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h1>Inkscape keyboard and mouse reference</
h1>
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div class="releaseinfo">Version 0.48</
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div class="pubdate">Last revision: 2010-12-29</
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p>This document describes the default keyboard and mouse shortcuts of Inkscape, corresponding to the
919N/Aare configurable by the user; see the
default.xml file for details on how to do that.</
p>
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p>Unless noted otherwise, keypad keys (such as arrows, Home, End, +, -, digits) are
919N/Asupposed to work the same as corresponding regular keys. If you have a new shortcut
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span class="toc-title">Content:</
span> <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e45">Tools</
a>
851N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e287">Dialogs</
a>
911N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
911N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e292">Open</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e491">Toggle visibility</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e507">Within a dialog</
a>
911N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
911N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e603">Controls bar</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e608">Access</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e627">Navigate</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e653">Change values</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e715">Canvas</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e720">Zoom</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e813">Preset zooms</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e868">Zoom history</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e894">Scroll (pan)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e959">Guides, grids, snapping</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1058">Display mode</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e1075">Palette</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e1137">File</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
493N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e1244">Window</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e1355">Layers</
a>
910N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
910N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e1453">Object</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1458">
Undo/
redo</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1502">Clipboard</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1590">Duplicate</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1609">Clone</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1662">Bitmaps</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1699">Patterns</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1733">Group</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1784">Z-order</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e1819">Path</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
493N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1824">Convert to path</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1854">Boolean operations</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e1946">Offsets</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2063">Combine</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2103">Simplify</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e2132">Selector</
a>
493N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2137">Select (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2185">Rubberband, touch selection</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2244">Select (keyboard)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2346">Select within group, select under</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2460">Move (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2534">Move (keyboard)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2585">Transform (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2618">Scale by handles</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2669">Scale (keyboard)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2773">
Rotate/
skew by handles</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2812">Rotate (keyboard)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2870">Flip</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2893">Rotation center</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2932">Cancel</
a>
354N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
493N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e2952">Node tool</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
910N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2957">Select objects (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e2993">Select nodes (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3042">Rubberband selection</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3074">Select nodes (keyboard)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3157">
Grow/
shrink node selection</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3217">Move nodes (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3316">Move nodes (keyboard)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3367">Move node handle (mouse)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3429">Scale handle (1 node selected)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3535">Rotate handle (1 node selected)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3621">Handles visibility</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3637">Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3713">Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3757">Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3783">Change segment(s)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3812">Change node type</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3877">
Join/
break</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e3922">Delete, create, duplicate</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4032">Reverse</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4048">Edit shapes</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4060">Edit fills and path effects</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4069">Cancel</
a>
910N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e4089">Tweak tool</
a>
910N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4094">Operation</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4142">Modes</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4368">Parameters</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e4411">Zoom tool</
a>
851N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e4444">Rectangle tool</
a>
910N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
851N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4449">Draw</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4488">Select</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4540">Resize by handles</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4569">Round corners by handles</
a>
851N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
278N/A <
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e4622">3D box tool</
a>
278N/A <
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
851N/A <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4627">Draw</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4650">Select</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4699">Edit by handles</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4738">Edit perspectives</
a>
910N/A <
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e4838">Ellipse tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4843">Draw</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4903">Select</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e4955">Edit by handles</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e5008">Star tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5013">Draw</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5039">Select</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5091">Edit by handles</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e5164">Spiral tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5169">Draw</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5195">Select</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5246">Edit by handles</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e5347">Pencil tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5398">Create dots</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e5442">Pen (Bezier) tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5447">Create nodes</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5511">Move last node</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5565">
Create/
modify segments</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5604">Create dots</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5647">Finish</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5680">Cancel</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e5710">Calligraphy tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e5808">Text tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5813">
Select/
create</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5841">Navigate in text</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5930">Flowed text (internal frame)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e5969">Flowed text (external frame)</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6019">Text on path</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6038">Edit text</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6092">Select text</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6220">Style selection</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6249">Letter spacing</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6305">Line spacing</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6369">Kerning and shifting</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6409">Rotate</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e6459">Spray tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6464">Modes</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6500">Parameters</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e6540">Eraser tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e6571">Paint Bucket</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e6654">Gradient tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> · </
span>
<
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6659">Select objects</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6692">Create gradients</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6721">Select handles</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6791">
Create/
delete intermediate stops</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6854">Move
handles/
stops</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6944">Reverse</
a> · <
a class="toc-group" href="#d0e6965">Gradient editor</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"> | </
span>
<
a class="toc-section" href="#d0e6985">Dropper tool</
a>
<
span class="toc-section"/>
<
span class="shortcut">F1</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">s</
span>
<
span class="action">Selector</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Space</
span>
<
span class="action">Selector (temporary)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Space switches to the Selector tool temporarily; another Space switches back.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When the "Left mouse button pans when Space is pressed" option is on in Preferences, Space+mouse drag pans canvas instead of switching to Selector.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F2</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">n</
span>
<
span class="action">Node tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F2</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">w</
span>
<
span class="action">Tweak tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F3</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">z</
span>
<
span class="action">Zoom tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F4</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">r</
span>
<
span class="action">Rectangle tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F4</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">x</
span>
<
