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# Keyboard shortcuts

This is a list of keyboard shortcuts for Glyphs.
If you don’t find something here, try to find the command and the shortcut in the menu.

General

Select a master

⌘1..x (the number of the Master)

Font View

Open one or more glyphs in new edit tab

⌘↓ or ⌘T or double click

Edit the glyph name of a single selected glyph

↵, or single click on glyph's name

Add new glyph

⌘⌥⇧N

Select the search field

⌘F

Duplicate selected glyphs

⌘D

Copy selected glyphs

⌘C

Paste selected glyphs

⌘V

Delete selected glyphs

⌘Del

Open glyph properties

Right click on glyph

Edit view

Selection tool

V or esc if you are in the text mode, or hold ⌘ if any other tool is selected

Select all nodes

⌘A

Select all nodes and anchors

⌘A twice

Select path

Double click on any segment

Most recent filter

⌘R

Draw tool

P

Primitives

F, click and hold icon to change primitive shape

Rotate tool

R

Scale tool

S

Text tool

T

Hand tool

H or hold Space

Zoom tool

Z

Zoom in

⌘+, ⌘Space+Click, and ⌥+Scroll Up

Zoom out

⌘−, ⌘⌥Space+Click, and ⌥+Scroll Down

Measurement tool

L

Preview current glyph

Hold Space

Switch to previous glyph

Home or Fn← on MacBook keyboard

Switch to next glyph

End or Fn→ on MacBook keyboard

Choose a glyph not accessible from the keyboard

⌘F

Zoom in/out

⌘Space/⌘⌥Space or ⌘+/-

Hand tool

Space

Correct path directions

⌘⇧R

Open a path

Click on a node with the Draw tool

Close a path

Drag an end node on top of another end node

Add handles to segment

⌥+click on segment

Select next node/handle/path/component

Tab

Select previous node/handle/path/component

⇧Tab

Align nodes/handles orthogonally

⌘⇧A

Horizontally align anchors to node selection

Select nodes and at least one anchor, press ⌘⇧A

Preview accent position

Click on any anchor

Move object/node in any direction by 1 unit

↑, ↓, ← or →

Move object/node in any direction by 10 units

⇧↑, ⇧↓, ⇧← or ⇧→

Move object/node in any direction by 100 units

⌘↑, ⌘↓, ⌘← or ⌘→

Add component

⌘⇧C

Create composite

⌃⌘C

Update metrics

⌃⌘M

Edit background

⌘B

Set selection as background

⌘J

Add selection to background layer

⌘⌥J

Show/hide background layer

⌘⇧B

Reverse contours

⌃⌥⌘R

Correct path direction

⌘⇧R

Tidy up paths

⌘⇧T

Type tool

Insert text

Just type

Create new Edit tab (with selection)

⌘T

Insert glyphs not accessible from keyboard

⌘F

Insert sample text

⌘⌥F

Adjusting the spacing of the selected glyphs.

⌘← / ⌘→ for right sidebearing
⌃← / ⌃→ for left sidebearing
add ⇧ to move 10 units

Adjusting the kerning of the selected glyphs.

⌘⌥← / ⌘⌥→ for the kerning with the glyph to the right
⌃⌥← / ⌃⌥→ for the kerning with the glyph to the left
add ⇧ to move 10 units

Select tool

To keep the the angle of an off-curve point (handle), hold down ⌥ while dragging or using the arrow keys.

⌥ + mouse or arrow key

To only move the smooth curve point, hold down ⌥ while dragging or using the arrow keys.

⌥ + mouse or arrow key

Select all nodes and other elements (components, anchors...)

⌘A (repeatedly)

Select a complete path

Double click path (on or near a segment)

Change node type between corner and smooth

Double click a node or select a node and press ⏎