Adobe Lightroom keyboard shortcuts
Editing panels, brushes, flags, ratings, and view shortcuts for Lightroom desktop.
74 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026
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24 actions and 48 key variants match.
- Adobe Lightroom Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Open Crop and Rotate Photo open | Mac C 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the Detail view Photos | Mac D 1 more variant | Source |
| Open Edit Photo open | Mac E 1 more variant | Source |
| Show the photo full screen Photo open | Mac F 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the Info panel Photos | Mac I 1 more variant | Source |
| Open Keywords Photos | Mac K 1 more variant | Source |
| Apply auto tone Photo open | Mac ShiftA 1 more variant | Source |
| Zoom in Photo open | Mac Cmd= 1 more variant | Source |
| Zoom out Photo open | Mac Cmd- 1 more variant | Source |
| Open preferences Anywhere | Mac Cmd, 1 more variant | Source |
| Cycle the crop overlay Crop and Rotate open | Mac O 1 more variant | Source |
| Open Photos Anywhere | Mac P 1 more variant | Source |
| Add a linear gradient Photo open | Mac L 1 more variant | Source |
| Add a radial gradient Photo open | Mac R 1 more variant | Source |
| Turn clipping indicators on or off Photo open | Mac J 1 more variant | Source |
| Use the white balance sampler Photo open | Mac W 1 more variant | Source |
| Show or hide the filmstrip Photo open | Mac / 1 more variant | Source |
| Toggle the zoom states Photo open | Mac Space 1 more variant | Source |
| Apply guided upright Photo open | Mac ShiftG 1 more variant | Source |
| Create a version Photo open | Mac ShiftM 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand the Versions panel Photo open | Mac ShiftV 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the Presets panel Edit | Mac ShiftP 1 more variant | Source |
| Choose the adjustment brush Photo open | Mac B 1 more variant | Source |
| Choose the healing brush Photo open | Mac H 1 more variant | Source |
About Adobe Lightroom and its shortcuts
Lightroom splits into modules, and each has its own keyboard: the library for sorting, rating and finding photographs, and the editing views for adjusting them. The rating and flagging commands are the ones that matter most, because culling a shoot is a repetitive job the keyboard makes bearable.
Adobe ships both Lightroom Classic and the newer Lightroom, and they are different programs with different commands. Check which one you are running before trusting any list, including this one.
Where the Adobe Lightroom keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Adobe Lightroom. Report a key that is wrong
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