Flash MX Keyboard Shortcuts

Quick Tip

From Adrien-Luc Sanders,
When working in Flash, one thing that can make your life infinitely easier is a knowledge of keyboard shortcuts. You'd be surprised the amount of time that you can save simply by not having to stop mid-task to reach for the mouse to point and click to accomplish a task that can be completed just by the press of a combination of keys.

With that in mind, you can find a full list of the available shortcuts in a rather nifty Flash document provided by Macromedia. You can download it here:

Download for PC users Download for Mac users Customizing Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts

You can also create a non-default set of keyboard shortcuts by duplicating the default set and then changing the actions assigned to each key.

To do this:
Go to Edit->Keyboard shortcuts.
Select a keyboard shortcut set (in this case, the default).
Click the Duplicate Set button.
In the Commands menu, drill down to find the action/command that you want to modify, and click on it.
Select the current set of keyboard commands and click the "-" button to delete it.
Click the + button to add a new set of keyboard commands.
Simply press the key(s) that you want to assign to the action in sequence; Flash will capture and save them. (You do not need to actually spell out othe abbreviations.)
Click Change.
Rinse and repeat as necessary.
Click OK.

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