span class="action">3D box tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F5</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">e</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F9</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">*</
span>
<
span class="action">Star tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F9</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">i</
span>
<
span class="action">Spiral tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F6</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">p</
span>
<
span class="action">Pencil (Freehand) tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F6</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">b</
span>
<
span class="action">Pen (Bezier) tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F6</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">c</
span>
<
span class="action">Calligraphy tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F8</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">t</
span>
<
span class="action">Text tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F3</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">a</
span>
<
span class="action">Spray tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>E</
span>
<
span class="action">Eraser tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F7</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">u</
span>
<
span class="action">Paint Bucket tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F1</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">g</
span>
<
span class="action">Gradient tool</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F7</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">d</
span>
<
span class="action">Dropper tool</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F2</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">o</
span>
<
span class="action">Connector tool</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Double click on the tool buttons opens the Preferences dialog showing the page of the corresponding tool.</
span>
<
a name="d0e292"/>Open</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F</
span>
<
span class="action">Fill and Stroke</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>W</
span>
<
span class="action">Swatches</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>T</
span>
<
span class="action">Text and Font</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>M</
span>
<
span class="action">Transform</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>L</
span>
<
span class="action">Layers</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">Align and Distribute</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>O</
span>
<
span class="action">Object Properties</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>H</
span>
<
span class="action">Undo History</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>X</
span>
<
span class="action">XML Editor</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">Document Preferences</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>P</
span>
<
span class="action">Inkscape Preferences</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>E</
span>
<
span class="action">Export to PNG</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F</
span>
<
span class="action">Find</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">Trace Bitmap</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>7</
span>
<
span class="action">Path Effects</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>K</
span>
<
span class="action">Check Spelling</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These shortcuts open a new dialog window if it wasn't open yet, otherwise the corresponding dialog gets focus.</
span>
<
a name="d0e491"/>Toggle visibility</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">F12</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle dialogs</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This temporarily hides all open dialogs; another F12 shows them again.</
span>
<
a name="d0e507"/>Within a dialog</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">return to the canvas</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F4</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>W</
span>
<
span class="action">close the dialog</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">jump to next widget</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">jump to previous widget</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">set the new value</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This accepts the new value you typed in a text field and returns focus to canvas.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">in XML Editor, set the attr value</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When editing an attribute value in XML Editor, this sets the new value (same as clicking the "Set attribute" button).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Space</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">activate current button or list</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgUp</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">in a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs</
span>
<
a name="d0e608"/>Access</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The Controls bar at the top of the document window provides different buttons and controls for each tool.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>X</
span>
<
span class="action">jump to the first editable field</
span>
<
a name="d0e627"/>Navigate</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">jump to next field</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">jump to previous field</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Use these to navigate between fields in the Controls bar (the value in the field you leave, if changed, is accepted).</
span>
<
a name="d0e653"/>Change values</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Up arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Down arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">change value by 0.1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">PgUp</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">change value by 5.0</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">accept the new value</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This accepts the new value you typed in a text field and returns focus to canvas.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">cancel changes, return to canvas</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This cancels any changes you made in a text field and returns focus to canvas.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Z</
span>
<
span class="action">cancel changes</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This cancels any changes you made in a text field but you stay in the field.</
span>
<
a name="d0e720"/>Zoom</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">=</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">+</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom in</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">-</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom out</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The keypad +/- keys do zooming even when you are editing a text object, unless NumLock is on.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">middle click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>right click</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom in</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>middle click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>right click</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom out</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse wheel</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom in or out</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When the "Mouse wheel zooms by default" option is on in Preferences, Ctrl+wheel scrolls instead of zooming. To zoom, use wheel without Ctrl.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>middle button drag</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom into the area</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Z</
span>
<
span class="action">activate zoom field</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The zoom field in the lower right corner of the window allows you to specify zoom level precisely.</
span>
<
a name="d0e813"/>Preset zooms</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">1</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom 1:1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">2</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom 1:2</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">3</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom to selection</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">4</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom to drawing</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">5</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom to page</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>E</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">6</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom to page width</
span>
<
a name="d0e868"/>Zoom history</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">`</
span>
<
span class="action">(back quote) previous zoom </
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>`</
span>
<
span class="action">next zoom</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>With these keys, you can travel back and forth through the history of zooms in this session.</
span>
<
a name="d0e894"/>Scroll (pan)</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">scroll canvas</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Scrolling by keys is accelerated,
i.e. it speeds up when you press Ctrl+arrows in quick succession, or press and hold.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">middle button drag</
span>
<
span class="action">pan canvas</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>right button drag</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>right button drag</
span>
<
span class="action">pan canvas</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse wheel</
span>
<
span class="action">scroll canvas vertically</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When the "Mouse wheel zooms by default" option is on in Preferences, mouse wheel zooms instead of scrolling. To scroll, use Ctrl+wheel.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse wheel</
span>
<
span class="action">scroll canvas horizontally</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When the "Left mouse button pans when Space is pressed" option is on in Preferences, Space+mouse drag also pans canvas.</
span>
<
a name="d0e959"/>Guides, grids, snapping</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag off a ruler to create guide</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag off the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a new guideline. Drag a guideline onto the ruler to delete it.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag a guide to move it</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag a guide (not near anchor) to rotate it</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate guide with angle snapping</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Del</
span>
<
span class="action">delete guide</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">|</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>\</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle guides and snapping to guides</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If you want to see the guides but not snap to them, use the global snapping toggle (% key).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When you create a new guide by dragging off the ruler, guide visibility and snapping are turned on.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">#</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>3</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle grids and snapping to grids</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If you want to see the grids but not snap to them, use the global snapping toggle (% key).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Note that only the 3 key on the main keyboard works, not on the keypad.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">%</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle snapping on and off</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This toggle affects snapping to grids, guides, and objects in all tools.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1058"/>Display mode</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>keypad 5</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These keys work both in the floating palette dialog and in the palette frame at the bottom of the window.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">set fill color on selection</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">set stroke color on selection</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">right click</
