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

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

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.

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.

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

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

You can right click on the background

Oh boy… perfect!

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

I said Windows.

@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

You might want to upvote this feature request: Customizable shortcuts

Hey, at least on a german keybord for me it is CMD + .

I’m using Figma on Windows on a european keyboard, try Ctrl + * to hide and show Ui

thank you for this !

To hide and show UI for Mac users:

fn + Command + \

This atm hides and shows the UI for me.

For information on my european keyboard (AZERTY) on Windows the shorcut to show/hide UI is Ctrl + ;
The key between the , and the :

In México the shortcut in Mac is ⌘ + Ç keys, maybe it should work for someone else 😉

I’ve been looking for this answer for months!!!

GRACIAS!! 🤩

For the Frenchies, the cmd ⌘ + `

@ bengala That works in Spain, thanks a lot 🙌

Glad it helped. ☺

what works for me to show/hide UI in Spanish mac keyboards is cmd + .

Thanks this was amazing tip. I’ve tried to use macOS Keyboard hotkey overrides to make some hotkey work for Show UI on Finnish keyboard. But somehow Figma doesn’t respect macOS-specified app-hotkeys, so nothing has worked.

But CMD + . does indeed work to Hide/Show UI. Thanks!

For Brazilians/Portuguese who were googling this:

Just found that in PTB/PTB2 keyboards it is Ctrl + ]

Para os brasileiros/portugueses procurando, o atalho para Show/Hide UI em teclados PTB/PTB2 é Ctrl + ]

For me (German keyboard) the Figa UI hides/shows up with Ctrl + ^ (the key right next to the 1). As I am using a german keyboard, it is actually Strg + ^

Thanks paul