A lot of my students ask me about Photoshop Elements Keyboard Shortcuts. So I’ve compiled a list for easy reference. Some I use a ton, others are easier to click around than to remember. So it’s up to you!
Cycle forward through open documents | Control + Tab |
Cycle backward through open documents | Control + Shift + Tab |
Fit image in window | Ctrl + 0 (or double-click Hand tool) |
Magnify 100% | Ctrl + Alt + 0 (or double-click Zoom tool) |
Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) | Spacebar |
Switch to Zoom In tool | Control + Spacebar |
Switch to Zoom Out tool | Spacebar + Alt |
Reposition zoom marquee while dragging | Spacebar-drag |
Zoom in on specified area of an image | Control-drag over preview in Navigator palette |
Scroll image with Hand tool | Drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette |
Scroll up or down 1 screen | Page Up or Page Down |
Scroll up or down 10 units | Shift + Page Up or Page Down |
Scroll left or right 1 screen | Ctrl + Page Up or Page Down |
Scroll left or right 10 units | Ctrl + Shift + Page Up or Page Down |
Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner | Home or End |
Cycle through tools that have the same keyboard shortcut | Shift-press keyboard shortcut (preference setting, Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, must be enabled) |
Cycle through nested tools | Alt-click tool |
Move tool | V |
Zoom tool | Z |
Hand tool | H |
Eyedropper tool | I |
Rectangular Marquee tool | M |
Lasso tool | L |
Magic Wand tool | W |
Selection Brush tool (or Quick Selection tool) | A |
Horizontal Type tool | T |
Crop tool | C |
Cookie Cutter tool | Q |
Straighten tool | P |
Red Eye Removal tool | Y |
Spot Healing Brush tool | J |
Clone Stamp tool | S |
Pencil tool | N |
Eraser tool | E |
Brush tool | B |
Paint Bucket tool | K |
Gradient tool | G |
Rectangle tool | U |
Blur tool | R |
Sponge tool | O |
Show/Hide all palettes (not including Artwor and Effects, and Layers palette) | Tab |
Default foreground and background colors | D |
Switch foreground and background colors | X |
Decrease/increase brush size | [ or ] |
Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments | Shift + [ or ] |
Set layer options | Alt-click New button |
Delete without confirmation | Alt-click Trash button |
Apply value and keep text box active | Shift + Enter |
Load layer transparency as a selection | Control-click layer thumbnail |
Add to current selection | Control + Shift-click layer |
Subtract from current selection | Control + Alt-click layer thumbnail |
Intersect with current selection | Control + Shift + Alt-click layer thumbnail |
Merge visible layers | Control + Shift + E |
Create new empty layer with dialog | Alt-click New Layer button |
Create new layer below target layer | Control-click New Layer button |
Activate bottom/top layer | Shift + Alt + [ or ] |
Select next layer down/up | Alt + [ or ] |
Move target layer down/up | Control + [ or ] |
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer | Control + Shift + Alt + E |
Merge down | Control + E |
Copy current layer to layer below | Alt + Merge Down command from the palette pop-up menu |
Copy all visible layers to active layer | Alt + Merge Visible command from the palette pop-up menu |
Copy visible linked layers to active layer | Alt + Merge Linked command from the palette pop-up menu |
Show/hide all other currently visible layers | Alt-click the eye icon |
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock | / (forward slash) |
Edit layer properties | Double-click layer thumbnail |
Select all text; temporarily select Type tool | Double-click text layer thumbnail |
Create a clipping mask | Alt-click the line dividing two layers |
Rename layer
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Double-click the layer name |
Have fun!
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