Keyboard shortcuts
Every default shortcut in MarkupRight, generated from the app's own shortcut table. Keys are shown for your platform; switch between macOS and Windows · Linux at the top of the page.
- Change a shortcut
- MarkupRight ▸ Keyboard Shortcuts. See Preferences and profiles.
- Can't remember one?
- Ctrl+K shows each command's shortcut as you type.
- Single keys
- Keys like V or C work when the page has focus, not while you type.
The ones to learn first
Select V
Pick and move markups.
Pan Esc
Cancel what you're doing and move around.
Cloud C
The revision cloud.
Callout Q
Text with a leader.
Text Box T
Text in a box.
Length Alt+Shift+L
Measure at the page's scale.
Area Alt+Shift+A
Measure an area.
Fit Page Ctrl+9
See the whole sheet.
Save Ctrl+S
Save the document.
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo is Ctrl+Shift+Z.
Markups List Alt+M
Show or hide the list.
Find Tools + Commands Ctrl+K
Run anything by name.
All shortcuts
| Command | Shortcut | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | Ctrl+W | File | |
| Close All | Ctrl+Shift+W | File | |
| Document Properties | Ctrl+D | File | |
| Exit | Ctrl+Q | File | |
| Open | Ctrl+O | File | |
| Print… | Ctrl+P | File | |
| Save | Ctrl+S | File | |
| Save All | Shift+F2 | File | |
| Save As… | Ctrl+Shift+S | File | |
| Advanced Search… | Ctrl+Shift+F | Edit | |
| Copy | Ctrl+C | Edit | |
| Cut | Ctrl+X | Edit | |
| Delete | Delete | Edit | |
| Find… | Ctrl+F | Edit | |
| Format Painter | Ctrl+Shift+C | Edit | |
| Group | Ctrl+G | Edit | |
| Multiply… | Ctrl+M | Edit | |
| Paste | Ctrl+V | Edit | |
| Paste in Place | Ctrl+Shift+V | Edit | |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z | Edit | |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | Edit | |
| Select All Text | Ctrl+Shift+A | Edit | |
| Select Text | Shift+T | Edit | |
| Snapshot | G | Edit | |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Edit | |
| Ungroup | Ctrl+Shift+G | Edit | |
| Actual Size | Ctrl+8 | View | |
| Continuous Pages | Ctrl+5 | View | |
| Continuous Side-by-Side | Ctrl+7 | View | |
| Dark Mode | Ctrl+3 | View | |
| Dimmer | Ctrl+F5 | View | |
| Find Tools + Commands | Ctrl+K | View | |
| Fit Page | Ctrl+9 | View | |
| Fit Width | Ctrl+0 | View | |
| Go to page… | Ctrl+Shift+N | View | |
| Navigation Bar | F4 | View | |
| Rotate View Clockwise | Ctrl+Shift+Plus | View | |
| Rotate View Counterclockwise | Ctrl+Shift+Minus | View | |
| Rulers | Ctrl+R | View | |
| Show Grid | Shift+G | View | |
| Side-by-Side | Ctrl+6 | View | |
| Single Page | Ctrl+4 | View | |
| Snap to Content | Ctrl+Shift+F8 | View | |
| Snap to Grid | Ctrl+Shift+F9 | View | |
| Snap to Markup | Ctrl+Shift+F7 | View | |
| Status Bar | F8 | View | |
| Zoom In | Ctrl+Plus | View | |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl+Minus | View | |
| First Page | Home | Navigate pages | |
| Last Page | End | Navigate pages | |
| Add Linked Flag | Shift+F | Tools and markup | |
| Arc | Shift+C | Tools and markup | |
| Arrow | A | Tools and markup | |
| Autosize Text | Alt+Z | Tools and markup | |
| Callout | Q | Tools and markup | |
| Cloud | C | Tools and markup | |
| Cloud+ | K | Tools and markup | |
| Dimension | Shift+L | Tools and markup | |
| Ellipse | E | Tools and markup | |
| Eraser | Shift+E | Tools and markup | |
| Flip Horizontal | Ctrl+Alt+H | Tools and markup | |
| Flip Vertical | Ctrl+Alt+V | Tools and markup | |
| Highlight | H | Tools and markup | |
| Hyperlink | Shift+H | Tools and markup | |
| Image From Camera | Ctrl+Alt+I | Tools and markup | |
| Lasso | Shift+O | Tools and markup | |
| Line | L | Tools and markup | |
