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    Five Figma shortcuts that save us 30 minutes a day

    Five keyboard tricks we teach every new designer in their first week. Boring, repeatable, time back in the bank.

    10 March 2026 3 min read
    Five Figma shortcuts that save us 30 minutes a day

    Nothing clever here. Just the five Figma shortcuts we drill into every new starter on day three. None of them are flashy. All of them save real time across a working week.

    • Cmd or Ctrl + Alt + K: turn anything into a component, instantly
    • Cmd or Ctrl + D: duplicate in place. Faster than copy-paste, every time.
    • Cmd or Ctrl + Shift + H: hide the layer. Useful for quickly trying without and with.
    • Cmd or Ctrl + /: open the command bar. The single biggest productivity unlock in Figma.
    • Alt + drag: measure the gap between two things without leaving the canvas

    Try them for a week. If you don't notice the time back, blame us.

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