Hotkeys and shortcuts for Inkscape

(Total 216)

`F1` + `S`	Tools Selector
`Space`	Tools Use Selector temporarily
`F2` + `N`	Tools Node tool
`↑ Shift` + `F2` + `W`	Tools Tweak tool
`F3` + `Z`	Tools Zoom tool
`F4` + `R`	Tools Rectangle tool
`↑ Shift` + `F4` + `X`	Tools 3D box tool
`F5` + `E`	Tools Ellipse/arc tool
`F6` + `P`	Tools Freehand (Pencil) tool
`↑ Shift` + `F6` + `B`	Tools Bezier (Pen) tool
`Ctrl` + `F6` + `C`	Tools Calligraphy tool
`↑ Shift` + `F7` + `U`	Tools Paint bucket tool
`Ctrl` + `F1` + `G`	Tools Gradient tool
`F7` + `D`	Tools Dropper tool
`F8` + `T`	Tools Text tool
`F9` + `I`	Tools Spiral tool
`↑ Shift` + `F9` + `*`	Tools Star tool
`Ctrl` + `F2` + `O`	Tools Connector tool
`Mouse double click`	Text tool select word
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `F`	Dialogs Fill and Stroke
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `W`	Dialogs Swatches
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `T`	Dialogs Text and Font
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `M`	Dialogs Transform
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `L`	Dialogs Layers
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `A`	Dialogs Align and Distribute
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `O`	Dialogs Object Properties
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `H`	Dialogs Undo History
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `X`	Dialogs XML Editor
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `D`	Dialogs Document Preferences
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `P`	Dialogs Inkscape Preferences
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `E`	File Export to PNG
`Ctrl` + `F`	Dialogs Find
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `B`	Object Trace bitmap
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `7`	Dialogs Path Effects
`F12`	Toggle visibility Toggle dialogs
`Shortcuts`	Toggle visibility within dialogs
`Esc`	Text tool deselect the text object
`Ctrl` + `F4`	Window Close document window
`⭾ Tab`	Calligraphy select next handle
`↑ Shift` + `⭾ Tab`	Calligraphy select previous handle
`⤶ Enter`	Text tool start a new line or paragraph
`Ctrl` + `⤶ Enter`	Selector enter group
`Space` + `⤶ Enter`	Toggle visibility Activate current button or list
`Ctrl` + `Page Up`	Toggle visibility In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
`Alt` + `X`	Control bar Jump to the first editable field
`↑`	Change values Increase value by 0.1
`↓`	Change values Decrease value by 0.1
`Page Up`	Object Raise selection one step
`Page Down`	Object Lower selection one step
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Pen (Bezier) tool cancel current line
`Ctrl` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Canvas Scroll canvas
`+`	Canvas Zoom in
`-`	Canvas Zoom out
`Alt` + `Z`	Canvas Activate zoom field
`1`	Canvas Zoom 1:1
`2`	Canvas Zoom 1:2
`3`	Canvas Zoom to selection
`4`	Canvas Zoom to drawing
`5`	Canvas Zoom to page
`6`	Canvas Zoom to page width
`Ctrl` + `N`	File Create new document
`Ctrl` + `O`	File Open an SVG document
`Ctrl` + `I`	Text tool make selection italic
`Ctrl` + `P`	File Print document
`Ctrl` + `S`	File Save document
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `S`	File Save under a new name
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `S`	File Save a copy
`Ctrl` + `Q`	File Exit Inkscape
`Mouse left click`	Text tool create/select a text object
`↑ Shift` + `Mouse left click`	Dropper tool pick stroke color
`Mouse movement` + `Mouse left click`	Palette Drag fill color to objects
`↑ Shift`	Palette Mouse drag can drag stroke color to objects
`Ctrl` + `R`	Window Toggle rulers
`Ctrl` + `B`	Text tool make selection bold
`F11`	Window Toggle fullscreen
`F10`	Window Main menu
`↑ Shift` + `F10` + `Mouse right click`	Window Drop-down (context) menu
`Ctrl` + `W`	Window Close document window
`Ctrl` + `⭾ Tab`	Window Next document window
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `⭾ Tab`	Window Previous document window
`Shift` + `Page Up`	Layers Move to layer above
`Shift` + `Page Down`	Layers Move to layer below
`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Page Up`	Layers Raise thelayer
`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Page Down`	Layers Lower the layer
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Home`	Layers Raise the layer to the top
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `End`	Layers Lower the layer to the bottom
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Y`	Object Undo
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Z`	Object Redo
`Ctrl` + `Y`	Object Redo
`Ctrl` + `C`	Dropper tool copy color
`Ctrl` + `X`	Object Cut selection
`Ctrl` + `V`	Object Paste clipboard
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `V`	Object Paste in place
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `V`	Object Paste style
`Ctrl` + `7`	Object Paste path effect
`Ctrl` + `D`	Object Duplicate selection
`Alt` + `D`	Object Clone object
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `D`	Object Unlink clone
`↑ Shift` + `D`	Text tool select path from text
`Alt` + `B`	Object Create a bitmap copy
`Alt` + `I`	Object Object(s) to pattern
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `I`	Object Pattern to object(s)
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `U`	Object Group selected objects
`Ctrl` + `G`	Object Group selected objects
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `G`	Object Ungroup selected group(s)
`Ctrl` + `U`	Text tool toggle Unicode entry
`Home`	Text tool go to beginning/end of line
`End`	Text tool go to beginning/end of line
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `C`	Path Convert selected object(s) to path
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `C`	Path Convert stroke to path
`Ctrl` + `+`	Path Union
`Ctrl` + `-`	Path Difference
`Ctrl` + `*`	Path Intersection
`Ctrl` + `^`	Path Exclusive OR (XOR)
`Ctrl` + `/`	Path Division (cut)
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `/`	Path Cut path
`Ctrl` + `(`	Path Inset path (towards center)
`Ctrl` + `)`	Path Outset path (away from center)
`Alt` + `(`	Path Inset path by 1 pixel
`Alt` + `)`	Path Outset path by 1 pixel
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `(`	Path Inset path by 10 pixels
