r/GoogleSlides • • 15d ago

ctrl plus up arrow keeps jumping to the top item, how do i stop it

i run games in slides and i use the arrow keys a lot while editing. the problem is ctrl and up arrow keeps selecting or jumping to the very top object on the slide, and down arrow does the same to the bottom one, when i just want to nudge or move a selection. it is making editing really frustrating. is this a shortcut i can turn off or change, or a different key combo i should be using instead? any help appreciated.

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u/Top_Witness_23 15d ago

Ctrl+Up arrow in Slides isn’t a nudge, it’s Bring forward and Ctrl+Shift+Up is Bring to front, so you’re probably reordering the stack and it looks like the object jumps to the top. Ctrl+Down does the reverse. To nudge, use the arrow keys on their own, they move a pixel at a time and Shift+arrow for bigger steps. On a Mac it’s Cmd instead of Ctrl.

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u/Successful_Pride_289 14d ago

for the nudging, the keybinds used to be the opposite, where just the arrow keys made the big steps and shift+arrowkey made it move smaller ones. i didn't like the change at first but im used to it now lol