Simply click on a “Custom” button and type the key combination you wish to assign to the shortcut. The user can assign up to two custom shortcuts, known as primary and alternate shortcuts. Configuration ¶ Primary and alternate shortcutsĮach shortcut is assigned a default, which may be empty. The bottom row of buttons contains commands for exporting and import keyboard shortcuts. Each shortcut can be given a primary and alternate key combination. Menu Items ¶ Search barĮntering text here will search for matching shortcuts in the shortcut list. This itself is called the Search Actions shortcut, and can also be reassigned if desired. New in version 5.0: Actions, which includes everything that can be assigned a shortcut, can now be searched with Ctrl + Enter, reducing the need to assign a shortcut to every single action.

Use the following steps to do this:Ĭlick on Group Layer and a small inset box will open.Ĭlick on the first button and type the Ctrl + G shortcut.įrom this point on, whenever you press the Ctrl + G shortcut you’ll get a new Group Layer. Suppose we wanted to assign the shortcut Ctrl + G to the Action of Group Layers so that every time we pressed the Ctrl + G shortcut a new Layer Group would be created. To use, just type the Action into the Search box you want to assign/reassign the shortcut for. Krita also has a special interface for configuring the mouse and stylus events sent to the canvas, found under Canvas Input Settings. Shortcuts can also be sequences of key combinations (e.g. The shortcuts configured here are simple key combinations, for example the Ctrl + X shortcut to cut.

Most of Krita’s shortcuts are configured in the menu section Settings ‣ Configure Krita… ‣ Shortcuts. You get to the shortcuts interface through Settings ‣ Configure Krita… and by choosing the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Whether you are transitioning from another app, like Photoshop or MyPaint, or you think your own shortcut keys make more sense for you then Krita has got you covered. Configuring shortcuts is another way to customize the application to fit you.

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