From 505c4b1d8a8f939d322441c41c23b4f593e7eed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: buliabyak Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:26:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update keys for guides --- doc/keys.html | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- doc/keys.xml | 4 + 2 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/keys.html b/doc/keys.html index 91638aa83..5e697fc8b 100644 --- a/doc/keys.html +++ b/doc/keys.html @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ are configurable by the user; see the default.xml file for details on how to do supposed to work the same as corresponding regular keys. If you have a new shortcut idea, please contact the developers (by writing to the devel mailing list or by submitting an -RFE).

Contents: Tools | Dialogs: Open · Toggle visibility · Within a dialog | Controls bar: Access · Navigate · Change values | Canvas: Zoom · Preset zooms · Zoom history · Scroll (pan) · Guides, grids, snapping · Display mode | Palette | File | Window | Layers | Object: Undo/redo · Clipboard · Duplicate · Clone · Bitmaps · Patterns · Group · Z-order | Path: Convert to path · Boolean operations · Offsets · Combine · Simplify | Selector: Select (mouse) · Rubberband, touch selection · Select (keyboard) · Select within group, select under · Move (mouse) · Move (keyboard) · Transform (mouse) · Scale by handles · Scale (keyboard) · Rotate/skew by handles · Rotate (keyboard) · Flip · Rotation center · Cancel | Node tool: Select objects (mouse) · Select nodes (mouse) · Rubberband selection · Select nodes (keyboard) · Grow/shrink node selection · Move nodes (mouse) · Move nodes (keyboard) · Move node handle (mouse) · Scale handle (1 node selected) · Rotate handle (1 node selected) · Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected) · Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected) · Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected) · Change segment(s) · Change node type · Join/break · Delete, create, duplicate · Reverse · Edit shapes · Edit fills and path effects · Cancel | Tweak tool: Operation · Modes · Parameters | Rectangle tool: Draw · Select · Resize by handles · Round corners by handles | 3D box tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles · Edit perspectives · Visual appearance | Ellipse tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles | Star tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles | Spiral tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles | Zoom tool | Pencil tool: Create dots | Pen (Bezier) tool: Create nodes · Move last node · Create/modify segments · Create dots · Finish · Cancel | Calligraphy tool | Paint Bucket | Gradient tool: Select objects · Create gradients · Select handles · Create/delete intermediate stops · Move handles/stops · Reverse · Gradient editor | Dropper tool | Text tool: Select/create · Navigate in text · Flowed text (internal frame) · Flowed text (external frame) · Text on path · Edit text · Select text · Style selection · Letter spacing · Line spacing · Kerning and shifting · Rotate

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Contents: Tools | Dialogs: Open · Toggle visibility · Within a dialog | Controls bar: Access · Navigate · Change values | Canvas: Zoom · Preset zooms · Zoom history · Scroll (pan) · Guides, grids, snapping · Display mode | Palette | File | Window | Layers | Object: Undo/redo · Clipboard · Duplicate · Clone · Bitmaps · Patterns · Group · Z-order | Path: Convert to path · Boolean operations · Offsets · Combine · Simplify | Selector: Select (mouse) · Rubberband, touch selection · Select (keyboard) · Select within group, select under · Move (mouse) · Move (keyboard) · Transform (mouse) · Scale by handles · Scale (keyboard) · Rotate/skew by handles · Rotate (keyboard) · Flip · Rotation center · Cancel | Node tool: Select objects (mouse) · Select nodes (mouse) · Rubberband selection · Select nodes (keyboard) · Grow/shrink node selection · Move nodes (mouse) · Move nodes (keyboard) · Move node handle (mouse) · Scale handle (1 node selected) · Rotate handle (1 node selected) · Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected) · Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected) · Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected) · Change segment(s) · Change node type · Join/break · Delete, create, duplicate · Reverse · Edit shapes · Edit fills and path effects · Cancel | Tweak tool: Operation · Modes · Parameters | Rectangle tool: Draw · Select · Resize by handles · Round corners by handles | 3D box tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles · Edit perspectives | Ellipse tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles | Star tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles | Spiral tool: Draw · Select · Edit by handles | Zoom tool | Pencil tool | Pen (Bezier) tool: Create nodes · Move last node · Create/modify segments · Create dots · Finish · Cancel | Calligraphy tool | Paint Bucket | Gradient tool: Select objects · Create gradients · Select handles · Create/delete intermediate stops · Move handles/stops · Reverse · Gradient editor | Dropper tool | Text tool: Select/create · Navigate in text · Flowed text (internal frame) · Flowed text (external frame) · Text on path · Edit text · Select text · Style selection · Letter spacing · Line spacing · Kerning and shifting · Rotate

