GIMP keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 118 GIMP 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • F1 — Help
  • Shift+F1 — Context help
  • R — Rectangle select
  • E — Ellipse select
  • F — Free select
  • U — Fuzzy select
  • Shift+O — Select by color
  • I — Scissors
  • B — Paths
  • O — Color picker
  • M — Move
  • Shift+C — Crop and resize
  • Shift+R — Rotate
  • Shift+T — Scale
  • Shift+S — Shear
  • Shift+P — Perspective
  • Shift+F — Flip
  • T — Text
  • Shift+B — Bucket fill
  • L — Blend
  • N — Pencil
  • P — Paintbrush
  • Shift+E — Eraser
  • A — Airbrush
  • K — Ink
  • C — Clone
  • V — Convolve
  • S — Smudge
  • Shift+D — Dodge or burn
  • X — Swap colors
  • D — Default colors
  • Ctrl+N — New image
  • Ctrl+O — Open image
  • Ctrl+Alt+N — Open image as new layer
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate image
  • Ctrl+S — Save image
  • Ctrl+S — Save image under a new name
  • Ctrl+Q — Quit
  • Ctrl+L — Layers
  • Ctrl+Shift+B — Brushes
  • Ctrl+Shift+P — Patterns
  • Ctrl+G — Gradients
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Tool options
  • Ctrl+P — Palettes
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — Info window
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — Navigation window
  • Tab — Jump to next widget
  • Shift+Tab — Jump to previous widget
  • Enter — Set the new value
  • Space — Activate the current button or list
  • Ctrl+Alt+PageUp — In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
  • Shift+L — Open location
  • Alt+ArrowUp — Up folder
  • Alt+ArrowDown — Down folder
  • Alt+Home — Home folder
  • Escape — Close dialog
  • F10 — Main menu
  • Shift+F10 — Drop-down menu
  • F11 — Toggle fullscreen
  • Shift+Q — Toggle quickmask
  • Ctrl+W — Close document window
  • Minus — Zoom out
  • 1 — Zoom 1:1
  • Ctrl+E — Shrink wrap
  • Ctrl+Shift+E — Fit image in window
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Toggle rulers
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Toggle guides
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Y — Redo
  • Ctrl+C — Copy selection
  • Ctrl+X — Cut selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+C — Copy visible
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste as new image
  • Ctrl+V — Paste clipboard
  • Ctrl+K — Clears selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+C — Named copy selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+X — Named cut selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Named paste clipboard
  • Ctrl+Period — Fill with background color
  • Ctrl+Semicolon — Fill with pattern
  • PageUp — Select the layer above
  • PageDown — Select the layer below
  • Home — Select the first layer
  • End — Select the last layer
  • Ctrl+M — Merge visible layers
  • Ctrl+H — Anchor layer
  • Ctrl+T — Toggle selections
  • Ctrl+A — Select all
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Select none
  • Ctrl+I — Invert selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Float selection
  • Shift+V — Path to selection
  • Ctrl+F — Repeat last plug-in
  • Ctrl+Shift+F — Reshow last plug-in
  • MouseMiddle — Pan / Scroll Canvas
  • WheelUp — Zoom In
  • WheelDown — Zoom Out
  • Shift+WheelUp — Scroll Horizontally
  • MouseLeft — Paint with Active Tool
  • Shift+MouseLeft — Paint Straight Line
  • Ctrl+MouseLeft — Color Picker (Eyedropper)
  • MouseRight — Image Context Menu
  • Alt+MouseLeft — Move Active Layer
  • Alt+WheelUp — Increase Brush Size
  • Alt+WheelDown — Decrease Brush Size
  • Z — Zoom
  • Shift+M — Measure
  • Ctrl+B — Toolbox
  • Ctrl+Alt+O — Open as Layers
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
  • Ctrl+Shift+W — Close All
  • Delete — Clear
  • Ctrl+Comma — Fill with FG Color
  • Alt+Enter — Display Image Properties
  • Ctrl+Shift+D — Duplicate Layer
  • H — Heal
  • Shift+U — Blur / Sharpen
  • Q — Align
  • Space — Hand/Pan Tool (Temporary)
  • ShiftLeft — Constrain/Straight Line
  • MouseLeft — Edit/Open Item

Other Design & Image apps

  • Adobe Fresco shortcuts
  • Adobe Lightroom CC shortcuts
  • Adobe XD shortcuts
  • Affinity Designer shortcuts
  • Affinity Photo 2 shortcuts
  • Aseprite shortcuts
  • Capture One shortcuts
  • Clip Studio Paint shortcuts
  • Corel Painter shortcuts
  • Darktable shortcuts

Related pages

  • GIMP shortcuts
  • GIMP cheat sheet
  • Learn GIMP shortcuts
  • All Design & Image apps