From 228fa6a5236390e16a72a21d2e5c3e9058f621dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gowtham.selvaraj" <gowtham_selvaraj@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 12:55:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: added shape cycling shortcut in helper dialog

- Document Tab and Shift+Tab usage for shape cycling
---
 packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx | 5 +++++
 packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json           | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
index 9dd9550ac..a6af24ce7 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ export const HelpDialog = ({ onClose }: { onClose?: () => void }) => {
             caption={t("helpDialog.tools")}
           >
             <Shortcut label={t("toolBar.hand")} shortcuts={[KEYS.H]} />
+            <Shortcut
+              label={t("toolBar.shapeSwitch")}
+              shortcuts={["Tab", "Shift+Tab"]}
+              isOr={true}
+            />
             <Shortcut
               label={t("toolBar.selection")}
               shortcuts={[KEYS.V, KEYS["1"]]}
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json b/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
index 8f0e88c6b..f02f4b3ee 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@
     "laser": "Laser pointer",
     "hand": "Hand (panning tool)",
     "extraTools": "More tools",
-    "mermaidToExcalidraw": "Mermaid to Excalidraw"
+    "mermaidToExcalidraw": "Mermaid to Excalidraw",
+    "shapeSwitch": "Cycle through shapes"
   },
   "element": {
     "rectangle": "Rectangle",