Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts in Nordcraft provide quick access to common actions and tools.

Editor shortcuts

These shortcuts work anywhere in the editor:

  • T - Toggle test mode
  • I - Open the element catalog
  • Cmd/Ctrl + K- Open the files view in the project sidebar
  • Escape - Deselect the current element or close panels
  • Cmd/Ctrl + scroll - Adjust the zoom level of the editor canvas

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

Style panel shortcuts

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

  • Cmd/Ctrl + S - Search for a CSS property
  • Cmd/Ctrl + ↵ - Submit CSS property and search for a new CSS property

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
Edit article
Help Forum