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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73 actions and 73 key variants match.
- Adobe Lightroom Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Use the white balance sampler Photo open | Mac W | Source |
| Show or hide the filmstrip Photo open | Mac / | Source |
| Toggle the zoom states Photo open | Mac Space | Source |
| Cycle the mask colour Masking | Mac ShiftO | Source |
| Export with the previous settings Photo selected | Mac CmdE | Source |
| Open the custom export dialog Photo selected | Mac ShiftE | Source |
| Group photos into a stack Photos selected | Mac CmdG | Source |
| Ungroup the stack Stack selected | Mac ShiftCmdG | Source |
| Apply guided upright Photo open | Mac ShiftG | Source |
| Hide Lightroom Anywhere | Mac CmdH | Source |
| Quit Lightroom Anywhere | Mac CmdQ | Source |
| Create a version Photo open | Mac ShiftM | Source |
| Enter full screen Anywhere | Mac ShiftCmdF | Source |
| Close the window Anywhere | Mac CmdW | Source |
| Remove the photo Photo selected | Mac Delete | Source |
| Hide the other apps Anywhere | Mac OptionCmdH | Source |
| Add photos Anywhere | Mac ShiftCmdI | Source |
| Expand the Versions panel Photo open | Mac ShiftV | Source |
| Expand or retract the Light panel Edit | Mac Cmd1 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Color panel Edit | Mac Cmd2 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Effects panel Edit | Mac Cmd3 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Detail panel Edit | Mac Cmd4 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Optics panel Edit | Mac Cmd5 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Geometry panel Edit | Mac Cmd6 | Source |
| Open the Presets panel Edit | Mac ShiftP | Source |
| Show or hide the histogram Edit | Mac Cmd0 | Source |
| Increase the brush size Brush selected | Mac [ | Source |
| Decrease the brush size Brush selected | Mac ] | Source |
| Increase the brush feather Brush selected | Mac Shift[ | Source |
| Decrease the brush feather Brush selected | Mac Shift] | 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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