Inkscape keyboard shortcuts 

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Ruhi Öztürk -
7 years ago
- Shortcuts
1
F1 + S

Selector

1
Ctrl + R

Toggle rulers

1
↑  Shift + Ctrl + C

Convert selected object(s) to path

1
Alt +

pick inverse color

1
+

zoom into the area

1
F7 + D

Dropper tool

1
↑  Shift + Ctrl + Alt + <

make the text object shorter by 10 pixels

1

toggle scale/rotation handles

1
Alt + I

Object(s) to pattern

1
Alt + B

Create a bitmap copy

0
Ctrl + /

Division (cut)

0
Shortcuts

within dialogs

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + A

Align and Distribute

0
F2 + N

Node tool

0
Space + ⤶ Enter

Activate current button or list

0
↑  Shift + Alt + D

Unlink clone

0
Ctrl + Alt + J

Create linked offset

0
Ctrl + Alt + A

select all (all layers)

0
Ctrl + B

Toggle scrollbars

0

Increase value by 0.1

0
Esc

Return to the canvas

0
Ctrl + S

Save document

0
Alt + X

Jump to the first editable field

0
↑  Shift + L

make line

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + E

Export to PNG

0
↑  Shift + Alt + B

Trace bitmap

0
↑  Shift + Alt + I

Pattern to object(s)

0
Shift + Alt + )

Outset path by 10 pixels

0
↑  Shift + +

move only one handle

0
Ctrl + ^

Exclusive OR (XOR)

0
↑  Shift + +

add objects to selection

0
Ctrl + Alt + /

Cut path

0
Ctrl + Alt + +

move along handles

0
↑  Shift + F2 + W

Tweak tool

0
F3 + Z

Zoom tool

0
F4 + R

Rectangle tool

0
Ctrl + F1 + G

Gradient tool

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + 7

Path Effects

0
↑  Shift + F10 +

Drop-down (context) menu

0
+

scale

0
Alt + [

rotate selection by 1 pixel

0
Ctrl +

retract the handle

0

on the tool buttons opens the Preferences dialog showing the page of the corresponding tool

0
↑  Shift +

Set stroke color on selection

0
Alt +

reset divergence (inner handle)

0
Ctrl + +

snap skew angle

0
↑  Shift + Y

make symmetric

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + U

Group selected objects

0

select a node

0

pick fill color

0
↑  Shift + U

make curve

0
Ctrl + 7

Paste path effect

0
Alt + Z

Activate zoom field

0
Ctrl + Space

insert no-break space

0
Alt + W

flow text into frame

0
↑  Shift + C

make cusp

0
Ctrl + L

Simplify

0
Ctrl + Alt + A

select all nodes in path

0
Ctrl + F4

Close the dialog

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0
Home

go to beginning/end of line

0
Ctrl + D

Duplicate selection

0
Tab

Jump to next widget

0
Ctrl + J

Create dynamic offset

0
Ctrl + U

toggle Unicode entry

0
↑  Shift + R

reverse path direction

0
H

flip selection horizontally

-1
Ctrl + F2 + O

Connector tool

-1
↑  Shift + Ctrl + H

Undo History

-1
+

drop a copy

-1
,

rotate selection by the angle step

-1
Space

Use Selector temporarily

-1
Insert

insert new node(s)

-1
!

invert selection (current layer)

-1
F12

Toggle dialogs

0
Ctrl + I

make selection italic

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

In XML Editor, set attribute vallue

0
F11

Toggle fullscreen

0
Tab

Jump to next field

0
Ctrl + Q

Exit Inkscape

0
⤶ Enter

start a new line or paragraph

0
Ctrl + Alt + C

Convert stroke to path

0
↑  Shift + Tab

select previous object -

0
>

contract/expand both handles by scale step

0
,

scale selection down by the scale step

0
Ctrl + F4

Close document window

0
Ctrl + Home

go to beginning/end of text

0
Ctrl + X

Cut selection

0
Del

delete selected node(s)

0
Ctrl + Z

cancel current line

0
Ctrl + G

Group selected objects

0
Esc

deselect all nodes

0
Esc

Cancel changes and return to canvas

0
Esc

deselect

0
Home

Raise selection to top

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0
↑  Shift + L

make last segment line

0

click an object to select

0

finish current line

0
Shift + Ctrl + Page Down

Lower the layer

0
Ctrl +

Scroll canvas

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Home

select to beginning of text

0
↑  Shift + S

make smooth

0
↑  Shift + D

duplicate selected node(s)

0
↑  Shift + D

Select source. Selecting a linked offset and giving this command will select the source path of the linked offset

0

move selection by the nudge distance

0
5

Zoom to page

0
↑  Shift + J

join selected nodes

0
Alt + ↑  Shift +

move selection by 10 pixels

0
+

roll/unroll from outside (outer handle)

0
+

adjust frame size

0
+

select multiple nodes

0
+

draw a rectangle

0
Ctrl + +

snap rotation angle

0
Ctrl + +

restrict movement to horizontal or vertical

0
or Ctrl + +
0
Ctrl + +

lock width, height, or ratio (resize handles)

0
↑  Shift +

toggle selection

0
↑  Shift +

zoom out

0
↑  Shift +

toggle selection

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

toggle selection within group

0
Alt +

remove randomization

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + W

unflow text from frame

0
  

adjust pen angle

0
Ctrl +   

move cursor by one paragraph

0
Ctrl + Alt +

select under

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + M

Transform

0
Alt + ]

rotate character(s) by 1 pixel

0
Ctrl + >

scale selection to 200%

0

select line

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + D

Document Preferences

0
Alt + <

contract line/paragraph by 1 pixel

0
Alt + >

scale nodes up by 1 pixel

0
Alt +

move selected node(s) by 1 pixel

0
Alt +

move selected handle by 1 pixel

0
Alt +

move last node by 1 pixel

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + Z

Redo

0
↑  Shift + Ctrl + F

Fill and Stroke

0
↑  Shift + +

average stroke color

0
↑  Shift + +

round the star

0
↑  Shift + +

drag out handle

0
↑  Shift + F4 + X

3D box tool

0
Ctrl + )

Outset path (away from center)

0
↑  Shift + Alt + (

Inset path by 10 pixels

0
Right Ctrl + <

scale right handle by the scale step

0
Left Alt + [

rotate left handle by 1 pixel

0
Right Alt + ]

rotate right handle by 1 pixel

0
+

open gradient editor


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Program name: Inkscape Inkscape (Imaging)

Web page: inkscape.org/en

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

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