Shift+Ctrl+F

Fill and Stroke

Shift+Ctrl+W

Swatches

Shift+Ctrl+T

Text and Font

Shift+Ctrl+M

Transform

Shift+Ctrl+L

Layers

Shift+Ctrl+A

Align and Distribute

Shift+Ctrl+O

Object Properties

Shift+Ctrl+H

Undo history

Shift+Ctrl+X

XML Editor

Shift+Ctrl+D

Document Preferences

Shift+Ctrl+P

Inkscape Preferences

Shift+Ctrl+E

Export to PNG

Ctrl+F

Find

Shift+Alt+B

Trace bitmap

F12

Toggle dialogs - This temporarily hides all open dialogs; another F12 shows them again

Esc

Within a dialog return to the canvas

Ctrl+F4/Ctrl+W

Within a dialog close the dialog

Tab

Within a dialog jump to next widget

Shift+Tab

Within a dialog jump to previous widget

Enter

Within a dialog set the new value - This accepts the new value you typed in a text field and returns focus to canvas

Ctrl+Enter

In XML Editor, set the attr value When editing an attribute value in XML Editor, this sets the new value (same as Clicking the Set attribute button)

SpacebarthenEnter

Activate current button or list

Ctrl+Page Up/ Ctrl+Page Down

In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs

Alt+X

Jump to the first editable field

Enter

Accept the new value

Esc

Cancel changes, return to canvas

Ctrl+Z

Cancel changes

Tab

Jump to next field

Shift+Tab

Jump to previous field

Up Arrow/Down Arrow

Change value by 01

Page Up/Page Down

Change value by 50

=

Zoom in

-

Zoom out

Middle Click, Ctrl+Right Click

Zoom in

Shift+middle Click, Shift+Right Click

Zoom out

Ctrl+Mouse wheel

Zoom in or out

Shift+Middle button Drag

Zoom into the area

Alt+Z

Activate Zoom field - The Zoom field in the lower left corner of the window allows you to specify Zoom level precisely

1

Zoom 1:1

2

Zoom 1:2

3

Zoom to selection

4

Zoom to drawing

5

Zoom to page

Ctrl+E,6

Zoom to page width

`

Previous Zoom

Shift+`

Next Zoom

Ctrl+Arrows

Scroll canvas - Scrolling by keys is accelerated, ie it speeds up when you press Ctrl+Arrows Keys in quick succession, or press and hold

Middle button Drag

Pan canvas

Shift+right button drag, Ctrl+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 grid and snapping to grid

Ctrl+keypad 5

Toggle normal/outline mode

Click

Set fill color on selection

Shift+Click

Set stroke color on selection

Mouse Drag

Drag fill color to objects

Shift+Mouse Drag

Drag stroke color to objects

Ctrl+N

Create new document

Ctrl+O

Open an SVG document

Shift+Ctrl+E

Export to PNG

Ctrl+I

Import bitmap or SVG

Ctrl+P

Print document

Ctrl+S

Save document

Shift+Ctrl+S

Save under a new name

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+S

Save a copy

Ctrl+Q

Exit Inkscape

Ctrl+R

Toggle rulers

Ctrl+B

Toggle scrollbars

F11

Toggle fullscreen

F10

Main menu

Shift+F10,Right Click

Drop-down (context) menu

Ctrl+F4,Ctrl+W

Close document window - This shuts down Inkscape if it was the only document window open

Ctrl+Tab

Next document window

Shift+Ctrl+Tab

Previous document window - These cycle through the active document windows forward and backward

Shift+Page Up

Move to layer above

Shift+Page Down

Move to layer below

Shift+Ctrl+Page Up

Raise layer

Shift+Ctrl+Page Down

Lower layer

Shift+Ctrl+Home

Raise layer to top

Shift+Ctrl+End

Lower layer to bottom

Shift+Ctrl+Y,Ctrl+Z

Undo

Shift+Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+C

Copy selection - This places a copy of the selection to the Inkscape clipboard Text from text objects is also placed onto the system clipboard

Ctrl+X

Cut selection - This works the same as copy selection followed by deleting the selection

Ctrl+V

Paste clipboard - This places the clipboard objects at the Mouse cursor, or at the center of the window if Mouse is outside the canvas

Ctrl+Alt+V

Paste in place - This places the clipboard objects to the original location from which they were copied

Ctrl+D

Duplicate selection

Alt+D

Clone object - A clone can be Moved/Scaled/Rotated/skewed independently, but it updates the path, fill, and stroke from its original

Shift+Alt+D

Unlink clone - Unlinking a clone cuts the link to the original, turning the clone into a plain copy

Shift+D

Select original - To find out which object this is a clone of, select the clone and give this command The original will be selected

Alt+B

Create a bitmap copy

Shift+Alt+B

Trace bitmap - This opens the Trace Bitmap dialog allowing you to convert a bitmap object to path(s)

Alt+I

Object(s) to pattern - This converts the selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill

Shift+Alt+I

Pattern to object(s) - Each selected object with pattern fill is broken into the same object without fill and a single pattern object

