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Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly change the attributes of your object’s fill or stroke.
D = Default (no fill, black stroke)
X = Exchange (activates fill or stroke, whichever was not selected)
Shift+X = Exchange (swaps the fill/stroke values)
/ = None (sets fill/stroke to none)
, (comma) = Applies last used color
. (period) = Applies last used gradient
This article was last modified on July 25, 2019
This article was first published on March 19, 2019
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