Keyboard shortcuts

As you get more proficient using Gliffy, you’ll find that the built-in keyboard shortcuts speed up your work. To see a full list of keyboard shortcuts, go to Help > Shape Shortcuts, Document Shortcuts, or Mindmap Shortcuts.

Shape shortcuts

Action Shortcut key
Select All Ctrl+A
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Cut Ctrl+X
Duplicate Ctrl+D
Delete Delete
Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo Ctrl+Y
Group Ctrl+G
Ungroup Ctrl+U
Bring to Front Ctrl+F
Send to Back Ctrl+B
Move Object Arrow keys
Move Object without Snapping Shift+Arrow keys
Drag without Snapping Shift+Drag
Rotate without Snapping Shift+Rotate
Stretch without Snapping Shift+Stretch
Edit Text F2

Document shortcuts

Action Shortcut key
Save Ctrl+S
Zoom In Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Wheel Up
Zoom Out Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Wheel Down
Scroll Page Arrow keys
Jump to Page Edte Ctrl+Arrow keys
Drag or Pan Page Space + Drag
Quit Tool Esc
Text Tool Ctrl+2
Connector Tool Ctrl+3
Straight Line Tool Ctrl+6
Rectangle Tool Ctrl+8
Ellipse Tool Ctrl+9

Mindmap shortcuts

Action Shortcut key
Add a subtopic Ctrl+Arrow key
Add a sibling subtopic Tab+Arrow key
Navigate through the nodes Arrow keys