span>
<
span class="action">open pop-up menu</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag fill color to objects</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag stroke color to objects</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To change
fill/
stroke of an object by dragging color on it, that object need not be selected.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can also drag colors to the Fill (F) and Stroke (S) indicators in the statusbar to change the selection.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>N</
span>
<
span class="action">create new document</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>O</
span>
<
span class="action">open a document</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>E</
span>
<
span class="action">export to PNG</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>I</
span>
<
span class="action">import bitmap or vector</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>P</
span>
<
span class="action">print document</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>S</
span>
<
span class="action">save document</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>S</
span>
<
span class="action">save under a new name</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>S</
span>
<
span class="action">save a copy</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Q</
span>
<
span class="action">exit Inkscape</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>R</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle rulers</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle scrollbars</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F11</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle fullscreen</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">F10</
span>
<
span class="action">main menu</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Menus can also be activated by Alt with the letter underscored in the menu name.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F10</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">right click</
span>
<
span class="action">drop-down (context) menu</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>F4</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>W</
span>
<
span class="action">close document window</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This shuts down Inkscape if it was the only document window open.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">next document window</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">previous document window</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These cycle through the active document windows forward and backward.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>N</
span>
<
span class="action">create new layer</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgUp</
span>
<
span class="action">move to layer above</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">move to layer below</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands move the selected objects from one layer to another.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgUp</
span>
<
span class="action">raise layer</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">lower layer</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Home</
span>
<
span class="action">raise layer to top</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>End</
span>
<
span class="action">lower layer to bottom</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands move the current layer among its siblings (normally other layers).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Y</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Z</
span>
<
span class="action">undo</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Z</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Y</
span>
<
span class="action">redo</
span>
<
a name="d0e1502"/>Clipboard</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>C</
span>
<
span class="action">copy selection</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>X</
span>
<
span class="action">cut selection</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>V</
span>
<
span class="action">paste clipboard</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This places the clipboard objects at the mouse cursor, or at the center of the window if mouse is outside the canvas.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When editing text with the text tool, this pastes the text from the clipboard into the current text object.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>V</
span>
<
span class="action">paste in place</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This places the clipboard objects into the original location from which they were copied.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>V</
span>
<
span class="action">paste style</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This applies the style of the (first of the) copied object(s) to the current selection.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If a gradient handle (in Gradient tool) or a text span (in Text tool) are selected, they get the style instead of the entire object.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>7</
span>
<
span class="action">paste path effect</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This applies the path effect of the copied path to the
paths/
shapes in current selection.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1590"/>Duplicate</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">duplicate selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>New object(s) are placed exactly over the original(s) and selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1609"/>Clone</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">clone object</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>A clone can be
moved/
scaled/
rotated/
skewed independently, but it updates the path, fill, and stroke from its original.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The clone is placed exactly over the original object and is selected.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can only clone one object at a time; if you want to clone several objects together, group them and clone the group.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">unlink clone</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Unlinking a clone cuts the link to the original, turning the clone into a plain copy.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">select original</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To find out which object this is a clone of, select the clone and give this command. The original will be selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1662"/>Bitmaps</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">create a bitmap copy</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This exports the selected object(s) (all other objects hidden) as PNG in the document's directory and imports it back.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The imported bitmap is placed over the original selection and is selected.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">trace bitmap</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This opens the Trace Bitmap dialog allowing you to convert a bitmap object to path(s).</
span>
<
a name="d0e1699"/>Patterns</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>I</
span>
<
span class="action">object(s) to pattern</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This converts the selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>I</
span>
<
span class="action">pattern to object(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Each selected object with pattern fill is broken into the same object without fill and a single pattern object.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1733"/>Group</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>U</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>G</
span>
<
span class="action">group selected objects</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Use Ctrl+click to select objects within group.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>G</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>U</
span>
<
span class="action">ungroup selected group(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This removes only one level of grouping; press Ctrl+U repeatedly to ungroup nested groups.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1784"/>Z-order</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Home</
span>
<
span class="action">raise selection to top</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">End</
span>
<
span class="action">lower selection to bottom</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">PgUp</
span>
<
span class="action">raise selection one step</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">lower selection one step</
span>
<
a name="d0e1824"/>Convert to path</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>C</
span>
<
span class="action">convert selected object(s) to path</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>C</
span>
<
span class="action">convert stroke to path</
span>
<
a name="d0e1854"/>Boolean operations</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>+</
span>
<
span class="action">union</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Union combines any number of objects into a single path, removing overlaps.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>-</
span>
<
span class="action">difference</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Difference works on 2 objects, extracting the top from the bottom.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>*</
span>
<
span class="action">intersection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Intersection creates a path representing the common (overlapping) area of all selected objects.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>^</
span>
<
span class="action">exclusive OR (XOR)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>XOR is similar to Union, except that it works on 2 objects and removes areas where the objects overlap.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>/</
span>
<
span class="action">division (cut)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Division cuts the bottom object into pieces by the top object, preserving the fill and stroke of the bottom.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>/</
span>
<
span class="action">cut path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Cut Path cuts the bottom object's stroke only where it is intersected by the top path, removing any fill from the result.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The result of Union, Difference, Intersection, and XOR inherits the id= attribute and therefore the clones of the bottom object.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Division and Cut path normally produce several objects; of them, a random one inherits the id= of the bottom source object.</
span>
<
a name="d0e1946"/>Offsets</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>(</
span>
<
span class="action">inset path (towards center)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>)</
span>
<
span class="action">outset path (away from center)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default offset distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>(</
span>
<
span class="action">inset path by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>)</
span>
<
span class="action">outset path by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>(</
span>
<
span class="action">inset path by 10 pixels</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>)</
span>
<
span class="action">outset path by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual distance for pixel offsets depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>All the (, ) commands convert the object to path, if necessary, and produce regular path.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>J</
span>
<
span class="action">create dynamic offset</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>J</
span>
<
