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How to Use xTool Creative Space with Hot Keys

Updated Jan 2,2025

You may choose to use keyboard shortcuts to help you use xTool Creative Space (XCS) more easily. You can refer to the Hot Keys listed in this article.

Hot Keys List

Category	Action	XCS Windows	XCS MacOS
Insert	Image	Ctrl+I	⌘ I
	Text	T	T
	Line segment	L	L
	Rectangle	R	R
	Circle	C	C
	Pen	P	P
	Shape	Shift+I	⇧ I
	Perfect circle	Shift+C	⇧ C
	Square	Shift+R	⇧ R
	Vertical/horizontal line	Shift+L	⇧ L
Edit	Undo	Ctrl+Z	⌘ Z
	Redo	Ctrl+Shift+Z	⇧ ⌘ Z
	Copy	Ctrl+C	⌘ C
	Paste	Ctrl+V	⌘ V
	Cut	Ctrl+X	⌘ X
	Delete	Backspace	⌫
	Select all	Ctrl+A	⌘ A
	Stop drawing	ESC	ESC
	Switch to mouse mode(when inserting shapes / drawing vectors)	V	V
	Select/Deselect multiple items	Shift+box select/click	Shift+box select/click
	Group	Ctrl+G	⌘ G
	Ungroup	Shift+Ctrl+G	⇧ ⌘ G
	Lock/Unlock	Alt+Ctrl+L	⌥ ⌘ L
	Show/Hide	Alt+Ctrl+H	⌥ ⌘ H
	Bring to front	Ctrl+Shift+]	⇧ ⌘ ]
	Send to back	Ctrl+Shift+[	⇧ ⌘ [
	Bring forward	Ctrl+]	⌘ ]
	Send backward	Ctrl+[	⌘ [
	Turn on / Turn off Auto-Snap	Ctrl+R	⌘ R
	Unit	Ctrl+K	⌘ K
	In node editing mode, select all nodes in the current path.(When no nodes are selected, this action will select all nodes of the vector)	Ctrl+A	Command+A
	Auto-simplify	Ctrl+L	⌘ L
	Align left	Ctrl+Shift+L	⇧ ⌘ L
	Align right	Ctrl+Shift+R	⇧ ⌘ R
	Horizontal align center	Ctrl+Shift+E	⇧ ⌘ E
	Align top	Ctrl+Shift+T	⇧ ⌘ T
	Vertical align center	Ctrl+Shift+M	⇧ ⌘ M
	Align bottom	Ctrl+Shift+B	⇧ ⌘ B
	Align center	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ M
	Distribute horizontally	Ctrl+Shift+H	⇧ ⌘ H
	Distribute vertically	Ctrl+Shift+V	⇧ ⌘ V
	Reflect horizontally	Shift+H	⇧ H
	Reflect vertically	Shift+V	⇧ V
File	Create a new file	Ctrl+N	⌘ N
	Open a file	Ctrl+O	⌘ O
	Close	Ctrl+W	⌘ W
	Save the file	Ctrl+S	Command+S
	Save as	Ctrl+Shift+S	Command+Shift+S
	Export as SVG	Alt+X	⌥ X
Canvas Operation	Zoom in/out	Ctrl+Scrolling up/down or Crtl+[+/-]	⌘+Scrolling up/down or ⌘+[+/-]
	Move the canvas right and left	/	⇧+Scrolling up/down
	Move the canvas up or down	Scrolling up/down	Scrolling up/down
	Pan	Space+Click and drag	Space+Click and drag
	Fit on screen	Ctrl+0	⌘+0
Element Movement	Nudge the element 1 pixel at a time	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Element Movement	Nudge the element 10 pixels at a time	Shift+Arrow keys or Ctrl+Arrow keys	⇧+Arrow keys or ⌘+Arrow keys