This document describes the default keyboard and mouse shortcuts of Inkscape, corresponding to the -share/keys/default.xml file in Inkscape distribution. Most (but not all) of these keys -are configurable by the user; see the default.xml file for details on how to do that.

+share/keys/default.xml file in your Inkscape installation. Some of the keyboard shortcuts may not be available for non-US keyboard layouts, but most (not all) of these shortcuts are configurable by the user. You can create custom shortcuts and load custom keyboard shortcut files in the Inkscape Preferences, or by following the instructions in the default.xml file.

Unless noted otherwise, keypad keys (such as arrows, Home, End, +, -, digits) are supposed to work the same as corresponding regular keys. If you have a new shortcut idea, please contact the developers (by writing to the devel mailing list -or by submitting an -RFE).

+or by submitting a +feature request).

@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ RFE).

- Controls bar + Tool controls bar

@@ -164,332 +163,329 @@ RFE).
Select (mouse)
- Rubberband, touch selection + Rubberband, touch selection
- Select (keyboard) + Select (keyboard)
- Select within group, select under + Select within group, select under
- Move (mouse) + Move (mouse)
- Move (keyboard) + Move (keyboard)
- Transform (mouse) + Transform (mouse)
- Scale by handles + Scale by handles
- Scale (keyboard) + Scale (keyboard)
- Rotate/skew by handles + Rotate/skew by handles
- Rotate (keyboard) + Rotate (keyboard)
- Flip + Flip
- Rotation center + Rotation center
- Cancel + Cancel

- Node tool + Node tool

- Select objects (mouse) + Select objects (mouse)
- Select nodes (mouse) + Select nodes (mouse)
- Rubberband selection + Rubberband selection
- Select nodes (keyboard) + Select nodes (keyboard)
- Grow/shrink node selection + Grow/shrink node selection
- Move nodes (mouse) + Move nodes (mouse)
- Move nodes (keyboard) + Move nodes (keyboard)
- Move node handle (mouse) + Move node handle (mouse)
- Scale handle (1 node selected) + Scale handle (1 node selected)
- Rotate handle (1 node selected) + Rotate handle (1 node selected)
- Handles visibility + Handles visibility
- Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected) + Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)
- Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected) + Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)
- Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected) + Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)
- Change segment(s) + Change segment(s)
- Change node type + Change node type
- Join/break + Join/break
- Delete, create, duplicate + Delete, create, duplicate
- Reverse + Reverse
- Edit shapes + Edit shapes
- Edit fills and path effects + Edit fills and path effects
- Cancel + Cancel

- Tweak tool + Tweak tool

- Operation + Operation
- Modes + Modes
- Parameters + Parameters

- Zoom tool + Zoom tool

- Measure tool + Measure tool

- Rectangle tool + Rectangle tool

- Draw + Draw
- Select + Select
- Resize by handles + Resize by handles
- Round corners by handles + Round corners by handles

- 3D box tool + 3D box tool

- Draw + Draw
- Select + Select
- Edit by handles + Edit by handles
- Edit perspectives + Edit perspectives

- Ellipse tool + Ellipse tool

- Draw + Draw
- Select + Select
- Edit by handles + Edit by handles

- Star tool + Star tool

- Draw + Draw
- Select + Select
- Edit by handles + Edit by handles

- Spiral tool + Spiral tool

- Draw + Draw
- Select + Select
- Edit by handles + Edit by handles

- Pencil tool + Pencil tool

- Create dots + Create dots

- Pen (Bezier) tool + Pen (Bezier) tool

- Create nodes + Create nodes
- Move last node + Move last node
- Create/modify segments + Create/modify segments
- Create dots + Create dots
- Finish + Finish
- Cancel + Cancel

- Calligraphy tool + Calligraphy tool

- Text tool + Text tool

- Select/create + Select/create
- Navigate in text + Navigate in text
- Flowed text (internal frame) + Flowed text (internal frame)
- Flowed text (external frame) + Flowed text (external frame)
- Text on path + Text on path
- Edit text + Edit text
- Select text + Select text
- Style selection + Style selection
- Letter spacing + Letter spacing
- Line spacing + Line spacing
- Kerning and shifting + Kerning and shifting
- Rotate + Rotate

- Spray tool + Spray tool

- Modes + Modes
- Parameters + Parameters

- Eraser tool + Eraser tool

- Paint Bucket + Paint Bucket

- Gradient tool + Gradient tool

- Select objects + Select objects
- Create gradients + Create gradients
- Select handles + Select handles
- Create/delete intermediate stops + Create/delete intermediate stops
- Move handles/stops + Move handles/stops
- Reverse -
- Gradient editor + Reverse

