How to hide the UI panels

By Peldi Guilizzoni
<1 min. read

Once you become a power-user, you'll love hiding as much as possible of the app chrome and just having your canvas front and center.

There are 3 keyboard shortcuts you should learn to do this:

  • CTRL/+L - hides and shows the UI Library - once it's hidden, use / to send focus to search instead.
  • CTRL/+J - hides the left navigator panel - once it's hidden, there's a little menu up top to navigate between wireframes.
  • CTRL/+; - hides the right-side panel - this is the one you'll be using the most. Select something, CTRL/+; to show the inspector and tweak some values, and CTRL/+; again to hide it back.

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Peldi Guilizzoni
Peldi Guilizzoni

Founder & CEO

A programmer turned entrepreneur, Peldi loves to learn and to share what he learns.

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