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Most of what you do in AppMockUp Studio has a key for it. Ctrl/Cmd means Ctrl on Windows and Linux and Cmd on a Mac; Alt is Option on a Mac.

Screenshots

Alt + S - Add a new Main Screenshot

1 to 0 - Select Main Screenshot 1 to 10

Ctrl/Cmd + click - Select an Instance Screenshot

Delete or Backspace - Remove the selected screenshot

Selection

Escape - Step out one level: from a sticky or highlight to its layer, from the layer to the screenshot, from the screenshot to nothing

Click an empty part of the stage - Deselect everything

Delete or Backspace - Remove what is selected. With a sticky or highlight selected, only that sticky or highlight is removed and its layer stays selected

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + H - Hide or show what is selected: a layer, a sticky, a highlight or a device. On an Instance Screenshot it is hidden for that device only

Moving and Rotating

Arrow keys - Nudge the selected layer, sticky or highlight

Alt + arrow keys - Nudge in fine steps

Shift + arrow keys - Nudge in large steps

R + arrow keys - Rotate

While Dragging on the Canvas

Shift - Keep a move on one axis, snap rotation to 15° steps, lock the aspect ratio while resizing, step the corner radius in tens

Alt - Round a single corner instead of all four

Ctrl/Cmd - On an Instance Screenshot, save the change as an override for that device

Text

Double-click a title, subtitle or caption - Edit it on the canvas

Enter - New line

Escape or Ctrl/Cmd + Enter - Finish editing

Ctrl/Cmd + double-click - On an Instance Screenshot, create a text override for that device and edit it

All the details are in How to Edit Text on the Canvas.

Images

Double-click a device - Choose its screen capture

Double-click a background, icon or image with an image fill - Choose that image

Ctrl/Cmd + V - Paste an image from the clipboard onto the selected layer. With nothing selected, make a new screenshot from it

History

Ctrl/Cmd + Z - Undo. The history holds 100 steps

Number Fields and Sliders

/ - Increment / decrement by 1

Shift + / - Increment / decrement by 10

Double-click a slider knob - Reset to the default value

Highlight Crop Editor and Full Quality Previews

Alt + click - Select the region under the cursor (crop editor)

Shift + Alt + click - Add that region to the crop (crop editor)

Shift while resizing - Keep the aspect ratio

Alt while resizing - Resize around the center

Space + drag, or the middle mouse button - Pan

Ctrl/Cmd + scroll, or pinch - Zoom