Workspace and Program Interface

Gestures

Basic Gestures

Undo

Tap with two fingers to reverse the last operation.

Double-tap with the Apple Pencil 2 (this must be enabled in the settings).

Redo

Tap with three fingers to reverse the last Undo operation.

Scrub

Slide over a text field to the right or left.

Slide over a numeric field to the right or left to increase or decrease its value.

Zoom and Rotate the Canvas

Pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out. You can also rotate the canvas if it is enabled by the "Allow canvas rotation" option in the Preferences.

Pan

Drag the editing area to scroll the view.

Double-Tap

Double-tap on a text to activate the text editing mode. Double-tap on an object to enter the Isolation mode.

Swipe Right

Slide to the right over the object's name in the Layers panel to select this object. In this way, you can select multiple objects.

Swipe Left

Slide to the left over an item in a panel to access a panel's menu for this item. The menu may contain commands like Delete or Copy. Such menus are present in the Layers, Sheets and Appearance panels which have lists of objects or properties.

Hold and Drag

Touch the item's name in a list and drag it.

The Layers, Sheets and Appearance panels let you change the order of items (objects or object properties) in these panels. To do this, touch an item in the list, wait a few seconds, then drag the item to a new position.

Move Tool

Resize Proportionally

Hold a finger on the screen while resizing an object.

Hold a finger on the screen while you are dragging a handle on the object's frame with another finger to resize this object proportionally.

Resize from Center

Hold two fingers on the screen while resizing an object.

Hold two fingers on the screen while you are dragging a handle on the object's frame with another finger to resize this object. The center of the object will stay in the same location.

Resize Proportionally from Center

Hold three fingers on the screen while resizing an object.

Hold three fingers on the screen while you are dragging a handle on the object's frame with another finger to resize this object. The object will preserve its aspect ratio while the center of the object will stay in the same location.

Snap to 15 Degrees

Hold a finger on the screen while rotating an object.

Hold a finger on the screen while you are dragging the rotation handle on the object's frame with another finger. The object will turn with 15 degrees steps.

Move and Selection Tools

Add to Selection

Hold a finger on the screen while tapping on an object.

To select multiple objects, hold one finger on the screen and tap with another finger on objects that you want to select or deselect.

Constrained Movement

Hold a finger on the screen while dragging an object.

To move an object vertically, horizontally or at 45 degrees, hold a finger on the screen while you are dragging the object with another finger.

Create a Copy

Hold two fingers on the screen while dragging an object.

To create a copy of an object, hold two fingers on the screen and drag the object with another finger.

Pen and Selection Tools

Break Handles

Hold a finger on the screen and drag a handle of the direction line.

To rotate a direction line independently from the paired one, hold a finger on the screen and drag the handle of the direction line.

Snap Direction Line to 45 Degrees

Hold two fingers on the screen and drag a handle of the direction line.

To snap the direction line to 45 degree angles, rotate it holding two fingers on the screen.

Knife Tool

Remove a Segment

To make a straight cut, hold two fingers on the screen and drag the tool with another finger.

Hold three fingers on the screen while dragging the Knife tool across an object.

To make a straight cut at 45 or 90 degrees, hold three fingers on the screen and drag the tool with another finger.

Fusion Tool

Remove a Segment

Hold a finger on the screen while dragging another finger across a segment.

To delete a segment, hold a finger on the screen and drag with another finger across the segment.

Shape Tool

Draw Proportionally

Hold a finger on the screen while drawing a shape.

To create a shape with the width equal to the height (e.g., circle or square), hold a finger on the screen while you are drawing the shape with another finger.

Draw from Center

Hold two fingers on the screen and drag with a third one.

To draw a shape beginning from its center, hold two fingers on the screen. At the same time, place another finger at the shape's center and drag.

Draw Proportionally from Center

Hold three fingers on the screen and drag with a fourth one.

To draw a shape beginning from its center, hold three fingers on the screen. At the same time, place another finger at the shape's center and drag. The shape's height and width will remain equal.

Apple Pencil 2

Pen Tool

Double-tap to finish drawing. Double-tap again to activate the Move tool. Double-tap once more to return to the Pen tool.

Other Tools

Switch from the current tool to the Move tool and back.

Text Editing and Isolation Mode

Double-tap to exit the text editing or Isolation mode.