span class="action">create linked offset</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands produce an offset object, editable by the node tool, standalone or linked to the original.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">select source</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Selecting a linked offset and giving this command will select the source path of the linked offset.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2063"/>Combine</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>K</
span>
<
span class="action">combine paths</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This is different from grouping in that combined paths create one object.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This is different from Union in that overlapping areas are not affected.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Whether overlapping areas are filled is controlled by the Fill:
winding/
alternating switch on the Fill & Stroke dialog.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>K</
span>
<
span class="action">break paths apart</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This attempts to break an object into constituent paths; it will fail if the object is one solid path.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2103"/>Simplify</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>L</
span>
<
span class="action">simplify</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This command attempts to simplify selected path(s) by removing extra nodes. It converts all objects to paths first.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If you invoke this command several times in quick succession, it will act more and more aggressively.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Invoking Simplify again after a pause restores the default threshold (settable in the Inkscape Preferences dialog).</
span>
<
a name="d0e2137"/>Select (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">select an object</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When you left-click on an object, previous selection is deselected.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection </
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Shift+click adds an object to the current selection if it was not selected, or deselects it otherwise.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">edit the object</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>For paths, double clicking switches to Node tool; for shapes, to corresponding shape tool; for text, to Text tool.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>For groups, double clicking performs the "Enter group" command (the group becomes a temporary layer).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Double clicking in empty space switches to the parent layer in the hierarchy, if any.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2185"/>Rubberband, touch selection</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">select by rubberband</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging around objects does "rubberband" selection; previous selection is deselected.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">add objects to selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Normally, you need to start from an empty space to initiate a rubberband.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>However, if you press Shift before dragging, Inkscape will do rubberband selection even if you start from an object.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">select by touch</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Alt+dragging over objects selects those objects that are touched by the path.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To start touch selection with Alt, you must have nothing selected; otherwise use Shift+Alt.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can switch rubberband selection to touch selection and back while dragging by
pressing/
releasing Alt.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2244"/>Select (keyboard)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">select next object </
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">select previous object </
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These keys pick objects in their z-order (Tab cycles from bottom to top, Shift+Tab cycles from top to bottom).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Unless you did manual rearrangements, the last object you created is always on top.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>As a result, if nothing is selected, pressing Shift+Tab once conveniently selects the object you created last.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">select all (current layer)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">select all (all layers)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This works on objects in all visible and unlocked layers.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">!</
span>
<
span class="action">invert selection (current layer)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and vice versa) in the current layer.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>!</
span>
<
span class="action">invert selection (all layers)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and vice versa) in visible and unlocked layers.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Backspace</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Del</
span>
<
span class="action">delete selection</
span>
<
a name="d0e2346"/>Select within group, select under</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select within group</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl+click selects the object at click point disregarding any levels of grouping that this object might belong to.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection within group</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Alt+click selects the object at click point which is beneath (in z-order) the lowest selected object at click point.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If the bottom object is reached, Alt+click again selects the top object. So, several Alt+clicks cycle through z-order stack at point.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>On
GNU/
Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If your keyboard has a Meta key, you may wish to set your "Modifier key" to use it instead of Alt.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>(Sometimes you can also use Ctrl+Alt+click (select under in groups) with the same effect as Alt+click.)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under, in groups</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle under, in groups</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">enter group</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Backspace</
span>
<
span class="action">go to parent
group/
layer</
span>
<
a name="d0e2460"/>Move (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">select + move</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging an object selects it if it was not selected, then moves selection.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Alt+drag moves the current selection (without selecting what is under cursor), no matter where you start the drag.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>On
GNU/
Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If your keyboard has a Meta key, you may wish to set your "Modifier key" to use it instead of Alt.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">restrict movement to horizontal or vertical</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">temporarily disable snapping</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This temporarily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are dragging with grid or guides on.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Space</
span>
<
span class="action">drop a copy</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When dragging or transforming with mouse, each Space leaves a copy of the selected object.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can press and hold Space while dragging for a nice "trail."</
span>
<
a name="d0e2534"/>Move (keyboard)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selection by the nudge distance</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selection by 10x nudge distance</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selection by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selection by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2585"/>Transform (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>S</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">scale (with scale handles)</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate or skew (with rotation handles)</
span>
<
a name="d0e2618"/>Scale by handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">scale</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">scale preserving aspect ratio</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">symmetric transformation</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Holding Shift while transforming makes transformation symmetric around the center of the selection.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">scale by integer</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Hold Alt while scaling to limit scale to 2, 3, 4, etc. or 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 etc. of the initial size.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2669"/>Scale (keyboard)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">.</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">></
span>
<
span class="action">scale selection up by the scale step</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">,</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut"><</
span>
<
span class="action">scale selection down by the scale step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>.</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale selection to 200%</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>,</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="action">scale selection to 50%</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>.</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale selection up by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>,</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="action">scale selection down by 1 pixel</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Scaling is uniform around the center, so that the size increment applies to the larger of the two dimensions.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate or skew</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap skew angle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Holding Ctrl when dragging a skew (non-corner) handle snaps the skew angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap rotation angle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Holding Ctrl when dragging a rotation (corner) handle snaps the rotation angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</
span>
<
a name="d0e2812"/>Rotate (keyboard)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">[</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate selection by the angle step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate selection by 90 degrees</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate selection by 1 pixel</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands use the rotation center, draggable in Selector (by default it's in geometric center).</
span>
<
a name="d0e2870"/>Flip</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">h</
span>
<
span class="action">flip selection horizontally</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">v</
span>
<
span class="action">flip selection vertically</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>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.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2893"/>Rotation center</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move rotation center</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Moved rotation center remembers and saves its position for (all) selected object(s); you can reset it.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move without snapping</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">reset rotation center</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Resetting rotation center moves it back to the geometric center of the object's or selection's bounding box.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2932"/>Cancel</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">cancel rubberband, move, transformation</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, move, or transformation of any kind.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2957"/>Select objects (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click a non-selected object to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These work the same as in Selector. The nodes or handles of the single selected object become editable.</
