Inkscape keyboard shortcuts

Inkscape  

Ru Ruhi Öztürk -
6 years ago
- Shortcuts
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↑  Shift + R

reverse path direction

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Esc

cancel rubberband or move

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draw a rectangle

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Ctrl +
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make a square or integer-ratio rectangle

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↑  Shift +
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draw around the starting point

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click an object to select

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Alt +

select under

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or Ctrl + Alt +
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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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drag a handle to resize or round corners

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Ctrl +
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lock width, height, or ratio (resize handles)

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Ctrl +
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lock the corner circular (rounding handles)

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Esc

deselect

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draw an ellipse

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Ctrl +
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make circle or integer-ratio ellipse

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↑  Shift +
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draw around the starting point

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click an object to select

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Alt +

select under

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or Ctrl + Alt +
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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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drag a handle to resize, make arc or segment

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Ctrl +
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lock circle (resize handles)

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Ctrl +
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snap to angle steps (arc/segment handles)

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Esc

deselect

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draw a star

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Ctrl +
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snap star to angle steps

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click an object to select

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Alt +

select under

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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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drag a handle to vary the star shape

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Ctrl +
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keep star rays radial (no skew)

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↑  Shift +
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round the star

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↑  Shift +

remove rounding

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Alt +
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randomize the star

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Alt +

remove randomization

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or Ctrl + Alt +
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Esc

deselect

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draw a spiral

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Ctrl +
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snap spiral to angle steps

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click an object to select

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Alt +

select under

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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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roll/unroll from inside (inner handle)

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Alt +
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converge/diverge (inner handle)

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Alt +

reset divergence (inner handle)

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or Ctrl + Alt +
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↑  Shift +

zero inner radius (inner handle)

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roll/unroll from outside (outer handle)

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↑  Shift +
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scale/rotate (outer handle)

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Ctrl +
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snap handles to angle steps

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Esc

deselect

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zoom in

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↑  Shift +

zoom out

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zoom into the area

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draw a freehand line

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↑  Shift +
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add to selected path

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↑  Shift +
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temporarily disable snapping

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create a sharp node

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↑  Shift +

add to selected path

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create a bezier node with two handles

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↑  Shift +
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move only one handle

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Ctrl +
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snap the handle to angle steps

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move last node by the nudge distance

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↑  Shift +

move last node by 10x nudge distance

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Alt +

move last node by 1 pixel

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

move last node by 10 pixels

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Ctrl + snap

last segment to angle steps

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↑  Shift + L

make last segment line

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↑  Shift + U

make last segment curve

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⤶ Enter

finish current line

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or
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or clickclick
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Esc

cancel current line

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or Ctrl + Z
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Backspace

erase last segment of current line

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or Del
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draw a calligraphic line

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adjust pen width

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adjust pen angle

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Esc

deselect

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create gradient

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create default gradient

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Tab

select next handle

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↑  Shift + Tab

select previous handle

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move selected handle by the nudge distance

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↑  Shift +

move selected handle by 10x nudge distance

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Alt +

move selected handle by 1 pixel

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

move selected handle by 10 pixels

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Esc

deselect handle

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open gradient editor

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↑  Shift + R

reverse gradient definition

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click an object to select

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Alt +

select under

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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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pick fill color

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↑  Shift +

pick stroke color

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average fill color

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↑  Shift +
+

average stroke color

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Alt +

pick inverse color

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Ctrl + C

copy color

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create/select a text object

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Esc

deselect the text object

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move cursor by one character

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Ctrl +   

move cursor by one word

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Ctrl +   

move cursor by one paragraph

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Home

go to beginning/end of line

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or End
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Ctrl + Home

go to beginning/end of text

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or Ctrl + End
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create flowed text

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adjust frame size

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Ctrl +
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lock width, height, or ratio of frame

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Alt + W

flow text into frame

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Alt + ↑  Shift + W

unflow text from frame

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↑  Shift + D

select external frame

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↑  Shift + D

select path from text

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⤶ Enter

start a new line or paragraph

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Ctrl + U

toggle Unicode entry

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Ctrl + Space

insert no-break space

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select text

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↑  Shift +

select text by character

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

select text by word

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↑  Shift + Home

select to beginning of line

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↑  Shift + End

select to end of line

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Home

select to beginning of text

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + End

select to end of text

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select word

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select line

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Ctrl + A

select all text

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Ctrl + B

make selection bold

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Ctrl + I

make selection italic

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Alt + >

expand line/paragraph by 1 pixel

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↑  Shift + Alt + >

expand line/paragraph by 10 pixels

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Alt + <

contract line/paragraph by 1 pixel

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↑  Shift + Alt + <

contract line/paragraph by 10 pixels

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Ctrl + Alt + >

make the text object taller by 1 pixel

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + Alt + >

make the text object taller by 10 pixels

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Ctrl + Alt + <

make the text object shorter by 1 pixel

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + Alt + <

make the text object shorter by 10 pixels

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Alt +

shift characters by 1 pixel


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Program information

Program name: Inkscape Inkscape (Imaging)

Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor; it can be used to create or edit vector-based visual files. With this program, you can create logos, illustrations, and posters.

Web page: inkscape.org/en

Last update: 3/4/2021 11:35 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 79%

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Shortcut count: 424

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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? Dan-yell OP says : 5 years ago 9/26/2019 7:59 PM
I would like to use a shortcut that can be used while editing text, that would create a new text field under the current one (in the distance that a new line would have).

Surely some alt-Enter, ctrl-Enter, shift-Enter still would be "free" for that.