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Tools, F1, s Selector, F2, n Node tool, Shift+F2, w Tweak tool, F3, z Zoom tool, m Measure tool, F4, r Rectangle tool, Shift+F4, x3D box tool, F5, e Ellipse/arc tool, Shift+F9, *Star tool, F9, I Spiral tool, F6, p Pencil (Freehand) tool, Shift+F6, b Pen (Bezier) tool, Ctrl+F6, c Calligraphy tool, F8, t Text tool, Shift+F3, a Spray tool, Shift+E Eraser tool, Shift+F7, u Paint Bucket tool, Ctrl+F1, g Gradient tool, F7, d Dropper tool, Ctrl+F2, o Connector tool, Double click on the tool buttons opens the Preferences dialog showing the page of the corresponding tool., Dialogs, Open, Shift+Ctrl+FFill and Stroke, Shift+Ctrl+WSwatches, Shift+Ctrl+TText and Font, Shift+Ctrl+MTransform, Shift+Ctrl+LLayers, Shift+Ctrl+AAlign and Distribute, Shift+Ctrl+OObject Properties, Shift+Ctrl+HUndo History, Shift+Ctrl+XXML Editor, Shift+Ctrl+QSelectors and CSS dialog (experimental), Shift+Ctrl+DDocument Properties, Shift+Ctrl+PInkscape Preferences, Shift+Ctrl+EExport to PNG, Ctrl+FFind, Shift+Alt+BTrace Bitmap, Shift+Ctrl+7Path Effects, Ctrl+Alt+KCheck Spelling, These shortcuts open a new dialog window if it wasn't open yet, otherwise the corresponding dialog gets focus., Toggle visibility, F12toggle dialogs, This temporarily hides all open dialogs; another F12 shows them again., Tool controls bar, Access, The tool controls bar at the top of the document window provides different buttons and controls for each tool., Alt+Xjump to the first editable field, Navigate, Shift+Tabjump to previous field, Use these to navigate between fields in the tool controls bar (the value in the field you leave, if changed, is accepted)., ., Canvas, Zoom, =,+zoom in, -zoom out, The keypad +/- keys do zooming even when you are editing a text object, unless NumLock is on., middle click,Ctrl+right clickzoom in, Shift+middle click,Shift+right clickzoom out, Ctrl+mouse wheelzoom in or out, When the "Mouse wheel zooms by default" option is on in Preferences, Ctrl+wheel scrolls instead of zooming. To zoom, use wheel without Ctrl., Shift+middle button dragzoom into the area, Alt+Zactivate zoom field, The zoom field in the lower right corner of the window allows you to specify zoom level precisely., Qquick zoom, Zooms to selection, or doubles the current zoom factor if nothing is selected, until key is released., Guides, grids, snapping, mouse dragdrag off a ruler to create guide, Drag off the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a new guideline. Drag a guideline onto the ruler to delete it., mouse dragdrag a guide to move it, Shift+mouse dragdrag a guide (not near anchor) to rotate it, Shift+Ctrl+mouse dragrotate guide with angle snapping, Deldelete guide, |,Shift+\toggle guide visibility, For activating / deactivating snapping to guides, use the snap bar or the global snapping toggle (% key)., When you create a new guide by dragging off the ruler, guide visibility is automatically turned on., #,Shift+3toggle grids visibility, For activating / deactivating snapping to grids, use the snap bar or the global snapping toggle (% key)., Note that only the 3 key on the main keyboard works, not on the keypad., %toggle snapping on and off, This toggle affects snapping to grids, guides, and objects in all tools. The settings in the snap bar determine which snap targets and snapping points will snap., Split Canvas, Ctrl+keypad 6toggle split canvas, Document, Shift+Ctrl+Rresize page to current selection, or to the drawing if nothing is selected, File, Ctrl+Ncreate new document, Ctrl+Oopen a document, Shift+Ctrl+Eexport to PNG, Ctrl+Iimport bitmap or vector, Ctrl+Pprint document, Ctrl+Ssave document, Shift+Ctrl+Ssave under a new name, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Ssave a copy, Ctrl+Qexit Inkscape, Window, Ctrl+Rtoggle rulers, Ctrl+Btoggle scrollbars, Shift+Alt+Ptoggle palette, F11toggle fullscreen, Shift+F11toggle toolbars, Ctrl+F11toggle toolbars and fullscreen, F10main menu, Menus can also be activated by Alt with the letter underscored in the menu name., Shift+F10,right clickdrop-down (context) menu, Ctrl+F4,Ctrl+Wclose document window, This shuts down Inkscape if it was the only document window open., Ctrl+Tabnext document window, Shift+Ctrl+Tabprevious document window, These cycle through the active document windows forward and backward., Extensions, Alt+Qprevious extension, Shift+Alt+Qprevious extension settings, Layers, Shift+Ctrl+Ncreate new layer, Shift+PgUpmove to layer above, Shift+PgDnmove to layer below, These commands move the selected objects from one layer to another., Shift+Ctrl+PgUpraise layer, Shift+Ctrl+PgDnlower layer, Shift+Ctrl+Homeraise layer to top, Shift+Ctrl+Endlower layer to bottom, These commands move the current layer among its siblings (normally other layers)., Hide/lock, Shift+clickselect a layer and toggle visibility (eye icon) or lock status (lock icon) on the other layers, Shift+Alt+clicktoggle visibility (eye icon) or lock status (lock icon) on the unselected layers, These commands apply to the Layers dialog's icons only., Object, Undo/redo, Shift+Ctrl+Y,Ctrl+Zundo, Shift+Ctrl+Z,Ctrl+Yredo, Duplicate, Ctrl+Dduplicate selection, New object(s) are placed exactly over the original(s) and selected., Clone, Alt+Dclone