GIMP Keyboard Shortcuts

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APPENDIX A

Keyboard Shortcuts
Help
Commands
F1 Shift + F1

Result
Help Context Help

Tools
Commands
R E F Z Shift + O I B O M

Result
Rect Select Ellipse Select Free Select Fuzzy Select Select By Color Scissors Paths Color Picker Move

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Commands
Shift + Shift + Shift + Shift + Shift + Shift + C R T S P F T Shift + B L N P Shift + E A K C Shift + U S Shift + D

Result
Crop and Resize Rotate Scale Shear Perspective Flip Text Bucket Fill Blend Pencil Paintbrush Eraser Airbrush Ink Clone Blur/Sharpen Smudge Dodge/Burn

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Context
Commands
X D Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Alt + N O O D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 S S E E Q L

Result
Swap Colors Default Colors New image Open image Open image as new layer Duplicate image Open recent image 01 Open recent image 02 Open recent image 03 Open recent image 04 Open recent image 05 Open recent image 06 Open recent image 07 Open recent image 08 Open recent image 09 Open recent image 10 Save image Save under a new name Export to Export Quit Layers

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Commands
Shift + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + B P G T P I N

Result
Brushes Patterns Gradients Tool Options Palettes Info window Navigation window

Within a Dialog
Commands
Alt + Ctrl + F4 W Tab Shift + Tab Enter Space Enter Ctrl + Ctrl + Alt + PgUp PgDn In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs Activate current button or list Close the window Jump to next widget Jump to previous widget Set the new value
Result

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Within a File Dialog


Commands
Shift + Alt + Alt + Alt + L Up arrow Down arrow Home Esc

Result
Open Location Up-Folder Down-Folder Home-Folder Close Dialog

Window
Commands
F10 Shift + F10 right click F11 Shift + Ctrl + Q W Drop-down Menu Toggle fullscreen Toggle quickmask Close document window

Result
Main Menu

Zoom
Commands
+ 1 Ctrl + Shift + Shift + Ctrl + E E mouse wheel

Result
Zoom in Zoom out Zoom 1:1 Shrink wrap Fit image in window Zoom

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Scrolling (Panning)
Commands
Shift + Ctrl + arrows arrows middle button drag mouse wheel Shift + mouse wheel

Result
Scroll canvas Jump to canvas borders Scroll canvas Scroll canvas vertically Scroll canvas horizontally

Rulers and Guides


Commands
mouse drag Ctrl + Shift + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + mouse drag R T

Result
Drag off a ruler to create guide Drag a sample point out of the rulers Toggle rulers Toggle guides

Undo/Redo
Commands
Ctrl + Ctrl + Z Y

Result
Undo Redo

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Clipboard
Commands
Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Shift + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + C X V K C X V

Result
Copy selection Cut selection Paste clipboard Clears selection Named copy selection Named cut selection Named paste clipboard

Fill
Commands Result
Erase selection Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + D D D PgUp Ctrl + Tab PgDn Shift + Ctrl + Tab Home End Ctrl + Ctrl + M H Select the layer below Select the first layer Select the last layer Merge visible layers Anchor layer Select the layer above Fill with FG Color Fill with BG Color Fill with Pattern

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Commands
Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Shift + Shift + Ctrl + Shift + Shift + Ctrl + Ctrl + Ctrl + T A A I L V F F mouse click mouse click mouse drag

Result
Toggle selections Select all Select none Invert selection Float selection Path to selection Repeat last filter Reshow last filter Zoom in Zoom out Zoom into the area

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