Inkscape

Window

Next document window

Ctrl + ⭾ Tab

All hotkeys for Inkscape

Tools
Selector

F1 + S

Tools
Use Selector temporarily

Space

Tools
Node tool

F2 + N

Tools
Tweak tool

↑   Shift + F2 + W

Tools
Zoom tool

F3 + Z

Tools
Rectangle tool

F4 + R

Tools
3D box tool

↑   Shift + F4 + X

Tools
Ellipse/arc tool

F5 + E

Tools
Freehand (Pencil) tool

F6 + P

Tools
Bezier (Pen) tool

↑   Shift + F6 + B

Tools
Calligraphy tool

Ctrl + F6 + C

Tools
Paint bucket tool

↑   Shift + F7 + U

Tools
Gradient tool

Ctrl + F1 + G

Tools
Dropper tool

F7 + D

Tools
Text tool

F8 + T

Tools
Spiral tool

F9 + I

Tools
Star tool

↑   Shift + F9 + *

Tools
Connector tool

Ctrl + F2 + O

Text tool
select word

Mouse double click

Dialogs
Fill and Stroke

↑   Shift + Ctrl + F

Dialogs
Swatches

↑   Shift + Ctrl + W

Dialogs
Text and Font

↑   Shift + Ctrl + T

Dialogs
Transform

↑   Shift + Ctrl + M

Dialogs
Layers

↑   Shift + Ctrl + L

Dialogs
Align and Distribute

↑   Shift + Ctrl + A

Dialogs
Object Properties

↑   Shift + Ctrl + O

Dialogs
Undo History

↑   Shift + Ctrl + H

Dialogs
XML Editor

↑   Shift + Ctrl + X

Dialogs
Document Preferences

↑   Shift + Ctrl + D

Dialogs
Inkscape Preferences

↑   Shift + Ctrl + P

File
Export to PNG

↑   Shift + Ctrl + E

Dialogs
Find

Ctrl + F

Object
Trace bitmap

↑   Shift + Alt + B

Dialogs
Path Effects

↑   Shift + Ctrl + 7

Toggle visibility
Toggle dialogs

F12

Toggle visibility
within dialogs

Shortcuts

Text tool
deselect the text object

Esc

Window
Close document window

Ctrl + F4

Calligraphy
select next handle

⭾ Tab

Calligraphy
select previous handle

↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab

Text tool
start a new line or paragraph

⤶ Enter

Selector
enter group

Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Toggle visibility
Activate current button or list

Space + ⤶ Enter

Toggle visibility
In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs

Ctrl + Page Up

Control bar
Jump to the first editable field

Alt + X

Change values
Increase value by 0.1

Change values
Decrease value by 0.1

Object
Raise selection one step

Page Up

Object
Lower selection one step

Page Down

Pen (Bezier) tool
cancel current line

Ctrl + Z

Canvas
Scroll canvas

Ctrl + ← ↑ → ↓

Canvas
Zoom in

+

Canvas
Zoom out

-

Canvas
Activate zoom field

Alt + Z

Canvas
Zoom 1:1

1

Canvas
Zoom 1:2

2

Canvas
Zoom to selection

3

Canvas
Zoom to drawing

4

Canvas
Zoom to page

5

Canvas
Zoom to page width

6

File
Create new document

Ctrl + N

File
Open an SVG document

Ctrl + O

Text tool
make selection italic

Ctrl + I

File
Print document

Ctrl + P

File
Save document

Ctrl + S

File
Save under a new name

↑   Shift + Ctrl + S

File
Save a copy

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt + S

File
Exit Inkscape

Ctrl + Q

Text tool
create/select a text object

Mouse left click

Dropper tool
pick stroke color

↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Palette
Drag fill color to objects

Mouse movement + Mouse left click

Palette
Mouse drag can drag stroke color to objects

↑   Shift

Window
Toggle rulers

Ctrl + R

Text tool
make selection bold

Ctrl + B

Window
Toggle fullscreen

F11

Window
Main menu

F10

Window
Drop-down (context) menu

↑   Shift + F10 + Mouse right click

Window
Close document window

Ctrl + W

Window
Next document window

Ctrl + ⭾ Tab

Window
Previous document window

↑   Shift + Ctrl + ⭾ Tab

Layers
Move to layer above

Shift + Page Up

Layers
Move to layer below

Shift + Page Down

Layers
Raise thelayer

Shift + Ctrl + Page Up

Layers
Lower the layer

Shift + Ctrl + Page Down

Layers
Raise the layer to the top

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Home

Layers
Lower the layer to the bottom

↑   Shift + Ctrl + End

Object
Undo

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Y

Object
Redo

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Z

Object
Redo

Ctrl + Y

Dropper tool
copy color

Ctrl + C

Object
Cut selection

Ctrl + X

Object
Paste clipboard

Ctrl + V

Object
Paste in place

Ctrl + Alt + V

Object
Paste style

↑   Shift + Ctrl + V

Object
Paste path effect

Ctrl + 7

Object
Duplicate selection

Ctrl + D

Object
Clone object

Alt + D

Object
Unlink clone

↑   Shift + Alt + D

Text tool
select path from text

↑   Shift + D

Object
Create a bitmap copy

Alt + B

Object
Object(s) to pattern

Alt + I

Object
Pattern to object(s)

↑   Shift + Alt + I

Object
Group selected objects

↑   Shift + Ctrl + U

Object
Group selected objects

Ctrl + G

Object
Ungroup selected group(s)