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `)`	Path Outset path by 10 pixels
`Ctrl` + `J`	Path Create dynamic offset
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `J`	Path Create linked offset
`Ctrl` + `K`	Path Combine paths. This is different from grouping in that combined paths create one object. This is different from Union in that overlapping areas are not affected. Whether overlapping areas are filled is controlled by the Fill: winding/alternating switch on the Fill & Stroke dialog
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `K`	Path Break paths apart. This attempts to break an object into constituent paths; it will fail if the object is one solid path
`Ctrl` + `L`	Path Simplify
`Ctrl` + `A`	Text tool select all text
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `A`	Node tool select all nodes in path
`!`	Node tool invert selection in subpath(s)
`Alt` + `!`	Node tool invert selection in path
`⬅ Backspace`	Pen (Bezier) tool erase last segment of current line
`Del`	Pen (Bezier) tool erase last segment of current line
`← ↑ → ↓`	Text tool move cursor by one character
`↑ Shift` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Text tool select text by character
`Alt` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Text tool shift characters by 1 pixel
`Alt` + `↑ Shift` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Calligraphy move selected handle by 10 pixels
`.`	Node tool scale nodes up by the scale step
`>`	Node tool scale nodes up by the scale step
`,`	Node tool rotate nodes by the angle step
`<`	Node tool scale nodes down by the scale step
`Ctrl` + `.`	Selector scale selection to 200%
`Ctrl` + `>`	Selector scale selection to 200%
`Ctrl` + `,`	Selector scale selection to 50%
`Ctrl` + `<`	Selector scale selection to 50%
`Alt` + `.`	Node tool scale nodes up by 1 pixel
`Alt` + `>`	Text tool expand line/paragraph by 1 pixel
`Alt` + `,`	Node tool scale nodes down by 1 pixel
`Alt` + `<`	Text tool contract line/paragraph by 1 pixel
`Ctrl` + `[`	Text tool rotate character(s) by 90 degrees
`Ctrl` + `]`	Text tool rotate character(s) by 90 degrees
`Alt` + `[`	Text tool rotate character(s) by 1 pixel
`Alt` + `]`	Text tool rotate character(s) by 1 pixel
`H`	Node tool flip nodes horizontally
`V`	Node tool flip nodes vertically
`Ctrl` + `Mouse left click`	Node tool retract the handle
`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `Mouse left click`	Selector toggle selection within group
`Alt` + `Mouse left click`	Dropper tool pick inverse color
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `Mouse left click`	Selector toggle under
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Mouse left click`	Spiral tool reset divergence (inner handle)
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Mouse left click`	Selector toggle under, in groups
`Ctrl` + `⬅ Backspace`	Node tool delete without preserving shape
`Mouse movement`	Text tool select text
`↑ Shift` + `Mouse movement`	Dropper tool average stroke color
`Alt` + `Mouse movement`	Spiral tool converge/diverge (inner handle)
`Ctrl` + `Mouse movement`	Text tool lock width, height, or ratio of frame
`Left Ctrl` + `<`	Node tool scale left handle by the scale step
`Left Ctrl` + `>`	Node tool scale left handle by the scale step
`Right Ctrl` + `<`	Node tool scale right handle by the scale step
`Right Ctrl` + `>`	Node tool scale right handle by the scale step
`Left Alt` + `<`	Node tool scale left handle by 1 pixel
`Left Alt` + `>`	Node tool scale left handle by 1 pixel
`Right Alt` + `<`	Node tool scale right handle by 1 pixel
`Right Alt` + `>`	Node tool scale right handle by 1 pixel
`Left Ctrl` + `]`	Node tool rotate left handle by the angle step
`Left Alt` + `[`	Node tool rotate left handle by 1 pixel
`Left Alt` + `]`	Node tool rotate left handle by 1 pixel
`Right Alt` + `[`	Node tool rotate right handle by 1 pixel
`Right Alt` + `]`	Node tool rotate right handle by 1 pixel
`↑ Shift` + `L`	Pen (Bezier) tool make last segment line
`↑ Shift` + `U`	Pen (Bezier) tool make last segment curve
`↑ Shift` + `C`	Node tool make cusp
`↑ Shift` + `S`	Node tool make smooth
`↑ Shift` + `Y`	Node tool make symmetric
`↑ Shift` + `J`	Node tool join selected nodes
`↑ Shift` + `B`	Node tool break selected node(s)
`Ctrl` + `Del`	Node tool delete without preserving shape
clickclick	Pen (Bezier) tool finish current line
`Insert`	Node tool insert new node(s)
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Mouse movement`	Node tool move along handles
`↑ Shift` + `R`	Calligraphy reverse gradient definition
`Ctrl` + `snap`	Pen (Bezier) tool last segment to angle steps
`Mouse right click`	Pen (Bezier) tool finish current line
`← →`	Calligraphy adjust pen width
`↑ ↓`	Calligraphy adjust pen angle
`Mouse left click`	Calligraphy open gradient editor
`Ctrl` + `← →`	Text tool move cursor by one word
`Ctrl` + `↑ ↓`	Text tool move cursor by one paragraph
`Ctrl` + `Home`	Text tool go to beginning/end of text
`Ctrl` + `End`	Text tool go to beginning/end of text
`Alt` + `W`	Text tool flow text into frame
`Alt` + `↑ Shift` + `W`	Text tool unflow text from frame
`Ctrl` + `Space`	Text tool insert no-break space
`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Text tool select text by word
`↑ Shift` + `Home`	Text tool select to beginning of line
`↑ Shift` + `End`	Text tool select to end of line
`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `Home`	Text tool select to beginning of text
`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `End`	Text tool select to end of text
`Mouse triple click`	Text tool select line
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `>`	Text tool expand line/paragraph by 10 pixels
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `<`	Text tool contract line/paragraph by 10 pixels
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `>`	Text tool make the text object taller by 1 pixel
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `>`	Text tool make the text object taller by 10 pixels
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `<`	Text tool make the text object shorter by 1 pixel
`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `<`	Text tool make the text object shorter by 10 pixels
`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Text tool shift characters by 10 pixels

