Keyboard shortcuts for the Asset Annotation Editor

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Shortcuts are inactive while the cursor is in a text input, dropdown, or textarea, for example while editing a callout label or typing inside a text frame. This prevents shortcut keys from interfering with typed content.

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Esc always switches to the Select tool. It does not close the main annotation editor -- use the X button in the right toolbar for that. Note that Esc does cancel the inline label editor when editing a callout label, and cancels the text editor when editing a text frame.

Tip

Use Ctrl / ⌘ + click as the preferred way to build a multi-selection. Alt / ⌥ + click also toggles selection, but Alt / ⌥ + drag duplicates so if you click and accidentally drag, you will create copies instead of moving the selection.

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Ctrl + D / ⌘ + D duplicates the selected annotations without writing to your system clipboard. Use this when you want to duplicate quickly without overwriting content you have already copied from elsewhere.

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The editor keeps up to 60 undo steps. Performing any new action after undoing clears the redo stack. Steps that were undone cannot be redone once a new annotation is placed or modified.

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The zoom range is 5% to 400%. To reset zoom at any time, click the zoom percentage label in the properties panel zoom controls.

Warning

Ctrl + + and Ctrl + − may also trigger your browser's built-in zoom on some configurations. If the page zooms instead of the canvas, click inside the canvas area first to return focus to the editor, then try the shortcut again.

Tip

Pan is most useful when the canvas is zoomed in beyond the workspace boundary. Hold Space to switch the cursor to a grab hand, drag to reposition the canvas view, then release Space to return to your previous tool.

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The Rotation slider in the Callout, Shape, and Text panels also steps at 15 degree increments, matching the Shift + rotation handle snap behaviour.