20. Keyboard shortcuts

Storyboard Shortcuts

• Element insertion and board controls

Shortcut key	Action
(ctrl , cmd) + i	Insert Element
(ctrl, cmd) + l	Open board controls

• Selection management

Shortcut key	Action
(ctrl, cmd) + g	Group selections - create group
(ctrl, cmd) + shift + g	Ungroup selections - remove group
(ctrl, cmd) + a	Select all elements in the board
(ctrl, cmd) + shift + a / escape	De-select all elements in the board

• Clipboard operations

Shortcut key	Action
(ctrl, cmd) + x	Cut element selections
(ctrl, cmd) + c	Copy element selections
(ctrl, cmd) + v	Paste copied selections
(ctrl, cmd) + d	Duplicate selections

• Visibility and layer management

Shortcut key	Action
(ctrl, cmd) + shift + h	Hide/ unhide selections
(ctrl, cmd) + ]	Bring selections forward
(ctrl, cmd) + [	Send selections backward
]	Bring selections to the front
[	Send selections back

KPI Shortcuts

• Grouping

Shortcut key	Action
(ctrl, cmd) + g	Group selected elements
(ctrl, cmd) + shift + g	Ungroup selected elements
(ctrl, cmd) + d	Duplicate selections
delete, backspace	Delete selections

• Layers

Shortcut key	Action
(ctrl, cmd) + shift + h	Hide / unhide selections
(ctrl, cmd) + ]	Bring selected elements forward
(ctrl, cmd) + [	Send selected elements backward
]	Bring selected elements to the front when there are overlapping elements
[	Send selected elements to the back when there are overlapping elements

• Edit text container

Shortcut key	Action
F2	Select the text container and press F2 to switch to edit mode.