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Aleksander_Klajderic
Aleksander_Klajderic
February 11, 2021
Question

Toggle Show/Hide UI not working on Windows since Ctrl + can not be pressed

  • February 11, 2021
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At least on European keyboards (don’t know about the others) there is no dedicated backslash button. Therefore I can not use Ctrl + \ to show or hide the UI of the Figma web app.

Keyboard combinations with Alt are not working.

If I hide the UI with the help of the menu, I can not Show it again since the menu is part of the UI. !!??!

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    Finch
    Finch
    February 11, 2021

    Ctrl + P is a universal shortcut you can use to bring this menu up as an alternative to Ctrl + \

      Gleb
      Gleb
      Power Member
      February 11, 2021

      Ctrl + P is for Ctrl + /, not Ctrl + \. The other alternative to Ctrl + \ is Ctrl + . (dot). And you can create custom key bindings on windows using Auto Hot Key or similar apps. I use Better Touch Tool for that on Mac.

        Finch
        Finch
        February 11, 2021

        Derp! You’re right, I’ve mixed up my slashes.
        I’ve got CMD + . on Mac, would have to check my windows machine.

        If you click the ? icon in the bottom corner you can see all the keyboard shortcuts.

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          Aleksander_Klajderic
          Aleksander_KlajdericAuthor
          February 11, 2021

          great, now I can at least get the menu back.

            Eric_Ferole
            Eric_Ferole
            February 11, 2021

            You can right click on the background beside your canvas to access the menu to hide or reveal the tools panel.

              Aleksander_Klajderic
              Aleksander_KlajdericAuthor
              February 12, 2021

              You can right click on the background

              Oh boy… perfect!

                lea_delazer
                lea_delazer
                February 12, 2021

                Try cmd + # (the key with ’ and # near the return key) , this works for me on my European keyboard.

                  Aleksander_Klajderic
                  Aleksander_KlajdericAuthor
                  February 16, 2021

                  I said Windows.

                    Marci
                    Marci
                    New Participant
                    February 17, 2021

                    @Aleksander_Klajderic There’s no EU keyboard, but plenty of different keyboard layouts worldwide. Every layout has a different key combination to show/hide UI.

                    Check these shortcut cheat-sheets and if your keyboard layout is missing, let me know and I can try to add or at least tell you how to show/hide ui.

                    👉 www.ui-kit.co/shortcuts

                      Alex_K
                      Alex_K
                      March 25, 2021

                      You might want to upvote this feature request: Customizable shortcuts

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