A meno che non sia esplicitamente scritto il contrario, i tasti del tastierino numerico (come le frecce, Home, Fine, +, -, numeri) funzionano egualmente ai corrispondenti tasti normali. Si veda inoltre KeyboardShortcutsToDo sul Wiki di Inkscape per una discussione sulle altre scorciatoie che verranno implementate; idee e richieste sono ben accette.

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s selettore selettore (temporaneo) Spazio per passare al selettore temporaneo, un altro Spazio per tornare indietro. n nodo z zoom r rettangolo e ellisse/arco p pastello b penna pennino d contagocce t testo i spirale * stella Doppio click sui bottoni degli strumenti apre la finestra delle preferenze dello strumento corrispondente.
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N crea un nuovo documento O apre un documento SVG E esporta un PNG I importa bitmap o SVG P stampa documento S salva documento S salva con un nuovo nome Q chiude Inkscape
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R mostra rigelli B mostra barre di scorrimento schermo intero menu principale I Menu possono anche essere attivati tramite Alt e la lettera sottolineata nel nome del menu. menu (contestuale) a cascata W chiude la finestra del documento Se quella era l'unica finestra di documento aperta, anche Inkscape verrà chiuso.. finestra del documento successiva finestra del documento precedente Con questi si può girare avanti e indietro tra le finestre dei documenti.
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F Riempimento e Contorni T Testo e Carattere M Trasforma A Allinea e Distribuisci O Proprietà Oggetto X Editor XML D Preferenze del Documento P Preferenze di Inkscape E Esporta F Trova B Vettorizza Bitmap Questi aprono la finestra di dialogo se non è già aperta, altrimenti la attivano. Visibilità mostra dialoghi Questo nasconde temporaneamente tutti i dialoghi; un altro F12 per mostrarli di nuovo. All'interno di un dialogo ritorna alla tela W chiude il dialogo passa all'oggetto successivo passa all'oggetto precedente imposta il nuovo valore Per accettare il nuovo valore inserito nella casella e ritornare alla tela nell'Editor XML, imposta il valore dell'attributo Quando si modifica il valore di un'attributo nell'Editor XML, questo imposta il nuovo valore (come il bottone "Imposta"). attiva il bottone o la lista corrente Con più schede, si muove tra esse
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Il pannello in cima al documento offre diverse caselle e bottoni per ogni strumento. X passa alla prima casella modificabile accetta il nuovo valore Questo accetta il nuovo valore inserito nella casella e ritorna alla tela. annulla l'inserimento, ritorna alla tela Questo annulla gli inserimenti nelle caselle e ritorna alla tela. Z cancella inserimento Questo cancella gli inserimenti ma resta nella casella attiva. passa alla casella successiva passa alla casella precedente Usati per navigare tra le caselle (i valori immessi nel frattempo verranno accettati). Modifica valori cambia valore di 0.1 cambia valore di 5.0
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Zoom = + aumenta - riduce i tasti +/- modificano l'ingrandimento anche mentre si modifica un oggetto. aumenta riduce aumenta o riduce Z attiva la casella dello zoom La casella dello zoom in basso a sinistra permette di specifare l'esatto valore di ingrandimento. Zoom predefiniti 1 zoom 1:1 2 zoom 1:2 3 adatta alla selezione 4 adatta al disegno 5 adatta alla pagina E6 adatta alla larghezza della pagina Cronologico degli zoom ` (apice inverso) zoom precedente ` zoom successivo Con questi si può girare avanti e indietro nel cronologivo degli zoom di questa sessione Scorrimento scorre la tela Subisce una accelerazione proggressiva, ossia va più veloce tenendo premuto o premendo rapidamente. scorre la tela scorre la tela scorre la tela verticalmente scorre la tela orizzontalmente Guide e griglia trasc. fuori da righello per creare una guida Trascinare fuori da un righello per creare una guida. Trascinare la guida su un righello per cancellarla. | \ commuta guide e aggangi alla guide Se si voglio avere diversi valori di visibilità e aggangi alle guide, impostarli nelle Preferenze del Documento Quando si crea una nuova guida, la visibilità e gli aggangi sono attivi # 3 commuta griglia e aggangi alla griglia Se si voglio avere diversi valori di visibilità e aggangi alla griglia, impostarli nelle Preferenze del Documento Funziona solo col tasto 3 della tastiera, non col tastierino numerico.