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Tools

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F5, eEllipse/arc tool
F6, -pFreehand (Pencil) tool
Pencil (Freehand) tool
Shift+F6, -bBezier (Pen) tool
Pen (Bezier) tool
Ctrl+F6, cCalligraphy tool
Shift+E, +cEraser tool
Shift+F7, uPaint Bucket tool
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Connector tool
Double click on the tool buttons opens the Preferences dialog showing the page of the corresponding tool.

Dialogs

Dialogs

Open

Open

Shift+Ctrl+FFill and Stroke
Shift+Ctrl+WSwatches
Shift+Ctrl+TText and Font

Toggle visibility

Toggle visibility

F12toggle dialogs
This temporarily hides all open dialogs; another F12 shows them again.

Within a dialog

Within a dialog

Escreturn to the canvas
Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+Wclose the dialog
Ctrl+PgUp, Ctrl+PgDnin a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs

Controls bar

Controls bar

Access

Access

The Controls bar at the top of the document window provides different buttons and controls for each tool.
Alt+Xjump to the first editable field

Navigate

Navigate

Tabjump to next field
Shift+Tabjump to previous field
Use these to navigate between fields in the Controls bar (the value in the field you leave, if changed, is accepted).

Change values

Change values

Up arrow, Down arrowchange value by 0.1
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This cancels any changes you made in a text field but you stay in the field.

Canvas

Canvas

Zoom

Zoom

=, +zoom in
-zoom out
When the "Mouse wheel zooms by default" option is on in Preferences, Ctrl+wheel scrolls instead of zooming. To zoom, use wheel without Ctrl.
Shift+middle button dragzoom into the area
Alt+Zactivate zoom field
The zoom field in the lower left corner of the window allows you to specify zoom level precisely.
The zoom field in the lower right corner of the window allows you to specify zoom level precisely.

Preset zooms

Preset zooms

1zoom 1:1
2zoom 1:2
3zoom to selection

Zoom history

Zoom history

`(back quote) previous zoom
Shift+`next zoom
With these keys, you can travel back and forth through the history of zooms in this session

Scroll (pan)

Scroll (pan)

Ctrl+arrowsscroll canvas
Scrolling by keys is accelerated, i.e. it speeds up when you press Ctrl+arrows in quick succession, or press and hold.
middle button dragpan canvas

Guides, grids, snapping

Guides, grids, snapping

mouse dragdrag off a ruler to create guide
Drag off the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a new guideline. Drag a guideline onto the ruler to delete it.
mouse dragdrag a ruler to move it
Shift+mouse dragdrag a ruler (not near anchor) to rotate it
Ctrl+Shift+mouse dragrotate ruler with angle snapping
Ctrl+clickdelete ruler
|, Shift+\toggle guides and snapping to guides
If you want to see the guides but not snap to them, use the global snapping toggle (% key).

Display mode

Display mode

Ctrl+keypad 5toggle normal/outline mode

Palette

Palette

These keys work both in the floating palette dialog and in the palette frame at the bottom of the window.
clickset fill color on selection
To change fill/stroke of an object by dragging color on it, that object need not be selected.
You can also drag colors to the Fill (F) and Stroke (S) indicators in the statusbar to change the selection.

