A Guide to Inkscape/Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts edit

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo (can be done multiple times)
`Ctrl`+`Y` or `Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`Z`	Redo (can be done multiple times)
`Ctrl`+`B`	Hide/show scrollbars
`Ctrl`+`↑↓←→`	Scroll
`⇧ Shift`+Mouse wheel	Scroll horizontally
`Ctrl`+`Tab ↹`	Cycle through Inkscape windows
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`Tab ↹`	Cycle backwards through Inkscape windows
Zooming
`-`	Zoom out
`+`	Zoom in
`Ctrl`+Middle click / Right click	Zoom in
`⇧ Shift`+Middle click / Right click	Zoom out
`Ctrl`+Mouse wheel	Zoom in (up) or out (down)
Layers
`⇧ Shift`+`Ctrl`+`N`	Add layer
`Ctrl`+`Page Up`	Shift to layer above
`Ctrl`+`Page Down`	Shift to layer below
`⇧ Shift`+`Page Up`	Move selection to layer above
`⇧ Shift`+`Page Down`	Move selection to layer below
`⇧ Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Page Up`	Raise layer
`⇧ Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Page Down`	Lower layer
`⇧ Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Home`	Layer to top
`⇧ Shift`+`Ctrl`+`End`	Layer to bottom
`⇧ Shift`+`Ctrl`+`L`	Layers