Inkscape Keyboard & Mouse Operations Cheat Sheet

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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