Keyboard Accelerators

The following keyboard accelerators (shortcuts) are available in xfig.

It is also possible to use accelerators on some of the popup panels. See the description about each popup panel for more information.

Menu Accelerators:

File Menu Accelerators:
(Meta-F)

The underlined letter or number shows the shortcut that will perform the indicated action once the menu is popped up. The shortcuts in parentheses (e.g. Meta-X) show the shortcut available without popping up the menu.

Note that pressing the number 1 while the file menu is up will load the file /tmp/sample.fig in the above example.

Edit Menu Accelerators:
(Meta-E)

View Menu Accelerators:
(Meta-V)

Help Menu Accelerators:

(Meta-H)

Drawing and Editing Mode Accelerators:

[ Contents | Introduction | Credits ]