↑   Shift + Ctrl + G

Text tool
toggle Unicode entry

Ctrl + U

Text tool
go to beginning/end of line

Home

Text tool
go to beginning/end of line

End

Path
Convert selected object(s) to path

↑   Shift + Ctrl + C

Path
Convert stroke to path

Ctrl + Alt + C

Path
Union

Ctrl + +

Path
Difference

Ctrl + -

Path
Intersection

Ctrl + *

Path
Exclusive OR (XOR)

Ctrl + ^

Path
Division (cut)

Ctrl + /

Path
Cut path

Ctrl + Alt + /

Path
Inset path (towards center)

Ctrl + (

Path
Outset path (away from center)

Ctrl + )

Path
Inset path by 1 pixel

Alt + (

Path
Outset path by 1 pixel

Alt + )

Path
Inset path by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Alt + (

Path
Outset path by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Alt + )

Path
Create dynamic offset

Ctrl + J

Path
Create linked offset

Ctrl + Alt + J

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

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

↑   Shift + Ctrl + K

Path
Simplify

Ctrl + L

Text tool
select all text

Ctrl + A

Node tool
select all nodes in path

Ctrl + Alt + A

Node tool
invert selection in subpath(s)

!

Node tool
invert selection in path

Alt + !

Pen (Bezier) tool
erase last segment of current line

⬅ Backspace

Pen (Bezier) tool
erase last segment of current line

Del

Text tool
move cursor by one character

← ↑ → ↓

Text tool
select text by character

↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Text tool
shift characters by 1 pixel

Alt + ← ↑ → ↓

Calligraphy
move selected handle by 10 pixels

Alt + ↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

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

<

Selector
scale selection to 200%

Ctrl + .

Selector
scale selection to 200%

Ctrl + >

Selector
scale selection to 50%

Ctrl + ,

Selector
scale selection to 50%

Ctrl + <

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

Alt + <

Text tool
rotate character(s) by 90 degrees

Ctrl + [

Text tool
rotate character(s) by 90 degrees

Ctrl + ]

Text tool
rotate character(s) by 1 pixel

Alt + [

Text tool
rotate character(s) by 1 pixel

Alt + ]

Node tool
flip nodes horizontally

H

Node tool
flip nodes vertically

V

Node tool
retract the handle

Ctrl + Mouse left click

Selector
toggle selection within group

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Dropper tool
pick inverse color

Alt + Mouse left click

Selector
toggle under

↑   Shift + Alt + Mouse left click

Spiral tool
reset divergence (inner handle)

Ctrl + Alt + Mouse left click

Selector
toggle under, in groups

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Mouse left click

Node tool
delete without preserving shape

Ctrl + ⬅ Backspace

Text tool
select text

Mouse movement

Dropper tool
average stroke color

↑   Shift + Mouse movement

Spiral tool
converge/diverge (inner handle)

Alt + Mouse movement

Text tool
lock width, height, or ratio of frame

Ctrl + Mouse movement

Node tool
scale left handle by the scale step

Left Ctrl + <

Node tool
scale left handle by the scale step

Left Ctrl + >

Node tool
scale right handle by the scale step

Right Ctrl + <

Node tool
scale right handle by the scale step

Right Ctrl + >

Node tool
scale left handle by 1 pixel

Left Alt + <

Node tool
scale left handle by 1 pixel

Left Alt + >

Node tool
scale right handle by 1 pixel

Right Alt + <

Node tool
scale right handle by 1 pixel

Right Alt + >

Node tool
rotate left handle by the angle step

Left Ctrl + ]

Node tool
rotate left handle by 1 pixel

Left Alt + [

Node tool
rotate left handle by 1 pixel

Left Alt + ]

Node tool
rotate right handle by 1 pixel

Right Alt + [

Node tool
rotate right handle by 1 pixel

Right Alt + ]

Pen (Bezier) tool
make last segment line

↑   Shift + L

Pen (Bezier) tool
make last segment curve

↑   Shift + U

Node tool
make cusp

↑   Shift + C

Node tool
make smooth

↑   Shift + S

Node tool
make symmetric

↑   Shift + Y

Node tool
join selected nodes

↑   Shift + J

Node tool
break selected node(s)

↑   Shift + B

Node tool
delete without preserving shape

Ctrl + Del

Pen (Bezier) tool
finish current line

clickclick

Node tool
insert new node(s)

Insert

Node tool
move along handles

Ctrl + Alt + Mouse movement

Calligraphy
reverse gradient definition

↑   Shift + R

Pen (Bezier) tool
last segment to angle steps

Ctrl + snap

Pen (Bezier) tool
finish current line

Mouse right click

Calligraphy
adjust pen width

←  →

Calligraphy
adjust pen angle

↑  ↓

Calligraphy
open gradient editor

Mouse left click

Text tool
move cursor by one word

Ctrl + ←  →

Text tool
move cursor by one paragraph

Ctrl + ↑  ↓

Text tool
go to beginning/end of text

Ctrl + Home

Text tool
go to beginning/end of text

Ctrl + End

Text tool
flow text into frame

Alt + W

Text tool
unflow text from frame

Alt + ↑   Shift + W

Text tool
insert no-break space

Ctrl + Space

Text tool
select text by word

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Text tool
select to beginning of line

↑   Shift + Home

Text tool
select to end of line

↑   Shift + End

Text tool
select to beginning of text

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Home

Text tool
select to end of text

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + End

Text tool
select line

Mouse triple click

Text tool
expand line/paragraph by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Alt + >

Text tool
contract line/paragraph by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Alt + <

Text tool
make the text object taller by 1 pixel

Ctrl + Alt + >

Text tool
make the text object taller by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt + >

Text tool
make the text object shorter by 1 pixel

Ctrl + Alt + <

Text tool
make the text object shorter by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt + <

Text tool
shift characters by 10 pixels

↑   Shift + Alt + ← ↑ → ↓

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