Select, Zoom & Pan Tools

To choose the Select [s] tool, do one of the following:

• Click on the Select tool in the Tools palette, or
• When another drawing tool is active, click the [s] keyboard shortcut, or
• When another tool is active, click the ESC key to end editing (as needed) and return to the Select tool.

Choose the Select [s]  tool, then do one of the following:

• Click onto an object in the active drawing layer, or
• Drag a selection box around multiple objects in the active layer.

HINT: Hold the SHIFT key or COMMAND key and click to add or remove additional objects to the selection.

With the Select [s]  tool, press onto an object and drag to move it.

• To contain the angle of movement while moving objects, hold SHIFT + COMMAND keys while dragging.

HINT: To nudge objects, select the object(s) and use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move incrementally in any direction.

Artboard drawings open at 100% zoom. To change the zoom, do any one of the following:

• Click the magnifying glass Zoom In  tool and press-and-drag onto your drawing over the area you want to enlarge, or
• To temporarily enable Zoom In while another drawing tool is active, hold the Z key while any other drawing tool is active, or
• With the Zoom In tool, click once on the drawing canvas to enlarge the drawing a click at a time, or
• Use your trackpad pinch-to-zoom gesture to zoom the main view, or
• Use the trackpad two-finger double-tap gesture to ‘Zoom To Selection’ if there is a selection, or ‘Zoom To Fit Window’ if there isn’t, or
• Double-click the Pan tool to ‘Fit-to window’, or
• Double-click the Zoom In / Out tools to zoom to 100%, or
• Hold the OPTION key while using a scroll-wheel mouse to zoom in and out of your drawing at the current mouse position. (Choose ‘(app) > Preferences > Options’ and check ‘Invert scroll-wheel zoom direction’ as desired),
• Use the SHIFT + COMMAND + + keyboard shortcut.
• Choose a zoom level from the ‘Zoom Scale’ drop-down button on the toolbar.

HINT: Shadows are automatically disabled at very high zoom levels (over 800%) for enhanced performance. This setting can be changed in ‘(app) > Preferences > Performance’ in the main menu.

Do one of the following:

• Click the magnifying glass Zoom Out  tool and click to reduce the zoom the drawing a click at a time, or
• To temporarily enable Zoom Out while another drawing tool is active, hold the X key while any other drawing tool is active, or
• Use your trackpad pinch-outward gesture to zoom out the main view, or
• Double-click the Pan tool to ‘Fit-to window’, or
• Double-click the Zoom In / Out tools to zoom to 100%, or
• Hold the OPTION key while using a scroll-wheel mouse to zoom in and out of your drawing at the current mouse position. (Choose ‘(app) > Preferences… Options’ and check ‘Invert scroll-wheel zoom direction’ as desired), or
• Use the SHIFT + COMMAND + – keyboard shortcut.
• Choose a zoom level from the ‘Zoom Scale’ drop-down button on the toolbar.

While zoomed in, do one of the following:

• Click the Pan [h]  tool to press and drag the drawing into position, or
• Use the track pad or scroll mouse, or
• To temporarily enable quick-pan scrolling while another drawing tool is active, hold the Spacebar and drag to reposition your drawing canvas. Releasing the Spacebar reverts automatically to the active tool.

Do one of the following:

• Choose ‘View > Zoom To 100%’ from the main menu, or
• Click the View pop-up menu in the toolbar and choose a magnification level.

HINT: It’s often useful to “fit to window” so that you can see your entire drawing at once.

Do one of the following:

• Choose ‘View > Zoom To Selection’ in the Main Menu, or
• Use the trackpad two-finger double-tap gesture to ‘Zoom To Selection’.