Adobe Lightroom CC Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 251 keyboard shortcuts found in Adobe Lightroom CC.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Working with panels

Tab — Show/hide side panels

Shift Tab — Show/hide all panels

T — Show/hide toolbar

F5 — Show/hide Module Picker

F6 — Show/hide Filmstrip

F7 — Show/hide left panels

F8 — Show/hide right panels

Alt (click a panel) — Toggle solo mode

Shift (click a panel) — Open a new panel without closing soloed panel

Ctrl (click a panel) — Open/close all panels

Ctrl Shift 0-5 — Open/close left panels, top to bottom

Ctrl 0-9 — Open/close right panels, Library and Develop modules, top to bottom

Ctrl 1-7 — Open/close right panels, Slideshow, Print, and Web modules, top to bottom

Navigating modules

Ctrl Alt 1 — Go to Library module

Ctrl Alt 2 — Go to Develop module

Ctrl Alt 3 — Go to Slideshow module

Ctrl Alt 4 — Go to Print module

Ctrl Alt 5 — Go to Web module

Ctrl Alt Left/Right — Go back/go forward

Ctrl Alt Up — Go back to previous module

Using a secondary window

F11 — Open secondary window

Shift G — Enter Grid view

Shift E — Enter normal Loupe view

Ctrl Shift Enter — Enter locked Loupe view

Shift C — Enter Compare view

Shift N — Enter Survey view

Ctrl Alt Shift Enter — Enter Slideshow view

Shift F11 — Enter full-screen mode (requires second monitor)

Shift \ — Show/hide Filter bar

Ctrl Shift +/- — Zoom in/out

Working in the Develop module

V — Convert to grayscale

Ctrl U — Auto tone

Ctrl Shift U — Auto white balance

Ctrl E — Edit in Photoshop

Ctrl Shift C/V — Copy/paste Develop settings

Ctrl Alt V — Paste settings from previous photo

Ctrl Alt Shift Left — Copy After settings to Before

Ctrl Alt Shift Right — Copy Before settings to After

Ctrl Alt Shift Up — Swap Before and After settings

Up/Down — Increase/decrease selected slider in small increments

Shift Up/Down — Increase/decrease selected slider in larger increments

./, — Cycle through Basic panel settings (forward/backward)

(double-click slider name) — Reset a slider

Alt (click group name) — Reset a group of sliders

Ctrl Shift R — Reset all settings

Ctrl Shift S — Sync settings

Ctrl Alt S — Sync settings bypassing Synchronize Settings dialog box

Ctrl (click Sync button) — Toggle Auto Sync

Ctrl Alt Shift A — Enable Auto Sync

Ctrl Alt Shift M — Match total exposures

W — Select White Balance tool (from any module)

R — Select the Crop tool (from any module)

A — Contrain aspect ratio when Crop tool is selected

Shift A — Crop to same aspect ratio as previous crop

Alt (drag) — Crop from center of photo

O — Cycle Crop grid overlay

Shift O — Cycle Crop grid overlay orientation

X — Switch crop between portrait and landscape orientation

Ctrl Alt R — Reset crop

Shift T — Select the Guided Upright tool

Q — Select the Sopt Removal tool

Shift T — Toggle Brush between Clone and Heal modes when Spot Removal tool is selected

K — Select the Adjustment Brush tool (from any module)

M — Select the Graduated Filter tool

Shift T — Toggle Mask between Edit and Brush modes when the Graduated/Radial Filter is selected

]/[ — Increase/decrease brush size

Shift ]/[ — Increase/decrease brush feathering

/ — Switch between local adjustment brush A and B

Alt (drag) — Temporarily switch from brush A or B to Eraser

Shift (drag) — Paint a horizontal or vertical line

H — Show/hide local adjustment pin

O — Show/hide local adjustment mask overlay

Shift O — Cycle local adjustment mask overlay colors

Ctrl Alt Shift T — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Tone Curve adjustment

Ctrl Alt Shift H — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to applay a Hue adjustment

