Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts in Nordcraft help you work faster and more efficiently by providing quick access to common actions and tools.

Editor shortcuts

These shortcuts work anywhere in the editor:

Element panel shortcuts

When an element or component is selected in the canvas or element tree:

Element tree and canvas shortcuts

  • Hold Option/Alt while dropping a dragged element in the element tree to copy the element instead of moving it
  • Hold Option/Alt while dragging an element in the canvas to drag a duplicate of the selected element/component instead of moving the original
  • Hold Cmd/Ctrl while dragging an element in the canvas to force insertion-mode, which will let you more precisely drop an element, even inside its siblings
  • Hold Option/Alt while hovering over elements in the canvas to display distances (in px) between the selected element and other elements or the parent element

Element editing shortcuts

  • Cmd/Ctrl + C - Copy selected element/component
  • Cmd/Ctrl + V - Paste element/component
  • Cmd/Ctrl + D - Duplicate selected element/component
  • Cmd/Ctrl + X - Cut selected element/component

Canvas resizing shortcuts

You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly resize the visible canvas to a variety of different approximate screen sizes. This is useful for testing responsive designs.

  • 1 - small mobile device screen size
  • 2 - tablet screen size
  • 3 - small laptop screen size
  • 4 - 1080p
  • 5 - 1440p

Common operations

  • Cmd/Ctrl + Z - Undo last action
  • Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z - Redo last action
Tip

Learning keyboard shortcuts can significantly improve your workflow efficiency when building applications in Nordcraft.

05/12/2025
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