Glyph

Keyboard reference

One comprehensive list of every keyboard shortcut in Glyph, grouped the same way the in-app cheat sheet is. Individual sections above call out the shortcuts most relevant to that feature, but this table is the authoritative one — it's transcribed straight from src/app/actions.ts's action registry and its CONTEXT_KEYS list, the same single source of truth the cheat sheet (?) generates itself from. The two are guaranteed to agree; if you ever spot a difference, something's stale and it's worth reporting.

Tools

Key Action
V Select tool
B Box tool
P Polygon tool
L Path tool
C Circle tool
A Arc tool
T Text tool
M Measure tool

Draw

Key Action
Shift (held) Constrain angle to 45° while drawing; inverts ortho mode for one click
R / F Rotate 90° clockwise / mirror the armed placement ghost
Double-click Enter a reference, or edit a text shape
Right-click Commit the polygon draft; cancels any other in-progress draft
Enter Commit the path / polygon draft, or pin a measurement

Edit

Key Action
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+C Copy
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+D Duplicate
Del Delete
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+F Find shapes & instances…
Ctrl+Shift+F Search & replace cell refs…
Ctrl+I Invert selection
Ctrl+G Group the selection into a new cell
Ctrl+Shift+G Ungroup the selected reference
Escape Cancel the in-progress draft, else clear selection, else exit the current cell

Arrange

Key Action
] Rotate +90°
[ Rotate −90°
U Union (OR)
D Difference (SUB)
I Intersect (AND)
X XOR

View

Key Action
Ctrl+0 Zoom to fit
Ctrl+1 Reset zoom (100%)
Ctrl+\ Maximise canvas (hide panels)
G Snap to grid
Space + drag Pan
Wheel Zoom at cursor
F8 Toggle ortho mode
F10 Toggle polar tracking

Verify

Key Action
F7 Run design-rule check
F2 Next violation
Shift+F2 Previous marker / violation

File

Key Action
Ctrl+O Open…
Ctrl+S Save
Ctrl+Shift+S Save as… (.gds / .svg / .png)

General

Key Action
Ctrl+K Command palette
? Toggle this cheat sheet
Alt+← / Alt+→ Step view history backward / forward

Every menu item that has no key listed above — and every cell/panel action — is still one Ctrl+K away: the command palette fuzzy-searches every label and shows each result's shortcut inline, so it also doubles as a way to learn this table. (Help has no bound shortcuts of its own, which is why it isn't a section here.)


Updated 2026-07-14

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