span>
<
a name="d0e2993"/>Select nodes (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">select a node</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking on a node selects it.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">select two adjacent nodes</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking on a selected path between the nodes selects the two nodes closest to the click point.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This
adds/
removes a node (if clicked on node) or two nodes (if clicked on path)
to/
from the node selection.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking in an empty space deselects all selected nodes. Next click will deselect the object.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3042"/>Rubberband selection</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">select multiple nodes</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging around nodes does "rubberband" selection; previous node selection is deselected.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">add nodes to selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Normally, you need to start from a point not over a path or a node to initiate a rubberband.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>However, if you press Shift before dragging, Inkscape will do rubberband selection even if you start over the path.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3074"/>Select nodes (keyboard)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">select next node</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">select previous node</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These keys select nodes within the selected path.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">select all nodes in subpath(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If the path has multiple subpaths and some nodes selected, this selects all only in subpaths with already selected nodes.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">select all nodes in path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This selects all nodes in the entire path.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">!</
span>
<
span class="action">invert selection in subpath(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If the path has multiple subpaths and some nodes selected, this inverts selection only in subpaths with already selected nodes.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>!</
span>
<
span class="action">invert selection in path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and vice versa) in the entire path.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect all nodes</
span>
<
a name="d0e3157"/>
Grow/
shrink node selection</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">PgUp</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">
grow/
shrink selection (spatial)</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse wheel</
span>
<
span class="action">
grow/
shrink selection (spatial)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgUp</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">
grow/
shrink selection (along path)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse wheel</
span>
<
span class="action">
grow/
shrink selection (along path)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Each key press or wheel click selects the nearest unselected node or deselects the farthest selected node.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Distance to nodes can be calculated directly (spatial mode) or along path.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3217"/>Move nodes (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected nodes</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">restrict movement to horizontal or vertical</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move along handles</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This restricts movement to the directions of the node's handles, their continuations and perpendiculars (total 8 snaps).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If the node has straight lines on one or both sides, this will snap it to these lines' directions and perpendiculars instead.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">temporarily disable snapping</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag out handle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If a node has a retracted handle, dragging with Shift lets you drag it out of the node.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Space</
span>
<
span class="action">drop a copy</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When dragging nodes with mouse, each Space leaves a copy of the selected object.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can press and hold Space while dragging for a nice "trail."</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">sculpt selected nodes</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>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.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Sculpting is pressure-sensitive with a tablet; press harder for a blunter drag profile, press lightly for a sharper profile.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To stop sculpting without losing the pressure-sensitive profile, release Alt first and then lift the pen.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3316"/>Move nodes (keyboard)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected node(s) by the nudge distance</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected node(s) by 10x nudge distance</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected node(s) by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected node(s) by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3367"/>Move node handle (mouse)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move a node handle</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap the handle to angle steps</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees. This also snaps to the handle's original angle, its continuation and perpendiculars.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate both handles</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">lock the handle length</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl, Shift, Alt can be combined when dragging handles.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">retract the handle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Retracted handle is zero length; use Shift+drag to drag it back out.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3429"/>Scale handle (1 node selected)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut"><</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">></
span>
<
span class="action">
contract/
expand both handles by scale step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels). May apply to more than one node.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Left Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Left Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale left handle by the scale step</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Right Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Right Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale right handle by the scale step</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Left Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Left Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale left handle by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Right Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Right Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale right handle by 1 pixel</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Instead of the < and > keys, you can use the , (comma) and . (period) keys respectively.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3535"/>Rotate handle (1 node selected)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">[</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate both handles by the angle step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise. May apply to more than one node.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Left Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Left Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate left handle by the angle step</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Right Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Right Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate right handle by the angle step</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Left Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Left Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate left handle by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Right Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Right Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate right handle by 1 pixel</
span>
<
a name="d0e3621"/>Handles visibility</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>H</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle handles</
span>
<
a name="d0e3637"/>Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands scale the selected nodes as if they were an "object".</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of scaling; otherwise it scales around geometric center of selected nodes.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">.</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">></
span>
<
span class="action">scale nodes up by the scale step</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">,</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut"><</
span>
<
span class="action">scale nodes down by the scale step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>.</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">scale nodes up by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>,</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="action">scale nodes down by 1 pixel</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Scaling is uniform around the center, so that the size increment applies to the larger of the two dimensions.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3713"/>Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands rotate the selected nodes as if they were an "object".</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of rotation; otherwise it rotates around geometric center of selected nodes.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">[</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate nodes by the angle step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate nodes by 1 pixel</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3757"/>Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands flip the selected nodes as if they were an "object", around the center of that object.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">h</
span>
<
span class="action">flip nodes horizontally</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">v</
span>
<
span class="action">flip nodes vertically</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of flipping; otherwise it flips around geometric center of selected nodes</
span>
<
a name="d0e3783"/>Change segment(s)</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>L</
span>
<
span class="action">make line</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>U</
span>
<
span class="action">make curve</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands require that more than two adjacent nodes be selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3812"/>Change node type</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>C</
span>
<
span class="action">make cusp</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>First Shift+C changes type of node; if you do another Shift+C on an already cusp node, it retracts its handles.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>S</
span>
<
span class="action">make smooth</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>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.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Y</
span>
<
span class="action">make symmetric</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When making smooth or symmetric, you can lock the position of one of the handles by hovering mouse over it.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">make auto</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>J</
span>
<
