Hotkeys and shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop Elements (Windows)

(Total 119)

Alt + Click tool
Tools
Cycle through nested tools
V
Tools
Move
Z
Tools
Zoom
H
Tools
Hand
I
Tools
Eyedropper
M
Tools
Rectangular Marquee
M
Tools
Elliptical Marquee
L
Tools
Lasso
L
Tools
Polygon Lasso
L
Tools
Magnetic Lasso
A
Tools
Quick Selection
A
Tools
Selection Brush
A
Tools
Magic Wand
A
Tools
Refined Selection
A
Tools
Auto Selection
T
Tools
Horizontal Type
T
Tools
Vertical Type
T
Tools
Horizontal Type Mask
T
Tools
Vertical Type Mask
T
Tools
Text on Selection
T
Tools
Text on Shape
T
Tools
Text on Path
C
Tools
Crop
C
Tools
Perspective Crop
W
Tools
Recompose
C
Tools
Cookie Cutter
P
Tools
Straighten
Y
Tools
Eye
J
Tools
Spot Healing Brush
J
Tools
Healing Brush
S
Tools
Clone Stamp
S
Tools
Pattern Stamp
E
Tools
Eraser
E
Tools
Magic Eraser
E
Tools
Background Eraser
N
Tools
Pencil
B
Tools
Brush
B
Tools
Impressionist Brush
B
Tools
Color Replacement Brush
F
Tools
Smart Brush
F
Tools
Detailed Smart Brush
K
Tools
Paint Bucket
G
Tools
Gradient
U
Tools
Custom Shape
U
Tools
Rectangle Shape
U
Tools
Rounded Rectangle Shape
U
Tools
Ellipse Shape
U
Tools
Polygon Shape
U
Tools
Star Shape
U
Tools
Line Shape
U
Tools
Shape Select
R
Tools
Blur
R
Tools
Sharpen
R
Tools
Smudge
O
Tools
Sponge
O
Tools
Dodge
O
Tools
Burn
Tab
Tools
Show/Hide all panels
D
Tools
Default forground and background colors
X
Tools
Switch forgorund and background colors
Shift and Click
Text
Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point
Arrow Keys / Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Text
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Double-click / Triple-click / Quadruple-click
Text
Select word, line, or paragraph
Ctrl and Drag a bounding box handle
Text
Scale and skew text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box
Ctrl + Shift + Y
Text
Return to default font style
Ctrl + Shift + U
Text
Turn Underlining on/off
Ctrl + Shift + /
Text
Turn Strikethrough on/off
Ctrl + Shift + < / >
Text
Decrease or increase type size of selected text 1 pt/px
Ctrl + D
Selecting and Moving Object
Deselect a selection
Spacebar and drag
Selecting and Moving Object
Reposition marquee while selecting
Any selection tool + Shift / Alt and drag
Selecting and Moving Object
Add to or subtract from a selection
Shift and drag
Selecting and Moving Object
Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)
Alt and drag
Selecting and Moving Object
Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active)
Shift + Alt and drag
Selecting and Moving Object
Constrain shape and draw marquee from center
Alt-click and drag
Selecting and Moving Object
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Polygonal Lasso tool
Delete
Selecting and Moving Object
Delete last anchor point for Magnetic or Polygonal Lasso tool
Enter/Esc
Selecting and Moving Object
Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso tool
Move tool+ Alt-drag selection
Selecting and Moving Object
Move copy of selection
Any selection + Arrow Keys
Selecting and Moving Object
Move selection area 1 pixel
Move tool + Arrow Keys
Selecting and Moving Object
Move selection 1 pixel
Ctrl + Arrow Keys
Selecting and Moving Object
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer
Magnetic Lasso tool + [ / ]
Selecting and Moving Object
Increase/decrease detection width
Crop tool + Enter /Esc
Selecting and Moving Object
Accept cropping or exit cropping
/
Selecting and Moving Object
Toggle crop shield off and on
Alt-click New button
Layers Panel
Set layer options
Alt-click Trash button
Layers Panel
Delete without confirmation
Shift + Enter
Layers Panel
Apply value and keep text box active
Ctrl-click layer thumbnail
Layers Panel
Load layer transparency as a selection
Ctrl + Shift-click layer
Layers Panel
Add to current selection
Ctrl + Alt-click layer thumbnail
Layers Panel
Subtract from current selection
Ctrl + Shift + Alt-click layer thumbnail
Layers Panel
Intersect with current selection
Ctrl + Shift + E
Layers Panel
Merge visible layers
Alt-click New Layer button
Layers Panel
Create new empty layer with dialog
Ctrl-click New Layer button
Layers Panel
Create new layer below target layer
Alt + . / ,
Layers Panel
Activate bottom/top layer
Alt + [ / ]
Layers Panel
Select next layer down/up
Ctrl + [ / ]
Layers Panel
Move target layer down/up
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E
Layers Panel
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer
Ctrl + E
Layers Panel
Merge down
Alt-click the eye icon
Layers Panel
Show/hide all other currently visible layers
/
Layers Panel
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock
Double-click text layer thumbnail
Layers Panel
Select all text; temporarily select Type tool
Alt-click the line dividing two layers
Layers Panel
Create a clipping mask
Double-click the layer name
Layers Panel
Rename layer
Shift + Alt + [ / ]
Layers Panel
Add to layer selection in Layers panel
Alt + drag layer mask
Layers Panel
Copy the mask from one layer to another, and ask to replace if the mask is already present
Any painting tool or shape tool + Alt
Painting and Brushes
Switch to Eyedropper tool
Eyedropper tool + Alt-click
Painting and Brushes
Select background color
Shift + + / -
Painting and Brushes
Cycle through blending modes
Alt + Backspace / Ctrl + Backspace
Painting and Brushes
Fill selection/layer with foreground or background color
Shift + Backspace
Painting and Brushes
Display Fill dialog box
/
Painting and Brushes
Lock transparent pixels on/off
Any painting tool + Shift-click
Painting and Brushes
Connect points with a straight line (draw a straight line)
Alt-click brush
Painting and Brushes
Delete brush
[ / ]
Painting and Brushes
Decrease/increase brush size
Shift+ [ / ]
Painting and Brushes
Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments
, / .
Painting and Brushes
Select previous/next brush size
Shift + , / .
Painting and Brushes
Select first/last brush
Caps Lock
Painting and Brushes
Display precise cross hair for brushes