File

File

Ctrl+Ncreate new document
Ctrl+Oopen an SVG document
Ctrl+Oopen a document
Shift+Ctrl+Eexport to PNG
Ctrl+Iimport bitmap or SVG
Ctrl+Iimport bitmap or vector
Ctrl+Pprint document
Ctrl+Ssave document
Shift+Ctrl+Ssave under a new name
Ctrl+Qexit Inkscape

Window

Window

Ctrl+Rtoggle rulers
These cycle through the active document windows forward and backward.

Layers

Layers

Shift+Ctrl+Ncreate new layer
Shift+PgUpmove to layer above
Shift+PgDnmove to layer below
Shift+Ctrl+Endlower layer to bottom
These commands move the current layer among its siblings (normally other layers).

Object

Object

Undo/redo

Undo/redo

Shift+Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+Zundo
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Clipboard

Clipboard

Ctrl+Ccopy selection
This places a copy of the selection to the Inkscape clipboard. Text from text objects is also placed onto the system clipboard.
Ctrl+Xcut selection
This works the same as "copy selection" followed by deleting the selection.
Ctrl+Vpaste clipboard
This places the clipboard objects at the mouse cursor, or at the center of the window if mouse is outside the canvas.
When editing text with the text tool, this pastes the text from the system clipboard into the current text object.
When editing text with the text tool, this pastes the text from the clipboard into the current text object.
Ctrl+Alt+Vpaste in place
This places the clipboard objects to the original location from which they were copied.
This places the clipboard objects into the original location from which they were copied.
Shift+Ctrl+Vpaste style
This applies the style of the (first of the) copied object(s) to the current selection.
If a gradient handle (in Gradient tool) or a text span (in Text tool) are selected, they get the style instead of the entire object.

Duplicate

Duplicate

Ctrl+Dduplicate selection
New object(s) are placed exactly over the original(s) and selected.

Clone

Clone

Alt+Dclone object
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.

Bitmaps

Bitmaps

Alt+Bcreate 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.

Patterns

Patterns

Alt+Iobject(s) to pattern
This converts the selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill.
Shift+Alt+Ipattern to object(s)

Group

Group

Shift+Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Ggroup selected objects
Use Ctrl+click to select objects within group.

Z-order

Z-order

Homeraise selection to top
Endlower selection to bottom
PgUpraise selection one step
PgDnlower selection one step

Path

Path

Convert to path

Convert to path

Shift+Ctrl+Cconvert selected object(s) to path
Ctrl+Alt+Cconvert stroke to path

Boolean operations

Boolean operations

Ctrl++union
Union combines any number of objects into a single path, removing overlaps.
Ctrl+-difference

Offsets

Offsets

Ctrl+(inset path (towards center)
Ctrl+)outset path (away from center)
The default offset distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).

Combine

Combine

Ctrl+Kcombine 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.

Simplify

Simplify

Ctrl+Lsimplify
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).

Selector

Selector

Select (mouse)

Select (mouse)

clickselect an object
When you left-click on an object, previous selection is deselected.
Shift+clicktoggle selection
Shift+click adds an object to the current selection if it was not selected, or deselects it otherwise.
clickclickedit the object
For paths, double clicking switches to Node tool; for shapes, to corresponding shape tool; for text, to Text tool.
For groups, double clicking performs the "Enter group" command (the group becomes temporary layer).
Double clicking in empty space swithes to the parent layer in the hierarchy, if any.
For groups, double clicking performs the "Enter group" command (the group becomes a temporary layer).
Double clicking in empty space switches to the parent layer in the hierarchy, if any.

Rubberband, touch selection

Rubberband, touch selection

mouse dragselect by rubberband
Dragging around objects does "rubberband" selection; previous selection is deselected.
Shift+mouse dragadd objects to selection

Select (keyboard)

Select (keyboard)

Tabselect next object
Shift+Tabselect previous object
These keys pick objects in their z-order (Tab cycles from bottom to top, Shift+Tab cycles from top to bottom).

