Inkscape keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 185 Inkscape 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

F1 — Selector
S — Selector
Space — Selector (temporary)
F2 — Node tool
N — Node tool
F3 — Zoom tool
Z — Zoom tool
M — Measure tool
F4 — Ractangle tool
R — Ractangle tool
Shift+F4 — 3D box tool
X — 3D box tool
F5 — Ellipse/arc tool
E — Ellipse/arc tool
Shift+F9 — Star tool
F9 — Spiral tool
I — Spiral tool
F6 — Pencil (Freehand) tool
P — Pencil (Freehand) tool
Shift+F6 — Pen (Bezier) tool
B — Pen (Bezier) tool
Ctrl+F6 — Calligraphic tool
C — Calligraphic tool
F8 — Text tool
T — Text tool
Shift+F3 — Spray tool
A — Spray tool
Shift+E — Eraser tool
Shift+F7 — Paint bucket tool
U — Paint bucket tool
Ctrl+F1 — Gradient tool
G — Gradient tool
F7 — Dropper tool
D — Dropper tool
Ctrl+F2 — Connector tool
O — Connector tool
Ctrl+Shift+F — Fill and Stroke
Ctrl+Shift+W — Swatches
Ctrl+Shift+T — Text and font
Ctrl+Shift+M — Transform
Ctrl+Shift+L — Layers
Ctrl+Shift+A — Align and Distribute
Ctrl+Shift+O — Object Properties
Ctrl+Shift+H — Undo history
Ctrl+Shift+X — XML editor
Ctrl+Shift+D — Document preferences
Ctrl+Shift+P — Inkscape preferences
Ctrl+Shift+E — Export to PNG
Ctrl+F — Find
Shift+Alt+B — Trace bitmap
Ctrl+Shift+7 — Path Effects
Ctrl+Alt+K — Check Spelling
F12 — Toggle dialogs
Escape — Return to the canvas
Ctrl+F4 — Close the dialog
Ctrl+W — Close the dialog
Tab — Jump to the next widget
Shift+Tab — Jump to previous widget
Enter — Set the new value
Space — Activate current button or list
Enter — Activate current button or list
Ctrl+PageUp — In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
Ctrl+PageDown — In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
Ctrl+F — Open a search field in a dialog with a list
Equal — expand direct children of the currently selected element
Minus — collapse the currently selected element
Home — select the topmost/lowermost visible element in the list
End — select the topmost/lowermost visible element in the list
ArrowUp — select the previous/next visible element in the list
ArrowDown — select the previous/next visible element in the list
PageUp — select element on previous/next page of list
PageDown — select element on previous/next page of list
Ctrl+Enter — set the attribute's value
Alt+X — Jump to the first editable filed
Tab — Jump to next field
Shift+Tab — Jump to previous field
ArrowUp — Change value by 0.1
ArrowDown — Change value by 0.1
PageUp — Change value by 5.0
PageDown — Change value by 5.0
Enter — Accept the new value
Escape — Cancel changes, return to canvas
Ctrl+Z — Cancel changes
Equal — Zoom in
Minus — Zoom out
Alt+Z — Activate zoon field
1 — Zoom 1:1
2 — Zoom 1:2
3 — Zoom to selection
4 — Zoom to drawing
5 — Zoom to page
Ctrl+E — Zoom to page width
6 — Zoom to page width
Backquote — Previous zoom
Shift+Quote — Next zoom
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Scroll canvas
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Scroll canvas
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Scroll canvas
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Scroll canvas
Shift+Backslash — Toggle guides and snapping to guides
Shift+3 — Toggle grids and snapping to grids
Ctrl+Shift+R — resize page to current selection, or to the drawing if nothing is selected
Ctrl+N — Create new document
Ctrl+O — Open an SVG document
Ctrl+Shift+E — Export to PNG
Ctrl+I — Import bitmap or SVG
Ctrl+P — Print document
Ctrl+S — Save document
Ctrl+Shift+S — Save under a new name
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Save a copy
Ctrl+Q — Exit inkscape
Ctrl+R — Toggle rulers
Ctrl+B — Toggle scrollbars
Shift+Alt+P — toggle palette
F11 — Toggle fullscreen
Shift+F11 — Toggle toolbars
Ctrl+F11 — Toggle toolbars and fullscreen
F10 — Main menu
Shift+F10 — Drop-down menu
Ctrl+F4 — Close document window
Ctrl+W — Close document window
Ctrl+Tab — Next document window
Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Previous document window
Ctrl+Shift+N — Create new layer
Shift+PageUp — Move to layer above
Shift+PageDown — Move to layer below
