Keyboard 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-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-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 |