TOTAL Sketch Hotkeys
TOTAL Sketch's built‑in shortcuts provide an easy way for you to save time interacting with TOTAL Sketch. Instead of frequently having to jump back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard, these shortcuts provide a way for you to keep your hands on your keyboard so you can keep working. For a printable copy of this list of shortcuts, click here.
File Management Functions
Ctrl + N | New Sketch |
Ctrl + Shift + N | New Page |
Ctrl + O | Open |
Ctrl + S | Save |
Ctrl + Shift + S | Save As |
Ctrl + P | |
Ctrl + Shift +P | Print Preview |
Ctrl + F4 | Close |
Alt + F4 | Exit |
Ctrl + Shift + I | Import Sketch |
Ctrl + Shift + X | Export Sketch |
Ctrl + I | Import Image |
Edit Functions
Ctrl + Z | Undo |
Ctrl + Y | Redo |
Ctrl + X | Cut |
Ctrl + C | Copy |
Ctrl + V | Paste |
Ctrl + A | Select All |
Ctrl + Shift + T | Select All Text |
Ctrl + Shift + B | Select All Symbols |
Ctrl + Shift + D | Select All Dimension Labels |
Del | Delete |
Ctrl + Shift + C | Copy Sketch to Clipboard |
Area Management Functions
F4 | Setup Area Types |
F6 | File Info |
View Functions
C | Fit Sketch to Screen |
Ctrl + + | Zoom in |
Ctrl + - | Zoom Out |
F12 | Toggle Properties Panel On/Off |
F8 | Toggle Actions Panel On/Off |
F9 | Toggle Sketch Panel On/Off |
Tool Functions
J | Jump to Corner |
D | Draw |
A | Auto Close Area |
B | Complete Bay Window |
Ctrl + → | Draw to Nearest Point |
Ctrl + Shift + → | Draw to Nearest Wall |
X | Draw Area Lines (while in Draw Mode) |
I | Draw Free‑form Lines (while in Draw Mode) |
E | Draw Rectangle (while in Draw Mode) |
V | Draw Circle (while in Draw Mode) |
P | Draw Pentagon (while in Draw Mode) |
O | Draw Octagon (while in Draw Mode) |
@ | Draw Polygon (i.e. type 12@5 while in draw mode to create a 12‑sided polygon with 5 ft walls) |
L | Draw Angle to Left (while drawing angled line) |
R | Draw Angle to Right (while drawing angled line) |
Alt + → | Draw Arc (with arc segment selected in Modify Mode) |
Alt + P | Swap Beginning Point |
M | Modify |
SPACEBAR | Pan Mode (pan while pressing key) |
S | Insert Symbol |
T | Insert Text |
Shift + S | Repeat Last Inserted Symbol |
Shift + T | Repeat Last Inserted Label |
Tab or ' | Switch from Feet to Inches (while typing line length) |
R | Rotate 45° CW (while object to rotate is selected) |
Shift + R | Rotate 5° CW (while object to rotate is selected) |
Ctrl + Shift +R | Rotate 1° CW (while object to rotate is selected) |
Ctrl + ENTER | Word Wrap Label (while in a label) |
Alt + R | Change Line Direction |
Ctrl / Alt + F10 | Toggle Area Dimensions inside/outside/off |
H | Orient Dimension Labels Horizontally (with dimension label[s] selected) |
V | Orient Dimension Labels Vertically (with dimension label[s] selected) |
Ctrl + page# | Go to Page |
F7 or F11 | Curve Properties |
F5 | Preferences |
F1 | User's Guide |
Ctrl + L | Format Selected Line |
Ctrl + T | Toggle Trace Mode |
Ctrl + PAGE UP | Trace to Next Corner (while in trace mode) |
Ctrl + PAGE DOWN | Trace Back to Previous Corner (while in trace mode) |
Alt + Corner # | Draw to Corner (while in trace mode) |
Ctrl + Alt + Corner # | Auto Trace to Corner (while in trace mode) |
Ctrl + B | Apply Bold formatting |
Ctrl + U | Apply Underline Formatting |