Appendix B. Keyboard Shortcuts

Following are the basic keyboard shortcuts for Inkscape .48 release of the software. For a full list of keyboard shortcuts from the Inkscape developers directly, see http://inkscape.org/doc/keys048.html

Note

If you are using a Macintosh computer, all instances of (Ctrl) should be replaced with the Command (Cmd) key.

You can also download and use a graphical version of the Inkscape Keyboard Layout from http://Ctrl.openclipart.org/detail/81331

The list of keyboard shortcuts is given as follows:

Keyboard shortcut	Feature function
File menu shortcuts
Ctrl + N	Create new document
Ctrl + O	Open an SVG document
Shift + Ctrl + E	Export to PNG
Ctrl + I	Import bitmap or SVG
Ctrl + P	Print document
Ctrl + S	Save document
Shift + Ctrl + S	Save under a new name
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + S	Save a copy
Ctrl + Q	Exit Inkscape
Keyboard shortcut	Feature function
Tools shortcuts
F1, s	Selector
Space	Switch to the...