object, A clone can be moved/scaled/rotated/skewed independently, but it updates the path, fill, and stroke from its original., The clone is placed exactly over the original object and is selected., You can only clone one object at a time; if you want to clone several objects together, group them and clone the group., Shift+Alt+Dunlink clone, Unlinking a clone cuts the link to the original, turning the clone into a plain copy., Shift+Dselect original, To find out which object this is a clone of, select the clone and give this command. The original will be selected., Bitmaps, Alt+Bcreate a bitmap copy, This exports the selected object(s) (all other objects hidden) as PNG in the document's directory and imports it back as embedded bitmap., The imported bitmap is placed over the original selection and is selected., Shift+Alt+Btrace bitmap, This opens the Trace Bitmap dialog allowing you to convert a bitmap object to path(s)., Patterns, Alt+Iobject(s) to pattern, This converts the selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill., Shift+Alt+Ipattern to object(s), Each selected object with pattern fill is broken into the same object without fill and a single pattern object., Guides, Shift+Gobject(s) to guide(s), Group, Shift+Ctrl+U,Ctrl+Ggroup selected objects, Use Ctrl+click to select objects within group., Shift+Ctrl+G,Ctrl+Uungroup selected group(s), This removes only one level of grouping; press Ctrl+U repeatedly to ungroup nested groups., Align, Ctrl+Alt+Hcenter selected objects on vertical axis, Ctrl+Alt+Tcenter selected objects on horizontal axis, Ctrl+Alt+keypad 5center selected objects on horizontal and vertical axis, Ctrl+Alt+keypad 4align left edges of selected objects, Ctrl+Alt+keypad 8align top edges of selected objects, Ctrl+Alt+keypad 6align right edges of selected objects, Ctrl+Alt+keypad 2align bottom edges of selected objects, Objects are aligned relative to the anchor point set in the "Relative to" field in the "Align and Distribute" dialog., Z-order, Homeraise selection to top, Endlower selection to bottom, PgUpraise selection one step, PgDnlower selection one step, Path, Convert to path, Shift+Ctrl+Cconvert selected object(s) to path, Ctrl+Alt+Cconvert stroke to path, Boolean operations, Ctrl++union, Union combines any number of objects into a single path, removing overlaps., Ctrl+-difference, Difference works on 2 objects, extracting the top from the bottom., Ctrl+*intersection, Intersection creates a path representing the common (overlapping) area of all selected objects., Ctrl+^exclusive OR (XOR), XOR is similar to Union, except that it works on 2 objects and removes areas where the objects overlap., Ctrl+/division (cut), Division cuts the bottom object into pieces by the top object, preserving the fill and stroke of the bottom., Ctrl+Alt+/cut path, Cut Path cuts the bottom object's stroke only where it is intersected by the top path, removing any fill from the result., The result of Union, Difference, Intersection, and XOR inherits the id= attribute and therefore the clones of the bottom object., Division and Cut path normally produce several objects; of them, a random one inherits the id= of the bottom source object., Combine, Ctrl+Kcombine paths, This is different from grouping in that combined paths create one object., This is different from Union in that overlapping areas are not affected., Whether overlapping areas are filled is controlled by the Fill: winding/alternating switch on the Fill & Stroke dialog., Shift+Ctrl+Kbreak paths apart, Rubberband, touch selection, mouse dragselect by rubberband, Dragging around objects does "rubberband" selection; previous selection is deselected., Shift+mouse dragadd objects to selection, Normally, you need to start from an empty space to initiate a rubberband., However, if you press Shift before dragging, Inkscape will do rubberband selection even if you start from an object., Alt+mouse drag,Shift+Alt+mouse dragselect by touch, Alt+dragging over objects selects those objects that are touched by the path., To start touch selection with Alt, you must have nothing selected; otherwise use Shift+Alt., You can switch rubberband selection to touch selection and back while dragging by pressing/releasing Alt., Select (keyboard), Tabselect next object, Shift+Tabselect previous object, These keys pick objects in their z-order (Tab cycles from bottom to top, Shift+Tab cycles from top to bottom)., Unless you did manual rearrangements, the last object you created is always on top., As a result, if nothing is selected, pressing Shift+Tab once conveniently selects the object you created last., This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences)., Ctrl+Aselect all (current layer), This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences)., Ctrl+Alt+Aselect all (all layers), This works on objects in all visible and unlocked layers., Shift+Alt+Aselect all with same type (all layers), Selects all objects of the same type as the currently selected. This works on objects in all visible and unlocked layers., !invert selection (current layer), This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and vice versa) in the current layer., Alt+!invert selection (all layers), This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and