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Swept the help pages against the actual code paths and removed / corrected claims that didn't ship. vector-tools.md - Removed: spacebar temp-pan, Alt duplicate-as-you-drag, generic Shift-constrain. - Added: verified shortcuts (Cmd+Z/Y/D/C/X/V/G, Cmd+]/[ with Shift modifier, Cmd+J / Cmd+Alt+J in Pen edit mode, Delete/Backspace for layers + anchors). tool-select.md - Removed Cmd+A (not wired), Alt-drag-duplicate (not wired), Shift-constrain-axis drag (not wired), Cmd-click stack-walk (not wired). Kept the verified marquee + multi-select. tool-direct-select.md - Re-wrote anchor / handle interactions to match the actual hit- test branches (Alt-click anchor toggles kind in one click; Alt- drag a handle breaks symmetry; Alt-click segment inserts an anchor; plain drag of a segment bows it). Removed the "click an endpoint to continue drawing" claim — that's a Pen-only flow. tool-hand.md - Removed every fictional zoom shortcut (Cmd+wheel, Cmd+0, Cmd+= / Cmd+-). Documented the real zoom controls (−/+/Fit buttons + dropdown in the canvas toolbar). Spacebar reposition scoped correctly to the Pen tool only. tool-pen.md - Clarified that the Pen options pane has its own Fill / Stroke inputs (separate from any "Stroke panel" that doesn't actually exist). tool-pencil.md - Removed every claim that wasn't true: smoothing slider, Alt-drag append, auto-close. Pencil writes a plain polyline (M…L L L…), one layer per stroke. Tool options pane has only colour + width. tool-shape.md - Filled in the missing primitives (rounded-rect / circle / triangle — total 8, not 5). Removed Shift / Alt drag modifiers that aren't checked in startShapeDrag / commitShapeFromDrag. Added the small-drag → default-size fallback that the code does do. tool-text.md - Replaced the "drag a rectangle to size" claim with the actual click-to-place behaviour (placeTextWithTool drops a fixed-size box at the cursor + auto-flips to Select with the box focused). Softened the Cmd+B/I/U claims to "browser native rich-text shortcuts" since they're not wired in the app code. tool-eyedropper.md - Replaced the fictional "inline ⊙ buttons next to colour fields" with the real OS-colour-picker eyedropper that Chrome's native <input type="color"> shows. panel-layers.md - Removed Cmd+A select-all (not wired). Added Shift modifier to Cmd+]/[ for bring-to-front / send-to-back. Clarified that position units are inches in print modes, pixels in Custom Art / Slide / Deck (matches the unit toggle behaviour). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
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# Direct Selection tool (A)
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Edits anchors + Bézier handles on a single vector path. The
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counterpart to Select, which moves the whole layer.
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## Engaging a path
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- Switch to the tool (press **A**) and click a vector shape — every
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anchor + handle appears.
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- Or with Select active, **double-click** the shape to dive in.
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- Non-pen primitives (rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star) auto-convert
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to an editable path when you enter Direct Selection on them.
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## Single-anchor interactions
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- **Click** an anchor to select it (filled square).
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- **Drag** to move just that anchor; the segments connected to it
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follow.
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- **Shift+click** more anchors to multi-select.
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- **Drag the small handle dot** off an anchor to adjust its tangent.
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By default both handles move symmetrically (smooth point).
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- **Alt+drag** a handle to break symmetry — corner point with
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independent handles per side.
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- **Alt+click an anchor** toggles between smooth point and corner
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point.
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## Multi-anchor edits
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- Marquee around the path with empty-space drag — every anchor
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inside the marquee selects.
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- **Arrow keys** nudge every selected anchor by 1 px. **Shift+Arrow**
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by 10 px.
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- **Backspace / Delete** removes selected anchors. Adjacent segments
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rejoin if the removed anchor was interior; the path opens if the
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removed anchor was an endpoint.
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## Segment edits
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- **Drag a segment** between two anchors to bow it (curve-direct-
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edit) without moving the anchors themselves.
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- **Alt+click a segment** to insert a new anchor at the click point
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and drag it.
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- To continue drawing from an open endpoint, switch to the **Pen
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tool** and click the endpoint — Direct Selection alone won't
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extend the path.
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## Tips
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- The tool icon is light blue (vs. the Select tool's black arrow)
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so you can tell at a glance which mode you're in.
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- Clicking off-canvas (or pressing **Esc**) deselects all anchors
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and flips back to Select.
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- See also: [Pen tool](#/help/tool-pen) for drawing new paths from
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scratch.
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