- Left Click: Select objects, points, or paths
- Double Left Click: Enter group or text editing mode
- Right Click: Context menu
- Middle Click: Pan around the canvas
- Scroll Wheel: Zoom in and out
- Shift + Left Click: Add to selection
- Ctrl + Left Click: Select within groups
- F1 or S: Select objects
- F2 or N: Edit paths by nodes
- F3 or Z: Zoom
- Ctrl + D: Duplicate selected object
- Ctrl + G: Group selected objects
- Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup
- Ctrl + M: Show transformation handles for rotating
- Ctrl + J: Join selected nodes in path
- Delete: Delete selected objects
- + or =: Zoom in
- -: Zoom out
- 1: Zoom to 100%
- 3: Zoom to selection
- 5: Zoom to drawing
- Ctrl + Drag: Rubberband zoom
- T: Text tool
- Ctrl + A: Select all text
- Ctrl + T: Show text and font dialog
- Ctrl + Shift + T: Show text and font dialog for SVG
- D: Reset colors to default (stroke:black, fill:none)
- Shift + Click on color: Change stroke color
- Click on color: Change fill color
- X: Swap fill and stroke colors
- Shift + PgUp: Raise layer to top
- Shift + PgDn: Lower layer to bottom
- Ctrl + L: Open Layer dialog
- F4 or R: Rectangle tool
- F5 or E: Ellipse tool
- F6 or P: Pencil (freehand) tool
- B: Bezier tool
- Ctrl + Alt + T: XML editor
- Shift + Ctrl + D: Document properties