F1,S

Selector

Space

Selector (temporary)

F2,N

Node tool

F3,Z

Zoom tool

F4,R

Ractangle tool

F5,E

Ellipse/arc tool

F6,F

Freehand tool

Shift+F6,B

Bezier tool

Command+F6,B

Calligraphic tool

Command+F1,G

Gradient tool

F7,D

Dropper tool

F8,T

Text tool

F9,I

Spiral tool

Shift+F9

Star tool

Command+F2,O

Connector tool

Shift+Command+F

Fill and Stroke

Shift+Command+W

Swatches

Shift+Command+T

Text and font

Shift+Command+M

Transform

Shift+Command+L

Layers

Shift+Command+A

Align and Distribute

Shift+Command+O

Object Properties

Shift+Command+H

Undo history

Shift+Command+X

XML editor

Shift+Command+D

Document preferences

Shift+Command+P

Inkscape preferences

Shift+Command+E

Export to PNG

Command+F

Find

Shift+Option+B

Trace bitmap

F12

Toggle dialogs

Esc

Return to the canvas

Command+F4/Command+W

Close the dialog

Tab

Jump to the next widget

Shift+Tab

Jump to previous widget

Enter

Set the new value

Command+Enter

In XML editor, set the attribute value

Space/Enter

Activate current button or list

Command+Page Up/Command+Page Down

In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs

Option+X

Jump to the first editable filed

Tab

Jump to next field

Shift+Tab

Jump to previous field

Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Change value by 0.1

Page Up/Page Down

Change value by 5.0

Enter

Accept the new value

Esc

Cancel changes, return to canvas

Command+Z

Cancel changes

=/plus

Zoom in

-

Zoom out

Middle click/Command+Right click

Zoom in

Command+Mouse wheel

Zoom in or out

Shift+Middle button drag

Zoom into the area

Option+Z

Activate zoon field

1

Zoom 1:1

2

Zoom 1:2

3

Zoom to selection

4

Zoom to drawing

5

Zoom to page

Command+E/6

Zoom to page width

'

Perevious zoom

Shift+'

Next zoom

Command+ arrows

Scroll canvas

MIddle button drag

Pan canvas

Shift+right button drag/Command+right button drag

Pan canvas

Mouse wheel

Scroll canvas vertically

Shift+Mouse wheel

Scroll canvas horizontally

Mouse drag

Drag off a ruler to create guide

|/Shift+\

Toggle guides and snapping to guides

#/Shift+3

Toggle grids and snapping to grids

%

Toggle snapping on and off

Command+ Keypad 5

Toggle normal/outline mode

Click

Set fill color on selection

Shift+Click

Set stroke color on selection

RIght click

Set stroke color on selection

Mouse Drag

Drag fill color to objects

Shift+Mouse drag

Drag stroke color to objects

Command+N

Create new document

Command+O

Open an SVG document

Shift+Command+E

Export to PNG

Command+I

Import bitmap or SVG

Command+P

Print document

Command+S

Save document

Shift+Command+S

Save under a new name

Shift+Command+Option+S

Save a copy

Command+Q

Exit inkscape

Command+R

Toggle rulers

Command+B

Toggle scrollbars

F11

Toggle fullscreen

F10

Main menu

Shift+F10/Right click

Drop-down menu

Command+F4/Command+W

Close document window

Command+Tab

Next document window

Shift+Command+Tab

Previous document window

Shift+Page Up

Move to layer above

Shift+Page Down

Move to layer below

Shift+Command+Page Up

Raise layer

Shift+Command+Page Down

Lower layer

Shift+Command+Home

Raise layer to top

Shift+Command+End

Lower layer to bottom

Shift+Command+Y/Command+Z

Undo

Shift+Command+Z,/Command+Y

Redo

Command+C

Copy selection

Command+X

Cut selection

Command+V

Paste clipboard

Command+Option+V

Paste in place

Shift+Command+V

Paste style

Command+7

Paste path effect

Command+D

Duplicate selection

Option+D

Clone object

Shift+Option+D

Unlink clone

Shift+D

Select original

Option+B

Create a bitmap copy

Shift+Option+B

Trace bitmap

Option+I

Object to pattern

Shift+Option+I

Pattern to objects

Shift+Command+U/Command+G

Group selected objects

Shift+Command+G/Command+U

Ungroup selected objects

Home

Raise selection to top

End

Lower selection to bottom

Page Up

Raise selection one step

Page Down

Lower selection one step

Click

Pick fill color

Shift+Click

Pick stroke color

Mouse drag

Average fill color

Shift+Mouse drag

Average stroke color

Option+Click

Pink inverse color

Command+C

Copy color

Mouse drag

Draw a calligraphic line

Shift+Mouse drag

Add to selected path

Command+Mouse drag

Track a guide path

Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Adjust pen width by 1

Home/End

Set pen width to 1 or 100

Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Adjust pen angle

Esc

Deselect

Click

Fill a bounded area

Shift+Click

Add to selected path

Mouse drag

Fill from each point

Option+Mouse drag

Fill from each point same as initial point

Command+Click

Set fill color

Shift+Command+Click

Set stroke color

Mouse drag

Draw a spiral

Command+Mouse drag

Snap spiral to angle steps

Click

Click to select

Option+Click/Command+Option+Click

Select under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Esc

Deselect

Mouse drag

Roll/unroll from inside (inner handle)

Option+Mouse drag

Converge/diverge (inner handle)

Option+Click/Command+Option+Click

Reset divergence (inner handle)

Shift+Click

Zero inner radius (inner handle)

Mouse drag

Roll/unroll from outside (outer handle)

Shift+Mouse drag

Scale/rotate (outer handle)

Command+Mouse drag

Snap handles to angle steps

Click

Zoom in

Shift+Click

Zoom out

Mouse drag

Zoom into the area

Mouse drag

Draw a freehand line

Shift+Mouse drag

Add to selected path
/Temporarily disable snapping

Command+Click

Create a dot

Option+Command+Click

Create a random-sized dot

Shift+Command+Click

Create a double-sized dot

Mouse drag

Act on selected paths in the current mode

Command+Mouse drag

Act temporarily switching to shrink mode

Command+Shift+Mouse drag

Act temporarily switching to grow mode

Shift+P

Push mode

Shift+S

Shrink mode

Shift+G

Grow mode

Shift+A

Attract mode

Shift+E

Repel mode

Shift+R

Roughen mode

Shift+C

Color paint mode

Shift+J

Color jitter mode

Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Adjust brush width by

Home/End

Set brush width by 1

Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Adjust tweaking force