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp — Raise layer
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown — Lower layer
Ctrl+Shift+Home — Raise layer to top
Ctrl+Shift+End — Lower layer to bottom
Ctrl+Shift+Y — Undo
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
Ctrl+Y — Redo
Ctrl+C — Copy selection
Ctrl+X — Cut selection
Ctrl+V — Paste clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste in place
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste style
Ctrl+7 — Paste path effect
Ctrl+D — Duplicate selection
Alt+D — Clone object
Shift+Alt+D — Unlink clone
Shift+D — Select original
Alt+B — Create a bitmap copy
Shift+Alt+B — Trace bitmap
Alt+I — Object to pattern
Shift+Alt+I — Pattern to objects
Ctrl+Shift+U — Group selected objects
Ctrl+G — Group selected objects
Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup selected objects
Ctrl+U — Ungroup selected objects
Home — Raise selection to top
End — Lower selection to bottom
PageUp — Raise selection one step
PageDown — Lower selection one step
Shift+M — move mode
Shift+0 — move mode
Shift+I — move in/out mode
Shift+1 — move in/out mode
Shift+Z — move jitter mode
Shift+2 — move jitter mode
Shift+3 — scale mode
Shift+BracketLeft — rotate mode
Shift+BracketRight — rotate mode
Shift+4 — rotate mode
Shift+D — duplicate/delete mode
Shift+5 — duplicate/delete mode
Shift+P — push path mode
Shift+6 — push path mode
Shift+S — shrink/grow path mode
Shift+7 — shrink/grow path mode
Shift+A — attract/repel path mode
Shift+8 — attract/repel path mode
Shift+R — roughen mode
Shift+9 — roughen mode
Shift+C — color paint mode
Shift+J — color jitter mode
Shift+B — blur mode
ArrowLeft — Adjust brush width by
ArrowRight — Adjust brush width by
Home — Set brush width to its minimum or maximum
End — Set brush width to its minimum or maximum
ArrowUp — Adjust tweaking force
ArrowDown — Adjust tweaking force
Space — Hand/Pan Tool (Temporary)
ShiftLeft — Constrain/Straight Line
MouseLeft — Edit/Open Item

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Inkscape keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 185 Inkscape 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

F1 — Selector
S — Selector
Space — Selector (temporary)
F2 — Node tool
N — Node tool
F3 — Zoom tool
Z — Zoom tool
M — Measure tool
F4 — Ractangle tool
R — Ractangle tool
Shift+F4 — 3D box tool
X — 3D box tool
F5 — Ellipse/arc tool
E — Ellipse/arc tool
Shift+F9 — Star tool
F9 — Spiral tool
I — Spiral tool
F6 — Pencil (Freehand) tool
P — Pencil (Freehand) tool
Shift+F6 — Pen (Bezier) tool
B — Pen (Bezier) tool
Ctrl+F6 — Calligraphic tool
C — Calligraphic tool
F8 — Text tool
T — Text tool
Shift+F3 — Spray tool
A — Spray tool
Shift+E — Eraser tool
Shift+F7 — Paint bucket tool
U — Paint bucket tool
Ctrl+F1 — Gradient tool
G — Gradient tool
F7 — Dropper tool
D — Dropper tool
Ctrl+F2 — Connector tool
O — Connector tool
Ctrl+Shift+F — Fill and Stroke
Ctrl+Shift+W — Swatches
Ctrl+Shift+T — Text and font
Ctrl+Shift+M — Transform
Ctrl+Shift+L — Layers
Ctrl+Shift+A — Align and Distribute
Ctrl+Shift+O — Object Properties
Ctrl+Shift+H — Undo history
Ctrl+Shift+X — XML editor
Ctrl+Shift+D — Document preferences
Ctrl+Shift+P — Inkscape preferences
Ctrl+Shift+E — Export to PNG
Ctrl+F — Find
Shift+Alt+B — Trace bitmap
Ctrl+Shift+7 — Path Effects
Ctrl+Alt+K — Check Spelling
F12 — Toggle dialogs
Escape — Return to the canvas
Ctrl+F4 — Close the dialog
Ctrl+W — Close the dialog
Tab — Jump to the next widget
Shift+Tab — Jump to previous widget
Enter — Set the new value
Space — Activate current button or list
Enter — Activate current button or list
Ctrl+PageUp — In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
Ctrl+PageDown — In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
Ctrl+F — Open a search field in a dialog with a list
Equal — expand direct children of the currently selected element
Minus — collapse the currently selected element
Home — select the topmost/lowermost visible element in the list
End — select the topmost/lowermost visible element in the list
