GIMP keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 118 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for GIMP 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top 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

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  • Corel Painter shortcuts
  • Darktable shortcuts

Related pages

  • GIMP shortcuts
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  • Learn GIMP shortcuts
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