Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac)

Selecting and moving objects

Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)

↑   Shift + Mouse movement

All hotkeys for Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac)

Tool selection
(press keyboard shortcut (preference setting, Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, must be enabled)) Cycle through tools that have the same keyboard shortcut

↑   Shift

Painting and brushes
(click on a brush) Delete brush

⌥ Option + Mouse left click

Tool selection
Move tool

V

Tool selection
Zoom tool

Z

Tool selection
Hand tool

H

Tool selection
Eyedropper tool

I

Tool selection
Elliptical Marquee tool

M

Tool selection
Polygonal Lasso tool

L

Tool selection
Auto Selection tool

A

Tool selection
Text on Path

T

Tool selection
Cookie Cutter tool

C

Tool selection
Recompose tool

W

Tool selection
Straighten tool

P

Tool selection
Eye tool

Y

Tool selection
Healing Brush tool

J

Tool selection
Pattern Stamp tool

S

Tool selection
Magic Eraser tool

E

Tool selection
Pencil tool

N

Tool selection
Color Replacement tool

B

Tool selection
Detail Smart Brush tool

F

Tool selection
Paint Bucket tool

K

Tool selection
Gradient tool

G

Tool selection
Shape Selection tool

U

Tool selection
Smudge tool

R

Tool selection
Burn tool

O

Tool selection
Show/Hide all panels

⭾ Tab

Tool selection
Default foreground and background colors

D

Tool selection
Switch foreground and background colors

X

Layers panel
Apply value and keep text box active

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter

Layers panel
(click New Layer button) Create new layer below target layer

⌘ Cmd + Mouse left click

Layers panel
(click layer thumbnail) Add to current selection

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Layers panel
(click layer thumbnail) Subtract from current selection

⌘ Cmd + ⌥ Option + Mouse left click

Layers panel
(click layer thumbnail) Intersect with current selection

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + ⌥ Option + Mouse left click

Layers panel
Merge visible layers

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + E

Layers panel
Activate bottom/top layer

⌥ Option + .

Layers panel
Activate bottom/top layer

⌥ Option + ,

Layers panel
Select next layer down/up

⌥ Option + [

Layers panel
Select next layer down/up

⌥ Option + ]

Layers panel
Move target layer down/up

⌘ Cmd + [

Layers panel
Move target layer down/up

⌘ Cmd + ]

Layers panel
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + ⌥ Option + E

Layers panel
Merge down

⌘ Cmd + E

Painting and brushes
(on any painting tool or shape tool, except Impressionist Brush) Switch to Eyedropper tool

⌥ Option

Painting and brushes
Lock transparent pixels on/off

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Using text
Select word

Mouse double click

Layers panel
Add to layer selection in Layers panel

↑   Shift + ⌥ Option + [

Layers panel
Add to layer selection in Layers panel

↑   Shift + ⌥ Option + ]

Layers panel
(drag layer mask) Copy the mask from one layer to another, and ask to replace if the mask is already present

Alt + Mouse movement

Using text
(drag a bounding box handle) Scale and skew text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box

⌘ Cmd + Mouse movement

Using text
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Using text
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Painting and brushes
(on any painting tool) Connect points with a straight line (draw a straight line)

↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Selecting and moving objects
(move tool) Move selection 1 pixel

← ↑ → ↓

Using text
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

⌘ Cmd + ←  →

Using text
Select line

Mouse triple click

Using text
Select paragraph

Mouse double click

Using text
(when Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool selected) Align top

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + L

Using text
(when Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool selected) Align center

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + C

Using text
(when Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool selected) Align bottom

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + R

Using text
Return to default font style

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + Y

Using text
Turn Underlining on/off

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + U

Using text
Turn Strikethrough on/off

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + /

Using text
Decrease type size of selected text 1 pt/px

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + <

Using text
Increase type size of selected text 1 pt/px

⌘ Cmd + ↑   Shift + >

Selecting and moving objects
Deselect a selection

⌘ Cmd + D

Selecting and moving objects
Reposition marquee while selecting

Space + Mouse movement

Selecting and moving objects
Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)

↑   Shift + Mouse movement

Selecting and moving objects
(when move tool selected, Option + drag selection) Move copy of selection

⌥ Option + Mouse movement

Selecting and moving objects
Constrain shape and draw marquee from center

↑   Shift + ⌥ Option + Mouse movement

Selecting and moving objects
(except when Hand or any shape tool is selected) Switch to Move tool

⌘ Cmd

Selecting and moving objects
Delete last anchor point for Magnetic or Polygonal Lasso tool

Del

Selecting and moving objects
(crop tool) Accept cropping or exit cropping

⤶ Enter

Selecting and moving objects
(crop tool) Accept cropping or exit cropping

Esc

Selecting and moving objects
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer

⌘ Cmd + ← ↑ → ↓

Painting and brushes
Decrease brush size

[

Painting and brushes
Increase brush size

]

Painting and brushes
(on any painting or editing tool. When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) Set opacity, tolerance, or exposure for painting

0 - 9

Painting and brushes
Cycle through blending modes

↑   Shift + +

Painting and brushes
Cycle through blending modes

↑   Shift + -

Painting and brushes
Fill selection/layer with foreground or background color

⌥ Option + ⬅ Backspace

Painting and brushes
Fill selection/layer with foreground or background color

⌘ Cmd + ⬅ Backspace

Painting and brushes
Display Fill dialog box

↑   Shift + ⬅ Backspace

Painting and brushes
Decrease brush softness/hardness in 25% increments

↑   Shift + [

Painting and brushes
Increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments

↑   Shift + ]

Painting and brushes
Select previous brush size

,

Painting and brushes
Select next brush size

.