ArrowUp — select the previous/next visible element in the list
ArrowDown — select the previous/next visible element in the list
PageUp — select element on previous/next page of list
PageDown — select element on previous/next page of list
Ctrl+Enter — set the attribute's value
Alt+X — Jump to the first editable filed
Tab — Jump to next field
Shift+Tab — Jump to previous field
ArrowUp — Change value by 0.1
ArrowDown — Change value by 0.1
PageUp — Change value by 5.0
PageDown — Change value by 5.0
Enter — Accept the new value
Escape — Cancel changes, return to canvas
Ctrl+Z — Cancel changes
Equal — Zoom in
Minus — Zoom out
Alt+Z — Activate zoon field
1 — Zoom 1:1
2 — Zoom 1:2
3 — Zoom to selection
4 — Zoom to drawing
5 — Zoom to page
Ctrl+E — Zoom to page width
6 — Zoom to page width
Backquote — Previous zoom
Shift+Quote — Next zoom
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Scroll canvas
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Scroll canvas
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Scroll canvas
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Scroll canvas
Shift+Backslash — Toggle guides and snapping to guides
Shift+3 — Toggle grids and snapping to grids
Ctrl+Shift+R — resize page to current selection, or to the drawing if nothing is selected
Ctrl+N — Create new document
Ctrl+O — Open an SVG document
Ctrl+Shift+E — Export to PNG
Ctrl+I — Import bitmap or SVG
Ctrl+P — Print document
Ctrl+S — Save document
Ctrl+Shift+S — Save under a new name
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Save a copy
Ctrl+Q — Exit inkscape
Ctrl+R — Toggle rulers
Ctrl+B — Toggle scrollbars
Shift+Alt+P — toggle palette
F11 — Toggle fullscreen
Shift+F11 — Toggle toolbars
Ctrl+F11 — Toggle toolbars and fullscreen
F10 — Main menu
Shift+F10 — Drop-down menu
Ctrl+F4 — Close document window
Ctrl+W — Close document window
Ctrl+Tab — Next document window
Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Previous document window
Ctrl+Shift+N — Create new layer
Shift+PageUp — Move to layer above
Shift+PageDown — Move to layer below
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp — Raise layer
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown — Lower layer
Ctrl+Shift+Home — Raise layer to top
Ctrl+Shift+End — Lower layer to bottom
Ctrl+Shift+Y — Undo
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
Ctrl+Y — Redo
Ctrl+C — Copy selection
Ctrl+X — Cut selection
Ctrl+V — Paste clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste in place
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste style
Ctrl+7 — Paste path effect
Ctrl+D — Duplicate selection
Alt+D — Clone object
Shift+Alt+D — Unlink clone
Shift+D — Select original
Alt+B — Create a bitmap copy
Shift+Alt+B — Trace bitmap
Alt+I — Object to pattern
Shift+Alt+I — Pattern to objects
Ctrl+Shift+U — Group selected objects
Ctrl+G — Group selected objects
Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup selected objects
Ctrl+U — Ungroup selected objects
Home — Raise selection to top
End — Lower selection to bottom
PageUp — Raise selection one step
PageDown — Lower selection one step
Shift+M — move mode
Shift+0 — move mode
Shift+I — move in/out mode
Shift+1 — move in/out mode
Shift+Z — move jitter mode
Shift+2 — move jitter mode
Shift+3 — scale mode
Shift+BracketLeft — rotate mode
Shift+BracketRight — rotate mode
Shift+4 — rotate mode
Shift+D — duplicate/delete mode
Shift+5 — duplicate/delete mode
Shift+P — push path mode
Shift+6 — push path mode
Shift+S — shrink/grow path mode
Shift+7 — shrink/grow path mode
Shift+A — attract/repel path mode
Shift+8 — attract/repel path mode
Shift+R — roughen mode
Shift+9 — roughen mode
Shift+C — color paint mode
Shift+J — color jitter mode
Shift+B — blur mode
ArrowLeft — Adjust brush width by
ArrowRight — Adjust brush width by
Home — Set brush width to its minimum or maximum
End — Set brush width to its minimum or maximum
ArrowUp — Adjust tweaking force
ArrowDown — Adjust tweaking force
Space — Hand/Pan Tool (Temporary)
ShiftLeft — Constrain/Straight Line
MouseLeft — Edit/Open Item