Animate keyboard shortcuts

Last updated on Jun 9, 2026

Note:

Animate is in maintenance mode for all customers. This applies to individual, small business, and enterprise customers. Maintenance mode means we will continue to support the application and provide ongoing security and bug fixes, but we don't plan to add new features. Animate will continue to be available to both new and existing users. We have no plans to discontinue Animate. We are committed to ensuring Animate users have access to their content regardless of its state of development.

Use this article as a ready reckoner to download printable version of Animate keyboard shortcuts.

File

Action	Mac	Windows
Import Image/Sound/etc...	+	+
Export Movie	+ + +	+ + +
Open as Library	+ +	+ +

View

Action	Mac	Windows
View movie at 100% size	+	+
Show Frame	+	+
Show All	+	+

Windows

Action	Mac	Windows
Show/Hide Library	+	+
Comment selection	+	+
Toggle between Edit Movie and Edit Symbol Mode	+	+
Show/Hide Timeline	+ +	+ +

Edit and modify

Action	Mac	Windows
Group	+	+
Ungroup	++	+ +
Break Apart	+	+
Paste in Place	+ +	+ +
Duplicate	+	+
Select All	+	+
Deselect All	+ +	+ +
Import Library	+ +	+ +
Align Window	+	+
Save As	+ +	+ +
Scale and Rotate	+ +	++
Remove Transform	+ +	+ +
Move Ahead	+	+
Move Behind	+	+
Bring to Front	+ +	+ +
Send to Back	+ +	+ +
Show or hide Transform Panel	+	+
Narrower letterspacing (kerning)	+ +	++
Wider letterspacing (kerning)	++	++

Miscellaneous actions

Action	Mac	Windows
Remove rotation or scaling from the selected objects	+ +	+ +
Rotate the selection to 90 degrees left	+ +	+ +
Scale and/or rotate the selection using numeric values	+ +	+ +
Auto formats the editor code	+ +	+ +
Show hidden characters	+ +	+ +
suppresses highlighting of selected items	+ +	+ +
Show or hide the rulers	+ + +	+ + +
Show Frame Script Navigator	+ +	+ +
Show or hide the tweening shape hints	+ +	+ +
Show a smaller area of the drawing with more detail	+	+
Show a larger area of the drawing with less detail	+	+
Show or hide the Align panel	+	+
Show or hide the Color panel	+ +	+ +
Show or hide the Compiler Errors panel	+	+
Open a new window in the front most simulation that is a duplicate of the active window	+ +	+ +
Show or hide the History panel	+	+
Show or hide Info Panel	+	+
Show or hide the Library panel for this document	+	+
Show or hide the Property Inspector	+	+
Show or change a list of the scenes in the current movie	+	+
Select colors from swatches and manage swatches	+	+
Show or hide the animation timeline and layers controls	+ +	+ +
Show or hide the drawing toolbar	+	+
Increase onion skin marker size on both directions equally	+ drag towards right/left	+ drag towards right/left
Shifts the entire range of onion skin markers to the right/left respectively.	+ drag towards right/left	+ drag towards right/left