Essential Plugins for Sketch

Last month, I wrote about a Photo Editing Program called Sketch. These are the the best plugins you need to know ASAP when starting out with Sketch.

Must-have Starter Plugins

• Sketch Toolbox

Helps you download any plugin(all of the below)

• Dynamic Symbol Button

Great for Wireframes or process oriented UIs

Create one button style and insert it anywhere in your layout with any length of text

• Icon Font (Favorite Plugin)

Helps you insert line-icons, font-awesome, and a few other icon fonts from within the “Text” tool.

Pros:

– Easy to use

– You can change colors without have to change vectors, or screenshot 

Cons:

– Tedious to insert multiple icons

Short Cuts

1. Collapse all artboards (my go to as soon as I export)
2. Shapes
   1. V (vector)
   2. O (oval)
   3. U (rounded rectangle)
   4. R (rectangle)
3. Bring Forward, Backward, Send to front + backward
4. A (Create an Artboard)
5. T (Text)
6. 0-9 (Opacity)…0=100%  1=10%
7. Fit + Zoom
   1. Command + 0
   2. Command + 1
   3. Command + 2
8. Hide + Lock Layer
   1. Command + Shift + L
   2. Command + Shift + H
9. Working on a 13 inch macbook and creating desktop size
   1. Command + ‘.’

Here is a link to all shortcuts in Sketch