Common Expression Blend Keyboard Shortcuts
A great way to increase your creativity and productivity in Expression Blend is to learn the keyboard shortcuts for the most common commands. The following table lists the shortcuts that you’ll use often while designing your Silverlight applications.
| Keyboard Shortcut |
Action |
| F1 |
Show Expression Blend User guide |
| Ctrl++ |
Zoom in |
| Ctrl+- |
Zoom out |
| Ctrl+0 |
Fit entire page into the Artboard |
| Ctrl+1 |
Zoom to actual size |
| Ctrl+9 |
Fit selected control in the Artboard |
| F4 or TAB |
Show/Hide all panels |
| Ctrl+TAB |
Toggle between open documents with-in the Artboard |
| F6 |
Switch Workspace |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 |
Reset current Workspace |
| Ctrl+Shift+B |
Build project |
| F5 |
Run project |
| F11 |
Toggle Artboard between Design, XAML and Split views |
| Ctrl+. |
Open Assets Panel |
| Alt+Drag |
Creates a copy of the selected control |
| Space+Drag |
Pans the Artboard |
| Ctrl+C |
Copy selection |
| Ctrl+V |
Paste |
| Ctrl+X |
Cut selection |
| Ctrl+Shift+1 |
Make width of selected controls the same |
| Ctrl+Shift+2 |
Make height of selected controls the same |
| Ctrl+Shift+9 |
Make size of selected controls the same |
| Ctrl+S |
Save current open file |
| Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save all open files |
| Ctrl+Q |
Quit Expression Blend |
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