Inkscape keyboard shortcuts 

Inkscape    

Ruhi Öztürk -
7 years ago
- Shortcuts
-1
Space

Use Selector temporarily

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Esc

Return to the canvas

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Esc

Cancel changes and return to canvas

0
Esc

deselect

0
Esc

cancel rubberband, move, transformation

0
Esc

deselect all nodes

0
Esc

cancel rubberband or move

0
Esc

deselect

0
or Esc
0
or Esc
0
or Esc
0
Esc

cancel current line

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Esc

deselect

0
Esc

deselect handle

0
Esc

deselect the text object

0
Tab

select next handle

0
Tab

select next node

0
Tab

select next object

0
Tab

Jump to next widget

0
Tab

Jump to next field

0
⤶ Enter

Set the new value

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⤶ Enter

Accept the new value

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⤶ Enter

finish current line

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⤶ Enter

start a new line or paragraph

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1

Zoom 1:1

0
Ctrl + C

Copy selection

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Ctrl + C

copy color

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Ctrl + S

Save document

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V

flip selection vertically

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V

flip nodes vertically

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2

Zoom 1:2

0
Ctrl + Z

Cancel changes

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

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Ctrl + Z

cancel current line

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Ctrl + V

Paste clipboard

0

Set fill color on selection

0

click a non-selected object to select

0

select a node

0

select two adjacent nodes

0

deselect

0

select an object

1

toggle scale/rotation handles

0

click an object to select

0

pick fill color

0

create/select a text object

0

click an object to select

0

zoom in

0

create a sharp node

0

click an object to select

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or
0
or
0
Ctrl + A

select all text

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Ctrl + A

select all (current layer) - This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences).

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Ctrl + A

select all nodes in subpath(s)

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Del

delete selected node(s)

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Del

delete selection

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Del

erase last segment of current line

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H

flip selection horizontally

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H

flip nodes horizontally

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3

Zoom to selection

0

finish current line

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Ctrl + F

Find

0

Increase value by 0.1

0
Ctrl + X

Cut selection

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Ctrl + D

Duplicate selection

0

Decrease value by 0.1

0
Ctrl + N

Create new document

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Ctrl + O

Open an SVG document

0
Ctrl + P

Print document

0
4

Zoom to drawing

0
Ctrl + I

Import bitmap or SVG

0
Ctrl + I

make selection italic

1
Ctrl + R

Toggle rulers

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo

0
Ctrl + B

Toggle scrollbars

0
Ctrl + B

make selection bold

0
Ctrl + L

Simplify

0
Home

Raise selection to top

0
Home

go to beginning/end of line

0
Ctrl + G

Group selected objects

0
Backspace

delete selection

0
Backspace

delete selected node(s)

0
Backspace

erase last segment of current line

0
F11

Toggle fullscreen

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Ctrl + U

Ungroup selected group(s)

0

move selected node(s) by the nudge distance

0

move selection by the nudge distance

0

move last node by the nudge distance

0

move selected handle by the nudge distance

0

move cursor by one character

0
Ctrl + U

toggle Unicode entry

0
End

go to beginning/end of line

0
End

Lower selection to bottom

0
Ctrl + W

Close document window

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↑  Shift

Mouse drag can drag stroke color to objects

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Page Down

Lower selection one step

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Page Down

Decrease value by 5.0

0
Page Up

Increase value by 5.0

0
Page Up

Raise selection one step

0
F10

Main menu

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Ctrl + K

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

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5

Zoom to page

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + S

Save under a new name

0
Ctrl + Q

Exit Inkscape

0
-

Zoom out

-1
F12

Toggle dialogs

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Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

In XML Editor, set attribute vallue

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

enter group

0
↑  Shift + Tab

select previous object -

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↑  Shift + Tab

select previous node

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↑  Shift + Tab

Jump to previous field

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↑  Shift + Tab

Jump to previous widget

0
↑  Shift + Tab

select previous handle

0
6

Zoom to page width

1
↑  Shift + Ctrl + C

Convert selected object(s) to path

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + F

Fill and Stroke

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Ctrl + J

Create dynamic offset

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+

Zoom in

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.

scale nodes up by the scale step

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.

scale selection up by the scale step

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Ctrl + Tab

Next document window

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + A

Align and Distribute

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + Z

Redo

0
Ctrl + Space

insert no-break space

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + L

Layers

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + V

Paste style

0
Ctrl + -

Difference

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + E

Export to PNG

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or ↑  Shift + Ctrl + E
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,

scale selection down by the scale step

-1
,

rotate selection by the angle step

0
,

scale nodes down by the scale step

0
,

rotate both handles by the angle step

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,

rotate nodes by the angle step

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + P

Inkscape Preferences

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + D

Document Preferences

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + T

Text and Font

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↑  Shift +

Set stroke color on selection

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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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or ↑  Shift +
0
or ↑  Shift +
0
↑  Shift +

reset rotation center

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↑  Shift +

pick stroke color

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↑  Shift +

toggle selection

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or ↑  Shift +
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or ↑  Shift +
0
↑  Shift +

add to selected path

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↑  Shift +

zoom out

0
↑  Shift +

zero inner radius (inner handle)

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↑  Shift +

toggle selection


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Program name: Inkscape Inkscape (Imaging)

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Last update: 04-03-2021 11:35 UTC

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