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Keys for drawing in Illustrator

This list only shows the keyboard shortcuts that are not on the menu commands or tool.

open press Ctrl + drag

Result	Windows Mac OS
Constrain Proportions or orientation of a shape: Same height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses and squares Increments of 45 ° for line segments and arc original guidance for polygons, stars and flashes	Shift + Shift + drag
drag Move a shape while drawing	Spacebar + drag	Spacebar + drag
Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars and flashes)		Alt + drag Option-drag
Increase or decrease sides of a polygon, star points, arc angle, spiral turns or lightning flash	Start dragging, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow	Start dragging, then press the keys Up Arrow or Down Arrow
maintain a constant inner radius of a star	Start dragging, then press Ctrl	Start dragging, then press Command
Keep straight on the sides of a star	Alt + Option + drag drag
Change between a closed bow and bow	Start dragging, then press C	Start dragging, then press the C key
reflect an arc with constant reference point	Start dragging, then press F	Start dragging and F
Add or subtract turns of a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral	Alt + Option + drag drag
Change the degree of decay of a spiral	Command + drag
Add or remove horizontal lines a rectangular grid or concentric lines of a polar grid	Start dragging, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow	Start dragging, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Add or remove vertical lines of a rectangular grid or concentric lines of a radial grid	Start dragging and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow	Start dragging and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Reduce the bias of the horizontal dividers a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a a polar grid by 10%	Start dragging, then press F	Start dragging, then press F
Increase the value of bias of the horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a a polar grid by 10%	Start dragging, then press V	Start dragging, then press V
Reduce the bias of the vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a a polar grid by 10%	Start dragging, then press X	Start dragging, then press X
Increase the value of bias of the vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%	Start dragging, then press C	Start dragging, then press C
Create and expand a Live Trace object in a step	Alt + click Trace in the Control Panel, or hold down the Alt key and select a tracing preset.	Option-click Trace in the Control Panel, or hold down the Option key and select a tracing preset.