GIMP keyboard shortcuts
Tools, selections, layers, views, and filters in the free image editor.
91 shortcuts Windows checked September 14, 2026
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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.
- GIMP Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom out of the image Image open | Windows - | Source |
| Zoom to actual pixels Image open | Windows 1 | Source |
| Zoom to 200 percent Image open | Windows 2 | Source |
| Zoom to 50 percent Image open | Windows Shift2 | Source |
| Choose rectangle select Toolbox | Windows R | Source |
| Choose ellipse select Toolbox | Windows E | Source |
| Choose free select Toolbox | Windows F | Source |
| Choose fuzzy select Toolbox | Windows U | Source |
| Choose select by colour Toolbox | Windows ShiftO | Source |
| Choose scissors select Toolbox | Windows I | Source |
| Choose the paths tool Toolbox | Windows B | Source |
| Choose the colour picker Toolbox | Windows O | Source |
| Choose the crop tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftC | Source |
| Choose the rotate tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftR | Source |
| Choose the scale tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftS | Source |
| Choose the flip tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftF | Source |
| Choose the unified transform tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftT | Source |
| Choose the text tool Toolbox | Windows T | Source |
| Choose bucket fill Toolbox | Windows ShiftB | Source |
| Choose the gradient tool Toolbox | Windows G | Source |
| Choose the pencil Toolbox | Windows N | Source |
| Choose the paintbrush Toolbox | Windows P | Source |
| Choose the eraser Toolbox | Windows ShiftE | Source |
| Choose the airbrush Toolbox | Windows A | Source |
| Choose the clone tool Toolbox | Windows C | Source |
| Choose the heal tool Toolbox | Windows H | Source |
| Choose the smudge tool Toolbox | Windows S | Source |
| Choose the zoom tool Toolbox | Windows Z | Source |
| Choose the align tool Toolbox | Windows Q | Source |
| Choose the measure tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftM | Source |
About GIMP and its shortcuts
GIMP is the long-running free image editor, and its shortcuts cover tools, selections, layers and the view. Its tool letters will feel familiar to anyone who has used another raster editor, though the layer and dialog commands follow GIMP's own logic rather than a competitor's.
GIMP lets you rebind everything and ships a way to adopt another program's set, so a configured installation can differ widely. Shortivo publishes the Windows list, and version 3 moved some commands.
Where the GIMP keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of GIMP. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as GIMP, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task