Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac)

Selecting and moving objects

(except when Hand or any shape tool is selected) Switch to Move tool

⌘ Cmd

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

/

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

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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + +


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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + /


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Shift
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⌘ Cmd


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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + +


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Shape selection tool toggle
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⌘ Cmd


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⌘ Cmd


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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + +


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⌘ Cmd


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Comment / uncomment with line comment
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⌘ Cmd + /


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Make the text bigger
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⌘ Cmd + +


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Expand code block
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⌘ Cmd + +


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Open or close the precision editor
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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd


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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + +


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⌘ Cmd + /


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⌘ Cmd + /


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Increase Text Size
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⌘ Cmd + +


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Show of hide the status bar
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⌘ Cmd + /


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Make text bigger
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⌘ Cmd + +


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⌘ Cmd + /


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Make Text Bigger
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⌘ Cmd + +


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⌘ Cmd + /


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Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows
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⌘ Cmd + /


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Zoom in to website content
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⌘ Cmd + +


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⌘ Cmd + /


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Help window

⌘ Cmd + +