span class="action">join selected nodes</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This requires that exactly two end nodes within the path be selected.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can lock the position of one of the two joined nodes by hovering mouse over it.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>J</
span>
<
span class="action">join selected end nodes with new segment</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">break selected node(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>After break, only one of each two new nodes is selected. May apply to more than one node.</
span>
<
a name="d0e3922"/>Delete, create, duplicate</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Backspace</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Del</
span>
<
span class="action">delete selected node(s)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Backspace</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Del</
span>
<
span class="action">delete without preserving shape</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Deleting without Ctrl adjusts handles on the remaining nodes to preserve the shape of the curve as much as possible.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Deleting with Ctrl does not touch the remaining nodes.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Del</
span>
<
span class="action">delete segment between two non-endpoint nodes</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl+Alt+click on a node deletes it; Ctrl+Alt+click on the path between nodes creates a new node in the click point.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Deleting nodes this way always tries to preserve the shape of the curve (same as
Del/
Backspace).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create node</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Double clicking on the path between nodes creates a node in the click point.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Ins</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>I</
span>
<
span class="action">insert new node(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This adds new node(s) in the middle(s) of selected segment(s), so it requires that more than two adjacent nodes be selected.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">duplicate selected node(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>New nodes are created on the same path; they are placed exactly over the old ones and are selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4032"/>Reverse</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>R</
span>
<
span class="action">reverse path direction</
span>
<
a name="d0e4048"/>Edit shapes</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Node tool can also drag the handles of shapes (rectangles, ellipses, stars, spirals). Click on a shape to select it.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>See the corresponding shape tools for their editing shortcuts, all of which also work in node tool.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4060"/>Edit fills and path effects</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Node tool can also edit the handles of a pattern fill, gradient fill, and the editable handles of path effects.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4069"/>Cancel</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">cancel rubberband or move</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, node move, or handle move.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4094"/>Operation</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">act on selected paths in the current mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">reverse current mode (when applicable)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">act temporarily switching to shrink mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">act temporarily switching to grow mode</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The amount of tweaking action is the greatest at the center of the circular area and drops off smoothly towards the edges.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4142"/>Modes</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>M</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>0</
span>
<
span class="action">move mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>I</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>1</
span>
<
span class="action">move
in/
out mode</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag moves objects inwards to cursor, drag with Shift moves outwards from cursor.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Z</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>2</
span>
<
span class="action">move jitter mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="action">scale mode</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag scales objects down, drag with Shift scales up.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate mode</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag rotates objects clockwise, drag with Shift, counterclockwise.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>5</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag randomly duplicates objects, drag with Shift randomly deletes.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>P</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>6</
span>
<
span class="action">push path mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>S</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>7</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag insets paths, drag with Shift outsets.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>8</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drag attracts paths to cursor, drag with Shift repels.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>R</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>9</
span>
<
span class="action">roughen mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>C</
span>
<
span class="action">color paint mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>J</
span>
<
span class="action">color jitter mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">blur mode</
span>
<
a name="d0e4368"/>Parameters</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Left arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Right arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust brush width by 1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Home</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">End</
span>
<
span class="action">set brush width to 1 / 100</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Up arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Down arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust tweaking force</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Width and force can be adjusted while drawing. With a pressure-sensitive tablet, force also depends on pen pressure.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom in</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom out</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">zoom into the area</
span>
<
a name="d0e4449"/>Draw</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a rectangle</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">make a square or integer-ratio rectangle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This restricts rectangle so its
height/
width ratio is a whole number.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw around the starting point</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates a rectangle symmetric around the starting point of the mouse drag.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4488"/>Select</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (
i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
a name="d0e4540"/>Resize by handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag a square handle to resize</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Initially, the two resize (square) handles are in top left and bottom right corners.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Resize handles change the width and height of the rectangle in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">lock width, height, or ratio</
span>
<
a name="d0e4569"/>Round corners by handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag a circular handle to round corners</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Initially, the two rounding handles are in the top right corner of the rectangle.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">lock the corner circular</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">set the corner circular</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>When rounding corners, dragging one rounding handle keeps the corner circular if the other remains at the corner.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>You can drag both handles for an elliptic rounded corner, or
drag/
click one with Ctrl to make it circular again.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">remove corner rounding</
span>
<
a name="d0e4627"/>Draw</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a 3D box (X/Y plane)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a 3D box (extrude in Z)</
span>
<
a name="d0e4650"/>Select</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
a name="d0e4699"/>Edit by handles</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>All editing operations occur "in perspective",
i.e., either along perspective lines or within planes spanned by these.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The four front handles and the center normally move within the XY plane, the four rear handles along the Z axis.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">
resize/
move (with handle behaviour swapped)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">
resize/
move (handles snap to axes or diagonals)</
span>
<
a name="d0e4738"/>Edit perspectives</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>In what follows, we use the abbreviations VP = vanishing point, PL = perspective line.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag square handles to move the VPs</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">[</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate X-PLs (if parallel) by the angle step</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees. ],),} rotate clockwise, [,(,{ rotate counterclockwise.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate X-PLs (if parallel) by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">(</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">)</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate Y-PLs (if parallel) by the angle step</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>(</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>)</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate Y-PLs (if parallel) by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">{</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">}</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate Z-PLs (if parallel) by the angle step</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>{</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>}</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate Z-PLs (if parallel) by 1 pixel</
span>
<
a name="d0e4843"/>Draw</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Without Alt the starting and ending point of the mouse drag mark the corners of the bounding box.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>With Alt the ellipse is enlarged so that its circumference passes through these two points (Ctrl+Alt is a special case; see below).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw an ellipse</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">make circle or integer-ratio ellipse</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This restricts ellipse so its
height/
width ratio is a whole number.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw around the starting point</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates an ellipse symmetric around the starting point of the mouse drag.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">create circle passing through the starting and ending point</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates a perfect circle whose diameter is defined by the starting and ending point of the mouse drag.</
span>
<
a name="d0e4903"/>Select</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (
i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
a name="d0e4955"/>Edit by handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">resize, make arc or segment</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Initially, the two resize handles are at the topmost and leftmost points; the two
arc/
