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Open the command palette

?

Mac Desktop app Inkscape default keymap

Practice this

In Inkscape, the Question mark key will open the command palette. The keys are the same on a Mac.

Where it works: Canvas

On a US English keyboard this character needs Shift and the slash key. The shortcut itself is unchanged.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`?`
Windows	Desktop app	`?`

Where this comes from

inkscape.xml - Inkscape default keyboard shortcuts

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Find an action by name Android Studio Cmd + Shift + A
Open search and the command center ClickUp Cmd + K
Find an action DBeaver Cmd + 3
Open the command menu Chrome DevTools Cmd + Shift + P
Open the command palette Godot Engine Cmd + Shift + P
Open the command palette Grafana Ctrl + K
Find an action IntelliJ IDEA Cmd + Shift + A
Open the command palette JupyterLab Cmd + Shift + C
Open the command palette Miro Cmd + K
Open the command palette Obsidian Cmd + P
Open the command palette Postman Cmd + Shift + P
Show the command palette RStudio Cmd + Shift + P

More Inkscape shortcuts

Go to the next document tab Ctrl + Tab
Go to the previous document tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Enter full screen F11
Add a layer Cmd + Shift + N
Group the selection Cmd + G
Ungroup the selection Cmd + Shift + G
Apply a clipping path Cmd + M
Release the clipping path Option + M

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