Keyboard Shortcuts

Toolbox

Shortcut	Action
R	Rectangle select
E	Ellipse select
F	Free select
U	Fuzzy select
Shift O	Select by color
I	Scissors
B	Paths
O	Color picker
M	Move
Shift C	Crop and resize
Shift R	Rotate
Shift T	Scale
Shift S	Shear
Shift P	Perspective
Shift F	Flip
T	Text
Shift B	Bucket fill
L	Blend
N	Pencil
P	Paintbrush
Shift E	Eraser
A	Airbrush
K	Ink
C	Clone
V	Convolve
S	Smudge
Shift D	Dodge or burn
X	Swap colors
D	Default colors

File

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl N	New image
Ctrl O	Open image
Ctrl Alt N	Open image as new layer
Ctrl D	Duplicate image
Ctrl 1-0	Open recent image 1-10
Ctrl S	Save image
Ctrl S	Save image under a new name
Ctrl Q	Quit

Dialogs

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl L	Layers
Ctrl Shift B	Brushes
Ctrl Shift P	Patterns
Ctrl G	Gradients
Ctrl Shift T	Tool options
Ctrl P	Palettes
Ctrl Shift I	Info window
Ctrl Shift N	Navigation window
Tab	Jump to next widget
Shift Tab	Jump to previous widget
Enter	Set the new value
Space	Activate the current button or list
Ctrl Alt PgUp	In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs
Shift L	Open location
Alt Up	Up folder
Alt Down	Down folder
Alt Home	Home folder
Esc	Close dialog

View

Shortcut	Action
F10	Main menu
Shift F10	Drop-down menu
F11	Toggle fullscreen
Shift Q	Toggle quickmask
Ctrl W	Close document window
+	Zoom in
-	Zoom out
1	Zoom 1:1
Ctrl E	Shrink wrap
Ctrl Shift E	Fit image in window
Ctrl Shift R	Toggle rulers
Ctrl Shift T	Toggle guides

Layers

Shortcut	Action
PgUp	Select the layer above
PgDn	Select the layer below
Home	Select the first layer
End	Select the last layer
Ctrl M	Merge visible layers
Ctrl H	Anchor layer

Edit

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl Z	Undo
Ctrl Y	Redo
Ctrl C	Copy selection
Ctrl X	Cut selection
Ctrl Shift C	Copy visible
Ctrl Shift V	Paste as new image
Ctrl V	Paste clipboard
Ctrl K	Clears selection
Ctrl Shift C	Named copy selection
Ctrl Shift X	Named cut selection
Ctrl Shift V	Named paste clipboard
Ctrl ,	Fill with foreground color
Ctrl .	Fill with background color
Ctrl ;	Fill with pattern

Selections

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl T	Toggle selections
Ctrl A	Select all
Ctrl Shift A	Select none
Ctrl I	Invert selection
Ctrl Shift L	Float selection
Shift V	Path to selection

Plug-Ins

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl F	Repeat last plug-in
Ctrl Shift F	Reshow last plug-in

Help

Shortcut	Action
F1	Help
Shift F1	Context help

Also see

• Keyboard shortcuts for GIMP (www.gimpusers.com)