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Shortcuts & gestures

Every key and gesture in Nekudot.

Forget a key? Press / in the app at any time to pop up the built-in shortcuts cheat-sheet - the fastest way to find or remember a shortcut without leaving the canvas.

Help & reference

/Open / close the shortcuts cheat-sheet

?Toggle help hints (the “?” bubbles around the UI)

Panels

bToggle brush settings

lToggle layers

mToggle memory maps

yToggle symmetry (Radial / Mirror / Concentric / Spiral / Tile)

,Toggle Application settings

sToggle the “…” more menu

hHide / show all panels

The same panels are listed in the toolbar’s Windows menu.

Brushes

1Web

2/3Shapes (circles or squares - toggle in its settings)

8Marker

9Seed

Edit

⌘/Ctrl ZUndo

⌘/Ctrl ⇧ ZRedo

⌘/Ctrl VPaste an image onto the canvas, then move/resize and Place it - see Paste an image

Capture

rRecord a GIF - draw to start, then preview, set speed & trim, and save

Gestures

Press & dragDraw a stroke (Web, Marker, Shapes…)

Drag fasterShapes grow with stroke speed

Two-finger tapUndo (trackpad)

Three-finger tapRedo (trackpad)

Four-finger swipe upHide / show all panels (same as h)

Pen pressure & tiltShape the stroke with a stylus - see Pen & pressure

Drag a panel titleMove any panel (Brushes, Layers, Maps) around the screen

Canvas view

Move, zoom and rotate the view without changing the art - full details in Navigating the canvas.

⌘/Ctrl + scrollZoom toward the pointer

Scroll / two-finger swipePan the view (or middle-mouse drag)

Two-finger dragPan, pinch to zoom, twist to rotate (touch)

Reset viewToolbar frame button - back to 100%, no rotation, centred or fit

Try this You don't need to memorise these - just learn three: b for brush settings, m to open the memory maps, and h to hide every panel for a clean, full-canvas view. The rest you can always summon with /.