Keyboard Shortcuts

Overview

Keyboard shortcuts improve efficiency by enabling faster task execution, boosting productivity, and streamlining workflows. There are keyboard shortcuts available for the Thunkable Design Tab and Blocks Tab.

Design Tab

Blocks Tab

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut
Expected Behavior
Design Tab
Blocks Tab

T

Toggle between the Design and Blocks tabs.

P

Web Preview. Equivalent to clicking the Web Preview icon.

Esc

When in Web Preview, the equivalent of clicking Back to editing.

F

Access the Designer's Focus tool.

D

Live Test on Device. Equivalent to clicking the Live Test icon.

Press and hold spacebar + drag cursor

Mac touchpad:

Press and hold spacebar + two-finger move cursor

Pan around the screen.

Note: The cursor must remain in the screen area in order to continue panning.

⌘ + C

Copy screens, components, and blocks.

⌘ + V

Paste copied screens, components, and blocks.

Arrow keys

Move the selected UI component—small nudge.

Shift + arrow keys

Move the selected UI component—larger nudge.

⌘ + K

Toolbox search in Blocks tab.

⌘ + F

Workspace search in Blocks tab.

⌘ + ⬆

Select the previous component in the component tree.

⌘ + ⬇

Select the next component in the component tree.

⌘ + ⬅

Go to previous screen.

⌘ + ⮕

Go to next screen.

Delete or Backspace

Delete selected component.

⌘ + Z

Undo

⌘ + Y or

⌘ + Shift + Z

Redo

“⌘” should be replaced with “Ctrl” for non-macOS environments.

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