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Inkscape Keyboard & Mouse Operations Cheat Sheet

Inkscape Keyboard & Mouse Operations Cheat Sheet

Mouse Operations

  • 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

Selection Tools

  • F1 or S: Select objects
  • F2 or N: Edit paths by nodes
  • F3 or Z: Zoom

Object Manipulation

  • 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

Zoom and View

  • + or =: Zoom in
  • -: Zoom out
  • 1: Zoom to 100%
  • 3: Zoom to selection
  • 5: Zoom to drawing
  • Ctrl + Drag: Rubberband zoom

Text and Typography

  • 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

Colors and Strokes

  • 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

Layers

  • Shift + PgUp: Raise layer to top
  • Shift + PgDn: Lower layer to bottom
  • Ctrl + L: Open Layer dialog

Miscellaneous

  • 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
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