Sketch

Keyboard shortcuts

Edit
Pick Color CONTROL + C
Insert
Vector V
Pencil P
Line L
Rectangle R
Oval O
Artboards
Select all artboards + SHIFT + A
Arrange
Rename Layer + R
View
Toggle Toolbar ALT + + T
Hide Layers and Inspector ALT + + 3
Presentation Mode + .
Toggle Grid CONTROL + G
Toggle Rulers CONTROL + R
Toggle Pixels CONTROL + P
Zooming
Temporarily zoom out to 100% ~ (tilde)

Preferences

Canvas

Animate zoom
Zoom in on selection
Zoom back to previous canvas position

Layers

Fit layers and points to pixel bounds
Select group’s content on click for new groups
Offset duplicated layers
Rename duplicated layers

Plugins

Chart
Create various charts from data.

Magic Mirror
Create perspective mockups.

SVGO Compressor
Core plugin to automatically compress exported SVG files.

Tricks

Peter Nowell: Harnessing vector awesomeness in Sketch

  • Use Layers > Paths > Reverse Order if joining paths gets weird.

Peter Nowell: Mastering the bezier curve in Sketch

  • Hold SHIFT while dragging a bezier point to constrain to 90 degree angles.
  • Hold while dragging a bezier point to ignore smart guides.

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