Keyboard Shortcut Reference
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Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

51 shortcuts across 6 categories WindowsMac

Tools

Action Windows Mac
Move tool V V
Marquee selection M M
Lasso tool L L
Magic Wand W W
Crop tool C C
Eyedropper I I
Brush tool B B
Eraser tool E E
Paint Bucket / Gradient G G
Pen tool P P
Text tool T T
Hand tool H H
Zoom tool Z Z

Layers

Action Windows Mac
New layer Ctrl + Shift + N Cmd + Shift + N
Duplicate layer Ctrl + J Cmd + J
Merge layers Ctrl + E Cmd + E
Flatten image Ctrl + Shift + E Cmd + Shift + E
Group layers Ctrl + G Cmd + G
Ungroup layers Ctrl + Shift + G Cmd + Shift + G
Select layer above Alt + ] Option + ]
Select layer below Alt + [ Option + [
Bring forward Ctrl + ] Cmd + ]
Send backward Ctrl + [ Cmd + [

Edit

Action Windows Mac
Undo Ctrl + Z Cmd + Z
Step backward Ctrl + Alt + Z Cmd + Option + Z
Free transform Ctrl + T Cmd + T
Fill Shift + F5 Shift + F5
Deselect Ctrl + D Cmd + D
Reselect Ctrl + Shift + D Cmd + Shift + D
Inverse selection Ctrl + Shift + I Cmd + Shift + I
Content-Aware Fill Shift + Ctrl + F5 Shift + Cmd + F5

View & Zoom

Action Windows Mac
Zoom in Ctrl + + Cmd + +
Zoom out Ctrl + - Cmd + -
Fit to screen Ctrl + 0 Cmd + 0
Actual pixels (100%) Ctrl + 1 Cmd + 1
Toggle rulers Ctrl + R Cmd + R
Toggle grid Ctrl + ' Cmd + '
Toggle guides Ctrl + ; Cmd + ;

File

Action Windows Mac
New document Ctrl + N Cmd + N
Open Ctrl + O Cmd + O
Save Ctrl + S Cmd + S
Save as Ctrl + Shift + S Cmd + Shift + S
Export as Ctrl + Alt + Shift + W Cmd + Option + Shift + W
Close Ctrl + W Cmd + W

Brush

Action Windows Mac
Increase brush size ] ]
Decrease brush size [ [
Increase brush hardness Shift + ] Shift + ]
Decrease brush hardness Shift + [ Shift + [
Set opacity 10-100% 1-0 1-0
Swap foreground/background X X
Default colors (B&W) D D