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Adobe InDesign

Show or hide all panels

Tab

Windows Desktop app InDesign desktop, default shortcuts

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To show or hide all panels in Adobe InDesign, press Tab. The keys are the same on a Mac.

Where it works: No text insertion point

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`Tab`
Windows	Desktop app	`Tab`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts - Adobe InDesign

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

More Adobe InDesign shortcuts

Show or hide all panels except Tools and Control Shift + Tab
Open or close all stashed panels Cmd + Option + Tab
Activate the Control panel Cmd + 6
Open the Character panel Cmd + T
Open the Paragraph panel Cmd + Option + T
Open the Paragraph Styles panel Cmd + F11
Open the Character Styles panel Cmd + Shift + F11
Open the Tabs panel Shift + Cmd + T

See every Adobe InDesign shortcut

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