Problem: Bring forward shortrcut (cmd+alt+up/down) rotates the object

Same! Huge mistake...

I can’t believe they changed this shortcut. They say it’s for accessibility reasons… They even had a developer on camera saying it was an accessibility update! So funny lol.

Take note, friends. When you make a pointless and nonsense update and have no reasonable explanation for it  you can just say it’s for accessibility and move on :)

Latest answer from figma

I've checked with the team and this is part of recent accessibility improvements. You can learn more about this release here, and in these links:

• Shortcut post
• Accessibility Help Center hub
• Forum post

 
Previously there were multiple shortcuts which mapped to this action, and we repurposed the less frequently used ones (ctrl+alt+up/down) for rotation. Thank you for your understanding on this.
 
I'll close this as solved for now but should you have any other questions don't hesitate to get in touch. We're always here to help!

Still makes no sense, but i guess their minds are made up. guess we just have to rewire muscle memory!

Guess a lot of my designs will look slightly tilted for the next couple of weeks. I don’t get it — cmd + alt + up/down was probably one of the shortcuts I used most in Figma.

@accessibility improvements team: How am I supposed to use this new shortcut on a (Swiss) German keyboard layout? I tried using cmd + [ but the characters [ ] are bound to alt + 5 / alt + 6.

My conclusion was to use alt + cmd + 5 / alt + cmd + 6, but that doesn’t do anything for me, probably because it triggers some conflict.

How is this shortcut supposed to be accessible for users like me with this specific keyboard layout, without having to switch to a US layout?

Or here is a CRAZY idea. let us define our own shortcuts in the desktop app! Wild idea, i know!

No way, it’s not ACCESSIBLE

added answer from Figma:

To clarify, we had multiple shortcuts for the same action: bring forth, send back. These were:

1. The shortcut you were using before ctrl+alt+up/down
2. The shortcut we've kept cmd+[ and cmd+] 

 
During accessibility improvements we identified that ctrl+alt+up/down was the least used for this action, and favoured cmd+[ and cmd+] for it. In turn, we repurposed ctrl+alt+up/down for rotation, which was part of the accessibility effort.

Nah revert this “update”

Fully support a more accessible Figma. Fully do not support removing/remapping existing shortcuts to new ones, arbitrarily and without warning. Don’t feel like this was thought through enough. 

Hey everyone — thank you for flagging this and for describing how the shortcut behavior is affecting your workflow. We completely understand how unexpected changes like this can be frustrating, especially when they disrupt familiar design practices.

I’ve shared your reports and feedback with our product team to ensure they’re aware of how these updates are affecting your workflow. Your notes are helpful for us to better understand the issue and evaluate next steps.

In addition, we’ll keep the Accessibility at Figma article in Figma Learn updated as new information and shortcuts become available. Thanks again for your patience and for taking the time to surface this.