Keyboards

Keyboards

Hardware keyboards

Bluetooth and USB keyboards work as on the desktop: Ctrl, Alt and Shift combine with keys and with the pen, so Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+S and Alt-click all work. Tool letters (B, E, V…) pick tools.

The on-screen keyboard

• Typing: tap a text field (a layer name, a file name, the Type tool) and the keyboard opens. It closes when you leave the field.
• Number boxes (Opacity, Flow, Size and the like) don't open the keyboard: slide or scrub them instead, or type with a hardware keyboard (new in 0.16.0-7).
• Shortcuts without a keyboard: the keyboard key at the bottom of the Shortcut Pad opens the on-screen keyboard with no text field selected. Its letters then act as shortcuts: E picks the Eraser, B the Brush. Hold a pad key set to Ctrl and tap S to save. Tap the pad key again, or use the keyboard's hide key, to close it.
• Shortcuts with Ctrl, Alt or Shift need a hardware keyboard or a pad key holding the modifier.

Shrink or cover

Window › On-Screen Keyboard sets what the app does while the keyboard is open:

• Shrink the Screen to Fit (the default): the app lays out in the space above the keyboard, so the field you're typing in stays in view.
• Cover the Screen: the keyboard sits over the bottom of the app and nothing moves.

Your choice is kept between launches (new in 0.16.0-7).