Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Part 4

Keys for transforming selections, selection borders, and paths

This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Transform from center or reflect	Alt	Option
Constrain	Shift	Shift
Distort	Control	Command
Apply	Enter	Return
Cancel	Control + . (period) or Esc	Command + . (period) or Esc
Free transform with duplicate data	Control + Alt + T	Command + Option + T
Transform again with duplicate data	Control + Shift + Alt + T	Command + Shift + Option + T

Keys for selecting, editing, and navigating through text

This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Move type in image	Control-drag type when Type layer is selected	Command-drag type when Type layer is selected
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line	Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down	Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down
down/up, or 1 word left/right	Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Arrow/Up Arrow, or Command + Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point	Shift-click	Shift-click
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right	Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Command + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette	Shift-click	Shift-click
Select word, line, paragraph, or story	Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click	Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click
Show/Hide selection on selected type	Control + H	Command + H
Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box*	Control	Command
Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box*	Control-drag a bounding box handle	Command-drag a bounding box handle
Move text box while creating text box	Spacebar-drag	Spacebar-drag
* Not in ImageReady

Keys for formatting type

This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Align left, center, or right*	Horizontal type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R	Horizontal type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R
Align top, center, or bottom*	Vertical type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R	Vertical type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R
Return to default font style	Control + Shift + Y	Command + Shift + Y
Choose 100% horizontal scale*	Control + Shift + X	Command + Shift + X
Choose 100% vertical scale*	Control + Shift + Alt + X	Command + Shift + Option + X
Choose Auto leading*	Control + Shift + Alt + A	Command + Shift + Option + A
Choose 0 for tracking*	Control + Shift + Q	Command + Control + Shift + Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line*	Control + Shift + J	Command + Shift + J
Justify paragraph, justifies all*	Control + Shift + F	Command + Shift + F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off*	Control + Shift + Alt + H	Command + Control + Shift + Option + H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off*	Control + Shift + Alt + T	Command + Shift + Option + T
Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels	Control + Shift + < or >†	Command + Shift + < or >†
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels	Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††	Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††
Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels	Shift + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††	Shift + Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems	Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow††	Option + Left Arrow or Right Arrow††
* Not in ImageReady †Hold down Alt (Win) or Option (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10 ††Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10

Keys for slicing and optimizing

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Toggle browser dither for selected image pane in Optimized view§	Control + Shift + Y	Command + Shift + Y
Toggle through gamma previews in selected image pane§	Control + Alt + Y	Command + Option + Y
Toggle through Optimized/2up/4up/Original window§	Control + Y	Command + Y
Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool	Control	Command
Draw square slice	Shift-drag	Shift-drag
Draw from center outward	Alt-drag	Option-drag
Draw square slice from center outward	Shift + Alt-drag	Shift + Option-drag
Reposition slice while creating slice	Spacebar-drag	Spacebar-drag
Open context-sensitive menu	Right-click on slice	Control-click on slice
§ ImageReady only