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Inkscape

Inkscape

A professional open-source vector graphics editor creating professional-quality illustrations for free

Shortcuts that efficiently build beautiful, unified layouts and achieve professional-quality designs with alignment, positioning, and layer management

Ctrl+Shift+A
Show Align and Distribute
Opens the Align and Distribute dialog.
💡 Hint: Align
🎯 Build beautiful layouts with unified element positioning using align and distribute dialog
Home
To Top
Moves selection to top.
💡 Hint: Home
🎯 Efficiently manage layer structure by bringing selection to top
End
To Bottom
Moves selection to bottom.
💡 Hint: End
🎯 Create layouts with depth by sending selection to bottom
3
Zoom to Selection
Zooms to fit the selected objects.
💡 Hint: 3
🎯 Focus on detailed editing by zooming to selected objects
5
Zoom to Page
Zooms to fit the page in the window.
💡 Hint: 5
🎯 View entire page to check overall layout balance
Ctrl+Shift+M
Show Transform
Opens the Transform dialog.
💡 Hint: Move/Scale/Rotate
🎯 Precisely adjust element size and position with numerical values using transform dialog
PageUp
Raise
Raises selection one step up.
💡 Hint: PageUp
🎯 Fine-tune stacking order by raising selection one level
PageDown
Lower
Lowers selection one step down.
💡 Hint: PageDown
🎯 Optimize layer stacking by lowering selection one level