Help — keys and gestures
Tools
- V
- Object selection
- A
- Node editing
- R / E / L
- Rectangle / Ellipse / Line
- P
- Pen (create path)
- H
- This help
Canvas
- Wheel
- Zoom
- Space + drag
- Pan the view
- Fit
- Frame everything
- Drag a file
- Load an SVG
Select mode (V)
- Click
- Select a shape
- Shift + click
- Add/remove from the selection
- Drag (empty)
- Marquee: select several
- Drag a shape
- Move
- Corner handles
- Scale (Shift = keep ratio)
- Top handle
- Rotate (Shift = 15° steps)
- Shift + wheel
- Scale the selection
- Arrows
- Move 1 px (Shift = 10)
- Del / Backspace
- Delete
Node mode (A)
- Click a node
- Select the node
- Shift + click
- Add/remove nodes
- Drag (empty)
- Marquee: select several nodes
- Drag nodes
- Move (as a group if several)
- Arrows
- Move the nodes (Shift = 10)
- Drag a handle
- Adjust the curvature
- Double-click the path
- Insert a node
- Double-click a node / C
- Toggle corner ↔ curve
- Del / Backspace
- Delete nodes
Pen (P)
- Click
- Add a node (corner)
- Click + drag
- Add a node with a curve
- Click the first node
- Close the path
- Escape
- Finish
General editing
- Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y
- Undo / Redo
- Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V
- Copy / Paste (10 px cascade)
- Ctrl+] / Ctrl+[
- Raise / lower one layer
- Ctrl+Shift+] / [
- To front / to back
- Escape
- Deselect / cancel