vice versa) in visible and unlocked layers., Escdeselect, Backspace,Deldelete selection, Select within group, select under, Ctrl+clickselect within group, Ctrl+click selects the object at click point disregarding any levels of grouping that this object might belong to., Shift+Ctrl+clicktoggle selection within group, Alt+clickselect under, Alt+click selects the object at click point which is beneath (in z-order) the lowest selected object at click point., If the bottom object is reached, Alt+click again selects the top object. So, several Alt+clicks cycle through z-order stack at point., On GNU/Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape., If your keyboard has a Meta key, you may wish to set your "Modifier key" to use it instead of Alt., (Sometimes you can also use Ctrl+Alt+click (select under in groups) with the same effect as Alt+click.), Shift+Alt+clicktoggle under, Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under, in groups, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+clicktoggle under, in groups, Ctrl+Enterenter group, Ctrl+Backspacego to parent group/layer, Transform (mouse), click,Shift+Stoggle scale/rotation handles, mouse dragscale (with scale handles), mouse dragrotate or skew (with rotation handles), Rotate/skew by handles, mouse dragrotate or skew, Ctrl+mouse dragsnap skew angle, Holding Ctrl when dragging a skew (non-corner) handle snaps the skew angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees)., Ctrl+mouse dragsnap rotation angle, Holding Ctrl when dragging a rotation (corner) handle snaps the rotation angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees)., Shift+mouse dragrotate around opposite corner, Rotate (keyboard), [,]rotate selection by the angle step, The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise., Ctrl+[,Ctrl+]rotate selection by 90 degrees, Alt+[,Alt+]rotate selection by 1 pixel, The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement., These commands use the rotation center, draggable in Selector (by default it's in geometric center)., Flip, hflip selection horizontally, vflip selection vertically, If the tool is in rotate mode (rotation center visible), that center becomes the axis of flipping; otherwise it flips around geometric center of selection., Rotation center, mouse dragmove rotation center, Moved rotation center remembers and saves its position for (all) selected object(s); you can reset it., Shift+mouse dragmove without snapping, Shift+clickreset rotation center, Resetting rotation center moves it back to the geometric center of the object's or selection's bounding box., Cancel, Esccancel rubberband, move, transformation, Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, move, or transformation of any kind., Node tool, Select objects (mouse), clickclick a non-selected object to select, Alt+clickselect under, Alt+mouse wheelcycle z-order, Shift+clicktoggle selection, These work the same as in Selector. The nodes or handles of the single selected object become editable., Select nodes (mouse), clickselect a node, Clicking on a node selects it., clickselect two adjacent nodes, Clicking on a selected path between the nodes selects the two nodes closest to the click point., Shift+clicktoggle selection, This adds/removes a node (if clicked on node) or two nodes (if clicked on path) to/from the node selection., clickdeselect, Clicking in an empty space deselects all selected nodes. Next click will deselect the object., Rubberband selection, mouse dragselect multiple nodes, Dragging around nodes does "rubberband" selection; previous node selection is deselected., Shift+mouse dragadd nodes to selection, Normally, you need to start from a point not over a path or a node to initiate a rubberband., However, if you press Shift before dragging, Inkscape will do rubberband selection even if you start over the path., This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and vice versa) in the entire path., Grow/shrink node selection, PgUp,PgDngrow/shrink selection (spatial), mouse wheelgrow/shrink selection (spatial), Ctrl+PgUp,Ctrl+PgDngrow/shrink selection (along path), Ctrl+mouse wheelgrow/shrink selection (along path), Your mouse pointer must be over a node for growing/shrinking., Each key press or turn of the mouse wheel selects the nearest unselected node or deselects the farthest selected node., Distance to nodes can be calculated directly (spatial mode) or along path., Move nodes (mouse), mouse dragmove selected nodes, Ctrl+mouse dragrestrict movement to horizontal or vertical, Ctrl+Alt+mouse dragmove along handles, This restricts movement to the directions of the node's handles, their counter directions and perpendiculars (total 8 snaps)., If the node has straight lines on one or both sides, this will snap it to these lines' directions and perpendiculars instead., Shift+mouse dragtemporarily disable snapping, Shift+mouse dragdrag out handle, If a node has a retracted handle, dragging with Shift lets you drag it out of the node., mouse drag+Spacedrop a copy, When dragging nodes with mouse, each Space leaves a copy of the selected object., You can press and hold Space while dragging for a nice "trail.", Alt+mouse dragsculpt selected