Appendix: Keyboard shortcuts

Learning the shortcuts for tools and commands you use most often can save you time. Want to customize them? Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. While there, click Summarize to export a list updated with your own shortcuts.

Tools Each group of tools in the Tools panel shares a shortcut. Press Shift+ the letter key repeatedly to cycle through hidden tools. This list is based on the Essentials workspace; other workspaces may change tool groupings and keyboard shortcuts, so if a shortcut isn’t working for you, check which workspace is active.

Move tool

V

Artboard tool

V

Rectangular Marquee tool

M

Elliptical Marquee tool

M

Lasso tool

L

Polygonal Lasso tool

L

Magnetic Lasso tool

L

Quick Selection tool

W

Magic Wand tool

W

Eyedropper tool

I

3D Material Eyedropper tool

I

Color Sampler tool

I

Ruler tool

I

Note tool

I

Count tool

I

Crop tool

C

Perspective Crop tool

C

Slice tool

C

Slice Select tool

C

Frame tool

K

Spot Healing Brush tool

J

Healing Brush tool

J

Patch tool

J

Content-Aware Move tool

J

Red Eye tool

J

Brush tool

B

Pencil tool

B

Color Replacement tool

B

Mixer Brush tool

B

Clone Stamp tool

S

Pattern Stamp tool

S

History Brush tool

Y

Art History Brush tool

Y

Eraser tool

E

Background Eraser tool

E

Magic Eraser tool

E

Gradient tool

G

Paint Bucket tool

G

3D Material Drop tool

G

Dodge tool

O

Burn tool

O

Sponge tool

O

Pen tool

P

Freeform Pen tool

P

Horizontal Type tool

T

Vertical Type tool

T

Horizontal Type Mask tool

T

Vertical Type Mask tool

T

Path Selection tool

A

Direct Selection tool

A

Rectangle tool

U

Rounded Rectangle tool

U

Ellipse tool

U

Polygon tool

U

Line tool

U

Custom Shape tool

U

Hand tool

H

Rotate View tool

R

Zoom tool

Z

Default Foreground/Background Colors

D

Switch Foreground/Background Colors

X

Toggle Standard/Quick Mask Modes

Q

Toggle Screen Modes

F

Toggle Lock Transparent Pixels

/

Decrease Brush Size

[

Increase Brush Size

]

Decrease Brush Hardness

{

Increase Brush Hardness

}

Previous Brush

,

Next Brush

.

First Brush

<

Last Brush

>

Application menus These shortcuts are for Windows. For Mac, substitute Command for Ctrl and Option for Alt.

File

New

Ctrl+N

Open

Ctrl+O

Browse in Bridge

Alt+Ctrl+O

Close

Ctrl+W

Close All

Alt+Ctrl+W

Close and Go to Bridge

Shift+Ctrl+W

Save

Ctrl+S

Save As

Shift+Ctrl+S or Alt+Ctrl+S

Export As (entire document)

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W

Save for Web (Legacy)

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S

Revert

F12

File Info

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I

Print

Ctrl+P

Print One Copy

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P

Exit/Quit

Ctrl+Q

Edit

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Shift+Ctrl+Z

Toggle Last State (of undo/redo)

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Fade

Shift+Ctrl+F

Cut

Ctrl+X or F2

Copy

Ctrl+C or F3

Copy Merged

Shift+Ctrl+C

Paste

Ctrl+V or F4

Paste Special > Paste in Place

Shift+Ctrl+V

Paste Special > Paste Into

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V

Search

Ctrl+F

Fill

Shift+F5

Content-Aware Scale

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C

Free Transform

Ctrl+T

Transform > Again

Shift+Ctrl+T

Color Settings

Shift+Ctrl+K

Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

Menus

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M

Preferences > General

Ctrl+K

Image

Adjustments >

 

Levels

Ctrl+L

Curves

Ctrl+M

Hue/Saturation

Ctrl+U

Color Balance

Ctrl+B

Black & White

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B

Invert

Ctrl+I

Desaturate

Shift+Ctrl+U

Auto Tone

Shift+Ctrl+L

Auto Contrast

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L

Auto Color

Shift+Ctrl+B

Image Size

Alt+Ctrl+I

Canvas Size

Alt+Ctrl+C

Record Measurements

Shift+Ctrl+M

Layer

New > Layer

Shift+Ctrl+N

New > Layer via Copy

Ctrl+J

New > Layer via Cut

Shift+Ctrl+J

Quick Export

Shift+Ctrl+'

Export As (selected layers)

Alt-Shift+Ctrl+'

Create/Release Clipping Mask

Alt+Ctrl+G

Group Layers

Ctrl+G

Ungroup Layers

Shift+Ctrl+G

Hide Layers

Ctrl+,

Arrange >

 

Bring to Front

Shift+Ctrl+]

Bring Forward

Ctrl+]

Send Backward

Ctrl+[

Send to Back

Shift+Ctrl+[

Lock Layers

Ctrl+/

Merge Down

Ctrl+E

Merge Visible

Shift+Ctrl+E

Select

All

Ctrl+A

Deselect

Ctrl+D

Reselect

Shift+Ctrl+D

Inverse

Shift+Ctrl+I or Shift+F7

All Layers

Alt+Ctrl+A

Find Layers

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F

Select and Mask

Alt+Ctrl+R

Modify > Feather

Shift+F6

Filter

Last Filter

Alt+Ctrl+F (Windows), Control+Command+F (Mac)

Adaptive Wide Angle

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+A

Camera Raw Filter

Shift+Ctrl+A

Lens Correction

Shift+Ctrl+R

Liquify

Shift+Ctrl+X

Vanishing Point

Alt+Ctrl+V

3D

Show/Hide Polygons > Within Selection

Alt+Ctrl+X

Show/Hide Polygons > Reveal All

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X

Render

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+R

View

Proof Colors

Ctrl+Y

Gamut Warning

Shift+Ctrl+Y

Zoom In

Ctrl++ or Ctrl+=

Zoom Out

Ctrl+-

Fit on Screen

Ctrl+0

100%

Ctrl+1 or Alt+Ctrl+0

Extras

Ctrl+H

Show > Target Path

Shift+Ctrl+H

Show > Grid

Ctrl+’

Show > Guides

Ctrl+;

Rulers

Ctrl+R

Snap

Shift+Ctrl+;

Lock Guides

Alt+Ctrl+;

Window

Actions

Alt+F9 or F9

Brush Settings

F5

Color

F6

Info

F8

Layers

F7

Help

Photoshop Help

F1