Shift+Ctrl+U, Ctrl+G

Group selected objects - Use Ctrl+Click to select objects within group

Shift+Ctrl+G, Ctrl+U

Ungroup selected group(s) - This reMoves only one level of grouping; press Ctrl+U repeatedly to ungroup nested groups

Home

Raise selection to top

End

Lower selection to bottom

Page Up

Raise selection one step

Page Down

Lower selection one step

Shift+Ctrl+C

Convert selected object(s) to path

Ctrl+Alt+C

Convert stroke to path

Ctrl++

Union - Union combines any number of objects into a single path, removing overlaps

Ctrl+-

Difference -Difference works on 2 objects, extracting the top from the bottom

Ctrl+*

Intersection - Intersection creates a path representing the common (overlapping) area of all selected objects

Ctrl+^

Exclusive OR (XOR) - XOR is similar to Union, except that it works on 2 objects and reMoves areas where the objects overlap

Ctrl+/

Division (cut) - Division cuts the bottom object into pieces by the top object, preserving the fill and stroke of the bottom

Ctrl+Alt+/

Cut path

Ctrl+(

Inset path (towards center)

Ctrl+)

Outset path (away from center) - The default offset distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels)

Alt+(

Inset path by 1 pixel

Alt+)

Outset path by 1 pixel

Shift+Alt+(

Inset path by 10 pixels

Shift+Alt+)

Outset path by 10 pixels - The actual distance for pixel offsets depends on Zoom level Zoom in for finer adjustment

Ctrl+J

Create dynamic offset

Ctrl+Alt+J

Create linked offset

Shift+D

Select source

Ctrl+K

Combine paths

Shift+Ctrl+K

Break paths apart - This attempts to break an object into constituent paths; it will fail if the object is one solid path

Ctrl+L

Simplify

Tab

Select next object

Shift+Tab

Select previous object -

Ctrl+A

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

Ctrl+Alt+A

Select all (all layers)

!

Invert selection (current layer)

Alt+!

Invert selection (all layers)

Esc

Deselect

BackSpacebar/Del

Delete selection

Arrow Keys

Move selection by the nudge distance

Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selection by 10x nudge distance

Alt+Arrows

Move selection by 1 pixel

Alt+Shift+Arrows

Move selection by 10 pixels

>

Scale selection up by the Scale step

<

Scale selection down by the Scale step

Ctrl+>

Scale selection to 200%

Ctrl+<

Scale selection to 50%

Alt+>

Scale selection up by 1 pixel

Alt+<

Scale selection down by 1 pixel

,

Rotate selection by the angle step

Ctrl+[,Ctrl+]

Rotate selection by 90 degrees

Alt+[,Alt+]

Rotate selection by 1 pixel

H

Flip selection horizontally

V

Flip selection vertically

Click

Select an object

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Double-Click

Edit the object

Ctrl+Click

Select within group

Ctrl+Shift+Click

Toggle selection within group

Alt+Click

Select under

Shift+Alt+Click

Toggle under

Ctrl+Alt+Click

Select under, in groups

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Click

Toggle under, in groups

Ctrl+Enter

Enter group

Ctrl+BackSpace

Go to parent group/layer

Mouse Drag

Select multiple objects

Shift+Mouse Drag

Add objects to selection

Mouse Drag

Select and Move

Alt+Mouse Drag

Move selected

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Restrict Movement to horizontal or vertical

Shift+Mouse Drag

Temporarily disable snapping

Mouse Drag,Spacebar

Drop a copy

Click

Toggle Scale/rotation handles

Mouse Drag

Scale (Scale handles)

Mouse Drag

Rotate or skew (rotation handles)

Mouse Drag

Scale

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Scale preserving aspect ratio

Shift+Mouse Drag

Symmetric transformation

Alt+Mouse Drag

Slow Movement

Mouse Drag

Rotate or skew

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap skew angle

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap rotation angle

Mouse Drag

Move rotation center

Shift+Click

Reset rotation center

Esc

Cancel rubberband, Move, transformation

Tab

Select next node

Shift+Tab

Select previous node

Ctrl+A

Select all nodes in subpath(s)

Ctrl+Alt+A

Select all nodes in path

!

Invert selection in subpath(s)

Alt+!

Invert selection in path

Esc

Deselect all nodes

Arrow Keys

Move selected node(s) by the nudge distance

Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selected node(s) by 10x nudge distance

Alt+Arrow Keys

Move selected node(s) by 1 pixel

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selected node(s) by 10 pixels

</>

Contract/expand both handles by Scale step

Left Ctrl+<,Left Ctrl+>

Scale left handle by the Scale step

Right Ctrl+<,Right Ctrl+>

Scale right handle by the Scale step

Left Alt+</Left Alt+>

Scale left handle by 1 pixel

Right Alt+</Right Alt+>

Scale right handle by 1 pixel

[,]

Rotate both handles by the angle step

Left Ctrl+, Left Ctrl+]

Rotate left handle by the angle step

Right Ctrl+, Right Ctrl+]

