Photoshop 5.5 Hotkey Table
Operation Shortcut
Menu commands
Actual Pixels Ctrl + Alt + zero (0)
Auto Levels Ctrl + Shift + L
Bring Layer Forward Ctrl + ]
Bring Layer to Front Ctrl + Shift + ]
Clear Backspace or Delete
Close Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Color Balance Ctrl + B
Color Balance, with last settings Ctrl + Alt + B
Copy Ctrl + C or F3
Copy Merged Ctrl + Shift + C
Curves Ctrl + M
Curves, with last settings Ctrl + Alt + M
Cut Ctrl + X or F2
Desaturate Ctrl + Shift + U
Exit Ctrl + Q or Alt + F4
Fade Filter Ctrl + Shift + F
Feather Selection Ctrl + Alt + D or Shift + F6
Fill Shift + Backspace or Shift + F5
Fill from history Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
Filter, repeat last Ctrl + F
Filter, repeat with new settings Ctrl + Alt + F
Fit on Screen Ctrl + zero (0)
Free Transform Ctrl + T
Gamut Warning Ctrl + Shift + Y
Grid, show or hide Ctrl + quote (")
Group with Previous Layer Ctrl + G
Guides, show or hide Ctrl + semicolon (;)
Help Contents F1
Help, context-sensitive Shift + F1
Hide Edges Ctrl + H
Hide Path Ctrl + Shift + H
Hue/Saturation Ctrl + U
Hue/Saturation, with last settings Ctrl + Alt + U
Image Size F11
Inverse Selection Ctrl + Shift + I or Shift + F7
Invert Ctrl + I
Layer Via Copy Ctrl + J
Layer Via Cut Ctrl + Shift + J
Levels Ctrl + L
Levels, with last settings Ctrl + Alt + L
Lock Guides Ctrl + Alt + semicolon (;)
Merge Down Ctrl + E
Merge Visible Ctrl + Shift + E
New Ctrl + N
New, with default settings Ctrl + Alt + N
New Layer Ctrl + Shift + N
Open Ctrl + O
Open As Ctrl + Alt + O
Open last edited image Alt + F, press number (1 through 4)
Page Setup Ctrl + Shift + P
Paste Ctrl + V or F4
Paste Into Ctrl + Shift + V
Preferences Ctrl + K
Preferences, last panel Ctrl + Alt + K
Preview CMYK Ctrl + Y
Print Ctrl + P
Redo Ctrl + Z
Reselect Ctrl + Shift + D
Revert F12 or click first item in History palette
Rulers, show or hide Ctrl + R
Save Ctrl + S
Save As Ctrl + Shift + S
Save a Copy Ctrl + Alt + S
Select All Ctrl + A
Select None Ctrl + D
Send Layer Backward Ctrl + [
Send Layer to Back Ctrl + Shift + [
Step Backward Ctrl + Alt + Z
Step Forward Ctrl + Shift + Z
Snap to Grid Ctrl + Shift + quote (")
Snap to Guides Ctrl + Shift + semicolon (;)
Transform Again Ctrl + Shift + T
Undo Ctrl + Z
Ungroup Layers Ctrl + Shift + G
Zoom In Ctrl + plus (+)
Zoom Out Ctrl + minus (-)
Navigation
Scroll image with hand tool Spacebar + drag or drag in Navigator palette
Scroll up or down one screen Page Up or Page Down
Scroll up or down slightly Shift + Page Up or Shift + Page Down
Scroll up or down exactly one frame in Filmstrip file Shift + Page Up or Shift + Page Down
Scroll left or right one screen Ctrl + Page Up or Ctrl + Page Down
Scroll left or right slightly Ctrl + Shift + Page Up or Ctrl + Shift + Page Down
Switch to upper-left corner press Home
Switch to lower-right corner press End
Magnify to custom zoom ratio Ctrl + spacebar + drag or Ctrl + drag in Navigator palette
Zoom in without changing window size Ctrl + spacebar + click or Ctrl + plus (+)
Zoom in and change window size to fit Ctrl + Alt + plus (+)
Zoom out without changing window size Alt + spacebar + click or Ctrl + minus (-)
Zoom out and change window size to fit Ctrl + Alt + minus (-)
Zoom to 100% Ctrl + Alt + zero (0) or double-click zoom tool icon
Fit image on screen Ctrl + zero (0) or double-click hand tool icon
Apply zoom value but keep magnification box active Shift + Enter
Cycle through full screen and normal window modes F
Toggle display of menu bar in full screen modes Shift + F
Painting and editing
Display Options palette Enter or double-click tool icon
Display crosshair cursor Caps Lock
Revert image with magic eraser Alt + drag with eraser
Select pencil, painbrush, or airbrush press N, B, or J
Cycle through eraser styles Alt + click eraser tool icon or Shift + E
Specify an area to clone Alt + click with rubber stamp
Cycle through rubber stamp options Alt + click rubber stamp tool icon or Shift + S
Cycle through focus tools Alt + click focus tool icon or Shift + R
Sharpen with the blur tool or blur with the sharpen tool Alt + drag
Dip into the foreground color when smearing Alt + drag with smudge tool
Cycle through toning tools Alt + click toning tool icon or Shift + O
Darken with the dodge tool or lighten with the burn tool Alt + drag
Paint or edit in a straight line click and then Shift + click
Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in 10% increments press number (1 through 0)
Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in 1% increments press two numbers in a row
Select brush mode right-click with paint or edit tool or Shift + Alt + letter
Cycle through brush modes Shift + plus (+) or Shift + minus (-)
Reset to Normal brush mode Shift + Alt + N
Display or hide Brushes palette F5
Cycle through brush shapes press bracket, [ or ]
Switch to first shape in Brushes palette Shift + [
Switch to last shape in Brushes palette Shift + ]
Delete shape from Brushes palette Ctrl + click brush shape
Create new brush shape click in empty area of Brushes palette
Edit brush shape double-click brush shape
Applying colors
Lift foreground color from image Alt + click with paint tool or click with eyedropper
Lift background color from image Alt + click with eyedropper
Sample color in image click with color sampler tool
Delete color sample Alt + click on target with color sampler tool
Display or hide Color palette F6
Lift foreground color from color bar at bottom of Color palette click color bar
Lift background color from color bar Alt + click color bar
Cycle through color bars Shift + click color bar
Specify new color bar right-click color bar or Ctrl + click for dialog box
Lift foreground color from Swatches palette click swatch
Lift background color from Swatches palette Alt + click swatch
Delete swatch from palette Ctrl + click swatch
Replace swatch with foreground color Shift + click swatch
Add new swatch to palette click in empty area of palette or Shift + Alt + click on swatch
Fill selection or layer with foreground color Alt + Backspace
Fill layer with foreground color but preserve transparency Shift + Alt + Backspace
Fill selection on background layer with background color Backspace or Delete
Fill selection on any layer with background color Ctrl + Backspace
Fill layer with background color but preserve transparency Shift + Ctrl + Backspace
Fill selection with source state in History palette Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
Display Fill dialog box Shift + Backspace or Shift + F5
Type
Edit text layer double-click on T in Layers palette or right-click with
type tool
Select word in Text Tool dialog box double-click on word
Select word to left or right Ctrl + Shift + left or right arrow
Select all text Ctrl + A
Increase type size two pixels (or points) Ctrl + Shift + greater than (>)
Decrease type size two pixels Ctrl + Shift + less than ()
Decrease type size 10 pixels Ctrl + Shift + Alt + less than (