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sposta al livello superiore sposta al livello inferiore Questi comandi spostano l'oggetto selezionato tra i livelli. alza livello abbassa livello sposta livello in cima sposta livello in fondo Questi comandi spostano il livello attuale nella pila.
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Annulla/ripeti Y Z annulla Z Y ripeti Appunti C copia selezione Questo copia la selezione negli appunti di Inkscape. I testi vengono copiati anche negli appunti di sistema. X taglia selezione Questo funziona come un "copia selezione" seguito da una cancellazione della selezione. V incolla appunti Questo copia gli appunti sotto il puntatore del mouse, o al centro della finestra se il mouse è fuori dalla tela.. quando si modifica del testo, questo incolla il testo dagli appunti di sistema all'oggetto corrente. V incolla in origine Questo incolla gli appunti nella posizione orignale da cui sono stati copiati. V incolla stile Questo applica lo stile del primo oggetto copiato alla selezione corrente. Duplicati D duplica selezione Nuovi oggetti vengono posti esattamente sopra gli originali e selezionati. Cloni D clona oggetto A clone can be moved/scaled/rotated/skewed independently, but it updates the path, fill, and stroke from its original. The clone is placed exactly over the original object and is selected. You can only clone one object at a time; if you want to clone several objects together, group them and clone the group. D unlink clone Unlinking a clone cuts the link to the original, turning the clone into a plain copy. D select original To find out which object this is a clone of, select the clone and give this command. The original will be selected. Bitmaps B create a bitmap copy This exports the selected object(s) (all other objects hidden) as PNG in the document's directory and imports it back. The imported bitmap is placed over the original selection and is selected. B trace bitmap This opens the Trace Bitmap dialog allowing you to convert a bitmap object to path(s). Tile I tile selection This converts the selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill. I untile selection Each selected object with pattern fill is broken into the same object without fill and a single tile object. Group U G group selected objects Use Ctrl+click to select objects within group. G U ungroup selected group(s) This removes only one level of grouping; press Ctrl+U repeatedly to ungroup nested groups. Z-order raise selection to top lower selection to bottom raise selection one step lower selection one step
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Convert to path C convert selected object(s) to path C convert stroke to path Booleans + union Union combines any number of objects into a single path, removing overlaps. - difference Difference works on 2 objects, extracting the top from the bottom. * intersection Intersection creates a path representing the common (overlapping) area of all selected objects. ^ exclusive OR (XOR) XOR is similar to Union, except that it works on 2 objects and removes areas where the objects overlap. / division (cut) Division cuts the bottom object into pieces by the top object, preserving the fill and stroke of the bottom. / cut path Cut Path cuts the bottom object's stroke only where it is intersected by the top path, removing any fill from the result. The result of Union, Difference, Intersection, and XOR inherits the id= attribute and therefore the clones of the bottom object. Division and Cut path normally produce several objects; of them, a random one inherits the id= of the bottom source object. Offsets ( inset path (towards center) ) outset path (away from center) The default offset distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels). ( inset path by 1 pixel ) outset path by 1 pixel ( inset path by 10 pixels ) outset path by 10 pixels The actual distance for pixel offsets depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment. All the (, ) commands convert the object to path, if necessary, and produce regular path. J create dynamic offset J create linked offset These commands produce an offset object, editable by the node tool, standalone or linked to the original. D select source Selecting a linked offset and giving this command will select the source path of the linked offset. Combine K combine paths This is different from grouping in that combined paths create one object. This is different from Union in that overlapping areas are not affected. Whether overlapping areas are filled is controlled by the Fill: winding/alternating switch on the Fill & Stroke dialog. K break paths apart This attempts to break an object into constituent paths; it will fail if the object is one solid path. Simplify L simplify This command attempts to simplify selected path(s) by removing extra nodes. It converts all objects to paths first. If you invoke this command several times in quick succession, it will act more and more aggressively. Invoking Simplify again after a pause restores the default threshold (settable in the Inkscape Preferences dialog).
