Shortcuts Inkscape for MacOS

MacOS

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Inkscape for MacOS which is used on the operating system MacOS, in this hotkeys description 174 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Tools

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F1,S	Selector
Space	Selector (temporary)
F2,N	Node tool
F3,Z	Zoom tool
F4,R	Ractangle tool
F5,E	Ellipse/arc tool
F6,F	Freehand tool
Shift+F6,B	Bezier tool
Command+F6,B	Calligraphic tool
Command+F1,G	Gradient tool
F7,D	Dropper tool
F8,T	Text tool
F9,I	Spiral tool
Shift+F9	Star tool
Command+F2,O	Connector tool

Dialogs

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Command+F	Fill and Stroke
Shift+Command+W	Swatches
Shift+Command+T	Text and font
Shift+Command+M	Transform
Shift+Command+L	Layers
Shift+Command+A	Align and Distribute
Shift+Command+O	Object Properties
Shift+Command+H	Undo history
Shift+Command+X	XML editor
Shift+Command+D	Document preferences
Shift+Command+P	Inkscape preferences
Shift+Command+E	Export to PNG
Command+F	Find
Shift+Option+B	Trace bitmap
F12	Toggle dialogs
Esc	Return to the canvas
Command+F4/Command+W	Close the dialog
Tab	Jump to the next widget
Shift+Tab	Jump to previous widget
Enter	Set the new value
Command+Enter	In XML editor, set the attribute value
Space/Enter	Activate current button or list
Command+Page Up/Command+Page Down	In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs

Controls bar

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Option+X	Jump to the first editable filed
Tab	Jump to next field
Shift+Tab	Jump to previous field
Arrow Up/Arrow Down	Change value by 0.1
Page Up/Page Down	Change value by 5.0
Enter	Accept the new value
Esc	Cancel changes, return to canvas
Command+Z	Cancel changes

Canvas

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
=/plus	Zoom in
-	Zoom out
Middle click/Command+Right click	Zoom in
Command+Mouse wheel	Zoom in or out
Shift+Middle button drag	Zoom into the area
Option+Z	Activate zoon field
1	Zoom 1:1
2	Zoom 1:2
3	Zoom to selection
4	Zoom to drawing
5	Zoom to page
Command+E/6	Zoom to page width
'	Perevious zoom
Shift+'	Next zoom
Command+ arrows	Scroll canvas
MIddle button drag	Pan canvas
Shift+right button drag/Command+right button drag	Pan canvas
Mouse wheel	Scroll canvas vertically
Shift+Mouse wheel	Scroll canvas horizontally
Mouse drag	Drag off a ruler to create guide
\|/Shift+\	Toggle guides and snapping to guides
#/Shift+3	Toggle grids and snapping to grids
%	Toggle snapping on and off
Command+ Keypad 5	Toggle normal/outline mode

Palette

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Click	Set fill color on selection
Shift+Click	Set stroke color on selection
RIght click	Set stroke color on selection
Mouse Drag	Drag fill color to objects
Shift+Mouse drag	Drag stroke color to objects

FIle

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+N	Create new document
Command+O	Open an SVG document
Shift+Command+E	Export to PNG
Command+I	Import bitmap or SVG
Command+P	Print document
Command+S	Save document
Shift+Command+S	Save under a new name
Shift+Command+Option+S	Save a copy
Command+Q	Exit inkscape

Window

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+R	Toggle rulers
Command+B	Toggle scrollbars
F11	Toggle fullscreen
F10	Main menu
Shift+F10/Right click	Drop-down menu
Command+F4/Command+W	Close document window
Command+Tab	Next document window
Shift+Command+Tab	Previous document window

Layers

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Page Up	Move to layer above
Shift+Page Down	Move to layer below
Shift+Command+Page Up	Raise layer
Shift+Command+Page Down	Lower layer
Shift+Command+Home	Raise layer to top
Shift+Command+End	Lower layer to bottom

Object

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Command+Y/Command+Z	Undo
Shift+Command+Z,/Command+Y	Redo
Command+C	Copy selection
Command+X	Cut selection
Command+V	Paste clipboard
Command+Option+V	Paste in place
Shift+Command+V	Paste style
Command+7	Paste path effect
Command+D	Duplicate selection
Option+D	Clone object
Shift+Option+D	Unlink clone
Shift+D	Select original
Option+B	Create a bitmap copy
Shift+Option+B	Trace bitmap
Option+I	Object to pattern
Shift+Option+I	Pattern to objects
Shift+Command+U/Command+G	Group selected objects
Shift+Command+G/Command+U	Ungroup selected objects
Home	Raise selection to top
End	Lower selection to bottom
Page Up	Raise selection one step
Page Down	Lower selection one step

Dropper Tool

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Click	Pick fill color
Shift+Click	Pick stroke color
Mouse drag	Average fill color
Shift+Mouse drag	Average stroke color
Option+Click	Pink inverse color
Command+C	Copy color

Calligraphy tool

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Mouse drag	Draw a calligraphic line
Shift+Mouse drag	Add to selected path
Command+Mouse drag	Track a guide path
Arrow Left/Arrow Right	Adjust pen width by 1
Home/End	Set pen width to 1 or 100
Arrow Up/Arrow Down	Adjust pen angle
Esc	Deselect

Paint Bucket

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Click	Fill a bounded area
Shift+Click	Add to selected path
Mouse drag	Fill from each point
Option+Mouse drag	Fill from each point same as initial point
Command+Click	Set fill color
Shift+Command+Click	Set stroke color

Spiral Tool

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Mouse drag	Draw a spiral
Command+Mouse drag	Snap spiral to angle steps
Click	Click to select
Option+Click/Command+Option+Click	Select under
Shift+Click	Toggle selection
Esc	Deselect
Mouse drag	Roll/unroll from inside (inner handle)
Option+Mouse drag	Converge/diverge (inner handle)
Option+Click/Command+Option+Click	Reset divergence (inner handle)
Shift+Click	Zero inner radius (inner handle)
Mouse drag	Roll/unroll from outside (outer handle)
Shift+Mouse drag	Scale/rotate (outer handle)
Command+Mouse drag	Snap handles to angle steps

Zoom Tool

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Click	Zoom in
Shift+Click	Zoom out
Mouse drag	Zoom into the area

Pencil Tool

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Mouse drag	Draw a freehand line
Shift+Mouse drag	Add to selected path/Temporarily disable snapping
Command+Click	Create a dot
Option+Command+Click	Create a random-sized dot
Shift+Command+Click	Create a double-sized dot

Tweak tool

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Mouse drag	Act on selected paths in the current mode
Command+Mouse drag	Act temporarily switching to shrink mode
Command+Shift+Mouse drag	Act temporarily switching to grow mode
Shift+P	Push mode
Shift+S	Shrink mode
Shift+G	Grow mode
Shift+A	Attract mode
Shift+E	Repel mode
Shift+R	Roughen mode
Shift+C	Color paint mode
Shift+J	Color jitter mode
Arrow Left/Arrow Right	Adjust brush width by
Home/End	Set brush width by 1
Arrow Up/Arrow Down	Adjust tweaking force

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Date of change: 24.01.2019

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*Some of the keys listed may not work in older versions of the program