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# Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts

Keybaord 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-2. File Menu

Function | Shortcut
--- | ---
Close | Ctrl+W
New | Ctrl+N
Open | Ctrl+O
Quit | Ctrl+Q
Save | Ctrl+S

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-6. Layers Menu

Function | Shortcut
--- | ---
Anchor Layer | Ctrl+H
Merge Visible Layers | Ctrl+M

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

Table A-9. Filters Menu

Function | Shortcut
--- | ---
Reshow Last | Alt+Shift+F
Repeat Last | Alt+F

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