Canva is a brilliant easy-to-use graphic design tool, that allows people to create stunning graphics for social media channels, print media, blogs and websites. To sign up for a free account, click here. This blog post covers using keyboard shortcuts in Canva with working with shapes and adding elements (such as circles and lines).
Canva can be used for…
| Presentations A Facebook cover Facebook posts Instagram posts A Poster Twitter posts Your website Your Blog | Business Cards A Logo Flyers Invitations Gift Certificates A4 documents Tickets You Tube channel art | Pintrest Graphics Photo collages Certificates Postcards Brochure And much, Much. MUCH more… |
For information about other keyboard shortcuts, click here.
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Shapes
With the shape/object selected –
| Move selection one pixel up | ↑ (arrow key) |
| Move selection one pixel down | ↓ (arrow key) |
| Move selection one pixel left | ← (arrow key) |
| Move selection one pixel right | → (arrow key) |
| Move selection ten pixels up | Shift + ↑ (arrow key) |
| Move selection ten pixels down | Shift + ↓ (arrow key) |
| Move selection ten pixels left | Shift + ← (arrow key) |
| Move selection ten pixels right | Shift + → (arrow key) |
| Constrain the proportions of an image as you resize | Shift (as your resize) |
Keyboard Shortcuts to add elements
| Add a rectangle | R |
| Add a line | L |
| Add a circle | C |
| Add text | T |
I hope you enjoyed this blog post about using keyboard shortcuts in Canva when working with shapes and adding elements (such as circles and lines).
More shortcuts in Canva are available here and in the Resources Section of this website. Keyboard shortcuts for presentations in Canva can be found here. If you are interested in keyboard shortcuts when working with text in Canva, please click here. I hope you find it useful!