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leopechansky
January 26, 2021

Customizable shortcuts

  • January 26, 2021
  • 203 replies
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The main source of inspiration for this idea was to match the keyboard shortcuts themselves to different keyboard layouts. Right now, users who don’t use US keyboards have to memorize the location of the keys, rather than to use the actual character location to be able to use the shortcuts. Those involving this region are primarily the case:


ABNT2 layout (Brazil).

And here’s an example of confusing shortcuts:

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Although this problem could be solved by just rebinding the shortcuts to the actual character and not the location on the keyboard, I’ve noticed there are some other issues concerning key bindings.

On this forum post, a member of the community asked for help on backing one layer level with a different shortcut from what Figma has right now. This makes the user adapt their workflow to the tool, and not the other way around — and that hinders efficiency. It would be nice if the tool itself provided some sort of customization on this regard.

Although being a workaround, Mac users can customize keyboard shortcuts by application, but it is a bit limited. It’s also not a possibility for Windows users.

I think this could be a game-changer, as i’ve seen people who refused to migrate from other tools to Figma because they couldn’t customize shortcuts. It would also give the user more control over the tool and their workflow.

What do you guys think about it?

203 replies

Fabrice Epoca
New Participant
January 7, 2026

Hola? Figma?

Fab
William Scalia
New Member
March 17, 2026

Considering that customization is a standard part of the professional design workflow ecosystem— coupled with the fact that multitudinous users have been clamoring for this addition ad nauseam in perpetuum– the five years of silence makes one wonder what exactly the resistance on the part of Figma development is really all about in not addressing this issue. 

ssnoww
New Participant
March 27, 2026


I have my own preference for this shortcut, which is option+9 for open design panel and option+0 for open prototype panel.

is it possible to modify the shortcuts? if not, 👿 im angy.

thanks.