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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- 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 |
| Switch to the Grid view Photos | Mac G 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the Info panel Photos | Mac I 1 more variant | Source |
| Open Keywords Photos | Mac K 1 more variant | Source |
| Cut Anywhere | Mac CmdX 1 more variant | Source |
| Copy Anywhere | Mac CmdC 1 more variant | Source |
| Paste Anywhere | Mac CmdV 1 more variant | Source |
| Undo Anywhere | Mac CmdZ 1 more variant | Source |
| Redo Anywhere | Mac ShiftCmdZ 1 more variant | Source |
| Minimize the window Anywhere | Mac CmdM 1 more variant | Source |
| Apply auto tone Photo open | Mac ShiftA 1 more variant | Source |
| Edit in Photoshop Photo selected | Mac ShiftCmdE 1 more variant | Source |
| Rotate the photo left Photo selected | Mac Cmd[ 1 more variant | Source |
| Rotate the photo right Photo selected | Mac Cmd] 1 more variant | Source |
| Zoom in Photo open | Mac Cmd= 1 more variant | Source |
| Zoom out Photo open | Mac Cmd- 1 more variant | Source |
| Select everything Photos | Mac CmdA 1 more variant | Source |
| Select none Photos | Mac CmdD 1 more variant | Source |
| Paste the selected settings Photo selected | Mac ShiftCtrlV 1 more variant | Source |
| Open preferences Anywhere | Mac Cmd, 1 more variant | Source |
| Search Anywhere | Mac CmdF 1 more variant | Source |
| Visualize spots Healing Brush selected | Mac A 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 |
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
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Adobe Lightroom, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task