Select within group, select under

Select within group, select under

Ctrl+clickselect within group
Ctrl+click selects the object at click point disregarding any levels of grouping that this object might belong to.
Ctrl+Shift+clicktoggle selection within group

Move (mouse)

Move (mouse)

mouse dragselect + move
Dragging an object selects it if it was not selected, then moves selection.
Alt+mouse dragmove selected

Move (keyboard)

Move (keyboard)

arrowsmove selection by the nudge distance
Shift+arrowsmove selection by 10x nudge distance
The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).

Transform (mouse)

Transform (mouse)

click, Shift+Stoggle scale/rotation handles
mouse dragscale (with scale handles)

Scale by handles

Scale by handles

mouse dragscale
Ctrl+mouse dragscale preserving aspect ratio
Shift+mouse dragsymmetric transformation

Scale (keyboard)

Scale (keyboard)

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Rotate/skew by handles

Rotate/skew by handles

mouse dragrotate or skew
Ctrl+mouse dragsnap skew angle
Holding Ctrl when dragging a skew (non-corner) handle snaps the skew angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees).

Rotate (keyboard)

Rotate (keyboard)

[, ]rotate selection by the angle step
The default angle step is 15 degrees. ] rotates clockwise, [ rotates counterclockwise.

Flip

Flip

hflip selection horizontally
vflip selection vertically
If the tool is in rotate mode (rotation center visible), that center becomes the axis of flipping; otherwise it flips around geometric center of selection

Rotation center

Rotation center

mouse dragmove rotation center
Moved rotation center remembers and saves its position for (all) selected object(s); you can reset it.
Dragging the center snaps it to the centerlines and bounding box edges of the selection.

Cancel

Cancel

Esccancel rubberband, move, transformation
Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, move, or transformation of any kind.

Node tool

Node tool

Select objects (mouse)

Select objects (mouse)

clickclick a non-selected object to select
Alt+clickselect under
Shift+clicktoggle selection

Select nodes (mouse)

Select nodes (mouse)

clickselect a node
Clicking on a node selects it.
clickselect two adjacent nodes

Rubberband selection

Rubberband selection

mouse dragselect multiple nodes
Dragging around nodes does "rubberband" selection; previous node selection is deselected.
Shift+mouse dragadd nodes to selection

Select nodes (keyboard)

Select nodes (keyboard)

Tabselect next node
Shift+Tabselect previous node
These keys select nodes within the selected path

Grow/shrink node selection

Grow/shrink node selection

PgUp, PgDngrow/shrink selection (spatial)
mouse wheelgrow/shrink selection (spatial)

Move nodes (mouse)

Move nodes (mouse)

mouse dragmove selected nodes
Ctrl+mouse dragrestrict movement to horizontal or vertical
Ctrl+Alt+mouse dragmove along handles

Move nodes (keyboard)

Move nodes (keyboard)

arrowsmove selected node(s) by the nudge distance
Shift+arrowsmove selected node(s) by 10x nudge distance
The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).

Move node handle (mouse)

Move node handle (mouse)

mouse dragmove a node handle
Ctrl+mouse dragsnap 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.

Scale handle (1 node selected)

Scale handle (1 node selected)

<, >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.

Rotate handle (1 node selected)

Rotate handle (1 node selected)

[, ]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.

Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)

Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected)

These commands scale the selected nodes as if they were an "object".
If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of scaling; otherwise it scales around geometric center of selected nodes.
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Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)

Rotate nodes (>1 nodes selected)

These commands rotate the selected nodes as if they were an "object".
If mouse is over a node, that node becomes the axis of rotation; otherwise it rotates around geometric center of selected nodes.
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Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)

Flip nodes (>1 nodes selected)

These commands flip the selected nodes as if they were an "object", around the center of that object.
hflip nodes horizontally
vflip nodes vertically

Change segment(s)

Change segment(s)

Shift+Lmake line
Shift+Umake curve
These commands require that more than two adjacent nodes be selected.

Change node type

Change node type

Shift+Cmake cusp
First Shift+C changes type of node; if you do another Shift+C on an already cusp node, it retracts its handles
Shift+Smake smooth
Shift+Ymake symmetric
When making smooth or symmetric, you can lock the position of one of the handles by hovering mouse over it.
Ctrl+clicktoggle smooth/cusp/symmetric
Shift+Amake auto
Ctrl+clicktoggle smooth/cusp/symmetric/auto

Join/break

Join/break

Shift+Jjoin selected nodes
This requires that exactly two end nodes within the path be selected.
You can lock the position of one of the two joined nodes by hovering mouse over it.