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Keyboard select select next object select previous object These keys pick objects in their z-order (Tab cycles from bottom to top, Shift+Tab cycles from top to bottom). Unless you did manual rearrangements, the last object you created is always on top. As a result, if nothing is selected, pressing Shift+Tab once conveniently selects the object you created last. This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences). A select all (current layer) This works on objects within the current layer (unless you change that in preferences). A select all (all layers) This works on objects in all visible and unlocked layers. ! invert selection (current layer) This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and selects everything else) in the current layer. ! invert selection (all layers) This inverts selection (deselects what was selected and selects everything else) in visible and unlocked layers. deselect delete selection Keyboard move move selection by the nudge distance move selection by 10x nudge distance The default nudge distance is 1mm. move selection by 1 pixel move selection by 10 pixels The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement. Keyboard rotate [ ] rotate selection by the angle step The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise. [ ] rotate selection by 90 degrees [ ] rotate selection by 1 pixel The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement. Keyboard scale . > scale selection up by the scale step , < scale selection down by the scale step The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels). . > scale selection to 200% , < scale selection to 50% . > scale selection up by 1 pixel , < scale selection down by 1 pixel The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling. Scaling is uniform around the center, so that the size increment applies to the larger of the two dimensions. Keyboard flip h flip selection horizontally v flip selection vertically Mouse select select an object When you left-click on an object, previous selection is deselected. toggle selection Shift+click adds an object to the current selection if it was not selected, or deselects it otherwise. Select within group, select under select within group Ctrl+click selects the object at click point disregarding any levels of grouping that this object might belong to. toggle selection within group select under Alt+click selects the object at click point which is beneath (in z-order) the lowest selected object at click point. If the bottom object is reached, Alt+click again selects the top object. So, several Alt+clicks cycle through z-order stack at point. On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape. toggle under select under, in groups toggle under, in groups Rubberband select multiple objects Dragging around objects does "rubberband" selection; previous selection is deselected. add objects to selection Normally, you need to start from an empty space to initiate a rubberband. However, if you press Shift before dragging, Inkscape will do rubberband selection even if you start from an object. Mouse move select + move Dragging an object selects it if it was not selected, then moves selection. move selected Alt+drag moves the current selection (without selecting what is under cursor), no matter where you start the drag. On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape. restrict movement to horizontal or vertical temporarily disable snapping This temporaily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are dragging with grid or guides on. drop a copy When dragging or transforming with mouse, each Space leaves a copy of the selected object. You can press and hold Space while dragging for a nice "trail." Mouse transform toggle scale/rotation handles scale (scale handles) rotate or skew (rotation handles) Scale handles scale preserving aspect ratio symmetric transformation Holding Shift while transforming makes transformation symmetric around the center of the selection. slow movement Holding Alt while transforming makes transformation lag behind mouse movement, allowing finer changes. Rotation handles skew and stretch Holding Ctrl when dragging a skew (non-corner) handle enables stretching in addition to skewing. snap rotation to angle steps The default angle step is 15 degrees. Cancel cancel rubberband, move, transformation Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, move, or transformation of any kind.
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draw a freehand line temporarily disable snapping This temporaily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are drawing with grid or guides on. a toggle new/append This switches between creating a new line or appending to the selected line (anchors are displayed for appending).
