Shortcuts Balsamiq Mockups for Windows

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Selection

WindowsAction
Enter/F2Edit the selected control's text
Shift+ClickAdd to selection
Ctrl+ClickToggle selection
Ctrl+ASelect All
Ctrl+Shift+ADeselect All
Hold ShiftResize maintaining aspect ratio
Hold CtrlDisable snapping during move or resize
Ctrl+]Increase font or icon size
Ctrl+[Decrease font or icon size
Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow LeftNudge selection 20px
Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow LeftNudge selection 1px
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow LeftNudge-Resize selection 2px
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Right/Arrow LeftNudge-Resize selection 20px
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow UpBring to front
Space+Click and dragPan the canvas (Hand tool)
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow DownSend to back
Ctrl+Arrow UpBring forward
Ctrl+Arrow DownSend backward
Alt+DragClone selection

Edit/History

WindowsAction
Ctrl+YUndo last command
Ctrl+ZRedo last command
Ctrl+XCut the selected controls
Ctrl+CCopy the selected controls
Ctrl+VPaste
Ctrl+Shift+VPaste In Place
DeleteDelete the selected controls
Ctrl+DDuplicate the selected controls
Ctrl+2Lock the selected controls
Ctrl+3Unlock all locked controls

Group

WindowsAction
Ctrl+GGroup the selected controls
Ctrl+Shift+GUngroup the selected groups

Align

WindowsAction
Ctrl+Alt+1Align selected controls left
Ctrl+Alt+2Align selected controls center
Ctrl+Alt+3Align selected controls right
Ctrl+Alt+4Align selected controls top
Ctrl+Alt+5Align selected controls middle
Ctrl+Alt+6Align selected controls bottom

Working with Icons

WindowsAction
Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Left/Arrow RightNavigating the suggestion list
EnterUsing the selected icon
EscClosing the icons library
EscClosing the suggestion list

Working with Text

WindowsAction
Eneter/F2Start Editing text of the selected control
Enter/Ctrl+EnterCommitting the current text
EscIgnoring the current edit
Ctrl+]Grow/Increase Text Size
Ctrl+[Shrink/Decrease Text Size

Quick Add

WindowsAction
//plusSending focus to quick add
Arrow Up/Arrow Down/Arrow Left/Arrow RightNavigating the Suggestion List
EscClosing the Suggestion List
EscSending focus back to the Canvas

Working with Mockup Files

WindowsAction
Ctrl+NNew Blank Mockup
Ctrl+Shift+NNew Clone of Current Mockup
Ctrl+OOpen a mockup file
Ctrl+SSave the current mockup file
Ctrl+Shift+SSave as
Ctrl+WClose current mockup
Ctrl+Shift++WClose all mockups
Ctrl+EExport this mockup's XML
Ctrl+Shift+EImport mockup
Ctrl+Shift+CExport Snapshot to Clipboard
Ctrl+RExport Snapshot to PNG
Ctrl+Shift+RExport All Snapshots to PNG
Ctrl+PPrint mockup
Ctrl+QQuit Balsamiq Mockups
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+TabLooping through the open files in Mockups for Desktop

Views

WindowsAction
Ctrl+LHide/Show the UI Library
Ctrl+FEnter Full Screen View
EscExit Full Screen View
Ctrl+KShow/Hide Markup
Ctrl+plusZoom In
Ctrl+-Zoom Out
Ctrl+1Zoom to Actual Size
Ctrl+0Zoom to Fit