Adobe Lightroom CC keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 204 Adobe Lightroom CC 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • 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
  • 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+ArrowUp — Go back to previous module
  • 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
  • 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+Shift+Alt+Enter — Enter Slideshow view
  • Shift+F11 — Enter full-screen mode (requires second monitor)
  • Shift+Backslash — Show/hide Filter bar
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — Import photos from disk
  • Ctrl+O — Open catalog
  • 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+Quote — Create virtual copy (Library and Develop module only)
  • Ctrl+R — Show in Explorer/Finder (Library and Develop module only)
  • F2 — Rename photo (in Library module)
  • Delete — Delete selected photo(s)
  • Alt+Backspace — Remove selected photo(s) from catalog
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+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+Shift+Alt+E — Export with previous settings
  • Ctrl+P — Print selected photo
  • Ctrl+Shift+P — Open Page Setup dialog box
  • C — Switch to Compare view
  • N — Switch to Survey view
  • ArrowDown — Swap select and candidate photos in Compare view
  • ArrowUp — Make next photos select and candidate in Compare view
  • Z — Toggle Zoom view
  • Ctrl+Enter — Play impromptu slide show
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Rotate photo right (clockwise)
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)
  • Ctrl+Shift+H — Toggle cell extras
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H — Show/hide badges
  • J — Cycle Grid views
  • Ctrl+J — Open Library view options
  • Ctrl+A — Select all photos
  • Ctrl+D — Deselect all photos
  • Ctrl+Shift+D — Select only active photo
  • Slash — Deselect active photo
  • Ctrl+Alt+A — Select flagged photos
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D — Deselect unflagged photos
  • Ctrl+G — Group into stack
  • Ctrl+Shift+G — Unstack
  • S — Toggle stack
  • Shift+S — Move to top of stack
  • Shift+BracketLeft — Move up in stack
  • Shift+BracketRight — Move down in stack
  • 0 — Remove star rating
  • Shift+0 — Remove star rating and go to next photo
  • 6 — Assign a red label
  • 7 — Assign a yellow label
  • 8 — Assign a green label
  • 9 — Assign a blue label
  • 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
  • Backquote — Cycle flag settings
  • Ctrl+Alt+R — Refine photos
  • Backslash — Show/hide Library Filter bar
  • Shift+L — Toggle filters on/off
  • Ctrl+F — Find photo in the Library module
  • 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+Shift+Alt+B — Set as target collection
  • Ctrl+K — Add keywords
  • Ctrl+Shift+K — Edit keywords
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K — Set a keyword shortcut
  • Shift+K — Add/remove keyword shortcut from selected photo
  • Ctrl+Alt+K — Enable painting
  • Alt+0 — Cycle forward through keyword sets
  • Shift+Alt+0 — Cycle backword through keyword sets
  • Ctrl+S — Save metadata to file
  • V — Convert to grayscale
  • Ctrl+U — Auto tone
  • Ctrl+Shift+U — Auto white balance
  • Ctrl+E — Edit in Photoshop
  • Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste settings from previous photo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Copy After settings to Before
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Copy Before settings to After
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Swap Before and After settings
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Reset all settings
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Sync settings
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Sync settings bypassing Synchronize Settings dialog box
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A — Enable Auto Sync
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+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
  • 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
  • Slash — Switch between local adjustment brush A and B
  • H — Show/hide local adjustment pin
  • O — Show/hide local adjustment mask overlay
  • Shift+O — Cycle local adjustment mask overlay colors
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Tone Curve adjustment
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to applay a Hue adjustment
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Saturation adjustment
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+L — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Luminance adjustment
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G — Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Grayscale Mix adjustment
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N — Deselect Targeted Adjustment tool
  • J — Show clipping
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Rotate photo right (clockwise)
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)
  • 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
  • Backslash — 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
  • Enter — Play slide show
  • Ctrl+Enter — Play impromptu slide show
  • Space — Pause slide show
  • Alt+Enter — Preview slide show
  • Escape — End slide show
  • ArrowRight — Go to next slide
  • ArrowLeft — Go to previous slide
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Rotate photo right (clockwise)
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — 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
  • Ctrl+P — Print
  • Ctrl+Alt+P — Print one copy
  • Ctrl+Shift+P — Open Page Setup dialog box
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P — Open Print Settings dialog box
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Go to first page
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Go to last page
  • Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Go to previous page
  • Ctrl+ArrowRight — 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+BracketRight — Rotate photo right (clockwise)
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — 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
  • 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

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  • Capture One shortcuts
  • Clip Studio Paint shortcuts
  • Corel Painter shortcuts
  • Darktable shortcuts
  • Figma shortcuts

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