I made a quick overview of the most essential Inkscape keyboard shortcuts. It is part of my series of creativity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software.
Essential Inkscape keyboard shortcuts pdf
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General Commands
New Document: Ctrl + N (Windows) / Cmd + N (Mac)
Open Document: Ctrl + O (Windows) / Cmd + O (Mac)
Save Document: Ctrl + S (Windows) / Cmd + S (Mac)
Save As: Shift + Ctrl + S (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + S (Mac)
Print: Ctrl + P (Windows) / Cmd + P (Mac)
Undo: Ctrl + Z (Windows) / Cmd + Z (Mac)
Redo: Ctrl + Shift + Z (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + Z (Mac)
Copy: Ctrl + C (Windows & Mac)
Paste: Ctrl + V (Windows & Mac)
Duplicate: Ctrl + D (Windows & Mac)
Delete: Delete key (Windows & Mac)
Tool Selection
Selection Tool: S (Windows & Mac)
Edit Nodes Tool: N (Windows & Mac)
Zoom Tool: Z (Windows & Mac)
Rectangle Tool: R (Windows & Mac)
Ellipse Tool: E (Windows & Mac)
Bezier (Pen) Tool: B (Windows & Mac)
Text Tool: T (Windows & Mac)
Gradient Tool: G (Windows & Mac)
Dropper Tool: D (Windows & Mac)
Paint Bucket Tool: U (Windows & Mac)
View and Zoom
Zoom In: + (Windows & Mac)
Zoom Out: - (Windows & Mac)
Fit Page in Window: Ctrl + 0 (Windows) / Cmd + 0 (Mac)
Fit Selection in Window: Ctrl + 9 (Windows) / Cmd + 9 (Mac)
Actual Size (100% Zoom): Ctrl + 1 (Windows) / Cmd + 1 (Mac)
Object Manipulation
Move: Arrow keys (nudges selection)
Move Faster: Shift + Arrow keys
Rotate: [ (Counter-clockwise) / ] (Clockwise)
Scale Up/Down: Ctrl + ) / Ctrl + ( (Windows) / Cmd + ) / Cmd + ( (Mac)
Group: Ctrl + G (Windows) / Cmd + G (Mac)
Ungroup: Ctrl + Shift + G (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + G (Mac)
Duplicate: Ctrl + D (Windows & Mac)
Align and Distribute: Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + A (Mac)
Path Operations
Convert Object to Path: Shift + Ctrl + C (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + C (Mac)
Union: Ctrl + + (Windows & Mac)
Difference: Ctrl + - (Windows & Mac)
Intersection: Ctrl + * (Windows & Mac)
Exclusion: Ctrl + ^ (Windows & Mac)
Break Apart: Ctrl + Shift + K (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + K (Mac)
Combine Paths: Ctrl + K (Windows) / Cmd + K (Mac)
Split Path: Ctrl + Shift + K (Windows & Mac)
Align and Distribute
Open Align and Distribute Panel: Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + A (Mac)
Align Left/Right: Alt + L / Alt + R (Windows & Mac)
Align Top/Bottom: Alt + T / Alt + B (Windows & Mac)
Center Horizontally/Vertically: Alt + C / Alt + E (Windows & Mac)
Text Formatting
Bold Text: Ctrl + B (Windows) / Cmd + B (Mac)
Italic Text: Ctrl + I (Windows) / Cmd + I (Mac)
Underline Text: Ctrl + U (Windows) / Cmd + U (Mac)
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