xTool Creative Space (XCS) Software Keyboard Shortcuts

Updated Jun 6,2024

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)	S	S
	Select/Deselect multiple items	Shift+box select/click	Shift+box select/click
	Group	Ctrl+G	⌘ G
	Ungroup	Ctrl+U	⌘ U
	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

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