Keyboard modifiers

Resizing Windows Modifier
Resize window from center Option (⌥) while resizing window1
Resize window and preserve window aspect ratio Shift (⇧) while resizing window1
Resize window from center and preserve window aspect ratio Shift (⇧) + Option (⌥) while resizing window1
Resize window to printed page aspect ratio Control (⌃) while resizing window2
Resize window and preserve notebook aspect ratio Command (⌘) while resizing window2
Adding Media  
Copy portion of screen to pasteboard Control (⌃)-Shift (⇧)-Command (⌘)-4 while dragging out a selection3
Selecting Media  
Select media with a selection rectangle Shift (⇧) while dragging on the canvas4
Moving Media  
Move media constrained to x axis Option (⌥) while moving media
Move media constrained to y axis Shift (⇧) while moving media
Resizing Media  
Resize media from center Option (⌥) while resizing media
Resize media and preserve aspect ratio Shift (⇧) while resizing media
Resize media from center and preserve aspect ratio Shift (⇧) + Option (⌥) while resizing media
Scaling Text Note Font  
Scale font while resizing text note Command (⌘) while resizing text note5
Navigating the Media Page Canvas  
Zoom media page canvas to cursor Command (⌘) while scrolling vertically
Pan media page canvas Option (⌥) while scrolling vertically/horizontally
Magnifying Views  
Magnify table of contents Option (⌥) while scrolling vertically
Magnify page thumbnails view Option (⌥) while scrolling vertically
Drawing  
Draw straight line Option (⌥) while drawing on the canvas


Notes

  1. These are standard macOS window resizing modifiers provided for context. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. The standard macOS window resizing modifiers (above) can be used to further augment resizing behaviour as described. ↩ ↩2

  3. This screen content clipping shortcut/modifier is provided by macOS. ↩

  4. Selection dragging applies both to media pages and to the page thumbnails view. ↩

  5. The font scaling modifier can further augment Resizing Media modifiers for text notes. ↩