Painting and brushes
Select first brush

↑   Shift + ,

Painting and brushes
Select last brush

↑   Shift + .

Painting and brushes
Display precise crosshair for brushes

⇪ Caps Lock

Similar combinations for other applications


Affinity Photo
(drag control handle) Snap a curve's control handle to 45° intervals
Vector-specific

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


ChessBase 13
Overwrite next move without query
Board window

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Webflow
Margin / padding (all sides)
Style panel

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


App Maker
Box-select multiple widgets
Page editor shortcuts - Mac

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Solidworks 2019
Zooms the model in and out about the screen center.
Display

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Solidworks 2019
When sketching a line, the line snaps to specific lengths.
Sketching

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Easel
Move point anchors in sync
Editing points on an object

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Europa Universalis IV
Add to selection
Mouse

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


GeoGebra
Zoom without preserving the aspect ratio
Windows shortcuts

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


LDCad
While on the editing or compass background it will move the camera lookat in relation to the screen
Editor

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


LDCad
Move the camera lookat in relation to the screen
Editor

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Illustrator
Constrain Gradient tool or Gradient annotator while dragging
Gradient panel

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Xyplorer
Force moving dragged objects.
Mouse Tricks

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Illustrator (Mac)
Constrain Gradient tool or Gradient annotator while dragging
Gradient panel

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Tableau (Mac)
Pan around the view
Selecting and navigating marks

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Tableau
Pan around the view
Selecting and navigating marks

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Sketch
When inserting a layer, lock ratio of shape
Inserting layers

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


draw.io
Disconnect edge
Canvas

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


ArtRage Studio Pro
Tool Size
Modifier Commands

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


ArtRage Studio Pro
Canvas Zoom
Modifier Commands

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Autodesk Stingray
(in Transform, Rotate or Scale mode, drag a transformation manipulator) Clone
Manipulate tool operations

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Bluebeam Revu
Multi-selection
Mouse navigation

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


AI War Classic
select multiple units (adds to prior selected)
Mouse

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac)
Paint a horizontal or vertical line
Working in the Develop module

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Lightroom Classic
Paint a horizontal or vertical line
Working in the Develop module

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Animate CC (Windows)
(drag towards right) Shifts the entire range of onion skin markers to the right
Miscellaneous actions

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Nuke
(editing Bezier/Spline points) Move both tangent handles at the same time
Roto / RotoPaint

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Photoshop CC
Draw square slice
Slice and optimize

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Waze Map Editor
Draw a temporary rectangle and zoom into that portion of the map
Display and layers

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Inkscape
average stroke color
Dropper tool

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Corel Painter (Mac)
(drag the vanishing point to a new position) Perspective Guides — Reposition one vanishing point and the associated primary lines together
Other commands

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


REAPER
Insert note ignoring snap, drag to extend or change pitch
Mouse: MIDI piano roll left drag

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Corel Painter
Add range of colors to selection
Selection tools

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Pixelmator Pro
drag gradient: Constrain gradient to 15º angle
Paint and erase

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Pixelmator Pro
Paint vertical or horizontal lines
Paint and erase

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Corel Painter
(drag the vanishing point to a new position) Perspective Guides — Reposition one vanishing point and the associated primary lines together
Other commands

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


REAPER
Marquee add to notes/CC selection
Mouse: MIDI editor right drag

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Audition (Mac)
Maintain keyframe time position or parameter value
Mixing multitrack sessions

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Adobe Audition
Maintain keyframe time position or parameter value
Mixing multitrack sessions

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


REAPER
Hand scroll
Mouse: Arrange view middle drag

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Apple iBooks
Add a range to (or remove it from) the selection
Format text

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Apple iBooks
(Drag the table) Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides
Work with tables

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


LibreOffice Draw
(drag while creating or resizing an object) Constrains the size to keep the object's aspect ratio
Shortcut keys specific to drawings

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


LibreOffice
While dragging items with mouse, hold Shift, Ctrl or Alt key to access modified features. The cursor will change to highlight the activated feature
General

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


LibreOffice Impress
(when resizing) Hold down Shift while dragging to resize an object to maintain the proportions of the object
General

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Apple Pages
(drag a selection handle) Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object
Manipulating objects

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Apple Pages
(drag the table) Constrain the movement of the table horizontally, vertically, or diagonally (45°)
Working with tables

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Tinkercad
Hold Shift while moving to constrain movement to main direction
General

↑   Shift + Mouse movement


Paint.NET
(drag corner nub) Resize and keep proportions
Move tools

↑   Shift + Mouse movement