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GIMP shortcuts

October 10, 2020

GIMP

Gimp toolbox

gimp toolbox They are customizable in the Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts menu

The default shortcuts are presented here (From version 2.6)

NRKeyNameTypeDefaultCtrlShiftAlt
01Rectangular selectionSelectionRectangleCenterSquare
02Elliptical selectionSelectionEllipseCenterCircle
03Free/hand drawn selectionLinesSelectionConstrains angle
04Fuzzy selectionSelection
05Select by colorSelection
06Edge fitting selectionSelectionDisable auto-snap
07Foreground selectionSelection
08Create or edit pathsPathEditMove
09Color pickerColorForegroundBackgroundInfo window
10ZoomZoomZoom inZoom out
11MeasureMeasureHorizontal guideVertical guide
12MovePositionPick and moveConstrains angleMove active layer
13AlignPosition
14CropTransformRectangleCenterSquare
15RotateTransformConstrains angle
16ScaleTransformKeep ratio
17ShearTransform
18PerspectiveTransform
19FlipTransformFlip horizontalFlip vertical
20TextDrawing
21Fill with color/patternDrawingFill similar colorsUse background colorFill whole selection
22Blend/Fill with gradientDrawingContrains angleMove line
23Pencil (hard edges)DrawingDrawPick foreground colorStraight line
24Paintbrush (pattern)DrawingDrawPick foreground colorStraight line
25EraserDrawingErasePick background colorStraight line
26AirbrushDrawingPick background colorStraight line
27Ink/Calligraphy styleDrawingPick background colorStraight line
28CloneDrawing
29HealEnhance
30Perspective cloneDrawing
31Blur/SharpenEnhanceBlurSharpenStraight line
32SmudgeEnhanceSmudgeStraight line
33Dodge/BurnEnhanceDodgeBurnStraight line

All default hotkeys sorted per menu

View

KeysAction
view close
view fullscreen
view show guides
view show rulers
view show selection
view shrink wrap
view zoom 1 1
view zoom fit in
view zoom in
view zoom in accel
view zoom out
view zoom out accel
view zoom revert

Plug-in

KeysAction
plug in repeat
plug in reshow

Image

KeysAction
image duplicate
image merge layers
image new
image properties

Tools

KeysAction
tools airbrush
tools align
tools blend
tools bucket fill
tools by color select
tools clone
tools color picker
tools convolve
tools crop
tools dodge burn
tools ellipse select
tools eraser
tools flip
tools free select
tools fuzzy select
tools heal
tools ink
tools iscissors
tools measure
tools move
tools paintbrush
tools pencil
tools perspective
tools rect select
tools rotate
tools scale
tools shear
tools smudge
tools text
tools value 1 decrease
tools value 1 decrease skip
tools value 1 increase
tools value 1 increase skip
tools value 2 decrease
tools value 2 decrease skip
tools value 2 increase
tools value 2 increase skip
tools value 2 set to default
tools vector
tools zoom

Dialogs

KeysAction
dialogs brushes
dialogs gradients
dialogs layers
dialogs patterns

Edit

KeysAction
edit clear
edit copy
edit copy visible
edit cut
edit fill bg
edit fill fg
edit fill pattern
edit paste
edit paste as new
edit redo
edit strong redo
edit strong undo
edit undo

Layers

KeysAction
layers anchor
layers duplicate
layers new
layers select bottom
layers select next
layers select previous
layers select top

Quick-mask

KeysAction
quick mask toggle

Context

KeysAction
context colors default
context colors swap
context swatch foreground next
context swatch foreground previous

Dockable

KeysAction
dialogs brushes
dialogs gradients
dialogs layers
dialogs patterns

File

KeysAction
file close all
file open
file open as layers
file open recent 01
file open recent 02
file open recent 03
file open recent 04
file open recent 05
file open recent 06
file open recent 07
file open recent 08
file open recent 09
file open recent 10
file quit
file save
file save as

Vectors

KeysAction
vectors selection from vectors

Select

KeysAction
select all
select float
select invert
select none

Drawable

KeysAction
drawable offset

Help

KeysAction
help context help
help help

Dock

KeysAction
dock close

Windows

KeysAction
windows show toolbox