Illustrator Tool Shortcuts

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Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts for Tool Selection

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Artboard tool

Shift + O

Selection tool

V

Direct Selection tool

A

Magic Wand tool

Y

Lasso tool

Q

Pen tool

P

Blob Brush tool

Shift + B

Add Anchor Point tool

+ (plus)

Delete Anchor Point tool

- (minus)

Convert Anchor Point tool

Shift + C

Type tool

T

Line Segment tool

\ (backslash)

Rectangle tool

M

Ellipse tool

L

Paintbrush tool

B

Pencil tool

N

Rotate tool

R

Reflect tool

O

Scale tool

S

Warp tool

Shift + R

Width Tool

Shift+W

Free Transform tool

E

Shape Builder Tool

Shift+M

Perspective Grid Tool

Shift+P

Perspective Selection Tool

Shift+V

Symbol Sprayer tool

Shift + S

Column Graph tool

J

Mesh tool

U

Gradient tool

G

Eyedropper tool

I

Blend tool

W

Live Paint Bucket tool

K

Live Paint Selection tool

Shift + L

Slice tool

Shift + K

Eraser tool

Shift + E

Scissors tool

C

Hand tool

H

Zoom tool

Z