Krita keyboard shortcuts
Brushes, colours, layers, selections, tools, and the canvas in the free painting app.
97 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.
23 actions and 23 key variants match.
- Krita Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Create a new image Anywhere | Windows CtrlN | Source |
| Switch full screen mode on or off Anywhere | Windows CtrlShiftF | Source |
| Add a paint layer Layers | Windows Insert | Source |
| Add a vector layer Layers | Windows ShiftInsert | Source |
| Duplicate the layer or mask Layers | Windows CtrlJ | Source |
| Put the layers in a group Layers | Windows CtrlG | Source |
| Take the layers out of their group Layers | Windows CtrlAltG | Source |
| Make a quick clipping group Layers | Windows CtrlShiftG | Source |
| Merge with the layer below Layers | Windows CtrlE | Source |
| Flatten the image Layers | Windows CtrlShiftE | Source |
| Rename the current layer Layers | Windows F2 | Source |
| Remove the layer Layers | Windows ShiftDelete | Source |
| Move the layer or mask up Layers | Windows CtrlPage Up | Source |
| Move the layer or mask down Layers | Windows CtrlPage Down | Source |
| Choose the freehand brush tool Toolbox | Windows B | Source |
| Choose the gradient tool Toolbox | Windows G | Source |
| Choose the move tool Toolbox | Windows T | Source |
| Choose the colour sampler Toolbox | Windows P | Source |
| Choose the multibrush tool Toolbox | Windows Q | Source |
| Choose the rectangle tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftR | Source |
| Choose the ellipse tool Toolbox | Windows ShiftJ | Source |
| Choose the crop tool Toolbox | Windows C | Source |
| Choose the transform tool Toolbox | Windows CtrlT | Source |
About Krita and its shortcuts
Krita is a painting program, and its keyboard reflects what a painter repeats: brush size and opacity, switching between brush presets, rotating and mirroring the canvas, and layer work. The canvas navigation commands matter more here than in a photo editor, because you are constantly turning the drawing.
Krita ships alternative shortcut schemes that imitate other painting software, and every binding is editable. Shortivo publishes the Windows list.
Where the Krita keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Krita. Report a key that is wrong
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