segment handles are in the rightmost point.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">lock circle (resize handles)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap to angle steps (
arc/
segment handles)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Resize handles change the width and height of the ellipse in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">make whole (
arc/
segment handles)</
span>
<
a name="d0e5013"/>Draw</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a star</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap star to angle steps</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5039"/>Select</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (
i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
a name="d0e5091"/>Edit by handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">drag a handle to vary the star shape</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">keep star rays radial (no skew)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">round the star</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">remove rounding</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">randomize the star</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">remove randomization</
span>
<
a name="d0e5169"/>Draw</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a spiral</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap spiral to angle steps</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5195"/>Select</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>In this tool, selecting by click disregards any grouping (
i.e. acts as clicking with Ctrl in Selector).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
a name="d0e5246"/>Edit by handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">
roll/
unroll from inside (inner handle)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging the inner handle adjusts the "inner radius" parameter.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">reset divergence (inner handle)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Vertical Alt+drag of the inner handle adjusts the "divergence" parameter, Alt+click resets it to 1.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">zero inner radius (inner handle)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Shift+click on inner handle makes the spiral start from the center.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">
roll/
unroll from outside (outer handle)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging the outer handle adjusts the "turns" parameter. Use Alt+drag to
roll/
unroll without changing radius.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">
scale/
rotate (outer handle)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Use Shift+Alt+drag to rotate only (locks the radius of the spiral).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap handles to angle steps</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees. This works for both handles.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a freehand line</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">add to selected path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If a path is selected, Shift+clicking anywhere starts a new subpath instead of a new independent path.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">temporarily disable snapping</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This temporarily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are dragging with grid or guides on.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">averaging draw (sketch mode)</
span>
<
a name="d0e5398"/>Create dots</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a dot</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates a small circle. Its size (relative to the current stroke width) can be set in Preferences.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a double-sized dot</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a random-sized dot</
span>
<
h2>Pen (Bezier) tool</
h2>
<
a name="d0e5447"/>Create nodes</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a sharp node</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If no path is being created, this starts a new path.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">add to selected path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If a path is selected, Shift+dragging anywhere creates a new subpath instead of a new independent path.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">create a Bezier node with two handles</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move only one handle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This moves only one handle (instead of both) while creating a node, making it cusp.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">snap the handle to angle steps</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default angle step is 15 degrees.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5511"/>Move last node</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands move the last created node (at the start of the red segment) while creating a path.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move last node by the nudge distance</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move last node by 10x nudge distance</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move last node by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move last node by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="action">snap last segment to angle steps</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This snaps the new node's angle, relative to the previous node, to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>L</
span>
<
span class="action">make last segment line</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>U</
span>
<
span class="action">make last segment curve</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands change the last (red) segment of the path to straight line or curve.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5604"/>Create dots</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a dot (straight line modes only)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates a small circle. Its size (relative to the current stroke width) can be set in Preferences.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a double-sized dot</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a random-sized dot</
span>
<
a name="d0e5647"/>Finish</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">finish current line</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">right click</
span>
<
span class="action">finish current line</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">finish current line</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Enter, right click, or double left click finish the current line, discarding the last unfinished (red) segment.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5680"/>Cancel</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Z</
span>
<
span class="action">cancel current line</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Backspace</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Del</
span>
<
span class="action">erase last segment of current line</
span>
<
h2>Calligraphy tool</
h2>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">draw a calligraphic line</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">add to selected path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drawing with Shift unions the newly created stroke with the previous selection.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">subtract from selected path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drawing with Alt subtracts the newly created stroke from the previous selection.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">track a guide path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Drawing with Ctrl tracks a selected guide path at the constant distance.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Left arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Right arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust pen width by 1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Home</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">End</
span>
<
span class="action">set pen width to 1 or 100</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Up arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Down arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust pen angle</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Width and angle can be adjusted while drawing.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking in an empty space or on a non-text creates a text object; now you can type your text.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking on a text object selects it; cursor is placed near the click point.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect the text object</
span>
<
a name="d0e5841"/>Navigate in text</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move cursor by one character</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Left arrow</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Right arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">move cursor by one word</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Up arrow</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Down arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">move cursor by one paragraph</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Home</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">End</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Home</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>End</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">PgUp</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">move cursor by one screen</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>All these commands cancel current text selection, if any. Use them with Shift to extend selection instead.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5930"/>Flowed text (internal frame)</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">create flowed text</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking and dragging in an empty space or on a non-text creates a flowed text object with internal frame.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust frame size</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging the handle in the lower right corner of the selected flowed text changes
width/
height of the frame.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">lock width, height, or ratio of frame</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Dragging the corner handle with Ctrl resizes the frame preserving either width, or height, or ratio.</
span>
<
a name="d0e5969"/>Flowed text (external frame)</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>W</
span>
<
span class="action">flow text into frame</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>With a text object and a
shape/
path selected, this flows text into the
shape/
path.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Both remain separate objects, but are linked; editing the
shape/
path causes the text to reflow.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>W</
span>
<
span class="action">unflow text from frame</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This cuts the flowed text's link to the
shape/
path, producing a single-line regular text object.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">select external frame</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To find out which object is the frame of this flowed text, select it and press Shift+D. The frame will be selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6019"/>Text on path</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>D</
span>
<
span class="action">select path from text</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To find out which path this text is put on, select it and press Shift+D. The path will be selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6038"/>Edit text</
h3>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To type + and - characters, use the main keyboard; keypad + and - are reserved for zoom (unless NumLock is on).</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Enter</
span>
<
span class="action">start a new line or paragraph</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Enter in regular text creates new line; in flowed text it creates a new paragraph.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>U</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle Unicode entry</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To insert an arbitrary Unicode character, type Ctrl+U, then the hexadecimal code point, then Enter.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>For example, type Ctrl+U 2 0 1 4 Enter for an em-dash; Ctrl+U a 9 Enter for a copyright sign.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>To stay in Unicode mode after inserting the character, press Space instead of Enter.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Press Esc or another Ctrl+U to cancel Unicode mode without inserting the character.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Space</
