Excalidraw Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
V → Selection tool
R → Rectangle
4 → Ellipse (circle)
D → Diamond
A → Arrow
L/6 → Line
X → Pencil (free draw) ✏️
double click → Text
T → Text
2️⃣ Navigation & View
Space + Drag → Pan canvas
Shift + 1 → Zoom to fit
3️⃣ Tricks
Alt + Drag → Duplicate ⭐
Shift + Click → Multi-select
Esc → Exit current tool
- Combine
Shift + shapes → clean diagrams
Shift + Drag → Maintain proportion for resizing while multiple selected object
Multi-point Arrow →
- Select Arrow tool
- Then do:
- Click → release
- Move cursor
- Click → release
- Hold Shift to maintain the angle
- Move cursor
- Click → release
- Press
Esc to finish
Single Point -> multi point → hover to mid point of arrow then Ctrl + click
ctrl + alt + c → copy style ctrl + alt + v → paste style
4️⃣ Alignment & Arrangement
Ctrl + G → Group elements → Firest multi-select with Shift + Click then Group elements
Ctrl + ] → Bring forward
Ctrl + [ → Send backward