nodes, Sculpting moves the selected nodes so that the dragged node moves all the way, the farthest selected nodes stay put; all intermediate selected nodes move intermediate distances, governed by a bell-like curve., Sculpting is pressure-sensitive with a tablet; press harder for a blunter drag profile, press lightly for a sharper profile., To stop sculpting without losing the pressure-sensitive profile, release Alt first and then lift the pen., Move nodes (keyboard), arrowsmove selected node(s) by the nudge distance, Shift+arrowsmove selected node(s) by 10x nudge distance, The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels)., Alt+arrowsmove selected node(s) by 1 pixel, Shift+Alt+arrowsmove selected node(s) by 10 pixels, The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement., Move node handle (mouse), mouse dragmove a node handle, Ctrl+mouse dragsnap the handle to angle steps, The default angle step is 15 degrees. This also snaps to the handle's original angle, its counter direction and perpendiculars., Shift+mouse dragrotate both handles, Alt+mouse draglock the handle length, Ctrl, Shift, Alt can be combined when dragging handles., Ctrl+clickretract the handle, Retracted handle is zero length; use Shift+drag to drag it back out., Scale handle (1 node selected), <,>contract/expand both handles by scale step, The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels). May apply to more than one node., Left Ctrl+<,Left Ctrl+>scale left handle by the scale step, Right Ctrl+<,Right Ctrl+>scale right handle by the scale step, Left Alt+<,Left Alt+>scale left handle by 1 pixel, Right Alt+<,Right Alt+>scale right handle by 1 pixel, The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling., Instead of the < and > keys, you can use the , (comma) and . (period) keys respectively., Rotate handle (1 node selected), [,]rotate both handles by the angle step, The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise. May apply to more than one node., Left Ctrl+[,Left Ctrl+]rotate left handle by the angle step, Right Ctrl+[,Right Ctrl+]rotate right handle by the angle step, Left Alt+[,Left Alt+]rotate left handle by 1 pixel, Right Alt+[,Right Alt+]rotate right handle by 1 pixel, Handles visibility, Ctrl+Htoggle handles, Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected), These commands scale the selected nodes as if they were an "object"., If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of scaling; otherwise it scales around geometric center of selected nodes., .,>scale nodes up by the scale step, ,,<scale nodes down by the scale step, The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels)., Alt+.,Alt+>scale nodes up by 1 pixel, Alt+,,Alt+<scale nodes down by 1 pixel, The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling., The default size increment is added to (or subtracted from) either the node selection's height or width, whichever one is larger. Scaling keeps the proportions of the node selection., Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected), These commands rotate the selected nodes as if they were an "object"., If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of rotation; otherwise it rotates around geometric center of selected nodes., [,]rotate nodes by the angle step, The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise., Alt+[,Alt+]rotate nodes by 1 pixel, The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement., Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected), These commands flip the selected nodes as if they were an "object", around the center of that object., hflip nodes horizontally, vflip nodes vertically, If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of flipping; otherwise it flips around geometric center of selected nodes, Change segment(s), Shift+Lmake line, Shift+Umake curve, These commands require that more than two adjacent nodes be selected., Change node type, Shift+Cmake cusp, First Shift+C changes type of node; if you do another Shift+C on an already cusp node, it retracts its handles., Shift+Smake smooth, If a cusp node is adjacent to a line segment, first Shift+S makes it half-smooth with one handle collinear with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle., Shift+Ymake symmetric, When making smooth or symmetric, you can lock the position of one of the handles by hovering mouse over it., Shift+Amake auto, Ctrl+clicktoggle smooth/cusp/symmetric/auto, Join/break, Shift+Jjoin selected nodes, This requires that exactly two end nodes within the path be selected., You can lock the position of one of the two joined nodes by hovering mouse over it., Alt+Jjoin selected end nodes with new segment, Shift+Bbreak selected node(s), After break, only one of each two new nodes is selected. May apply to more than one node., Delete, create, duplicate, Backspace,Deldelete selected node(s), Ctrl+Backspace,Ctrl+Deldelete without preserving shape, Deleting without Ctrl adjusts handles on the remaining nodes to preserve the shape of the curve as much as possible., Deleting with Ctrl does not touch the remaining nodes., Alt+Backspacedelete segment between pairs of adjacent selected nodes, Ctrl+Alt+clickcreate/delete node, Ctrl+Alt+click on a node deletes it; Ctrl+Alt+click on the