| Lock | Ctrl+Shift+L | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 1 | 1 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 2 | 2 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 3 | 3 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 4 | 4 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 5 | 5 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 6 | 6 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 7 | 7 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 8 | 8 | Tools and markup | |
| My Tool 9 | 9 | Tools and markup | |
| Note | N | Tools and markup | |
| Offset | O | Tools and markup | |
| Pan | Escape | Tools and markup | |
| Pen | P | Tools and markup | |
| Polygon | Shift+P | Tools and markup | |
| Polyline | Shift+N | Tools and markup | |
| Rectangle | R | Tools and markup | |
| Select | V | Tools and markup | |
| Text Box | T | Tools and markup | |
| Toggle Zoom | Shift+Z | Tools and markup | |
| Typewriter | W | Tools and markup | |
| Zoom | Z | Tools and markup | |
| Area | Alt+Shift+A | Measure | |
| Length | Alt+Shift+L | Measure | |
| Measure | Alt+Shift+M | Measure | |
| Perimeter | Alt+Shift+P | Measure | |
| Crop Pages… | Alt+Shift+O | Document and pages | |
| Delete Pages… | Ctrl+Shift+D | Document and pages | |
| Deskew… | Ctrl+Alt+D | Document and pages | |
| Extract Pages… | Ctrl+Shift+X | Document and pages | |
| Flatten… | Ctrl+Shift+M | Document and pages | |
| New Bookmark | Ctrl+B | Document and pages | |
| OCR… | Ctrl+Shift+O | Document and pages | |
| Replace Pages… | Ctrl+Shift+Y | Document and pages | |
| Rotate Pages… | Ctrl+Shift+R | Document and pages | |
| Security… | Ctrl+L | Document and pages | |
| Unflatten | Ctrl+Shift+U | Document and pages | |
| Always On Top | Ctrl+F12 | Window and panels | |
| Balance | Shift+F12 | Window and panels | |
| Bookmarks | Alt+B | Window and panels | |
| Collab | Alt+C | Window and panels | |
| File Access | Alt+A | Window and panels | |
| Full Screen | F11 | Window and panels | |
| Hide Panels | Shift+F4 | Window and panels | |
| Layers | Alt+L | Window and panels | |
| Links | Alt+N | Window and panels | |
| Markups List | Alt+M | Window and panels | |
| Presentation | Ctrl+Enter | Window and panels | |
| Properties | Alt+P | Window and panels | |
| Search | Alt+1 | Window and panels | |
| Sets | Alt+X | Window and panels | |
| Signatures | Alt+4 | Window and panels | |
| Spaces | Alt+S | Window and panels | |
| Split Horizontal | Ctrl+H | Window and panels | |
| Split Vertical | Ctrl+2 | Window and panels | |
| Switch | Ctrl+1 | Window and panels | |
| Thumbnails | Alt+T | Window and panels | |
| Toggle Split | Ctrl+I | Window and panels | |
| Tool Chest | Alt+2 | Window and panels | |
| Unsplit | Ctrl+Shift+2 | Window and panels | |
| Next Sheet in Set | Ctrl+Right | Sets | |
| Previous Sheet in Set | Ctrl+Left | Sets | |
| Back | Alt+Left | WebTabs | |
| Forward | Alt+Right | WebTabs | |
| Refresh | F5 | WebTabs | |
| WebTab | Ctrl+T | WebTabs | |
| Preferences | Ctrl+Comma | Application |
Good to know
- On macOS the Command key ⌘ takes the place of Ctrl, and Option ⌥ takes the place of Alt. Function keys may need the fn key, depending on your keyboard settings, and some combinations (such as ⌘H and F11) may be claimed by macOS itself: if one doesn't reach MarkupRight, rebind it.
- Number keys 1–9 run the first nine tools in the Tool Chest's My Tools set, so they can't be assigned to commands on their own.
- While drawing, Enter finishes a shape, Backspace removes the last point, C closes a polygon or cloud, and Esc cancels. See Mark up drawings.
- On a page, ← and → turn pages, Home and End go to the first and last page, and holding Ctrl while turning the mouse wheel zooms.
- Your own shortcuts are saved in your Profile, and you can export them as XML or as a plain list to share.