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Create nodes create a sharp node create a bezier node with two handles move only one handle This moves only one handle (instead of both) to create a cusp node. snap the handle to angle steps The default angle step is 15 degrees. Create segments snap the segment to angle steps This snaps the new node's angle, relative to the previous node, to angle steps (default 15 degrees). Finish finish current line finish current line finish current line Enter, right click, or double left click finish the current line, discarding the last unfinished (red) segment. Keyboard cancel current line erase last segment of current line a toggle new/append This switches between creating a new line or appending to the selected line (anchors are displayed for appending).
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draw a calligraphic line adjust pen width adjust pen angle Width and angle can be adjusted while drawing.
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Keyboard select select next node select previous node These keys let you select any node within the selected path A select all nodes of the path deselect all nodes Keyboard move move selected node(s) by the nudge distance move selected node(s) by 10x nudge distance The default nudge distance is 1mm. move selected node(s) by 1 pixel move selected node(s) by 10 pixels The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement. Keyboard handle rotate [ ] rotate both handles by the angle step The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise. May apply to more than one node. [ ] rotate left handle by the angle step [ ] rotate right handle by the angle step [ ] rotate left handle by 1 pixel [ ] rotate right handle by 1 pixel Keyboard handle scale < > contract/expand both handles by scale step The default scale step is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels). May apply to more than one node. < > scale left handle by the scale step < > scale right handle by the scale step < > scale left handle by 1 pixel < > scale right handle by 1 pixel The actual size increment for pixel scaling depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer scaling. Instead of the < and > keys, you can use the , (comma) and . (period) keys respectively. Change path segment L make line K make curve These commands require that more than two adjacent nodes be selected. Change node type C make cusp S make smooth Y make symmetric toggle smooth/cusp/symmetric Join/break J join selected nodes This requires that exactly two end nodes within the path be selected. B break selected node(s) After break, only one of each two new nodes is selected. May apply to more than one node. Delete, create, duplicate delete selected node(s) delete node insert new node(s) This adds new node(s) in the middle(s) of selected segment(s), so it requires that more than two adjacent nodes be selected. D duplicate selected node(s) New nodes are created on the same path; they are placed exactly over the old ones and are selected. Active node The active node is one under mouse or being dragged. When you have an active node, some of the single-letter tool switch shortcuts may not work; move your mouse cursor so that no node is active if you want to use them. c make active node cusp s make active node smooth y make active node symmetric b break active node delete active node Mouse select select an object Clicking on an object selects it. The nodes or handles of the newly selected object become editable (this saves you a switch to selector). select a node Clicking on a node selects it. toggle selection of a node deselect Clicking in an empty space deselects all selected nodes. Rubberband select multiple nodes Dragging around nodes does "rubberband" selection; previous node selection is deselected. add nodes to selection Mouse move move selected nodes restrict movement to horizontal or vertical move along handles This restricts movement to the directions of the node's handles, their continuations and perpendiculars (total 8 snaps). If the node has straight lines on one or both sides, this will snap it to these lines' directions and perpendiculars instead. temporarily disable snapping Snapping nodes is enabled in Document Preferences. By default, only bounding box of objects snaps to grid/guides. drop a copy When dragging nodes with mouse, each Space leaves a copy of the selected object. You can press and hold Space while dragging for a nice "trail." Mouse handle move move a node handle snap the handle to angle steps The default angle step is 15 degrees. This also snaps to the handle's original angle, its continuation and perpendiculars. rotate both handles lock the handle length Ctrl, Shift, Alt can be combined when dragging handles. Reverse r reverse path direction Editing shapes Node tool can also drag the handles of shapes (rectangles, ellipses, stars, spirals). Click on a shape to select it. See the corresponding shape tools for their editing shortcuts, all of which also work in node tool. Cancel cancel rubberband or move Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, node move, handle move, or handle move.
