Principle Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 30 keyboard shortcuts found in Principle. This application is MacOS-only.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Layers

R — Add rectangle

Opt R — Add rectangle as a child

T — Add text

Opt T — Add text as a child

A — Add artboard

Cmd G — Group

Cmd Shift G — Ungroup

Cmd ] — Bring forward

Cmd Shift ] — Bring to front

Cmd [ — Send backward

Cmd Shift [ — Send to back

Editing

(arrows) — Nudge

Shift (arrows) — Large nudge

Cmd D — Duplicate

Cmd R — Rename layer

Canvas Navigation

Space (drag) — Pan

Cmd = — Zoom in

Cmd - — Zoom out

Cmd 1 — Zoom all

Cmd 2 — Zoom selection

Cmd 3 — Center selection

Cmd 0 — Zoom to actual size

Selection

Esc — Select parent

Enter — Select child

Tab — Select next sibling

Shift Tab — Select previous sibling

Cmd A — Select all siblings

Preview

W — Rewind prototype

Ctrl V — Start recording video

Ctrl Opt V — Start recording video without cursor