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Keyboard Shortcuts and Snapping

Every keyboard shortcut in the Krumzi editors, plus how smart snapping, alignment guides and the Align menu keep things lined up.

Written By Andrei Terteci

Last updated 21 days ago

The editor is built to be driven from the keyboard once you know a handful of shortcuts. This is the full list for the image and carousel editors, followed by how snapping keeps things aligned while you drag.

Where to find the cheat sheet

There's a keyboard shortcuts button at the bottom of the left side panel in every editor. It opens a small modal with all shortcuts grouped by category, so you never have to leave the design to look one up.

General

Action

Mac

Windows

Undo

Cmd + Z

Ctrl + Z

Redo

Cmd + Shift + Z (or Cmd + Y)

Ctrl + Shift + Z (or Ctrl + Y)

Select all

Cmd + A

Ctrl + A

Copy / paste element

Cmd + C / Cmd + V

Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V

Duplicate element

Cmd + D

Ctrl + D

Delete element

Delete or Backspace

Delete or Backspace

Selection

Action

Shortcut

Select next / previous element

Tab / Shift + Tab

Add to selection

Shift + click

Edit text, edit a shape's label, or crop an image

Enter

Done editing / deselect

Esc

Group / ungroup

Cmd/Ctrl + G / Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + G

Element

Action

Shortcut

Nudge 1 px / 10 px

Arrow keys / Shift + Arrow keys

Bring forward / send backward

Cmd/Ctrl + ] / Cmd/Ctrl + [

Bring to front / send to back

Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + ] / Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + [

Lock axis or keep proportions while dragging

Hold Shift

Move without snapping

Hold Alt/Option

Rotate in 15Β° steps

Hold Shift on the rotation handle

Text editing

Action

Shortcut

Bold / italic (selected words, or the whole text)

Cmd/Ctrl + B / Cmd/Ctrl + I

Undo typing, then the design history / redo

Cmd/Ctrl + Z / Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z

Done editing

Cmd/Ctrl + Enter, or Esc

Canvas

Action

Shortcut

Zoom in / out

Cmd/Ctrl + Scroll, or pinch

Pan

Scroll, or Space + drag

Fit to window

Cmd/Ctrl + 0

Zoom step in / out

Cmd/Ctrl + = / Cmd/Ctrl + βˆ’

Add a text element

T

Previous / next slide (carousels)

Page Up / Page Down

Play / pause (video editor)

Space

Start / stop voice dictation in the AI chat

Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Space

Shortcuts stay out of your way while you type in the chat or in a text element. Pasting also works with images: copy an image from anywhere, press Cmd/Ctrl + V on the canvas and it uploads and lands in your design. You can drag image files straight onto the canvas too.

Outside the editor

Across the app, press G then a letter to jump around: G V for Visuals, G E for Exports, G K for Brand Kit, G B for Brand Mind, G P for Post Ideas. The command palette gives you the same jumps plus your recent designs.

How snapping works

When you drag or resize an element, Krumzi compares its left, center and right edges (and top, middle and bottom) with every other element on the slide and with the slide itself. When an edge or center gets within a few pixels of a match, the element snaps to it and an orange guide line appears so you can see what it locked onto.

  • Snaps to other elements' edges and centers.

  • Snaps to the slide edges and the slide center, both horizontally and vertically.

  • Resizing snaps too, so you can stretch a shape to end exactly where a headline ends.

  • Rotation snaps to 0Β°, 90Β°, 180Β° and 270Β° as you drag the rotate handle.

  • Hold Alt/Option to switch snapping off for one drag.

Need exact positioning instead? Use the Align menu in the toolbar (six alignments to the slide, plus distribute when three or more elements are selected), or open the Design panel and type numbers into the Position and Size fields.

Tips

  • Drag slowly near the target and let the guides do the work.

  • Combine Duplicate (Cmd/Ctrl + D) with arrow-key nudging to build evenly spaced rows.

  • Undo history covers everything, including AI edits, so experiment freely.