When youre working, youll often find that the quickest way to select a tool is by pressing its keyboard shortcut. Illustrator provides single-key shortcuts for most tools.
Windows [V], Mac [V]
Select the Selection tool
Windows [A], Mac [A]
Select the Direct Selection tool
Windows [Y], Mac [Y]
Select the Magic Wand tool
Windows [Q], Mac [Q]
Select the Lasso tool
Windows [P], Mac [P]
Select the Pen tool
Windows [+], Mac [+]
Select the Add Anchor Point tool
Windows [-], Mac [-]
Select the Delete Anchor Point tool
Windows [Shift]-[C], Mac [Shift]-[C]
Select the Convert Anchor Point tool
Windows [T], Mac [T]
Select the Type tool
Windows [\], Mac [\]
Select the Line Segment tool
Windows [M], Mac [M]
Select the Rectangle tool
Windows [L], Mac [L]
Select the Ellipse tool
Windows [B], Mac [B]
Select the Paintbrush tool
Windows [N], Mac [N]
Select the Pencil tool
Windows [R], Mac [R]
Select the Rotate tool
Windows [O], Mac [O]
Select the Reflect tool
Windows [S], Mac [S]
Select the Scale tool
Windows [Shift]-[R], Mac [Shift]-[R]
Select the Warp tool
Windows [E], Mac [E]
Select the Free Transform tool
Windows [Shift]-[S], Mac [Shift]-[S]
Select the Symbol Sprayer tool
Windows [J], Mac [J]
Select the Column Graph tool
Windows [U], Mac [U]
Select the Mesh tool
Windows [G], Mac [G]
Select the Gradient tool
Windows [I], Mac [I]
Select the Eyedropper tool
Windows [K], Mac [K]
Select the Paint Bucket tool
Windows [W], Mac [W]
Select the Blend tool
Windows [Shift]-[K], Mac [Shift]-[K]
Select the Slice tool
Windows [C], Mac [C]
Select the Scissors tool
Windows [H], Mac [H]
Select the Hand tool
Windows [Spacebar], Mac [Spacebar]
Temporarily switch to the Hand tool
This shortcut works when Illustrator isnt in text-edit mode.
Windows [Z], Mac [Z]
Select the Zoom tool