Illustrator Cheat Sheet by oguzkonya via cheatography.com/617/cs/264/ Tools
Viewing Artwork
Drawing
Artboard
Shift + O
Toggle between screen modes
F
Move a shape while drawing it
Spacebar-drag
Selection
V
Fit imageable area in window
Double-click Hand
Draw from the center of a shape
Alt-drag
Direct selection
A
Pen
P
Type
T
Rectangle
M
Ellipse
L
Paintbrush
B
Rotate
R
tool Magnify 100%
Switch to Hand tool Switch to Zoom tool in magnify
Add or remove horizontal lines
Start dragging,
Double-click Zoom
from a rectangular grid or
then press the Up
tool
concentric lines from a polar
Arrow or Down
grid
Arrow
Add or remove vertical lines
Start dragging,
from a rectangular grid or radial
then press the
lines from a polar grid
Right Arrow or Left
Spacebar Ctrl + Spacebar
mode Switch to Zoom tool in reduce
Ctrl + Alt +
mode
Spacebar
Reflect
O
Show/Hide artboards
Ctrl + Shift + H
Free transform
E
Show/Hide artboard rulers
Ctrl + Alt + R
Shape builder
Shift + M
View all artboards in window
Ctrl + Alt + 0 (zero)
Mesh
U
Paste in place on the active
Ctrl+Shift+V
Gradient
G
artboard
Eraser
Shift + E
Blend
W
Eyedropper
I
Moving Selections
Painting Objects Toggle between fill and stroke
X
Set fill and stroke to default
D
Swap fill and stroke
Shift + X
Move selection in user-d
Right, Left, Up, or
Select gradient fill mode
>
efined increments
Down Arrow
Select color fill mode
<
Select no stroke/fill mode
/ (forward slash)
Sample color from an image or
Shift +
intermediate color from gradient
Eyedropper tool
Move selection in 10x user-d
Shift + Right, Left, Up,
efined increments
or Down Arrow
Constrain movement to 45°
Hold down Shift
angle
Sample style and append
Alt + Shift-click +
appearance of currently selected
Eyedropper tool
item Add new fill
Ctrl + / (forward slash)
Add new stroke
Arrow Switch through drawing modes
Shift+D
Join two or more paths
Select the paths, then press Ctrl+J
Panels Show/hide Brushes panel
F5
Show/hide Color panel
F6
Show/hide Layers panel
F7
Show/hide Info panel
Ctrl + F8
Show/hide Gradient panel
Ctrl + F9
Show/hide Stroke panel
Ctrl + F10
Show/hide Attributes panel
Ctrl + F11
Show/hide Graphic Styles panel
Shift + F5
Show/hide Appearance panel
Shift + F6
Show/hide Align panel
Shift + F7
Show/hide Transform panel
Shift + F8
Show/hide Pathfinder panel
Shift + Ctrl + F9
Show/hide Transparency panel
Shift + Ctrl + F10
Show/hide Symbols panel
Shift + Ctrl + F11
Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash)
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