Keyboard shortcuts in Webflow

Use keyboard shortcuts in Webflow to make your workflow as quick and efficient as possible.

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The Designer has many keyboard shortcuts to help you speed up your design workflow. The quickest way to see the list of all shortcuts in the Designer is pressing Shift + /. You can also access this list from the help menu on the bottom left of the Designer.

General keyboard shortcuts
  • Show shortcut cheatsheet: Shift + /
  • Save as Snapshot: Shift + Command + S (Mac) or Shift + Control + S (Windows)
  • Deselect Element/Exit: Esc
  • Delete Element: Delete
  • Show Publish Dialog: Shift + P
  • Show Export Code Dialog: Shift + E
  • Edit element: Enter
View shortcuts
  • ‍Preview mode: Shift + Command + P (Mac) or Shift + Control + P (Windows)
  • Guide overlay: Shift + Command + G (Mac) or Shift + Control + G (Windows)
  • Show element edges: Shift + Command + E (Mac) or Shift + Control + E (Windows)
  • X-ray mode: Shift + Command + X (Mac) or Shift + Control + X (Windows)
Left-hand toolbar shortcuts
  • Show Add panel: A
  • Show Navigator tab: Z
  • Show Pages panel: P
  • Show Symbols panel: Shift + A
  • Make selected element a Symbol: Command + Shift + A (Mac) or Control + Shift + A (Windows)
  • Show Asset Manager: J
Right-hand tabs shortcuts
  • ‍Show Style tab: S
  • Show Settings tab: D
  • Show Style Manager tab: G
  • Show Interactions tab: H
Copy/paste shortcuts
  • ‍Copy: Command + C (Mac) or Control + C (Windows)
  • Cut: Command + X (Mac) or Control +X (Windows)
  • Paste: Command + V (Mac) or Control +V (Windows)
  • Duplicate: Command + D (Mac) or Control + D (Windows)
  • Duplicate: Option + Drag (Mac) or Alt + Drag (Windows)
Undo/redo shortcuts
  • Undo: Command + Z (Mac) or Control + Z (Windows)
  • Redo: Shift + Command + Z (Mac) or Shift + Control + Z (Windows)
Device view shortcuts
  • ‍Desktop: 1
  • Tablet: 2
  • Phone (landscape): 3
  • Phone (portrait): 4
Style panel shortcuts
  • Margin / padding (all sides): Hold Shift + Drag
  • Margin / padding (top + bottom or left + right): Hold Alt + drag
  • Add class to selected element: Command + Enter (Mac) or Control + Enter (Windows)
  • Rename Last Class on Selected Element: Command + Shift + Enter (Mac) or Control + Shift + Enter (Windows)
Other shortcuts
  • Expand/collapse panel sections: Alt + click on section
  • Select parent / child element: Up arrow / Down arrow
  • Select sibling element: Left arrow / Right arrow
  • Select next / previous element: Alt + Left arrow / Right arrow
  • Toggle Collaborators on selected element: Command + Shift + L (Mac) or Control + Shift + L (Windows)
Find
  • Quick Find: Command + E (Mac) or Control + E (Windows) / Command + K (Mac) or Control + K (Windows)

If you have any ideas for a cool keyboard shortcut, let us know and we’ll look into adding it.