# Bubble hotkeys OMG **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180 "2020-12-10T11:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![petter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/petter/32/98626_2.png) [@petter](https://forum.bubble.io/u/petter)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/1 "2020-12-10T11:44:48Z")
Five years. _Five years_ it took me to discover that Bubble has a bunch of hotkeys that I’ve never used 🙀 😭 😂 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/0/5/05434b9ce486acf8716954ecc882b38fa88e059b.png) Leaving this here as a tip in case anyone’s as slow as me to pick this up 😅 efficient Bubbling, here I come! ---
**Author:** ![niven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/niven/32/262395_2.png) [@niven](https://forum.bubble.io/u/niven)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/2 "2020-12-10T15:51:52Z")
Thank you! I picked up the Ctrl + E for centring from a Bubble webinar a couple of months back and wondered if there were more. ---
**Author:** ![emmanuel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/emmanuel/32/27657_2.png) [@emmanuel](https://forum.bubble.io/u/emmanuel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/3 "2020-12-10T18:18:00Z")
I find the CMD-click one to be the most useful, personally… ---
**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Christophe_HK)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/4 "2020-12-10T18:29:58Z")
Wow, this is amazing! I print it asap 😄 ---
**Author:** ![w.fly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/w.fly/32/26894_2.png) [@w.fly](https://forum.bubble.io/u/w.fly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/5 "2020-12-10T18:36:04Z")
Funny, I saw that particular one and went “I could’ve used this 1,000,000 times”… Same boat 😂 ---
**Author:** ![cmarchan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/cmarchan/32/253062_2.png) [@cmarchan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/cmarchan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/6 "2020-12-11T03:24:45Z")
I am lazy to reconfigure Windows to actually be able to use this shortcut with Bubble. When I try to use the equivalent key in Windows … the smart Windows menu pops up… Do not get me wrong … I think it is great and very needed! … grrrr I am going to find a way to change this in my Win10 settings … ---
**Author:** ![tom15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/tom15/32/116617_2.png) [@tom15](https://forum.bubble.io/u/tom15)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/7 "2020-12-12T07:59:54Z")
I just started out with Bubble and I am absolutely surprised that a program that has such richness im functionality offers so little keyboard shortcuts. I am doing a course and see the teacher do everything by mouse. On my Mac I do everything with shortcuts, from launhing apps to basically all other things - so I am pretty shocked to see the amount of mouse action needed to navigate on bubble. BTW - there is a Chrome plugin from ZeroQode that offers way more shortcuts -his is where it gets really functional. ---
**Author:** ![peter.grabec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/peter.grabec/32/52924_2.png) [@peter.grabec](https://forum.bubble.io/u/peter.grabec)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/8 "2020-12-13T06:39:07Z")
Awesome! Thanks forsharingthe hotkeys with us @petter, and making it a downloadable. Printed out, it now sits on the wall in front me, above my machine. ---
**Author:** ![petter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/petter/32/98626_2.png) [@petter](https://forum.bubble.io/u/petter)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/9 "2020-12-13T07:58:24Z")
@peter.grabec I’m glad my ignorance could be of some help 😅 @tom15 On a serious note, yeas, I kind of agree! You can suggest it in the [Bubble idea board](https://bubble.io/ideaboard), and maybe they’ll include some more shortcuts in an upcoming hackathon. ---
**Author:** ![mazorshimon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mazorshimon/32/66873_2.png) [@mazorshimon](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mazorshimon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/10 "2020-12-16T18:05:51Z")
Yeah thanks for sharing! Selecting the parent, and auto centering are 💯 ---
**Author:** ![stephane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/stephane/32/59586_2.png) [@stephane](https://forum.bubble.io/u/stephane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/11 "2020-12-16T19:09:11Z")
@petter you just increased my productivity by 20%. Thank you 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![ihayes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@ihayes](https://forum.bubble.io/u/ihayes)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/12 "2020-12-17T17:48:05Z")
Command-Click is a huge time saver…thanks @petter Command-Drag (from anywhere but the corners) creates a copy of the element…very useful too. ---
**Author:** ![jon2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@jon2](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jon2)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/13 "2021-01-16T15:04:53Z")
Pasting the list of keyboard shortcuts from the [bubble.io](http://bubble.io) editor for better visibility and search engine indexing. These keyboard shortcuts are likely to be a very valuable timesaving tool for people in this forum. 🙂 I also wanted to include a handy keyboard shortcut reference app I built for myself. This will create a slim popup that you can ‘dock’ to the right of your editor while learning the keys. [App: Keyboard Shortcut Quick Reference Sheet](https://kbshortcuts.bubbleapps.io/) Ctrl+P Preview your app, equivalent to clicking on PREVIEW Ctrl+T Switch between the Design, Workflow and Data tabs CMD + Click Select the element under the current element CMD + Drag Resize the current element symetrically Shift + Drag Resize and keep proportions constant Ctrl+C Copy current element, action or event Ctrl+V Paste current element, action or event Ctrl+X Cut current element, action or event Ctrl+Shift+C Copy current element’s formatting Ctrl+Shift+V Paste formatting to current element Ctrl+D Duplicate current element Ctrl+K Show/Edit workflow for the current element Ctrl+A Select all elements on the page Ctrl+G Group the selected elements and move them in a new group Ctrl+E Center current element relatively to the parent Ctrl+B Turn this text element bold Ctrl+I Turn this text element italic Ctrl+U Turn this text element underlined ---
**Author:** ![smith.hill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/smith.hill/32/122410_2.png) [@smith.hill](https://forum.bubble.io/u/smith.hill)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/15 "2022-07-09T15:50:22Z")
Where do I request more keyboard shortcuts? Every prototyper uses T for text element, R for Rectangle. These are no brainers. ---
**Author:** ![demondragong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/demondragong/32/160551_2.png) [@demondragong](https://forum.bubble.io/u/demondragong)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/16 "2023-02-21T10:33:12Z")
Having recently switched from mac to windows I feel you! But as far as I can tell the WinKey + click shortcut also works on Windows. It does open the Windows menu when you release the key but a quick press again on the same key and it’s like it was never there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IljaIljitsj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@IljaIljitsj](https://forum.bubble.io/u/IljaIljitsj)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/17 "2024-05-25T05:06:12Z")
I think more hotkeys would be an enormous productivity booster. Ideally you could even create them yourself, but this might be more tricky than it seems. But: is there a way to group elements in a row/column through a shortcut (or simply toggle between row & column)? That would be an enormous time saver. ---
**Author:** ![thekeybeats2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/thekeybeats2/32/161154_2.png) [@thekeybeats2](https://forum.bubble.io/u/thekeybeats2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/18 "2024-05-25T07:52:46Z")
-Hold shift and click on your elements. -Right click and hover over “group elements in” -Select either row or column. ---
**Author:** ![IljaIljitsj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@IljaIljitsj](https://forum.bubble.io/u/IljaIljitsj)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/bubble-hotkeys-omg/125180/19 "2025-12-08T15:50:33Z")
> [@thekeybeats2](#): > > er over “group elements in” Thanks, I’m aware of that one! Ideally there would be a keyboard shortcut for that in my opinion, though it’s not the biggest issue