Adobe Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
Adobe Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
89 shortcuts
Windows, macOS and Linux
Adobe Photoshop, the image editor. Tool shortcuts are single letters with no modifier and are identical on both platforms; the modifier combinations follow Ctrl to Command and Alt to Option almost everywhere, with the type controls being the main exception. Every one of these can be reassigned under Edit then Keyboard Shortcuts.
Tools
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| V | Select the Move tool |
| M | Select the Marquee tools |
| L | Select the Lasso tools |
| W | Select the Quick Selection, Magic Wand and Object Selection tools |
| C | Select the Crop and Slice tools |
| I | Select the Eyedropper and measurement tools |
| J | Select the healing and patch tools |
| B | Select the Brush tools |
| S | Select the Clone Stamp tools |
| Y | Select the History Brush tools |
| E | Select the Eraser tools |
| G | Select the Gradient and Paint Bucket tools |
| O | Select the Dodge, Burn and Sponge tools |
| P | Select the Pen tools |
| T | Select the Type tools |
| A | Select the Path Selection tools |
| U | Select the Shape tools |
| H | Select the Hand tool |
| Z | Select the Zoom tool |
| Q | Toggle Quick Mask mode |
| D | Reset the foreground and background colours |
| X | Swap the foreground and background colours |
Selection
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl/⌘ + D | Deselect |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + D | Reselect the last selection |
| Shift + drag | Add to the selection |
| Alt + drag | Subtract from the selection — On macOS: ⌥ + drag |
| Shift + Alt + drag | Intersect with the selection — On macOS: ⇧ + ⌥ + drag |
| Shift + F6 | Feather the selection |
| Shift + F7 | Invert the selection |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | Open Select and Mask — On macOS: ⌘ + ⌥ + R |
Layers
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + N | Create a new layer with the dialog |
| Ctrl/⌘ + J | Copy the selection onto a new layer |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + J | Cut the selection onto a new layer |
| Ctrl/⌘ + G | Group the selected layers |
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Create or release a clipping mask — On macOS: ⌘ + ⌥ + G |
| Ctrl + Alt + A | Select every layer — On macOS: ⌘ + ⌥ + A |
| Ctrl/⌘ + E | Merge the selected layers |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + E | Merge every visible layer |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E | Stamp the visible layers onto a new layer — On macOS: ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + E |
| / | Lock the transparent pixels on the target layer |
| \ | Show the layer mask as a rubylith overlay — The layer mask has to be selected |
Editing and transform
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl/⌘ + T | Start a Free Transform |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Z | Undo the last step |
| Ctrl/⌘ + C | Copy the selection |
| Ctrl/⌘ + V | Paste the clipboard |
| Ctrl/⌘ + M | Open the Curves dialog |
| Ctrl/⌘ + L | Open the Levels dialog |
| Ctrl/⌘ + U | Open the Hue and Saturation dialog |
| Shift + Backspace | Open the Fill dialog — On macOS: ⇧ + Delete |
| Alt + Backspace | Fill with the foreground colour — On macOS: ⌥ + Delete |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Fill with the background colour — On macOS: ⌘ + Delete |
| Esc | Cancel the open dialog |
Brush and painting
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| [ | Decrease the brush size |
| ] | Increase the brush size |
| { | Decrease the brush hardness |
| } | Increase the brush hardness |
| ~ (held) | Swap between painting and erasing with the same brush |
| Left / Right arrow | Rotate the brush tip by one degree |
| Shift + Left / Right arrow | Rotate the brush tip by fifteen degrees |
| 0 to 9 | Set the opacity or strength of the active tool — 5 gives 50 per cent, 0 gives 100 per cent |
Blending modes
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Shift + Alt + N | Set the Normal blending mode — On macOS: ⇧ + ⌥ + N — the same pattern applies to every mode below |
| Shift + Alt + M | Set the Multiply blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + S | Set the Screen blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + O | Set the Overlay blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + B | Set the Colour Burn blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + D | Set the Colour Dodge blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + F | Set the Soft Light blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + H | Set the Hard Light blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + E | Set the Difference blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + U | Set the Hue blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + C | Set the Colour blending mode |
| Shift + Alt + Y | Set the Luminosity blending mode |
View and navigation
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Tab | Cycle through the open documents — On macOS: ⌃ + Tab |
| F | Cycle forward through the screen modes |
| Shift + F | Cycle back through the screen modes |
| Tab | Show or hide every panel |
| Ctrl/⌘ + 0 | Fit the image in the window |
| Ctrl/⌘ + 1 | View the image at 100 per cent |
| Spacebar (held) | Switch temporarily to the Hand tool |
| Ctrl/⌘ + R | Show or hide the rulers |
| Ctrl/⌘ + H | Show or hide the extras such as guides and selection edges |
Type
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + L | Left-align the type |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + C | Centre the type |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + R | Right-align the type |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + J | Justify the paragraph, left-aligning the last line |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + X | Reset the horizontal scale to 100 per cent |
| Ctrl + Shift + Q | Reset the tracking to zero — On macOS: ⌘ + ⌃ + ⇧ + Q |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + < or > | Change the type size by one point — Add Alt or ⌥ to step by five |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + H | Toggle paragraph hyphenation — On macOS: ⌘ + ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌥ + H |
Common questions
- How many keyboard shortcuts does Adobe Photoshop have?
- This page lists 89 shortcuts across 8 groups, covering the ones people actually use day to day rather than every binding the application defines.
- Are Adobe Photoshop shortcuts the same on Mac and Windows?
- Mostly. The usual difference is that Ctrl on Windows becomes ⌘ on macOS, which is why the shortcuts here are written as "Ctrl/⌘". Where a binding genuinely differs beyond that swap, it is spelled out separately.
Related pages
Sources
- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place