Keyboard Shortcut Settings

Keyboard Shortcut Settings

In Scribus 1.3.x, the keyboard shortcuts are completely revised. There is still some ongoing work, so the most updated information is here:

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Keyboard_Shortcuts_by_Key

See also: Mouse Usage Hints

Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Scribus 1.3.x

Function Keys

Function Shortcut
Show Help Manual F1
Show Layers Palette F6
Toggle All Palettes F10
Toggle All Guides F11
Insert Unicode Character F12 + 4 digit hex value

Control, Shift, Alt Keys

Function Shortcut
Select All Control-A
Deselect All Control-Shift-A
Copy Control-C
Item Duplicate Control-D
Search and Replace Control-F
Lock Item Control-L
Lock Item Size Control-Shift-L
Group Items Control-G
Document Information Control-I
Delete Item Control-K
New File Control-N
Open File Control-O
Print Control-P
Quit Control-Q
Save Control-S
Save As Control-Shift-S
Ungroup Item Control-U
Paste Control-V
Close File Control-W
Cut Control-X
Edit with Story Editor Control-Y
Undo Control-Z
Redo Control-Shift-Z
Select All Control-A
DeSelect All Control-Shift-A
Zoom to fit Control-0
Zoom to 100% Control-1
Zoom In Control-Plus
Zoom Out Control-Minus
Smart Hyphen Control-Shift-Minus
Non Breaking Space Control-Space
Insert Page Number Control-Alt-Shift-P
Raise Control-Home
Lower Control-End
Raise to top Home
Lower to bottom End
New Line Shift-Return
Frame Break Control-Return
Column Break Control-Shift-Return

You can constrain objects when re-sizing them with Ctrl-drag. Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.

Normal Keys

Function Shortcut
A Insert Table Frame
B Insert Bezier Curve
C Select (Temporary until the rest are sorted out)
E Edit Contents (text in a text frame, or image location in an image frame)
F Insert Freehand Line
I Insert Image Frame
N Link Text Frame
L Insert Line
P Insert Polygon
R Rotate
S Insert Shape
T Insert Text Frame
U Unlink Text Frame
Z Zoom

Selection/Navigation Keys

Shift + Left Click = Selecting more than one object.

Shift+Cursor Key selects Characters

Ctrl+Shift+Cursor Key selects Words

Ctrl+Cursor Up/Down selects Lines

Ctrl+Home selects Text from the Start to the Cursor Position

Ctrl+End selects Text from the Cursor Position to the End

Ctrl+Cursor Key moves to the next Word

Home moves to the beginning of the line

End moves to the end of the line

Ctrl+Shift+Click selects the Object beneath another

Shift+Click adds an Object to the Selection

Ctrl+Alt+Click selects a single Object out of a Groups

Overlapping objects - Control shift select any frame on any level on one layer to select it. Then to move or resize the frame you have selected, hold down control.

You can constrainobjects when re-sizing them with Ctrl-drag. Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.