Adobe Illustrator includes a plethora of shortcuts to assist you in completing tasks more quickly. Because once you move the mouse cursor over icons, many keyboard shortcut keys appear.
Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts are designed to make you work smarter and better and to help you understand and improve time efficiency tips and tricks. We hope you enjoy and learn more from our article on shortcut keys of Adobe Illustrator.
| Sr. | Function | For Mac | For Windows |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut | Command+X | Ctrl+X |
| 2 | Copy | Command+C | Ctrl+C |
| 3 | Paste | Command+V | Ctrl+V |
| 4 | Undo | Command+Z | Ctrl+Z |
| 5 | Redo | Shift+Command+Z | Shift+Ctrl+Z |
| 6 | Preferences | Command+K | Ctrl+K |
| 7 | Create new doc | Command+N | Ctrl+N |
| 8 | Open a doc | Command+O | Ctrl+O |
| 9 | Close a doc | Command+ W | Ctrl+W |
| 10 | Save Changes | Command+ S | Ctrl+S |
| 11 | Save for web | Option+ Command+ S | Alt+Ctrl+S |
| 12 | Command+P | Ctrl+P | |
| 13 | Quit Illustrator | Command+Q | Ctrl+Q |
| 14 | Selection Tool | V | V |
| 15 | Direct Selection Tool | A | A |
| 16 | Pen Tool | P | P |
| 17 | Curvature Tool | Shift+~ | Shift+~ |
| 18 | Rectangle Tool | M | M |
| 19 | Paintbrush Tool | B | B |
| 20 | Type Tool | T | T |
| 21 | Rotate Tool | R | R |
| 22 | Eraser Tool | Shift+E | Shift+E |
| 23 | Shape Builder Tool | Shift+M | Shift+M |
| 24 | Gradient Tool | G | G |
| 25 | Eyedropper Tool | I | I |
| 26 | Width Tool | Shift+W | Shift+W |
| 27 | Blend Tool | W | W |
| 28 | Artboard Tool | Shift+O | Shift+O |
| 29 | Zoom Tool | Z | Z |
| 30 | Hand Tool | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| 31 | Mode Toggle | F | F |
| 32 | Exit Mode | Esc | Esc |
| 33 | Increase Brushes Size | ] | ] |
| 34 | Decrease Brushes Size | [ | [ |
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