Inkscape keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 185 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Inkscape 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 — 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

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