- Dropper tool + Dropper tool

- The Controls bar at the top of the document window provides different buttons and controls for each tool. + The tool controls bar at the top of the document window provides different buttons and controls for each tool.
- Use these to navigate between fields in the Controls bar (the value in the field you leave, if changed, is accepted). + Use these to navigate between fields in the tool controls bar (the value in the field you leave, if changed, is accepted).
- toggle guides and snapping to guides + toggle guide visibility
- If you want to see the guides but not snap to them, use the global snapping toggle (% key). + For activating / deactivating snapping to guides, use the snap bar or the global snapping toggle (% key).
- When you create a new guide by dragging off the ruler, guide visibility and snapping are turned on. + When you create a new guide by dragging off the ruler, guide visibility is automatically turned on.
- toggle grids and snapping to grids + toggle grids visibility
- If you want to see the grids but not snap to them, use the global snapping toggle (% key). + For activating / deactivating snapping to grids, use the snap bar or the global snapping toggle (% key).
- This toggle affects snapping to grids, guides, and objects in all tools. + This toggle affects snapping to grids, guides, and objects in all tools. The settings in the snap bar determine which snap targets and snapping points will snap.
- This exports the selected object(s) (all other objects hidden) as PNG in the document's directory and imports it back. + This exports the selected object(s) (all other objects hidden) as PNG in the document's directory and imports it back as embedded bitmap.
- click+click + double-click	edit the object @@ -3278,7 +3274,7 @@ RFE).
- Rubberband, touch selection + Rubberband, touch selection
- Select (keyboard) + Select (keyboard)
- Select within group, select under + Select within group, select under
- Move (mouse) + Move (mouse)
- This temporarily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are dragging with grid or guides on. + This temporarily disables snapping when you are dragging with snapping activated.
- Move (keyboard) + Move (keyboard)
- Transform (mouse) + Transform (mouse)
- Scale by handles + Scale by handles
- Scale (keyboard) + Scale (keyboard)
- Scaling is uniform around the center, so that the size increment applies to the larger of the two dimensions. + The default size increment is added to (or subtracted from) either the selection's height or width, whichever one is larger. Scaling is done around the center of the selection's bounding box and keeps the proportions of the selected object(s).
- Rotate/skew by handles + Rotate/skew by handles
+ + Shift + +mouse drag +	+ rotate around opposite corner +
- Rotate (keyboard) + Rotate (keyboard)
- Flip + Flip
- Rotation center + Rotation center
- Cancel + Cancel

- draw a freehand line + draw a freehand path
- If a path is selected, Shift+clicking anywhere starts a new subpath instead of a new independent path. + If a path is selected, Shift+dragging from anywhere starts a new subpath instead of a new independent path.
- This temporarily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are dragging with grid or guides on. + This temporarily disables snapping when you are dragging with snapping activated.
+ click +	+ start a straight path (finish with another click) +
- Create dots + Create dots

- Select objects + Select objects
- Create gradients + Create gradients
- This creates gradient on selected objects. The Controls bar lets you select linear/radial and fill/stroke for the new gradient. + This creates gradient on selected objects. The tool controls bar lets you select linear/radial and fill/stroke for the new gradient.
- click+click + double-click	create default gradient @@ -8963,7 +8979,7 @@ with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle.
- Select handles + Select handles
- Create/delete intermediate stops + Create/delete intermediate stops
- click+click + double-click	create a stop @@ -9112,7 +9128,7 @@ with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle.
- This adds new stop(s) in the middle(s) of selected segment(s), so it requires that more than two adjacent handles be selected. + This adds new stop(s) in the middle(s) between adjacent, selected stops or, if only one stop is selected, in the middle of the segment that starts with the selected stop.
- Move handles/stops + Move handles/stops
- Reverse + Reverse
- - Gradient editor -
- click+click -	- open gradient editor -
- Double clicking a gradient handle opens the Gradient Editor with that gradient and the clicked handle chosen in the stops list. -