Hotkeys and shortcuts for Inkscape

(Total 216)

F1 + S

Tools

Selector

Space

Tools

Use Selector temporarily

F2 + N

Tools

Node tool

↑ Shift + F2 + W

Tools

Tweak tool

F3 + Z

Tools

Zoom tool

F4 + R

Tools

Rectangle tool

↑ Shift + F4 + X

Tools

3D box tool

F5 + E

Tools

Ellipse/arc tool

F6 + P

Tools

Freehand (Pencil) tool

↑ Shift + F6 + B

Tools

Bezier (Pen) tool

Ctrl + F6 + C

Tools

Calligraphy tool

↑ Shift + F7 + U

Tools

Paint bucket tool

Ctrl + F1 + G

Tools

Gradient tool

F7 + D

Tools

Dropper tool

F8 + T

Tools

Text tool

F9 + I

Tools

Spiral tool

↑ Shift + F9 + *

Tools

Star tool

Ctrl + F2 + O

Tools

Connector tool

Mouse double click

Text tool

select word

↑ Shift + Ctrl + F

Dialogs

Fill and Stroke

↑ Shift + Ctrl + W

Dialogs

Swatches

↑ Shift + Ctrl + T

Dialogs

Text and Font

↑ Shift + Ctrl + M

Dialogs

Transform

↑ Shift + Ctrl + L

Dialogs

Layers

↑ Shift + Ctrl + A

Dialogs

Align and Distribute

↑ Shift + Ctrl + O

Dialogs

Object Properties

`F1` + `S`

`Space`

`F2` + `N`

`↑ Shift` + `F2` + `W`

`F3` + `Z`

`F4` + `R`

`↑ Shift` + `F4` + `X`

`F5` + `E`

`F6` + `P`

`↑ Shift` + `F6` + `B`

`Ctrl` + `F6` + `C`

`↑ Shift` + `F7` + `U`

`Ctrl` + `F1` + `G`

`F7` + `D`

`F8` + `T`

`F9` + `I`

`↑ Shift` + `F9` + `*`

`Ctrl` + `F2` + `O`

`Mouse double click`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `F`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `W`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `T`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `M`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `L`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `A`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `O`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `H`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `X`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `D`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `P`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `E`

`Ctrl` + `F`

`↑ Shift` + `Alt` + `B`

`↑ Shift` + `Ctrl` + `7`

`F12`

`Shortcuts`

`Esc`

`Ctrl` + `F4`

`⭾ Tab`

`↑ Shift` + `⭾ Tab`

`⤶ Enter`

`Ctrl` + `⤶ Enter`

`Space` + `⤶ Enter`

`Ctrl` + `Page Up`

`Alt` + `X`

`↑`

`↓`

`Page Up`

`Page Down`

`Ctrl` + `Z`