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zoom in zoom out zoom into the area
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pick fill color pick stroke color average fill color average stroke color Click applies the color under cursor to the current selection. Dragging a radius calculates the average color of a circular area. C copy color This copies the color under cursor to the system clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits).
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Drawing draw a rectangle make a square or integer-ratio rectangle This restricts rectangle so its height/width ratio is a whole number. draw around the starting point This creates a rectangle symmetric around the starting point of the mouse drag. Editing click a rectangle to select drag a handle to resize or round corners Initially, the two rounding handles are in the top right corner; two resize handles are in top left and bottom right corners. lock width, height, or ratio (resize handles) lock the corner circular (rounding handles) Resize handles change the width and height of the rectangle in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied. When rounding corners, dragging only one rounding handle (with the other at the corner) keeps the corner circular. You can drag both handles for an elliptic rounded corner, or drag one with Ctrl to make sure the other one is synchronized. deselect
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Drawing draw an ellipse make circle or integer-ratio ellipse This restricts ellipse so its height/width ratio is a whole number. draw around the starting point This creates an ellipse symmetric around the starting point of the mouse drag. Editing click an ellipse to select drag a handle to resize, make arc or segment Initially, the two arc/segment handles are in the rightmost point; two resize handles are at the topmost and leftmost points. lock circle (resize handles) snap to angle steps (arc/segment handles) Resize handles change the width and height of the ellipse in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied. The default angle step is 15 degrees. deselect
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Drawing draw a star snap star to angle steps The default angle step is 15 degrees. Editing click a star to select drag a handle to vary the star shape keep star rays radial (no skew) round the star remove rounding randomize the star remove randomization deselect
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Drawing draw a spiral snap spiral to angle steps The default angle step is 15 degrees. Editing click a spiral to select roll/unroll from inside (inner handle) Dragging the inner handle adjusts the "inner radius" parameter. converge/diverge (inner handle) reset divergence (inner handle) Vertical Alt+drag of the inner handle adjusts the "divergence" parameter, Alt+click resets it to 1. zero inner radius (inner handle) Shift+click on inner handle makes the spiral start from the center. roll/unroll from outside (outer handle) Dragging the outer handle adjusts the "turns" parameter. Use Shift+Alt+drag to roll/unroll without changing radius. scale/rotate (outer handle) Use Shift+Alt to rotate only (locks the radius of the spiral). snap handles to angle steps The default angle step is 15 degrees. This works for both handles. deselect
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create/activate a text object Clicking in an empty space or on a non-text object displays a text cursor; now you can type your text. Clicking on a text object activates it; cursor is placed at the end of the text. To type + and - characters, use the main keyboard; keypad + and - are reserved for zoom. navigate in a text object go to beginning/end of line start a new line deselect the text object Special characters U toggle Unicode mode In this mode, every four hex digits you type are translated into the corresponding Unicode character. Another Ctrl+U or Esc or any non-hex character quits Unicode mode. For example, Ctrl+U 2 0 1 4 Esc inserts an em-dash. insert no-break space A no-break space is visible even in a text object without xml:space="preserve". Letter spacing > expand the line by 1 pixel > expand the line by 10 pixels < contract the line by 1 pixel < contract the line by 10 pixels These commands work when you are editing a text object. They adjust the inter-letter distance in the current line only. The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment. Line spacing > make the text object taller by 1 pixel > make the text object taller by 10 pixels < make the text object shorter by 1 pixel < make the text object shorter by 10 pixels These commands work when you are editing a text object. They adjust the inter-line distance in the current text object. The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment. Kerning and shifting shift next characters by 1 pixel shift next characters by 10 pixels These commands work when you are editing a text object. They shift (horizontally or vertically) the character after the cursor and the rest of characters until the end of line. E.g., to shift down one character, place the cursor before it, press Alt+Down, then move cursor after it and press Alt+Up. The actual adjustment for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer adjustment. Text on path D select path Selecting a text-on-path object and giving this command will select the source path of the text.