Keyboard shortcuts
Every key Dabbit listens to, in one place.
The same list is in the app: Settings → Shortcuts, or Help → Keyboard Shortcuts.
Anywhere
These work in any app. Both can be changed or cleared in Settings → Shortcuts.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌥⌘C | Pick a color |
| ⌥⌘D | Show or hide the Color Dock |
While picking
The magnifier is open and following the cursor.
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Click, ↩ | Pick and close |
| ⇧-click, ⇧↩, ⌘C | Pick and keep picking |
| ⌥-click, ⌥↩ | Pick and copy the color’s palette name instead of its value (see The picker) |
| Esc, right-click | Cancel |
| Space | Freeze the screen under the loupe; Space again to release |
| ← ↑ → ↓ | Nudge one pixel; with ⇧, ten |
| 1 3 5 7 | Aperture: one exact pixel, or a 3×3, 5×5, 7×7 average |
| = / − | Zoom in / out |
| G | Show or hide the pixel grid |
| ⌥-scroll | Zoom |
| ⌘-scroll, or pinch | Make the loupe bigger or smaller |
| Plain scroll | Scrolls the page underneath, so you can reach a color that’s off screen |
Library window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ⇧⌘P | Pick Color |
| ⌘N | New Palette |
| ⇧⌘N | New Palette from Image, Camera or Website… |
| ⇧⌘I | Import Palette… |
| ⇧⌘E | Export Palette… |
| ⌘⌫ | Delete Palette… |
| ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z | Undo / Redo. Every edit to palettes and recent picks is a step: a color edit, a rename, a delete, a drag, a generator update. The Edit menu names the step (“Undo Delete 3 Colors”) |
| ⌘1 ⌘2 ⌘3 | Library · Scale · Design System |
| ⌘+ / ⌘− / ⌘0 | Bigger or smaller swatches in the grid; back to the size that fits the window |
| ⇧⌘D | Toggle Color Dock |
| ⌘, | Settings |
| ⌘? | Dabbit Help |
The same list is in the app under Help → Keyboard Shortcuts.