path between nodes creates a new node in the click point., Deleting nodes this way always tries to preserve the shape of the curve (same as Del/Backspace)., double-clickcreate node, Double clicking on the path between nodes creates a node in the click point., Ins,Shift+Iinsert new node(s), This adds new node(s) in the middle(s) of selected segment(s), so it requires that more than two adjacent nodes be selected., Shift+Dduplicate selected node(s), New nodes are created on the same path; they are placed exactly over the old ones and are selected., Reverse, Shift+Rreverse path direction, Edit shapes, Node tool can also drag the handles of shapes (rectangles, ellipses, stars, spirals). Click on a shape to select it., See the corresponding shape tools for their editing shortcuts, all of which also work in node tool., Edit fills and path effects, Node tool can also edit the handles of a pattern fill, gradient fill, and the editable handles of path effects., Cancel, Esccancel rubberband or move, Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, node move, or handle move., Tweak tool, Operation, mouse dragact on selected paths in the current mode, Shift+mouse dragreverse current mode (when applicable), Ctrl+mouse dragtemporarily switch to shrink mode, Shift+Ctrl+mouse dragtemporarily switch to grow mode, The amount of tweaking action is the greatest at the center of the circular area and drops off smoothly towards the edges., Modes, Shift+M,Shift+0move mode, Shift+I,Shift+1move in/out mode, Drag moves objects inwards to cursor, drag with Shift moves outwards from cursor., Shift+Z,Shift+2move jitter mode, Shift+<,Shift+>,Shift+3scale mode, Drag scales objects down, drag with Shift scales up., Shift+[,Shift+],Shift+4rotate mode, Drag rotates objects clockwise, drag with Shift, counterclockwise., Shift+D,Shift+5duplicate/delete mode, Drag randomly duplicates objects, drag with Shift randomly deletes., Shift+P,Shift+6push path mode, Shift+S,Shift+7shrink/grow path mode, Drag insets paths, drag with Shift outsets., Shift+A,Shift+8attract/repel path mode, Drag attracts paths to cursor, drag with Shift repels., Shift+R,Shift+9roughen mode, Shift+Ccolor paint mode, Shift+Jcolor jitter mode, Shift+Bblur mode, Parameters, Left arrow,Right arrowadjust brush width by 1, Home,Endset brush width to its minimum or maximum, Up arrow,Down arrowadjust tweaking force, Width and force can be adjusted while drawing. With a pressure-sensitive tablet, force also depends on pen pressure., Zoom tool, clickzoom in, Shift+clickzoom out, mouse dragzoom into the area, Measure tool, mouse dragmeasure distance and angle between the start point and the cursor, Shift+mouse dragset base of angle measurement to cursor position, Ctrl+mouse dragsnap angle measure to angle steps, The default angle step is 15 degrees., Rectangle tool, Draw, mouse dragdraw a rectangle, Ctrl+mouse dragmake a square or integer-ratio rectangle, This restricts width/height ratio or its inverse to a whole number or the golden ratio., Shift+mouse dragdraw around the starting point, This creates a rectangle symmetric around the starting point of the mouse drag., Select, clickclick to select, Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under, Shift+clicktoggle selection, In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector)., Escdeselect, Resize by handles, mouse dragdrag a square handle to resize, Initially, the two resize (square) handles are in top left and bottom right corners., Resize handles change the width and height of the rectangle in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied., Ctrl+mouse draglock width, height, or ratio, Round corners by handles, mouse dragdrag a circular handle to round corners, Initially, the two rounding handles are in the top right corner of the rectangle., Ctrl+mouse draglock the corner circular, Ctrl+clickset the corner circular, When rounding corners, dragging one rounding handle keeps the corner circular if the other remains at the corner., You can drag both handles for an elliptic rounded corner, or drag/click one with Ctrl to make it circular again., Shift+clickremove corner rounding, 3D box tool, Draw, mouse dragdraw a 3D box (X/Y plane), Shift+mouse dragdraw a 3D box (extrude in Z), Select, clickclick to select, Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under, Shift+clicktoggle selection, Escdeselect, Edit by handles, All editing operations occur "in perspective", i.e., either along perspective lines or within planes spanned by these., mouse dragresize/move box, The four front handles and the center normally move within the XY plane, the four rear handles along the Z axis., Shift+mouse dragresize/move (with handle behaviour swapped), Ctrl+mouse dragresize/move (handles snap to axes or diagonals), Edit perspectives, In what follows, we use the abbreviations VP = vanishing point, PL = perspective line., mouse dragdrag square handles to move the VPs, [,]rotate X-PLs (if parallel) by the angle step, The default angle step is 15 degrees. ],),} rotate clockwise, [,(,{ rotate counterclockwise., Alt+[,Alt+]rotate X-PLs (if parallel) by 1 pixel, (,)rotate Y-PLs (if parallel) by the angle step, Alt+(,Alt+)rotate Y-PLs (if parallel) by 1 pixel, {,}rotate Z-PLs (if parallel) by