We all know this scenario: you’re working on a new design in Sketch but you can’t find seem to inspiration. So you pack your stuff, leave the big monitor and drawing tablet in the office and head straight to the nearest coffee shop, hoping that this ‘new’ place will help you find some inspiration.
But one Flat White later, you realise that on the small screen and without a mouse or tablet, work isn’t really pleasant. So, here are few tips on how you can have better experience when you’re working from a coffee shop:
1. Bigger working space
Your laptop screen is smaller than your usual big monitor, so each extra pixel of working space is handy. For starters, you can hide your toolbar by shortcut Alt+Cmd+T. This will save you some vertical space. Then you can hide Layers List Alt+Cmd+1 or Inspector panel Alt+Cmd+2 if you don’t need it.
Or, you can hide all of these three at once by Cmd+. . And this mode is also useful for when you’re doing a presentation for a client right from Sketch.
2. Navigation between Artboards
Moving from artboard to artboard is also harder on a small screen. By pressing the key Tab you move to the Artboard Below your selected one or you can press Shift+Tab to move to the Artboard Above.
3. Zooming
Another handy shortcut that will help you see all the Artboards at once, just press Cmd+1. Then you can press Cmd+2 and it zooms into the selected Artboard. And then you can press Cmd+0 and it will zoom you to the actual size.
And of course, key shortcuts are helpful anytime, not only when you work on small screen. Go and check these and many more shortcuts on sketchshortcuts.com
Bonus tip:
I know that the purpose of a coffee shop is serving coffee, but this doesn’t mean that you have to drink 4 coffees in one hour. Don’t make the same mistake that I did :)
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