Illustration
Learn more about touch shortcuts and gestures to save time while you work with Illustrator on your iPad.
Use touch shortcuts to quickly access the alternate actions of a selected tool in Illustrator on your iPad. You can tap and drag the touch shortcut icon to move it across your canvas. For each selected tool, the touch shortcut icon offers two alternate actions. Keep the touch shortcut icon pressed down the entire time you want to use the alternate behavior of a selected tool.
Using primary touch shortcut: Tap and hold the center of the touch shortcut icon with your other hand to activate the primary action of the selected tool.
Using secondary touch shortcut: Tap and slide to the outer edge of the touch shortcut icon with your other hand to activate the secondary action of the selected tool.
To view a list of touch shortcuts in Illustrator on your iPad, do one of the following:
Icon | Tool or Action | Primary touch shortcut | Secondary touch shortcut |
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Move | Move on X/Y axis | Duplicate |
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Select | Add to selection | Select inside group |
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Edit handles | Break handle pairing | Mirror handles |
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Select points | Add to selection | None |
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Scale from corner | Scale non-proportionally | Scale from center |
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Scale from side or top | Scale both sides | None |
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Rotate | Snap to 45 degrees | Snap to 10 degrees |
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Drag handles | Break handle pairing | Move point |
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Create shape | Draw unconstrained shape | Constrain from center |
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Select layers | Add to selection | None |
Quickly perform common actions using gestures to interact with the touch-based interface. To view a list of gestures that you can use in Illustrator on your iPad, do one the following:
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Gesture |
Action |
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2-finger tap |
Undo |
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3-finger tap |
Redo |
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Double-tap on a selected object |
Edit points |
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Drag to scrub values in fields |
Scrub |
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Drag the top bar to move it to the canvas |
Remove from toolbar |
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Tap and hold or double-tap tools and actions for more options |
Show more options |
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Use a 2-finger drag to pan and pinch to zoom |
Zoom and pan canvas |
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Use a quick 2-finger pinch |
Fit to view |
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