the angle step, Alt+{,Alt+}rotate Z-PLs (if parallel) by 1 pixel, Ellipse tool, Draw, Without Alt the starting and ending point of the mouse drag mark the corners of the bounding box., With Alt the ellipse is enlarged so that its circumference passes through these two points (Ctrl+Alt is a special case; see below)., mouse dragdraw an ellipse, Ctrl+mouse dragmake circle or integer-ratio ellipse, This restricts width/height ratio or its inverse to a whole number or the golden ratio., Shift+mouse dragdraw around the starting point, This creates an ellipse symmetric around the starting point of the mouse drag., Ctrl+Alt+mouse dragcreate circle passing through the starting and ending point, This creates a perfect circle whose diameter is defined by the starting and ending point of the mouse drag., Select, clickclick to select, Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under, Shift+clicktoggle selection, In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector)., Escdeselect, Edit by handles, mouse dragresize, make arc or segment, Initially, the two resize handles are at the topmost and leftmost points; the two arc/segment handles are in the rightmost point., Ctrl+mouse draglock circle (resize handles), Ctrl+mouse dragsnap to angle steps (arc/segment handles), Resize handles change the width and height of the ellipse in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied., The default angle step is 15 degrees., Shift+clickmake whole (arc/segment handles), Star tool, Draw, mouse dragdraw a star, Ctrl+mouse dragsnap star to angle steps, The default angle step is 15 degrees., Select, clickclick to select, Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under, Shift+clicktoggle selection, In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector)., Escdeselect, Edit by handles, mouse dragdrag a handle to vary the star shape, Ctrl+mouse dragkeep star rays radial (no skew), Shift+mouse draground the star, Shift+clickremove rounding, Alt+mouse dragrandomize the star, Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickremove randomization, Spiral tool, Draw, mouse dragdraw a spiral, Ctrl+mouse dragsnap spiral to angle steps, The default angle step is 15 degrees., Select, clickclick to select, Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under, Shift+clicktoggle selection, In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector)., Escdeselect, Edit by handles, mouse dragroll/unroll from inside (inner handle), Dragging the inner handle adjusts the "inner radius" parameter., Alt+mouse dragconverge/diverge (inner handle), Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+clickreset divergence (inner handle), Vertical Alt+drag of the inner handle adjusts the "divergence" parameter, Alt+click resets it to 1., Shift+clickzero inner radius (inner handle), Shift+click on inner handle makes the spiral start from the center., mouse dragroll/unroll from outside (outer handle), Dragging the outer handle adjusts the "turns" parameter., Alt+mouse draglock radius (outer handle), Roll/unroll without changing radius., Shift+mouse dragscale/rotate (outer handle), Use Shift+Alt+drag to rotate only (locks the radius of the spiral)., Ctrl+mouse dragsnap handles to angle steps, The default angle step is 15 degrees. This works for both handles., Pencil tool, mouse dragdraw a freehand path, Shift+mouse dragadd to selected path, If a path is selected, Shift+dragging from anywhere starts a new subpath instead of a new independent path., Shift+mouse dragtemporarily disable snapping, This temporarily disables snapping when you are dragging with snapping activated., Alt+mouse dragaveraging draw (sketch mode), Ctrl+mouse draglift pencil, A short press of the Ctrl key discontinues the current path. Release the mouse button and click and drag again to continue. The loose ends will be connected by straight lines when the path is finished., clickstart a straight path (finish with another click), Create dots, Ctrl+clickcreate a dot, This creates a small circle. Its size (relative to the current stroke width) can be set in Preferences., Shift+Ctrl+clickcreate a double-sized dot, Ctrl+Alt+clickcreate a random-sized dot, Pen (Bezier) tool, Create nodes, clickcreate a sharp node, If no path is being created, this starts a new path., Shift+clickadd to selected path, If a path is selected, Shift+dragging anywhere creates a new subpath instead of a new independent path., mouse dragcreate a Bezier node with two handles, Shift+mouse dragmove only one handle, This moves only one handle (instead of both) while creating a node, making it cusp., Ctrl+mouse dragsnap the handle to angle steps, The default angle step is 15 degrees., Move last node, These commands move the last created node (at the start of the red segment) while creating a path., arrowsmove last node by the nudge distance, Shift+arrowsmove last node by 10x nudge distance, The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels)., Alt+arrowsmove last node by 1 pixel, Shift+Alt+arrowsmove last node by 10 pixels, The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement., Create/modify segments, Ctrlsnap last segment to angle steps, This snaps the new node's angle, relative to the previous node, to angle steps (default 