span>
<
span class="action">insert no-break space</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>A no-break space is visible even in a text object without xml:space="preserve".</
span>
<
a name="d0e6092"/>Select text</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">select text</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Left-dragging over a text object selects a text span.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">select text by character</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">select text by word</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Home</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>End</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Home</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>End</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgUp</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>PgDn</
span>
<
span class="action">select one screen
up/
down</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select word</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select line</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">select all text</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This selects the entire text of the current text object.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6220"/>Style selection</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>B</
span>
<
span class="action">make selection bold</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>I</
span>
<
span class="action">make selection italic</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Also, you can use the Text&Font or Fill&Stroke dialogs to assign any style to text selection.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6249"/>Letter spacing</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands (only when editing text) adjust letter spacing in the current line (regular text) or paragraph (flowed text).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6305"/>Line spacing</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">make the text object taller by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>></
span>
<
span class="action">make the text object taller by 10 pixels</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="action">make the text object shorter by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span><</
span>
<
span class="action">make the text object shorter by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands (only when editing text) adjust line spacing in the entire text object (regular or flowed).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6369"/>Kerning and shifting</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">shift characters by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">shift characters by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands work when editing a regular text object. Kerning does not work in flowed text.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>With no selection, they shift (horizontally or vertically) the characters after the cursor until the end of line.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>With selection, they shift the selection relative to the rest of text (by inserting opposite kerns at both ends of selection).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6409"/>Rotate</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate character(s) by 90 degrees</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>[</
span>,
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>]</
span>
<
span class="action">rotate character(s) by 1 pixel</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>These commands rotate the next character (without selection) or all characters in the selection (with selection).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Rotation only works in regular text (not flowed text).</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6464"/>Modes</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>J</
span>
<
span class="action">copy mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>K</
span>
<
span class="action">clone mode</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>L</
span>
<
span class="action">single path mode</
span>
<
a name="d0e6500"/>Parameters</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">Left arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Right arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust spray width by 1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Up arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Down arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust spray population by 1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Home</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">End</
span>
<
span class="action">set spray width to 1 / 100</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Left arrow</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">Right arrow</
span>
<
span class="action">adjust eraser width by 1</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Home</
span>,
<
span class="shortcut">End</
span>
<
span class="action">set eraser width to 1 / 100</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">fill a bounded area</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">add to selected path</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Clicking with Shift unions the newly created fill with the previous selection.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">fill from each point</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>From each point, the fill spreads to the neighbors with the colors similar to that point.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This can be used to fill an area currently filled with a gradient or blur.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">fill from each point same as initial point</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>From each point, the fill spreads to the neighbors with the colors similar to the initial point of the drag.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This can be used to fill several disjoint bounded areas by starting in one and dragging over all of the areas.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">set fill color</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">set stroke color</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl+clicking an object sets its fill (or stroke with Shift) to the tool's current style; the object need not be selected.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6659"/>Select objects</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">click an object to select</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">select under</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">toggle selection</
span>
<
a name="d0e6692"/>Create gradients</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">create gradient</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates gradient on selected objects. The Controls bar lets you select
linear/
radial and
fill/
stroke for the new gradient.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create default gradient</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This creates default (horizontal edge-to-edge for linear, centered edge-to-edge-to-edge for radial) gradient on clicked object.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6721"/>Select handles</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">select a handle</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">add handle to selection</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">select by rubberband</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">select next handle</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>Tab</
span>
<
span class="action">select previous handle</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>A</
span>
<
span class="action">select all handles</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Esc</
span>
<
span class="action">deselect all handles</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Single click outside all handles also deselects all handles.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a stop</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">create a stop</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl+Alt+click or double click on a gradient line creates a new intermediate stop.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">delete stop</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl+Alt+click on a stop's handle deletes the stop; if it was an end stop, gradient shortens or disappears.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Ins</
span>
<
span class="action">insert new stop(s)</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This adds new stop(s) in the middle(s) of selected segment(s), so it requires that more than two adjacent handles be selected.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">Del</
span>
<
span class="action">delete selected stops</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected handle(s)</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">move stops in
1/
10 range increments</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Ctrl+dragging selected intermediate stops moves them snapping to
1/
10 steps of the available range.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">sculpt selected stops</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Sculpting moves the selected intermediate stops depending on how close each one is to the stop being dragged, using a smooth bell-like curve similar to the node sculpting feature in Node tool.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected handle by the nudge distance</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected handle by 10x nudge distance</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected handle by 1 pixel</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>arrows</
span>
<
span class="action">move selected handle by 10 pixels</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If at least one end handle is selected, arrow keys move the end handle to move or resize the gradient line.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If only mid stops are selected, arrow keys move the selected stops along the gradient line.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6944"/>Reverse</
h3>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>R</
span>
<
span class="action">reverse gradient definition</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This mirrors the stop positions of the current gradient without moving the gradient handles.</
span>
<
a name="d0e6965"/>Gradient editor</
h3>
<
span class="shortcut">click<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">open gradient editor</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Double clicking a gradient handle opens the Gradient Editor with that gradient and the clicked handle chosen in the stops list.</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">click</
span>
<
span class="action">pick fill color</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">pick stroke color</
span>
<
span class="shortcut">mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">average fill color</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Shift</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>mouse drag</
span>
<
span class="action">average stroke color</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>Click applies the color under cursor to the current selection. Dragging a radius calculates the average color of a circular area.</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If a gradient handle (in Gradient tool) is selected, it gets the color instead of the entire object.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Alt</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>click</
span>
<
span class="action">pick inverse color</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>If Alt is pressed, picking color (with or without Shift, by click or by drag) picks the inverse of the color.</
span>
<
span class="keypad">Ctrl</
span>
<
span class="plussign">+</
span>C</
span>
<
span class="action">copy color</
span>
<
td colspan="2" class="note">
<
span>This copies the color under cursor to the clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits).</
span>
