Adobe Photoshop Shortcuts

Viewing

Result Action
Fits image in window Double-click , or Ctrl + Ø (zero)
100% magnification Double-click , or Alt + Ctrl + Ø (zero)
Zooms in or out Ctrl + or
or Ctrl + spacebar, or Alt + spacebar
Applies zoom percentage, and keeps zoom + Enter in Navigator palette
percentage box active*
Zooms in on specified area of an image* Ctrl + drag over preview in Navigator palette
Scrolls image with hand tool* Spacebar + drag, or drag view area box in
Navigator palette
Scrolls up or down 1 screen Page Up or Page Down†
Scrolls up or down 10 units + Page Up or Page Down†
Moves view to upper left corner or lower right Home or End
corner
Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith* \
†Hold down Ctrl to scroll left (Page Up) or right (Page Down)
*Not in ImageReady
Shift Key

Selecting and moving objects

Result Action
Repositions marquee while selecting‡ Any marquee tool (except single column and
single row) + drag
Adds to or subtracts from selection Any selection tool + or Alt + drag
Intersects a selection Any selection tool + + Alt + drag
Constrains marquee to square or circle (if + drag
no other selections are active)‡
Draws marquee from center (if no other Alt + drag
selections are active)‡
Constrains shape and draws marquee + Alt + drag
from center‡
Ctrl (except when or any pen tool*, path*,
shape tool*, slice, rectangle image map§, circle
image map§, or polygon image map§ tool is
selected)
Switches from to * Alt + drag
Switches from to * Alt + click
Moves copy of selection + Alt + drag selection‡
Moves selection area 1 pixel Any selection + †
Moves selection 1 pixel + †‡
Moves layer 1 pixel when nothing selected Ctrl + †
on layer
Increases/decreases detection width* + [ or ]
Accepts cropping or exits cropping + Enter or Esc
Makes protractor * + Alt + drag end point
Snaps guide to ruler ticks + drag guide
Toggles guide orientation Alt + drag guide
†Hold down to move 10 pixels ‡Applies to shape tools
*Not in ImageReady §ImageReady only
Shift Key

Painting

Result Action
Any painting tool + Alt (also any shape tool + Alt)
Selects background color + Alt + click
* +
Deletes * + Alt + click
Sets opacity, tolerance, Any painting or editing tool + number keys (e.g., 0 =
strength, or exposure for 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)
painting mode (For Airbrush, use + number keys)
Sets flow for painting mode Any painting or editing tool + + number keys (e.g., 0 =
100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)
(For Airbrush, omit )
Cycles through blending +
modes
Fills selection/layer with Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace†
foreground or background
color
Fills from history* Alt + Ctrl + Backspace†
Displays Fill dialog box + Backspace
Lock transparent pixels on/off /
Connects points with a Any painting tool + + click
straight line
†Hold down to preserve transparency
*Not in ImageReady
Shift Key

Path editing*

Result Action
Selects multiple anchor points + + click
Selects entire path + Alt + click
Duplicates a path (works with any pen tool) + Alt + Ctrl + drag
Switches from or to Ctrl
Switches from to when over path Alt
Switches from to when pointer is over anchor point or Alt + Ctrl
direction point
Switches from or to when pointer is over anchor or Alt
direction point
Closes path + double-click
Closes path with straight-line segment + Alt + double-click
*Not in ImageReady
Shift Key
Editing

Result Action
Moves type in image Ctrl + drag type when Type layer is
selected
Aligns left, center, or right* + + Ctrl + L, C, or R
Aligns top, center, or bottom* + + Ctrl + L, C, or R
Selects 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or + , or + Ctrl +
1 word left/right
Selects characters from insertion point to mouse + click
click point
Moves 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 , , or Ctrl +
word left/right
Designates new origin over existing type + click or click + drag
Selects word, line, paragraph, or story Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-
click, or quintuple-click
Shows/Hides selection on selected type Ctrl + H
Toggles Underlining on/off* + Ctrl + U
Toggles Strikethrough on/off* + Ctrl + /
Toggles All Uppercase on/off* + Ctrl + K
Toggles Small Caps on/off* + Ctrl + H
Toggles Superscript on/off* + Ctrl + +
Toggles Subscript on/off* + Alt + Ctrl + +
Chooses 100% horizontal scale* + Ctrl + X
Chooses 100% vertical scale* + Alt + Ctrl + X
Chooses Auto leading* + Alt + Ctrl + A
Chooses 0 for tracking* + Ctrl + Q
Justifies paragraph, left aligns last line* + Ctrl + J
Justifies paragraph, forces last line* + Ctrl + F
Toggles paragraph hyphenation on/off* + Alt + Ctrl + H
Toggles single/every-line composer on/off* + Alt + Ctrl + T
Decreases/increases type size of selected text 2 + Ctrl + < >†
pts/px
Decreases/increases leading 2 pts/px Alt + ††
Decreases/increases baseline shift 2 pts/px + Alt + ††
Decreases/increases kerning/tracking 20/1000 Alt + ††
ems
†Hold down Alt to decrease/increase 10x
††Hold down Ctrl to decrease/increase 10x
*Not in ImageReady Shift Key

Slicing and Optimizing

Result Action
Toggles browser dither for selected image pane in Optimized view§ + Ctrl + Y
Toggles through gamma previews in selected image pane§ Alt + Ctrl + Y
Toggles through Optimized/ 2up/4up/ Original window§ Ctrl + Y
Toggles between slice tool and slice selection tool Ctrl
Draws square slice + drag
Draws from center outward Alt + drag
Draws square slice from center outward Alt + + drag
Repositions slice while creating slice Spacebar + drag
 Opens context-sensitive menu Right mouse button
on slice
§ImageReady only Shift Key