15 degrees)., Shift+L make last segment line, Shift+U make last segment curve, These commands change the last (red) segment of the path to straight line or curve., Create dots, Ctrl+clickcreate a dot (straight line modes only), This creates a small circle. Its size (relative to the current stroke width) can be set in Preferences., Shift+Ctrl+clickcreate a double-sized dot, Ctrl+Alt+clickcreate a random-sized dot, Finish, Enterfinish current path, Shift+Enterfinish and close current path, right clickfinish current path, double-clickfinish current path, Enter or right click finish the current line, discarding the last unfinished (red) segment. Double left click finishes the current line where double-clicked., Cancel, Esc,Ctrl+Zcancel current line, Backspace,Delerase last segment of current line, Calligraphy tool, Draw, mouse dragdraw a calligraphic stroke, Shift+mouse dragadd to selected path, Drawing with Shift unions the newly created stroke with the previous selection., Alt+mouse dragsubtract from selected path, Drawing with Alt subtracts the newly created stroke from the previous selection., Ctrl+mouse dragtrack a guide path, Drawing with Ctrl tracks a selected guide path at the constant distance., Left arrow,Right arrowadjust pen width by 1, Home,Endset pen width to its minimum or maximum, Up arrow,Down arrowadjust pen angle, Width and angle can be adjusted while drawing., Escdeselect, Create dots, clickcreate a dot, Shift+clickcreate a larger dot, Click in place without moving the mouse to create a dot., Text tool, Select/create, clickcreate/select a text object, Clicking in an empty space or on a non-text creates a text object; now you can type your text., Clicking on a text object selects it; cursor is placed near the click point., Escdeselect the text object, Navigate in text, arrowsmove cursor by one character, Ctrl+Left arrow,Ctrl+Right arrowmove cursor by one word, Ctrl+Up arrow,Ctrl+Down arrowmove cursor by one paragraph, Home,Endgo to beginning/end of line, Ctrl+Home,Ctrl+Endgo to beginning/end of text, PgUp,PgDnmove cursor by one screen, All these commands cancel current text selection, if any. Use them with Shift to add to / subtract from selection instead., Flowed text (internal frame), mouse dragcreate flowed text, Clicking and dragging in an empty space or on a non-text creates a flowed text object with internal frame., mouse dragadjust frame size, Dragging the handle in the lower right corner of the selected flowed text changes width/height of the frame., Ctrl+mouse draglock width, height, or ratio of frame, Dragging the corner handle with Ctrl resizes the frame preserving either width, or height, or ratio., Flowed text (external frame), Alt+Wflow text into frame, With a text object and a shape/path selected, this flows text into the shape/path., Both remain separate objects, but are linked; editing the shape/path causes the text to reflow., Shift+Alt+Wunflow text from frame, This cuts the flowed text's link to the shape/path, producing a single-line regular text object., Shift+Dselect external frame, To find out which object is the frame of this flowed text, select it and press Shift+D. The frame will be selected., Text on path, Shift+Dselect path from text, To find out which path this text is put on, select it and press Shift+D. The path will be selected., Edit text, To type + and - characters, use the main keyboard; keypad + and - are reserved for zoom (unless NumLock is on)., Enterstart a new line or paragraph, Enter in regular text creates new line; in flowed text it creates a new paragraph., Ctrl+Utoggle Unicode entry, To insert an arbitrary Unicode character, type Ctrl+U, then the hexadecimal code point, then Enter., For example, type Ctrl+U 2 0 1 4 Enter for an em-dash; Ctrl+U a 9 Enter for a copyright sign., To stay in Unicode mode after inserting the character, press Space instead of Enter., Press Esc or another Ctrl+U to cancel Unicode mode without inserting the character., Ctrl+Spaceinsert no-break space, A no-break space is visible even in a text object without xml:space="preserve"., Select text, mouse dragselect text, Left-dragging over a text object selects a text span., Shift+arrowsselect text by character, Shift+Ctrl+arrowsselect text by word, Shift+Home,Shift+Endselect to beginning/end of line, Shift+Ctrl+Home,Shift+Ctrl+Endselect to beginning/end of text, Shift+PgUp,Shift+PgDnselect one screen up/down, double-clickselect word, click+click+clickselect line, Ctrl+Aselect all text, This selects the entire text of the current text object., Style selection, Ctrl+Bmake selection bold, Ctrl+Imake selection italic, Also, you can use the Text&Font or Fill&Stroke dialogs to assign any style to text selection., Letter spacing, Alt+>expand line/paragraph by 1 pixel, Shift+Alt+>expand line/paragraph by 10 pixels, Alt+<contract line/paragraph by 1 pixel, Shift+Alt+<contract line/paragraph by 10 pixels, These commands (only when editing text) adjust letter spacing in the current line (regular text) or paragraph (flowed text)., The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment., Line spacing, Ctrl+Alt+>make the text object taller by 1 pixel, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+>make the text object taller by 10 