Ctrl Alt Shift S — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Saturation adjustment

Ctrl Alt Shift L — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Luminance adjustment

Ctrl Alt Shift G — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Grayscale Mix adjustment

Ctrl Alt Shift N — Deselect Targeted Adjustment tool

J — Show clipping

Ctrl ] — Rotate photo right (clockwise)

Ctrl [ — Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)

Space/Z — Toggle between Loupe and 1:1 Zoom preview

Ctrl +/- — Zoom in/out

Ctrl Enter — Play impromptu slide show

Y — View Before and After left/right

Alt Y — View Before and After top/bottom

Shift Y — View Before and After in a split screen

\ — View Before only

Ctrl N — Create a new snapshot

Ctrl Shift N — Create a new preset

Ctrl Alt N — Create a new preset folder

Ctrl J — Open Develop view options

Changing view and screen modes

E — Enter Library Loupe view

G — Enter Library Grid view

C — Enter Library Compare view

N — Enter Library Survey view

D — Open selected photo in the Develop module

L — Cycle forward through Lights Out modes

Shift L — Cycle backward through Lights Out modes

Ctrl Shift L — Toggle Lights Dim mode

F — Cycle screen modes

Ctrl Shift F — Switich between Normal and full-screen, hide panels

Ctrl Alt F — Go to Normal screen mode

I — Cycle info overlay

Ctrl I — Show/hide info overlay

Managing photos and catalogs

Ctrl Shift I — Import photos from disk

Ctrl O — Open catalog

Ctrl , — Open Preferences

Ctrl Alt , — Open Catalog Settings

Ctrl Shift T — Create new subfolder (segmented tethered capture)

Ctrl T — Hide/show tether capture bar

Ctrl Shift N — Create a new folder in the Library module

Ctrl ' — Create virtual copy (Library and Develop module only)

Ctrl R — Show in Explorer/Finder (Library and Develop module only)

Right/Left — Go to next/previous photo in the Filmstrip

Shift/Ctrl Click — Select multiple folders or collections (in Library, Slideshow, Print, and Web modules)

F2 — Rename photo (in Library module)

Delete — Delete selected photo(s)

Alt Backspace — Remove selected photo(s) from catalog

Ctrl Alt Shift Backspace — Delete selected photo(s) and move to Trash

Ctrl Backspace — Delete rejected photo(s)

Ctrl E — Edit in Photoshop

Ctrl Alt E — Open in other editor

Ctrl Shift E — Export selected photo(s)

Ctrl Alt Shift E — Export with previous settings

Ctrl Alt Shift , — Open plug-in manager

Ctrl P — Print selected photo

Ctrl Shift P — Open Page Setup dialog box

Comparing photos in the Library module

E/Enter — Switch to Loupe view

G/Esc — Switch to Grid view

C — Switch to Compare view

N — Switch to Survey view

Space/E — Switch from Grid to Loupe view

Down — Swap select and candidate photos in Compare view

Up — Make next photos select and candidate in Compare view

Z — Toggle Zoom view

Ctrl +/- — Zoom in/out in Loupe view

PgUp/PgDown — Scroll up/down zoomed photo in Loupe view

Home/End — Go to beginning/end of Grid view

Ctrl Enter — Play impromptu slide show

Ctrl ] — Rotate photo right (clockwise)

Ctrl [ — Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)

