Keyboard Shortcuts: balsamiq mockups

Working with Controls Working with Mockup Files

Add to selection Shift+Click New blank mockup Ctrl+N
Toggle selection Ctrl+Click New clone of current mockup Ctrl+Shift+N
Select All Shift+A Open a mockup file Ctrl+O
Edit the selected control’s text Enter or F2 Save the current mockup file Ctrl+S
Resize, maintanining aspect ratio Hold down Shift Save all open mockups Ctrl+Shift+S
Disable snap during move/resize Hold down Ctrl Close current mockup Ctrl+W
Use hand tool Spacebar+Drag Close all mockups Ctrl+Shift+W
Nudge selection 2px  Export this mockup’s xml Ctrl+E
Nudge selection 20px Shift+ Import mockup Ctrl+Shift+E
Nudge-resize selection 2px Ctrl+Alt+ Export snapshot to clipboard Ctrl+Shift+C
Nudge-resize selection 20px Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ Export snapshot to png Ctrl+R
Send selection forward/backward Ctrl+ Export all snapshots to png Ctrl+Shift+R
Send selection to top/bottom Ctrl+Shift+ Print mockup Ctrl+P
Clone selection Alt+Drag Quit Balsamiq Mockups Ctrl+Q
Undo last command Ctrl+Z Loop through all open files Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Redo last command
Cut the selected controls
Ctrl+Y
Ctrl+X Window/View
Copy the selected controls Ctrl+C Hide/Show the UI Library Ctrl+L
Paste Ctrl+V Enter Full Screen View Ctrl+F
Paste In Place Ctrl+Shift+V Exit Full Screen View Escape
Delete the selected controls Delete or Backspace Zoom in Ctrl++ (plus sign)
Duplicate the selected controls Ctrl+D Zoom out Ctrl+- (minus sign)
Select All Ctrl+A Zoom to actual size Ctrl+1
Group the selected controls Ctrl+G Zoom to fit Ctrl+0
Ungroup the selected groups Ctrl+Shift+G
Lock the selected controls
Unlock all locked controls
Ctrl+2
Ctrl+Alt+2  Editing Text
Align selected controls left Ctrl+Alt+1 Edit selected control’s text Enter or F2
Align selected controls center Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2 Commit the current edit Enter (single-line controls),
Align selected controls right Ctrl+Alt+3 Ctrl+Enter (multi-line), or
Align selected controls top Ctrl+Alt+4 Click anywhere outside control
Align selected controls middle Ctrl+Alt+5 Cancel/revert the current edit Escape
Align selected controls bottom Ctrl+Alt+6
 Dynamic Text Commands
Quick Add (Type these into a Text or Paragraph control)
Send focus to Quick Add / ( fwd slash) or + (plus sign) Lorem-Ipsum generator type lorem (no curly braces)
Navigate the Suggestion List  Show full path of current mockup type {mockup-path}
Close the Suggestion List Escape Show current mockup name type {mockup-name}
Send focus back to the Canvas Escape
Text Formatting Markup
Working with Icons (To format only part of the text of any text control)
Navigate the Suggestion List  italic: surround with underscores −text− To type a literal
Use the selected icon Enter faux link: surround with brackets  [text] *, −, -, [ or ] in a control,
escape it by prefixing it
Close the Suggestion List Escape bold: surround with asterisks *text* with a \ (backslash):
Close the Icons Library Escape disabled: surround with hyphens -text- \*, \−, \-, \[, \]
colored text: tag text as follows — {color:#97121d} text{color}
The #97121d is the color in hex form, just like html.
 created by Adrienne L. Travis — http://utilitarienne.com The macro will work with or without the # sign.