The Only Figma Cheat Sheet You Need

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FIGMA

ESSENTIALS
QUICK
SHORTCUT
GUIDE
GETTING STARTED

GRIDS & LAYOUT


WHICH TOOL DO I TO USE TO RESIZE? QUICK GRID SETUP
Desktop
12 columns 24px gutter
Move/Selection tool (V): use Scale tool (K): use this to
this to resize shapes (hold shift resize several items together. Mobile (simplify from 12)
to keep in proportion). Strokes, Everything (strokes, text etc.) 6 columns 16px gutter
text etc. will stay the same. will scale and stay in proportion.

Toggle Layout Grids on & off


BASIC SHORTCUTS ZOOM & VIEW ctrl shift 4 (PC) ctrl G (MAC).

(Same for PC and MAC) SHORTCUTS Copy Grids & Columns


(Same for PC and MAC) to another page:
Frame tool F
Quickly Zoom to 100% shift 0 1. Select them in the inspect
Pen tool P switch Zoom to fit shift 1 panel of the first page.
tools!
Text tool T Zoom to selection shift 2

Rectangle tool R Outlines ctrl Y (PC) cmd Y


(MAC).
Ellipse tool O
Open design panel 2. Copy ctrl C (PC) or cmd C
Line tool L alt 8 (PC) opt 8 (MAC). (MAC) & click on the next
Pick a color ctrl C: grab a page then paste ctrl V (PC)
Open prototype panel
color from elsewhere without or cmd V (MAC).
alt 9 (PC) opt 9 (MAC).
losing your flow.
Open inspect panel alt 0 (PC)
PRO-TIPS

Shift X: toggle stroke & fill color. opt 0 (MAC). To click inside another object
Create component alt ctrl K (deep select) hold ctrl and click
Show/Hide UI For a tidy
(PC) opt cmd K (MAC). design (PC) cmd and click (MAC).
ctrl \ (PC)
window! Duplicate while moving:
Place image shift ctrl K (PC) cmd \ (MAC)
shift cmd K (MAC). hold alt (PC) opt (MAC).
Next frame: N
Frame (or shift N to go backwards). Duplicate your last action:
LOST selection alt ctrl D (PC) cmd D (MAC).
SOMETHING? Move to the next page in your
ctrl G (PC)
layout page down/page up
ctrl / (PC) opt cmd G
(PC) or function down arrow/
cmd / (MAC)
(MAC).
up arrow (MAC).
TRANSFORM
(Quick actions)
to search through Flip horizontally: Shift H or V.
menus, commands Bring forward or backward ctrl ]
& plugins. This cheat sheet is from the video training
course byol.com/figma or [ (PC) cmd ] or [ (MAC).

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