Figma Shortcuts

I like to work fast. Shortcuts are a big help with that. Here are some of my favorites and most used.

Enter

Select children of element

Selection

Tab

Select next sibling (or first of selected items)

Selection

⌘⌥C

Copy styling properties

Edit

⌃⌥ + Arrows ( + Shift)

Nudge element sizing while measuring distance to surrounding elements

Edit

⌘⌥V

Paste styling properties

Edit

⌘⌥R

Right align text

Text

⌘⌥L

Left align text

Text

⌘⌥T

Center text

Text

z + Drag to select

Zoom to dragged selection — great for presenting

Navigation

Shift + 2

Zoom to selected element

Navigation