Keyboard shortcuts provide a fast way to access menu items in GIMP. These are the default keyboard shortcuts - you can change them by highlighting a menu item (hovering the cursor over it) and pressing the desired key combination. On some keyboards, the "Alt" key may be called the "Meta" key.
Table A-1. Toolbox Functions
| Function | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Airbrush | A |
| Bezier Select | B |
| Blend | L |
| Bucket Fill | Shift+B |
| Clone | C |
| Color Picker | O |
| Convolve | V |
| Crop and Resize | Shift+C |
| Default Colors | D |
| Dodge and Burn | Shift+D |
| Elliptical Select | E |
| Eraser | Shift+E |
| Flip | Shift+F |
| Free Select | F |
| Fuzzy Select | Z |
| Ink | K |
| Intelligent Scissors | I |
| Magnify | Shift+M |
| Move | M |
| Paintbrush | P |
| Pencil | Shift+P |
| Rectangular Select | R |
| Smudge | Shift+S |
| Swap Colors | X |
| Text | T |
| Transform | Shift+T |
Table A-3. Edit Menu
| Function | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Clear | Ctrl+K |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Copy Named | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |
| Cut Named | Ctrl+Shift+X |
| Fill with Foreground Color | Ctrl+, |
| Fill with Background Color | Ctrl+. |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
| Paste Named | Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Redo | Ctrl+R |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Table A-4. View Menu
| Function | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Info Window | Ctrl+Shift+I |
| Navigation Window | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Shrink Wrap | Ctrl+E |
| Toggle Guides | Ctrl+Shift+T |
| Toggle Rulers | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Toggle Selection | Ctrl+T |
| Toggle Statusbar | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Zoom In | = |
| Zoom Out | - |
| Zoom to Actual Size (1:1) | 1 |
Table A-5. Select Menu
| Function | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Select All | Ctrl+A |
| Feather Selection | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Float Selection | Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Invert Selection | Ctrl+I |
| Select None | Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Sharpen | Ctrl+Shift+H |
Table A-7. Image Menu
| Function | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | Ctrl+D |
| Offset | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Grayscale Mode | Alt+G |
| Indexed Mode | Alt+I |
| RGB Mode | Alt+R |
Table A-8. Dialogs Menu
| Function | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Brushes | Ctrl+Shift+B |
| Gradients | Ctrl+G |
| Layers, Channels & Paths | Ctrl+L |
| Palette | Ctrl+P |
| Patterns | Ctrl+Shift+P |