pixels, Ctrl+Alt+<make the text object shorter by 1 pixel, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+<make the text object shorter by 10 pixels, These commands (only when editing text) adjust line spacing in the entire text object (regular or flowed)., The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment., Kerning and shifting, Alt+arrowsshift characters by 1 pixel, Shift+Alt+arrowsshift characters by 10 pixels, These commands work when editing a regular text object. Kerning does not work in flowed text., With no selection, they shift (horizontally or vertically) the characters after the cursor until the end of line., With selection, they shift the selection relative to the rest of text (by inserting opposite kerns at both ends of selection)., The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment., Rotate, Ctrl+[,Ctrl+]rotate character(s) by 90 degrees, Alt+[,Alt+]rotate character(s) by 1 pixel, These commands rotate the next character (without selection) or all characters in the selection (with selection)., Rotation only works in regular text (not flowed text)., The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement., Spray tool, Modes, Shift+Jcopy mode, Shift+Kclone mode, Shift+Lsingle path mode, Parameters, Left arrow,Right arrowadjust spray width by 1, Up arrow,Down arrowadjust spray population by 1, Home,Endset spray width to its minimum or maximum, Eraser tool, Left arrow,Right arrowadjust eraser width by 1, Home,Endset eraser width to its minimum or maximum, Paint Bucket, clickfill a bounded area, Shift+clickadd to selected path, Clicking with Shift unions the newly created fill with the previous selection., mouse dragfill from each point, From each point, the fill spreads to the neighbors with the colors similar to that point., This can be used to fill an area currently filled with a gradient or blur., Alt+mouse dragfill from each point similar to the initial point, From each point, the fill spreads to the neighbors with the colors similar to the initial point of the drag., This can be used to fill several disjoint bounded areas by starting in one and dragging over all of the areas., Ctrl+clickset fill color, Shift+Ctrl+clickset stroke color, Ctrl+clicking an object sets its fill (or stroke with Shift) to the tool's current style; the object need not be selected., Gradient tool, Select objects, Click click an object to select, Alt+clickselect under, Shift+clicktoggle selection, Create gradients, mouse drag create gradient, This creates gradient on selected objects. The tool controls bar lets you select linear/radial and fill/stroke for the new gradient., double-click create default gradient, This creates default (horizontal edge-to-edge for linear, centered edge-to-edge-to-edge for radial) gradient on clicked object., Select handles, click select a handle, Shift+clickadd handle to selection, Shift+mouse drag selects by rubber band, Tab select next handle, Shift+Tabselect previous handle, Ctrl+Aselect all handles, Escdeselect all handles, Single click outside all handles also deselects all handles., Create/delete intermediate stops, Ctrl+Alt+click,double-click create a stop, Ctrl+Alt+click or double click on a gradient line creates a new intermediate stop., Ctrl+Alt+clickdelete stop, Ctrl+Alt+click on a stop's handle deletes the stop; if it was an end stop, gradient shortens or disappears., Ins,Shift+I insert new stop(s), This adds new stop(s) in the middle(s) between adjacent, selected stops or, if only one stop is selected, in the middle of the segment that starts with the selected stop., Deldelete selected stops, Reverse, Shift+Rreverse gradient definition, This mirrors the stop positions of the current gradient without moving the gradient handles., Dropper tool, clickpick fill color, Shift+clickpick stroke color, mouse dragaverage fill color, Shift+mouse dragaverage stroke color, Click applies the color under cursor to the current selection. Dragging a radius calculates the average color of a circular area., If a gradient handle (in Gradient tool) is selected, it gets the color instead of the entire object., Alt+click,Alt+mouse drag,Ctrl+Alt+click,Ctrl+Alt+mouse dragpick inverse color, If Alt is pressed, picking color (with or without Shift, by click or by drag) picks the inverse of the color., Ctrl+Ccopy color, This copies the color under cursor to the clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits)., 1 Mark Questions:, Write the Short Cut keys of:, Rectangle Tool, Spiral Tool, Pencil Tool, Text Tool, Paint Bucket Tool, Write the short cut keys to open the following Dialogs., Fill and stroke, Text and Font, Layers, Object Properties, Path Effects, Write the use of the following keys., Shift+Ctrl+E, Shift+Ctrl+M, Alt+X, Alt+Z, Ctrl+N, Ctrl+P, Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+R, Shift+F11, Alt+I, Write 7 Different Layer commands with short cut keys., How to undo and redo objects?, How to create and trace the bitmaps?, How to align the objects, list them using short cut keys., Write all the Boolean operations of Inkscape., Write the Short Cut keys of:, select within group, combine paths, move jitter mode, blur mode, toggle selection, select external frame, clone mode, delete stop, Write different Select Handles?