draw a freehand line

draw an ellipse

draw a star

drag a handle to resize, make arc or segment

move selected nodes

move a node handle

draw a rectangle

drag a handle to resize or round corners

create a bezier node with two handles

create gradient

draw a calligraphic line

select text

create flowed text

adjust frame size

average fill color

select and move

select multiple objects

drop a copy

rotate or skew

scale (scale handles)

rotate or skew (rotation handles)

scale

move rotation center

select multiple nodes

Mouse drag can drag stroke color to objects

scale selection to 50%

contract/expand both handles by scale step

scale nodes up by the scale step

scale selection up by the scale step

scale selection down by the scale step

contract/expand both handles by scale step

scale nodes down by the scale step

rotate nodes by the angle step

scale nodes down by the scale step

rotate both handles by the angle step

scale selection down by the scale step

rotate selection by the angle step

scale selection up by the scale step

scale nodes up by the scale step

Paste in place

Ungroup selected group(s)

toggle Unicode entry

enter group

In XML Editor, set attribute vallue

Move to layer above

select to beginning of line

select to end of line

delete without preserving shape

insert no-break space

Zoom in

Zoom out

Object(s) to pattern

In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs

Create dynamic offset

go to beginning/end of text

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

join selected nodes

Text and Font

Align and Distribute

move selected node(s) by 10x nudge distance

move selection by 10x nudge distance

move last node by 10x nudge distance

move selected handle by 10x nudge distance

select text by character

make curve

make last segment curve

Paste path effect

make line

make last segment line

toggle selection within group

Move to layer below

Swatches

Save under a new name

Document Preferences

move cursor by one word

move cursor by one paragraph

Scroll canvas

Undo

Paste style

Convert selected object(s) to path

Export to PNG

XML Editor

Ungroup selected group(s)

Transform

create/delete node

select under, in groups

select under

reset divergence (inner handle)

remove randomization

toggle under

Redo

Fill and Stroke

Trace Bitmap

Trace bitmap

Undo History

Selector

Node tool

Zoom tool

Rectangle tool

Ellipse/arc tool

Freehand (Pencil) tool

Dropper tool

Text tool

Spiral tool

Activate current button or list

rotate right handle by 1 pixel

open gradient editor

Drag fill color to objects

scale selection to 200%

Layers

select text by word

Inkscape Preferences

Create linked offset

restrict movement to horizontal or vertical

snap skew angle

snap rotation angle

scale preserving aspect ratio

restrict movement to horizontal or vertical

lock width, height, or ratio of frame

snap handles to angle steps

snap the handle to angle steps

make a square or integer-ratio rectangle

snap the handle to angle steps

lock circle (resize handles)

snap to angle steps (arc/segment handles)

lock width, height, or ratio (resize handles)

lock the corner circular (rounding handles)

make circle or integer-ratio ellipse

snap star to angle steps

keep star rays radial (no skew)

snap spiral to angle steps

Group selected objects

Raise thelayer

Lower the layer

Division (cut)

Union

Difference

select to beginning of text

select to end of text

Inset path (towards center)

Outset path (away from center)

scale left handle by the scale step

scale left handle by 1 pixel

Gradient tool

3D box tool

Object Properties