Rotate right handle by the angle step

Left Alt+, Left Alt+]

Rotate left handle by 1 pixel

Right Alt+, Right Alt+]

Rotate right handle by 1 pixel

,/ >

Scale nodes up by the Scale step

,,/<

Scale nodes down by the Scale step

Alt+,/Alt+>

Scale nodes up by 1 pixel

Alt+,,/Alt+<

Scale nodes down by 1 pixel

[, ]

Rotate nodes by the angle step

Alt+[,Alt+]

Rotate nodes by 1 pixel

H

Flip nodes horizontally

V

Flip nodes vertically

Shift+L

Make line

Shift+U

Make curve

Shift+C

Make cusp

Shift+S

Make smooth

Shift+Y

Make symmetric

Ctrl+Click

Toggle smooth/cusp/symmetric

Shift+J

Join selected nodes

Shift+B

Break selected node(s)

BackSpace/Del

Delete selected node(s)

Ctrl+BackSpace/Ctrl+Del

Delete without preserving shape

Ctrl+Alt+Click

Create/delete node

Double Click

Create node

Insert

Insert new node(s)

Shift+D

Duplicate selected node(s)

Click

Click a non-selected object to select

Alt+Click

Select under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Click

Select a node

Click

Select two adjacent nodes

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Click

Deselect

Mouse Drag

Select multiple nodes

Shift+Mouse Drag

Add nodes to selection

Mouse Drag

Move selected nodes

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Restrict Movement to horizontal or vertical

Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Drag

Move along handles

Shift+Mouse Drag

Temporarily disable snapping

Shift+Mouse Drag

Drag out handle

Mouse Drag

Move a node handle

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap the handle to angle steps

Shift+Mouse Drag

Rotate both handles

Alt+Mouse Drag

Lock the handle length

Ctrl+Click

Retract the handle

Shift+R

Reverse path direction

Esc

Cancel rubberband or Move

Mouse Drag

Draw a rectangle

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Make a square or integer-ratio rectangle

Shift+Mouse Drag

Draw around the starting point

Click

Click an object to select

Alt+Click/Ctrl+Alt+Click

Select under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Mouse Drag

Drag a handle to resize or round corners

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Lock width, height, or ratio (resize handles)

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Lock the corner circular (rounding handles)

Esc

Deselect

Mouse Drag

Draw an ellipse

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Make circle or integer-ratio ellipse

Shift+Mouse Drag

Draw around the starting point

Click

Click an object to select

Alt+Click,Ctrl+Alt+Click

Select under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Mouse Drag

Drag a handle to resize, Make arc or segment

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Lock circle (resize handles)

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap to angle steps (arc/segment handles)

Esc

Deselect

Mouse Drag

Draw a star

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap star to angle steps

Click

Click an object to select

Alt+Click

Sselect under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Mouse Drag

Drag a handle to vary the star shape

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Keep star rays radial (no skew)

Shift+Mouse Drag

Round the star

Shift+Click

Remove rounding

Alt+Mouse Drag

Randomize the star

Alt+Click,Ctrl+Alt+Click

Remove randomization

Esc

Deselect

Mouse Drag

Draw a spiral

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap spiral to angle steps

Click

Click an object to select

Alt+Click

Select under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection

Mouse Drag

Roll/unroll from inside (inner handle)

Alt+Mouse Drag

Converge/diverge (inner handle)

Alt+Click, Ctrl+Alt+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)

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap handles to angle steps

Esc

Deselect

Click

Create a sharp node

Shift+Click

Add to selected path

Mouse Drag

Create a bezier node with two handles

Shift+Mouse Drag

Move only one handle

Ctrl+Mouse Drag

Snap the handle to angle steps

Arrow Keys

Move last node by the nudge distance

Shift+Arrow Keys

Move last node by 10x nudge distance

Alt+Arrow Keys

Move last node by 1 pixel

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Move last node by 10 pixels

Shift+L

Make last segment line

Shift+U

Make last segment curve

Enter

Finish current line

Right Click

Finish current line

Double Click

Finish current line

Esc,Ctrl+Z

Cancel current line

BackSpace,Del

Erase last segment of current line

Click

pick fill color

Shift+Click

pick stroke color

Mouse Drag

average fill color

Shift+Mouse Drag

average stroke color

Alt+Click

pick inverse color

Ctrl+C

copy color

Mouse Drag

Draw a calligraphic line

Left Arrow,Right Arrow

Adjust pen width

Up Arrow,Down Arrow

Adjust pen angle

Esc

Deselect

Mouse Drag

Create gradient

Double Click

Create default gradient

Tab

Select next handle

Shift+Tab

Select previous handle

Arrow Keys

Move selected handle by the nudge distance

Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selected handle by 10x nudge distance

Alt+Arrow Keys

Move selected handle by 1 pixel

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selected handle by 10 pixels

Esc

Deselect handle

Double Click

Open gradient editor

Shift+R

Reverse gradient definition

Click

Click an object to select

Alt+Click

Select under

Shift+Click

Toggle selection