Menu shortcuts
To select menu options, you can press their respective shortcut keys. The following tables list the available menu shortcuts in Microsoft Expression Blend.
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To do this action |
Press |
|---|---|
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Create a new item (UserControl, Window, Page, Resource Dictionary in WPF, Scene in Microsoft Silverlight 1.0, UserControl in Silverlight 2) |
CTRL+N |
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Create a new project |
CTRL+SHIFT+N |
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Open a project or solution (not a site) |
CTRL+SHIFT+O |
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Close the active document |
CTRL+W |
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Close all open documents |
CTRL+SHIFT+W |
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Close solution |
CTRL+SHIFT+C |
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Save the active document |
CTRL+S |
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Save all documents |
CTRL+SHIFT+S |
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Save a copy of the solution or site |
CTRL+SHIFT+P |
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Exit Expression Blend |
CTRL+Q |
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To do this action |
Press |
|---|---|
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Undo the last action |
CTRL+Z |
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Redo the last action that was undone |
CTRL+Y or CTRL+SHIFT+Z |
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Cut |
CTRL+X |
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Copy |
CTRL+C |
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Paste |
CTRL+V |
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Delete |
DELETE |
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Find text (XAML view or JavaScript editor only) |
CTRL+F |
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Find the next occurrence of text (XAML view or JavaScript editor only) |
F3 |
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Find the next occurrence of text (XAML view or JavaScript editor only) |
CTRL+H |
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Select all objects |
CTRL+A |
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Select no objects |
CTRL+SHIFT+A |
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To do this action |
Press |
|---|---|
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Switch between Design, XAML, and Split view |
F11 |
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Zoom in on the artboard |
CTRL+EQUAL SIGN |
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Zoom out on the artboard |
CTRL+MINUS SIGN |
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Fit the selection to the screen size |
CTRL+0 |
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View the artboard at actual size |
CTRL+1 |
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Show or hide handles |
F9 |
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Show or hide object boundaries |
CTRL+SHIFT+H |
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To do this action |
Press |
|---|---|
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Edit the text in a control |
F2 |
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Edit a control (WPF and Silverlight 2 only) |
CTRL+E |
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Make the selected objects the same width |
CTRL+SHIFT+1 |
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Make the selected objects the same height |
CTRL+SHIFT+2 |
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Make the selected objects the same size |
CTRL+SHIFT+9 |
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Flip the selected object horizontally |
CTRL+SHIFT+3 |
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Flip the selected object vertically |
CTRL+SHIFT+4 |
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Autosize width |
CTRL+SHIFT+5 |
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Autosize height |
CTRL+SHIFT+6 |
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Group objects into a layout panel |
CTRL+G |
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Ungroup objects |
CTRL+SHIFT+G |
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Bring the selected object to the front |
CTRL+SHIFT+] |
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Bring forward |
CTRL+] |
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Send the selected object to the back |
CTRL+SHIFT+[ |
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Send backward |
CTRL+[ |
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Make a clipping path |
CTRL+7 |
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Release a clipping path |
CTRL+SHIFT+7 |
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Make a compound path |
CTRL+8 |
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Release a compound path |
CTRL+SHIFT+8 |
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Lock selection |
CTRL+L |
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Unlock all objects |
CTRL+SHIFT+L |
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Show selection |
CTRL+T |
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Hide selection |
CTRL+3 |
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To do this action |
Press |
|---|---|
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Constrain proportions of objects being drawn or transformed |
Hold SHIFT |
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Nudge selected objects |
arrow keys |
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Pan the workspace |
Hold SPACEBAR |
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Show the Asset Library (from Toolbox) |
CTRL+PERIOD |
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Switch between open documents |
CTRL+TAB |
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Select multiple objects |
Hold CTRL |
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Select multiple adjacent objects |
Hold SHIFT |
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Zoom in and out on the artboard |
CTRL+MOUSE WHEEL |
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Move the artboard left and right |
SHIFT+MOUSE WHEEL |
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Move the artboard up and down |
MOUSE WHEEL |