Keyboard Shortcuts by Key
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Function Keys
| Function | Shortcut |
| Show Help Manual | F1 |
| Toggle Properties Palette | F2 |
| Toggle Style Editor dialog | F3 |
| F4 | |
| F5 | |
| Toggle Layers Palette | F6 |
| F7 | |
| F8 | |
| F9 | |
| Toggle All Guides | F11 |
| Toggle All palettes | F12 |
Control, Shift, Alt Keys
| Function | Shortcut |
| Select All | Control-A |
| Deselect All | Control-Shift-A |
| Copy | Control-C |
| Get Text or Image | Control-D |
| Item Duplicate | Control-Alt-Shift-D |
| Search and Replace | Control-F |
| Lock Item | Control-L |
| Lock Item Size | Control-Shift-L |
| Group Items | Control-G |
| Document Information | Control-I |
| Delete Item | Control-K |
| New File | Control-N |
| Open File | Control-O |
| Control-P | |
| Quit | Control-Q |
| Save | Control-S |
| Save As | Control-Shift-S |
| Ungroup Item | Control-Shift-G |
| Paste | Control-V |
| Close File | Control-W |
| Cut | Control-X |
| Edit with Story Editor | Control-Y |
| Undo | Control-Z |
| Redo | Control-Shift-Z |
| Select All | Control-A |
| DeSelect All | Control-Shift-A |
| Zoom to fit | Control-0 |
| Zoom to 100% | Control-1 |
| Zoom In | Control-Plus |
| Zoom Out | Control-Minus |
| Zoom In/Out | Control-Mousewheel |
| Smart Hyphen | Control-Shift-Minus |
| Non Breaking Space | Control-Space |
| Insert Page Number | Control-Alt-Shift-P |
| Raise | Control-Home |
| Lower | Control-End |
| Raise to top | Home |
| Lower to bottom | End |
| Frame Break | Control-Return |
| Column Break | Control-Shift-Return |
| Stacked Objects, next in Z-order | Control-Shift-LMouse |
| Resizing object when other object on top | Control-drag |
| Resize proportionally | Control-drag |
| Move image in image frame without entering frame edit mode | Control-Alt-drag |
| Move frame/group with X/Y constrained | Control-drag |
| Rotate a line or when creating a line, constrain the angle of rotation | Control-drag and rotate |
| Rotate an existing item on the page other than a line and constrain the angle of rotation | Control-drag and rotate |
| Resize to a square | Shift-drag |
| New Line | Shift-Return |
| Scale text | Alt-Shift-drag |
| Scale text proportionally | Alt-Control-drag |
| Move item 1 unit (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) | Arrow keys |
| Move item 0.1 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) | Shift+Arrow keys |
| Move item 10 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) | Control+Arrow keys |
| Move item 0.01 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) | Control+Shift+Arrow keys |
| Resize item 1 unit outwards (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) | Alt+Arrow keys |
| Resize item 1 unit inwards(current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) | Shift+Alt+Arrow keys |
| Move to start of paragraph in text edit mode on canvas | Control Up Arrow |
| Move to end of paragraph in text edit mode on canvas | Control Down Arrow |
| Move to start of frame in text edit mode on canvas | Control Page Up |
| Move to end of frame in text edit mode on canvas | Control Page Down |
| Resize image while in image frame edit mode on canvas | Alt+Arrow keys |
Normal Keys Shortcuts
| Function | Shortcut |
| A | Insert Table Frame |
| B | Insert Bezier Curve |
| C | Select (Temporary until the rest are sorted out) |
| E | Edit Contents (text in a text frame, or image location in an image frame) |
| F | Insert Freehand Line |
| I | Insert Image Frame |
| N | Link Text Frame |
| L | Insert Line |
| P | Insert Polygon |
| R | Rotate |
| S | Insert Shape |
| T | Insert Text Frame |
| U | Unlink Text Frame |
| Z | Zoom |
Powerful keyboard modifiers actions
Quite standard for Linux applications :
- CTRL + MOUSEWHEEL UP or DOWN enables to quickly zoom in or out
- CTRL + MOUSEDRAG on the canvas enables to move the current viewport
Specifics to Scribus :
- In the style edition dialog, when selecting a font, a very long menu has to be scrolled through all installed fonts. CTRL + MOUSEWHEEL enables to scroll one whole screen down or up.
- When in Image Editing mode (double click on an image frame first), SHIFT + MOUSEDRAG enables to rotate the image
User Notes / Questions
Looking at the Gnome HIG, wonder if you would consider Ctrl++ for Zoom in and Ctrl+- for Zoom out?
Inkscape and Gimp just use + or - --Cbradney 10:05, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Votes++ --Joeboy 17:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Went with Control +/- so you can still zoom while typing. --Cbradney 23:39, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Wonder if you would consider for the Story Editor
Ctrl+Shift+U for 'Update Text Frame and Exit' ?
(Ctrl+U is 'Update Text Frame')
I'm still to rewrite the menu system for Story Editor --Cbradney 23:39, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)