Delete, create, duplicate

Delete, create, duplicate

Backspace, Deldelete selected node(s)
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Reverse

Reverse

Shift+rreverse path direction

Edit shapes

Edit 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.

Edit fills and path effects

Edit fills and path effects

Node tool can also edit the handles of a pattern fill, gradient fill, and the editable handles of path effects.

Cancel

Cancel

Esccancel rubberband or move
Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, node move, handle move, or handle move.

Tweak tool

Tweak tool

Operation

Operation

mouse dragact on selected paths in the current mode
Shift+mouse dragreverse current mode (when applicable)
Ctrl+mouse dragact temporarily switching to shrink mode
Ctrl+mouse dragact temporarily switching to shrink mode
Ctrl+Shift+mouse dragact temporarily switching to grow mode
The amount of tweaking action is the greatest at the center of the circular area and drops off smoothly towards the edges.

Modes

Modes

Shift+m, Shift+0move mode
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roughen mode
Shift+ccolor paint mode
Shift+jcolor jitter mode
Shift+bblur mode

Parameters

Parameters

Left arrow, Right arrowadjust brush width by 1
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Width and force can be adjusted while drawing. With a pressure-sensitive tablet, force also depends on pen pressure.

Rectangle tool

Rectangle tool

Draw

Draw

mouse dragdraw a rectangle
Ctrl+mouse dragmake a square or integer-ratio rectangle
This restricts rectangle so its height/width ratio is a whole number.

Select

Select

clickclick to select
Alt+click, Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under

Resize by handles

Resize by handles

mouse dragdrag a square handle to resize
Initially, the two resize (square) handles are in top left and bottom right corners.
Resize handles change the width and height of the rectangle in its own coordinate system, before any transforms are applied.

Round corners by handles

Round corners by handles

mouse dragdrag a circular handle to round corners
Initially, the two rounding handles are in the top right corner of the rectangle.
Ctrl+mouse draglock the corner circular
You can drag both handles for an elliptic rounded corner, or drag/click one with Ctrl to make it circular again.
Shift+clickremove corner rounding

3D box tool

3D box tool

Draw

Draw

mouse dragdraw a 3D box (X/Y plane)
Shift+mouse dragdraw a 3D box (extrude in Z)

Select

Select

clickclick to select
Alt+click, Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under

Edit by handles

All editing operations occur "in perspective", i.e., either along PLs or within planes spanned by these.

Edit by handles

All editing operations occur "in perspective", i.e., either along perspective lines or within planes spanned by these.
mouse dragresize/move box
The four front handles and the center normally move withing the XY-plane, the four rear handles along the Z-axis.
The four front handles and the center normally move within the XY plane, the four rear handles along the Z axis.
Shift+mouse dragresize/move (with handle behaviour swapped)
Ctrl+mouse dragresize/move (handles snap to axes or diagonals)

Edit perspectives

Edit perspectives

In what follows, we use the abbreviations VP = vanishing point, PL = perspective line.
mouse dragdrag square handles to move the VPs
[, @@ -966,14 +976,10 @@ with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle

Visual appearance

Ltoggle visibility of PLs
Atoggle PLs to all corners/only front corners

Ellipse tool

Ellipse tool

Draw

Draw

Without Alt the starting end ending point of the mouse drag mark the corners of the bounding box.
With Alt the ellipse is enlarged so that its circumference passes through these two points (Ctrl+Alt is a special case; see below).
mouse dragdraw an ellipse

Select

Select

clickclick to select
Alt+click, Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under

Edit by handles

Edit by handles

mouse dragresize, make arc or segment
Initially, the two resize handles are at the topmost and leftmost points; the two arc/segment handles are in the rightmost point.
Ctrl+mouse draglock circle (resize handles)
The default angle step is 15 degrees.
Shift+clickmake whole (arc/segment handles)

Star tool

Star tool

Draw

Draw

mouse dragdraw a star
Ctrl+mouse dragsnap star to angle steps
The default angle step is 15 degrees.

