Use these shortcuts to quickly sketch out your wireframes in Excalidraw. Focus on speed and clarity, not perfection!

🛠️ Drawing Tools (The Essentials)

These are the most common tools you'll use for laying out screens, buttons, and text.

• Select Tool: V or 1 Switch back to the pointer to select, move, or resize elements.
• Rectangle: R or 2 Draw screens, buttons, input fields, or general content blocks.
• Circle/Ellipse: O or 4 For basic icons, avatars, or abstract shapes.
• Arrow: A or 5 Show user flow, navigation paths, or data direction between elements/screens.
• Line: L or 6 Draw simple dividers or placeholder lines for text.
• Text: T or 8 Add labels, annotations, or placeholder text. Double-click an existing item to edit.

🖱️ Selection & Editing

Once you've drawn something, these shortcuts help you manipulate it efficiently.

• Duplicate Selected Items: Ctrl/Cmd + D
  • Also: Hold Alt/Option and Drag an item to quickly create a duplicate.
• Delete Selected Items: Del or Backspace
• Group Selected Items: Ctrl/Cmd + G
  • Purpose: Treat multiple items (e.g., all elements of a single screen) as one unit for easier moving/resizing.
• Ungroup Selected Items: Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + G
• Select All: Ctrl/Cmd + A
• Undo Last Action: Ctrl/Cmd + Z