Pixel editor
Keyboard Shortcuts
Complete keyboard shortcut reference for the PixelZ editor — tools, layers, frames, history, view, and selection.
Every shortcut wired up in the editor. Tool keys are single-press (no modifier). Cmd works wherever Ctrl is shown on macOS.
Drawing tools
- BPencil
- EEraser
- GBucket Fill
- LLine
- RRectangle
- CCircle (Shift = perfect circle)
- VMove layer content
- IEyedropper
- AltHold for temporary eyedropper
Selection tools
- MRectangle Select
- QLasso
- WMagic Wand
AI
- JAI Area (text-to-image)
Selection & clipboard
- Ctrl+CCopy
- Ctrl+VPaste
- DeleteClear selection (without one, the layer in the current frame); Backspace too
- ArrowsNudge selection by 1 px
- Ctrl+ArrowsNudge layer content by 1 px
- EscapeDeselect, or clear the AI area
- EnterConfirm selection / play-pause
File & history
- Ctrl+SSave project (.pixelz)
- Ctrl+Shift+EExport As
- Ctrl+ZUndo
- Ctrl+YRedo
- Ctrl+Shift+ZRedo (alternate)
View
- Ctrl+0Reset zoom & pan
- Ctrl++Zoom in
- Ctrl+-Zoom out
- Ctrl+1–6Zoom to 1×–6×
- SpaceHold and drag to pan (or drag with the middle button)
- Ctrl+WheelBrush size
- Ctrl+'Toggle grid
- Ctrl+Shift+'Toggle pixel grid
- FToggle onion skin
Mirror & pixel-perfect
- Shift+XToggle horizontal mirror
- Shift+YToggle vertical mirror
- Shift+0Reset mirror axis
- Shift+PToggle pixel-perfect
Frames
- ,+←Previous frame
- .+→Next frame
- HomeFirst frame
- EndLast frame
- Alt+NAdd frame
- Alt+CDuplicate frame
- Alt+BackspaceDelete frame
- Shift+,Move frame left
- Shift+.Move frame right
Layers
- Shift+NAdd layer
- Shift+DDuplicate layer
- Shift+BackspaceDelete layer
- ↑+↓Select previous / next layer