Select

Select

clickclick to select
Alt+click, Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under

Edit by handles

Edit by handles

mouse dragdrag a handle to vary the star shape
Ctrl+mouse dragkeep star rays radial (no skew)
Shift+mouse draground the star
Alt+click, Ctrl+Alt+clickremove randomization

Spiral tool

Spiral tool

Draw

Draw

mouse dragdraw a spiral
Ctrl+mouse dragsnap spiral to angle steps
The default angle step is 15 degrees.

Select

Select

clickclick to select
Alt+click, Ctrl+Alt+clickselect under

Edit by handles

Edit by handles

mouse dragroll/unroll from inside (inner handle)
Dragging the inner handle adjusts the "inner radius" parameter.
Alt+mouse dragconverge/diverge (inner handle)
Ctrl+mouse dragsnap handles to angle steps
The default angle step is 15 degrees. This works for both handles.

Zoom tool

Zoom tool

clickzoom in
Shift+clickzoom out
mouse dragzoom into the area

Pencil tool

Pencil tool

mouse dragdraw a freehand line
Shift+mouse dragadd to selected path
Shift+mouse dragtemporarily disable snapping
Shift also temporaily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are drawing with grid or guides on.

Pen (Bezier) tool

Create dots

Ctrl+clickcreate a dot
This creates a small circle. Its size (relative to the current stroke width) can be set in Preferences.
Shift+Ctrl+clickcreate a double-sized dot
Alt+Ctrl+clickcreate a random-sized dot

Pen (Bezier) tool

Create nodes

Create nodes

clickcreate a sharp node
If no path is being created, this starts a new path.
Shift+clickadd to selected path
If a path is selected, Shift+clicking anywhere starts a new subpath instead of a new independent path.
mouse dragcreate a bezier node with two handles
mouse dragcreate a Bezier node with two handles
Shift+mouse dragmove only one handle
This moves only one handle (instead of both) while creating a node, making it cusp.

Move last node

Move last node

These commands move the last created node (at the start of the red segment) while creating a path.
arrowsmove last node by the nudge distance
Shift+arrowsmove last node by 10x nudge distance

Create/modify segments

Create/modify segments

Ctrl+snap last segment to angle steps
This snaps the new node's angle, relative to the previous node, to angle steps (default 15 degrees).
Shift+Lmake last segment line

Create dots

Create dots

Ctrl+clickcreate a dot
This creates a small circle. Its size (relative to the current stroke width) can be set in Preferences.
Shift+Ctrl+clickcreate a double-sized dot

Finish

Finish

Enterfinish current line
right clickfinish current line
clickclickfinish current line

Cancel

Cancel

Esc, Ctrl+zcancel current line
Backspace, Delerase last segment of current line

Calligraphy tool

Calligraphy tool

mouse dragdraw a calligraphic line
Shift+mouse dragadd to selected path
Drawing with Shift unions the newly created stroke with the previous selection
Alt+mouse dragsubtract from selected path
Drawing with Alt subtracts the newly created stroke from the previous selection
Ctrl+mouse dragtrack a guide path
Drawing with Ctrl tracks a selected guide path at the constant distance
Left arrow, @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ with the segment; another Shift+S will expand a second handle
Width and angle can be adjusted while drawing.
Escdeselect

Paint Bucket

Paint Bucket

clickfill a bounded area
Shift+clickadd to selected path
Shift+Ctrl+clickset stroke color
Ctrl+clicking an object sets its fill (or stroke with Shift) to the tool's current style; the object need not be selected

Gradient tool

Gradient tool

Select objects

Select objects

clickclick an object to select
Alt+clickselect under
Shift+clicktoggle selection

Create gradients

Create gradients

mouse dragcreate gradient
This creates gradient on selected objects. The Controls bar lets you select linear/radial and fill/stroke for the new gradient.
clickclickcreate default gradient

