| Right-click | Context menu for objects, points and segments, the canvas, and layers |
| V · A · P | Pointer · Subselection · Pen |
| Q | Scale → Skew → Distort (press again to cycle the transform tools) |
| Y | Knife: drag a line across a selected path to cut it |
| U (repeat to cycle) · N | Rectangle › Ellipse › Polygon · Line |
| B · T · I · K · G | Brush · Text · Eyedropper · Paint bucket · Gradient |
| H · Z | Hand · Zoom (Alt-click zooms out) |
| Pen: click / drag | Corner point / smooth point with handles. Shift constrains to 45° |
| Pen: click first point · Enter · double-click | Close path · finish open path |
| Pen on a selected path | Click a segment to add a point, click a point to remove it, click an end point to continue |
| Subselection: double-click point | Toggle smooth / corner |
| Subselection: Alt-drag handle | Break the handle pair (corner with independent handles) |
| Pointer: drag just outside a corner | Rotate (Shift snaps to 15°) |
| Shift while drawing | Constrain to square, circle or 45° line · Alt draws from the center |
| Space + drag · Ctrl + wheel | Pan · Zoom at the cursor |
| Text tool: click · drag | Auto-width text · fixed-width block that wraps |
| Ctrl+B · Ctrl+I · Ctrl+U | Bold · Italic · Underline (selected text, or defaults while editing) |
| Ctrl+Z · Ctrl+Shift+Z | Undo · Redo |
| Ctrl+C · Ctrl+V · Ctrl+X · Ctrl+D | Copy · Paste · Cut · Duplicate |
| Ctrl+A · Esc · Delete | Select all · Deselect · Delete objects or selected points |
| Ctrl+G · Ctrl+Shift+G | Group · Ungroup (Subselection selects inside groups; double-click a group with the Pointer) |
| Ctrl+Shift+P · Ctrl+J · Ctrl+Shift+J | Convert to path · Join paths · Split paths |
| Ctrl+] · Ctrl+[ | Bring forward · Send backward (add Shift for front/back) |
| Ctrl+= · Ctrl+− · Ctrl+0 · Ctrl+1 | Zoom in · Zoom out · Fit · 100% |
| Ctrl+' | Show or hide the grid |
| Arrows · Shift+Arrows | Nudge the selection or selected points by one screen pixel (ten with Shift) — the step gets finer as you zoom in |
| Ctrl+Alt+L · Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L | Lock the selection · unlock every locked object |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Show or hide the rulers (drag out of a ruler to create a guide) |
| Ctrl+; | Show or hide guides |
| Ctrl+Shift+; | Snap to guides on or off |
| Ctrl+Alt+; | Lock guides |
| Ctrl+Alt+' | Smart guides on or off (snap to the canvas center and other objects while dragging) |