigation
Shortcut
Action
F
Zoom to fit: centers the card and adjusts zoom to fill the viewport
P
Preview all cards in a grid
B
Show or hide the bleed edge
S
Show or hide the safe area
G
Turn snap to grid on or off
Page Down / Page Up
Next or previous card in the spreadsheet
Ctrl + Shift + ;
Clear all ruler guides
Tip: Every view toggle (Bleed edge, Safe area, Print-shop template, Rulers, Data-linked text, Snap to grid, Smart guides) is in the View menu, and the menu shows the letter next to the ones that have one. Single-letter shortcuts do nothing while you are typing in a field or editing text on a card.
Mouse Actions
While not strictly keyboard shortcuts, these mouse interactions are essential to know:
Action
Result
Click element
Select it
Shift + Click element
Toggle it in or out of the selection
Drag on empty canvas
Draw a selection box (marquee select)
Double-click text element
Enter text editing mode
Right-click element
Open context menu with type-specific actions
Drag corner handle
Resize element
Drag rotation handle (circle above element)
Rotate element freely
Smart Snapping
When grid snapping is enabled (toggle it with G or in the View menu), elements snap to the grid as you move or resize them. Chitmunk also provides smart alignment guides that appear automatically when edges or centers of elements line up with each other, or with the bleed and safe zone boundaries. These guides help you position elements precisely without entering pixel values manually.
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