GIMP Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 97 keyboard shortcuts found in GIMP.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Toolbox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ctrl F — Repeat last plug-in

Ctrl Shift F — Reshow last plug-in

Help

F1 — Help

Shift F1 — Context help