Keyboard shortcuts

This page lists the default keyboard shortcuts available in IconVectors.

The shortcuts documented here come from:

  • the shortcut labels displayed in the main menus, and

  • the global accelerator keys defined by the application.

Notation

  • Ctrl = Control key

  • Alt = Alt key

  • Shift = Shift key

  • Key combinations are written like Shift+Ctrl+S.

  • Some shortcuts only work when the editor canvas has the focus.

Tip

If you are looking for a command but do not remember its shortcut, open the corresponding menu (for example File or View). Most commands display their shortcut on the right side of the menu.

Canvas mouse wheel

With the pointer over the editor canvas:

  • Ctrl + mouse wheel zooms in or out.

  • Alt + mouse wheel scrolls horizontally.

  • Mouse wheel without a modifier scrolls vertically.

IconVectors 2.10 swaps the previous Ctrl/Alt wheel bindings. Zoom steps and scrolling speed are unchanged. These bindings do not change Explorer scrolling.

Icon Explorer grid

These keys apply when the virtual thumbnail grid has focus. Selection commands remain selection-only; Enter is the explicit keyboard open command.

Key

Action

Left / Right

Move to the previous or next visible tile.

Up / Down

Move by one visual row.

Home / End

Move to the first or last visible tile.

Page Up / Page Down

Move by approximately one viewport.

Ctrl with a navigation key

Move the active entry without replacing the selection.

Shift with a navigation key

Extend the visible range from the selection anchor.

Ctrl+Shift with a navigation key

Add the visible range from the selection anchor to the selection.

Ctrl+A

Select all entries currently matching the filename filter.

Space

Select the focused entry, or the active entry when no virtual entry owns focus.

Ctrl+Space

Toggle the focused entry, or the active entry when no virtual entry owns focus.

Escape

Clear the Explorer selection.

Enter

Open the virtually focused visible entry, or the visible active entry when no virtual entry owns focus.

Shift+Enter

Open the focused or active SVG in a separate IconVectors window, or activate the window that already owns it.

Shift+F10

Open the Explorer context menu for the focused or active tile.

Delete

Permanently delete the selected visible SVG file or files after confirmation.

Editor interactions

These shortcuts and key modifiers are used while drawing and editing directly on the canvas.

Tool selection

  • Selection Tool: V

  • Path Editor Tool: A

  • Pen Tool: P

  • Rectangle Tool: M

  • Ellipse Tool: L

  • Line Tool: K

  • Text Tool: T

  • Hold Ctrl to temporarily switch tools: Selection switches to Path Editor, Path Editor switches to Selection, and the Rectangle, Ellipse, Line, or idle Pen tools switch to Path Editor.

Stroke and pixel alignment

When the editor canvas has focus:

  • Cycle line cap: C

  • Cycle line join: J

  • Pixel-Align Selection: X (the menu accelerator Shift+Alt+P also remains available)

Drawing with the Pen Tool

  • Finish an open polyline (stop placing points): Esc

Selection, move, and duplicate

  • Add/remove items from the selection: Shift + click

  • Nudge selection:

    • Arrow Keys = move by 0.1 px

    • Shift+Arrow Keys = move by 1 px

    • These also work while holding Ctrl for the temporary tool switch: move selected points in Path Editor, or selected elements in Selection. Release Ctrl to return to the original tool.

  • Duplicate while moving:

    • With the mouse: hold Alt and drag

    • With the keyboard: hold Alt and use Arrow Keys

    • For 1 px duplicate steps: Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Transform modifiers

While scaling or rotating with the mouse handles:

  • Keep proportions while scaling: hold Shift

  • Scale from the center (central symmetry): hold Alt

  • Constrain rotation to 15° steps: hold Shift

Path edition (anchor points and handles)

When the Path Edition Tool is active:

  • Select multiple anchor points: Shift + click

  • Delete selected anchor points: Del

  • Remove an anchor point quickly: Alt + click on the point

  • Convert an anchor point (corner ↔ smooth): hold S and click the point

  • Handle editing modifiers: * Hold Ctrl to move one handle independently (unlink mode) * Hold Alt to move both handles symmetrically (mirror mode)