=/- — Increase/decreate Grid thumbnail size

PgUp/PgDown — Scroll up/down Grid thumbnails

Ctrl Shift H — Toggle cell extras

Ctrl Alt Shift H — Show/hide badges

J — Cycle Grid views

Ctrl J — Open Library view options

Ctrl (click) — Select multiple discrete photos

Shift (click) — Select multiple contiguous photos

Ctrl A — Select all photos

Ctrl D — Deselect all photos

Ctrl Shift D — Select only active photo

/ — Deselect active photo

Shift Left/Right — Add previous/next photo to selection

Ctrl Alt A — Select flagged photos

Ctrl Alt Shift D — Deselect unflagged photos

Ctrl G — Group into stack

Ctrl Shift G — Unstack

S — Toggle stack

Shift S — Move to top of stack

Shift [ — Move up in stack

Shift ] — Move down in stack

Rating and filtering photos

1-5 — Set star rating

Shift 1-5 — Set star rating and go to next photo

0 — Remove star rating

Shift 0 — Remove star rating and go to next photo

]/[ — Increase/decrease rating by one star

6 — Assign a red label

7 — Assign a yellow label

8 — Assign a green label

9 — Assign a blue label

Shift 6-9 — Assign a color label and go to next photo

P — Flag photo as a pick

Shift P — Flag photo as a pick and go to next photo

X — Flag photo as a reject

Shift X — Flag photo as a reject and go to next photo

U — Unflag photo

Shift U — Unflag photo and go to next photo

Ctrl Up/Down — Increase/decrease flag status

` — Cycle flag settings

Ctrl Alt R — Refine photos

\ — Show/hide Library Filter bar

Shift (click filter labels) — Open multiple filters in the Filter bar

Shift L — Toggle filters on/off

Ctrl F — Find photo in the Library module

Working with collections

Ctrl N — Create a new collection in the Library module

B — Add to Quick Collection

Shift B — Add to Quick Collection and go to next photo

Ctrl B — Show Quick Collection

Ctrl Alt B — Save Quick Collection

Ctrl Shift B — Clear Quick Collection

Ctrl Alt Shift B — Set as target collection

Working with metadata and keywords in the Library module

Ctrl K — Add keywords

Ctrl Shift K — Edit keywords

Ctrl Alt Shift K — Set a keyword shortcut

Shift K — Add/remove keyword shortcut from selected photo

Ctrl Alt K — Enable painting

Alt 1-9 — Add a keyword from a keyword set to selected photo

Alt 0 — Cycle forward through keyword sets

Alt Shift 0 — Cycle backword through keyword sets

Ctrl Alt Shift C/V — Copy/paste metadata

Ctrl S — Save metadata to file

Working in the Slideshow module

Enter — Play slide show

Ctrl Enter — Play impromptu slide show

Space — Pause slide show

Alt Enter — Preview slide show

Esc — End slide show

Right — Go to next slide

Left — Go to previous slide

Ctrl ] — Rotate photo right (clockwise)

Ctrl [ — Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)

Ctrl Shift H — Show/hide guides

Ctrl J — Export PDF slide show

Ctrl Shift J — Export JPEG slide show

Ctrl Alt J — Export video slide show

Ctrl N — Create a new slide show template

Ctrl Shift N — Create a new slide show template folder

Ctrl S — Save slide show settings

Working in the Print module

Ctrl P — Print

Ctrl Alt P — Print one copy

Ctrl Shift P — Open Page Setup dialog box

Ctrl Alt Shift P — Open Print Settings dialog box

Ctrl Shift Left — Go to first page

Ctrl Shift Right — Go to last page

Ctrl Left — Go to previous page

Ctrl Right — Go to next page

Ctrl Shift H — Show/hide guides

Ctrl R — Show/hide rulers

Ctrl Shift J — Show/hide page bleed

Ctrl Shift M — Show/hide margins and gutters

Ctrl Shift K — Show/hide image cells

Ctrl Shift U — Show/hide dimensions

Ctrl Enter — Play impromptu slide show

Ctrl ] — Rotate photo right (clockwise)

Ctrl [ — Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)

Ctrl N — Create a new print template

Ctrl Shift N — Create a new print template folder

Ctrl S — Save print settings

Working in the Web module

Ctrl R — Reload web gallery

Ctrl Alt P — Preview in browser

Ctrl Enter — Play impromptu slide show

Ctrl J — Export web gallery

Ctrl N — Create a new web gallery template

Ctrl Shift N — Create a new web gallery template folder

Ctrl S — Save web gallery settings

Using help

Ctrl / — Display current module shortcuts

(click) — Hide current module shortcuts

Ctrl Alt / — Go to current module Help

F1 — Open Community Help