Select handles

Select handles

clickselect a handle
Shift+clickadd handle to selection
Shift+mouse dragselect by rubberband

Create/delete intermediate stops

Create/delete intermediate stops

Ctrl+Alt+clickcreate a stop
clickclickcreate a stop
Ctrl+Alt+click or double click on a gradient line creates a new intermediate stop

Move handles/stops

Move handles/stops

mouse dragmove selected handle(s)
Ctrl+mouse dragmove stops in 1/10 range increments
Ctrl+dragging selected intermediate stops moves them snapping to 1/10 steps of the available range

Reverse

Reverse

Shift+rreverse gradient definition
This mirrors the stop positions of the current gradient without moving the gradient handles.

Gradient editor

Gradient editor

clickclickopen gradient editor
Double clicking a gradient handle opens the Gradient Editor with that gradient and the clicked handle chosen in the stops list.

Dropper tool

Dropper tool

clickpick fill color
Shift+clickpick stroke color
Alt+clickpick inverse color
If Alt is pressed, picking color (with or without Shift, by click or by drag) picks the inverse of the color.
Ctrl+Ccopy color
This copies the color under cursor to the system clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits).
This copies the color under cursor to the clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits).

Text tool

Text tool

Select/create

Select/create

clickcreate/select a text object
Clicking in an empty space or on a non-text creates a text object; now you can type your text.

Navigate in text

Navigate in text

arrowsmove cursor by one character
Ctrl+Left arrow, Ctrl+Right arrowmove cursor by one word

Flowed text (internal frame)

Flowed text (internal frame)

mouse dragcreate flowed text
Clicking and dragging in an empty space or on a non-text creates a flowed text object with internal frame.
mouse dragadjust frame size

Flowed text (external frame)

Flowed text (external frame)

Alt+Wflow text into frame
With a text object and a shape/path selected, this flows text into the shape/path.
Both remain separate objects, but are linked; editing the shape/path causes the text to reflow.

Text on path

Text on path

Shift+Dselect path from text
To find out which path this text is put on, select it and press Shift+D. The path will be selected.

Edit text

Edit text

To type + and - characters, use the main keyboard; keypad + and - are reserved for zoom (unless NumLock is on).
Enterstart a new line or paragraph
Enter in regular text creates new line; in flowed text it creates a new paragraph

Select text

Select text

mouse dragselect text
Left-dragging over a text object selects a text span.
Shift+arrowsselect text by character

Style selection

Style selection

Ctrl+Bmake selection bold
Ctrl+Imake selection italic
Also, you can use the Text&Font or Fill&Stroke dialogs to assign any style to text selection.

Letter spacing

Letter spacing

Alt+>expand line/paragraph by 1 pixel
Shift+Alt+>expand line/paragraph by 10 pixels
Alt+<contract line/paragraph by 1 pixel

Line spacing

Line spacing

Ctrl+Alt+>make the text object taller by 1 pixel
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+>make the text object taller by 10 pixels
Ctrl+Alt+<make the text object shorter by 1 pixel

Kerning and shifting

Kerning and shifting

Alt+arrowsshift characters by 1 pixel
Shift+Alt+arrowsshift characters by 10 pixels
These commands work when editing a regular text object. Kerning does not work in flowed text.

Rotate

Rotate

Ctrl+[, Ctrl+]rotate character(s) by 90 degrees
Alt+[, diff --git a/doc/keys.xml b/doc/keys.xml index 83f36497b..12bf4a036 100644 --- a/doc/keys.xml +++ b/doc/keys.xml @@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ RFE).

Guides, grids, snapping drag off a ruler to create guide Drag off the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a new guideline. Drag a guideline onto the ruler to delete it. + drag a ruler to move it + drag a ruler (not near anchor) to rotate it + rotate ruler with angle snapping + delete ruler | \ toggle guides and snapping to guides If you want to see the guides but not snap to them, use the global snapping toggle (% key). When you create a new guide by dragging off the ruler, guide visibility and snapping are turned on. -- 2.30.2