- V
- Select — Selection tool
- A
- Direct Sel — Direct Selection tool
- Y
- Magic Wand — Magic Wand tool
- Q
- Lasso — Lasso tool
- P
- Pen — Pen tool
- \
- Line Seg — Line Segment tool
- M
- Rectangle — Rectangle tool; Shift+M = Shape Builder
- L
- Ellipse — Ellipse tool
- B
- Paintbrush — Paintbrush tool; Shift+B = Blob Brush
- N
- Pencil — Pencil tool; Shift+N = Shaper tool
- R
- Rotate — Rotate tool; Shift+R = Warp tool
- O
- Reflect — Reflect tool
- S
- Scale — Scale tool; Shift+S = Symbol Sprayer
- E
- Free Trans — Free Transform tool; Shift+E = Eraser
- G
- Gradient — Gradient tool
- I
- Eyedropper — Eyedropper tool
- W
- Blend — Blend tool; Shift+W = Width tool
- K
- Live Paint — Live Paint Bucket tool
- C
- Scissors — Scissors tool
- H
- Hand — Hand tool
- Z
- Zoom — Zoom tool
- U
- Mesh — Mesh tool
- J
- Col Graph — Column Graph tool
- T
- Type — Type tool; Shift+T = Touch Type tool
- X
- Swap Fill — Toggle between fill and stroke
- D
- Default F/S — Set fill and stroke to default
- Space
- Hand Temp — Temporarily switch to Hand tool (not in text-edit mode)
