Contents
Keyboard Shortcuts Basics
Shortcuts for Actions Panel
Shortcuts for Debug Movie
Shortcuts for Drawing Menu
Shortcuts for Script Edit
Shortcuts for Test Movie Menu
Shortcuts for Timeline
Shortcuts for Tools Panel
Shortcuts for Workspace Accessibility
Flash Help
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- How to create your own custom keyboard shortcuts
- How to modify Flash’s built-in keyboard shortcuts
- All the built-in keyboard shortcuts for Flash through version CS3
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Keyboard Shortcuts Basics
A keyboard shortcut is a keystroke or a combination of two or three keystrokes that you can use to execute a command in a computer program far more quickly than you could by clicking with a mouse. This guide includes all of the built-in keyboard shortcuts for Flash CS3. Almost all of these shortcuts also work in Flash 8, though not as many work in earlier versions of Flash.
How to Make Your Own Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
In addition to providing hundreds of built-in keyboard shortcuts, Flash lets you create new custom shortcuts or modify existing shortcuts.
- Click on Edit in the main toolbar to open the Edit drop-down menu.
- Click on Keyboard Shortcuts.
- In the dialog box that appears, click on the Duplicate Set icon
near the top right corner. A second dialog box will appear. - In the second dialog box, type in a name for your new set of shortcuts and click OK. Your set contains a copy of all of Flash’s built-in shortcuts, which you can then modify or add to without deleting or overwriting Flash’s default set. After you click OK, you’ll return to the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box, which will now display the shortcuts in your set.
- Click on the arrow to the right of the drop-down menu next to the word “Commands.” This drop-down lets you select which of the eight categories of shortcuts you’d like to add to or edit. The eight categories are:
- Actions Panel Commands
- Debug Movie Commands
- Drawing Menu Commands
- Script Edit Commands
- Test Movie Menu Commands
- Timeline Commands
- Tools Commands
- Workspace Accessibility Commands
- Once you select a category, you’ll see a list of the commands and built-in shortcuts that the category contains. Some categories have subcategories, which are indicated by a plus sign to the left of the subcategory name—double-click on these plus signs to reveal the commands and shortcuts that they contain.
- Not all commands have built-in shortcuts, though you can assign your own shortcuts to these commands. To assign a shortcut, click on a command that does not have a shortcut listed in the right column, then click on the plus sign next to the word “Shortcuts.“ You can then type in any combination of keys to serve as your new shortcut—as long as the combination isn’t already used by an existing shortcut. Flash will alert you to any conflicts that arise.
- To modify an existing shortcut, click on its shortcut keys, enter a new key combination next to the words “Press key,” and click the Change button. Again, Flash will alert you to any conflicts.
- When you’ve finished making all the changes you’d like to make to your set of custom shortcuts, click the OK button to save your new set of shortcuts.
From now on, Flash will load your custom set of shortcuts when you start Flash. To use the default set instead, click on Keyboard Shortcuts in the Edit menu and choose Adobe Standard in the drop-down menu next to the words “Current set.” Then click OK.
How to Use Flash Shortcuts on a Mac
The shortcuts listed in this guide are for PCs, but will also work on Macs with just two slight modifications:
- Instead of the Ctrl key: Use the Command key
- Instead of the Alt key: Use the Option key
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