- Select objects (mouse) + Select objects (mouse)
- Select nodes (mouse) + Select nodes (mouse)
- Rubberband selection + Rubberband selection
- Select nodes (keyboard) + Select nodes (keyboard)
- Grow/shrink node selection + Grow/shrink node selection
- Each key press or wheel click selects the nearest unselected node or deselects the farthest selected node. + Each key press or turn of the mouse wheel selects the nearest unselected node or deselects the farthest selected node.
- Move nodes (mouse) + Move nodes (mouse)
- This restricts movement to the directions of the node's handles, their continuations and perpendiculars (total 8 snaps). + This restricts movement to the directions of the node's handles, their counter directions and perpendiculars (total 8 snaps).
- Move nodes (keyboard) + Move nodes (keyboard)
- Move node handle (mouse) + Move node handle (mouse)
- The default angle step is 15 degrees. This also snaps to the handle's original angle, its continuation and perpendiculars. + The default angle step is 15 degrees. This also snaps to the handle's original angle, its counter direction and perpendiculars.
- Scale handle (1 node selected) + Scale handle (1 node selected)
- Rotate handle (1 node selected) + Rotate handle (1 node selected)
- Handles visibility + Handles visibility
- Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected) + Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)
- Scaling is uniform around the center, so that the size increment applies to the larger of the two dimensions. + The default size increment is added to (or subtracted from) either the node selection's height or width, whichever one is larger. Scaling keeps the proportions of the node selection.
- Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected) + Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)
- Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected) + Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)
- Change segment(s) + Change segment(s)
- Change node type + Change node type
- Join/break + Join/break
- Delete, create, duplicate + Delete, create, duplicate
- click+click + double-click	create node @@ -5606,7 +5613,7 @@ with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle.
- Reverse + Reverse
- Edit shapes + Edit shapes
- Edit fills and path effects + Edit fills and path effects
- Cancel + Cancel

- Operation + Operation
- act temporarily switching to shrink mode + temporarily switch to shrink mode
- act temporarily switching to grow mode + temporarily switch to grow mode
- Modes + Modes
- Parameters + Parameters
- set brush width to 1 / 100 + set brush width to its minimum or maximum

- Draw + Draw
- This restricts rectangle so its height/width ratio is a whole number. + This restricts width/height ratio or its inverse to a whole number or the golden ratio.
- Select + Select
- Resize by handles + Resize by handles
- Round corners by handles + Round corners by handles

- Draw + Draw
- Select + Select
- Edit by handles + Edit by handles
- Edit perspectives + Edit perspectives

- Draw + Draw
- This restricts ellipse so its height/width ratio is a whole number. + This restricts width/height ratio or its inverse to a whole number or the golden ratio.
- Select + Select
- Edit by handles + Edit by handles

- Create nodes + Create nodes
- Move last node + Move last node
- Create/modify segments + Create/modify segments
- Create dots + Create dots
- Finish + Finish
- finish current line + finish current path
- finish current line + finish current path
- click+click + double-click	- finish current line + finish current path
- Enter, right click, or double left click finish the current line, discarding the last unfinished (red) segment. + Enter or right click finish the current line, discarding the last unfinished (red) segment. Double left click finishes the current line where double-clicked.
- Cancel + Cancel

- Select/create + Select/create
- Navigate in text + Navigate in text
- All these commands cancel current text selection, if any. Use them with Shift to extend selection instead. + All these commands cancel current text selection, if any. Use them with Shift to add to / subtract from selection instead.
- Flowed text (internal frame) + Flowed text (internal frame)
- Flowed text (external frame) + Flowed text (external frame)
- Text on path + Text on path
- Edit text + Edit text
- Select text + Select text
- click+click + double-click	select word @@ -8337,7 +8353,7 @@ with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle.
- Style selection + Style selection
- Letter spacing + Letter spacing
- Line spacing + Line spacing
- Kerning and shifting + Kerning and shifting
- Rotate + Rotate

- Modes + Modes
- Parameters + Parameters
- set spray width to 1 / 100 + set spray width to its minimum or maximum

Inkscape keyboard and mouse reference

Controls bar

Tool controls bar

- Rubberband, touch selection

- Select (keyboard)

- Select within group, select under

- Move (mouse)

- Move (keyboard)

- Transform (mouse)

- Scale by handles

- Scale (keyboard)

- Rotate/skew by handles

- Rotate (keyboard)

- Flip

- Rotation center

- Cancel

Node tool

- Select objects (mouse)

- Select nodes (mouse)

- Rubberband selection

- Select nodes (keyboard)

- Grow/shrink node selection

- Move nodes (mouse)

- Move nodes (keyboard)

- Move node handle (mouse)

- Scale handle (1 node selected)

- Rotate handle (1 node selected)

- Handles visibility

- Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)

- Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)

- Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)

- Change segment(s)

- Change node type

- Join/break

- Delete, create, duplicate

- Reverse

- Edit shapes

- Edit fills and path effects

- Cancel

Tweak tool

- Operation

- Modes

- Parameters

Zoom tool

Measure tool

Rectangle tool

- Draw

- Select

- Resize by handles

- Round corners by handles

3D box tool

- Draw

- Select

- Edit by handles

- Edit perspectives

Ellipse tool

- Draw

- Select

- Edit by handles

Star tool

- Draw

- Select

- Edit by handles

Spiral tool

- Draw

- Select

- Edit by handles

Pencil tool

- Create dots

Pen (Bezier) tool

- Create nodes

- Move last node

- Create/modify segments

- Create dots

- Finish

- Cancel

Calligraphy tool

Text tool

- Select/create

- Navigate in text