Keyboard shortcuts

Many of the shortcuts are the same as those that you use in other apps (such as C to copy). You'll find many of the shortcuts listed next to menu items (and in the list below).

Many of the shortcuts are the same as those that you use in other apps (such as +C to copy). You'll find many of the shortcuts listed next to menu items (and in the list below).

For complete flexibility, you can customise keyboard shortcuts to your own way of working.

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Editing shortcuts

Action	Key
Resize Document	I ++I
Resize Canvas	C ++C
Select multiple	-click
Select overlapping layer content	-click
Cycle Selection Box	.
Set Selection Box	.
Toggle Snapping	;
Erase with Pixel Tool
Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) colour selectors (Colour and Swatches panels)	X
Swap Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) colour selectors	X +X
Set Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) colour selectors to black and white, respectively	D
Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Foreground/Background) colour selectors	/ (International and selected keyboards only)
Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled)	O
Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled)	O +O
Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog	Drag attribute text label

Action (Fill)	Key
Fill with Foreground Colour	+
Fill with Background Colour	+
Inpaint	++

Action (Transforming)	Key
Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint	-drag
Rotate in 15° intervals	-drag rotation/corner handle
Rotate around opposite corner	-drag corner handle Drag corner handle then hold down right mouse button
Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation
Resize from centre	-drag from a corner handle
Mirror shearing	-drag -drag
Nudge¹	arrow keys
Nudge (by modified distance)¹	-arrow keys

¹ Nudge distances are customisable via Affinity Photo 2>Settings (or >Preferences) (Tools)

¹ Nudge distances are customisable via Edit>Settings (Tools)

Vector-specific shortcuts

Action	Key
Resize maintaining aspect ratio	-drag from a corner handle
Edit curves as you draw
Decrease/increase shape's/curve's stroke width by percentage	[ ]
Decrease/increase shape's/curve's stroke width by absolute values	[ ]
Creates cusp node (sharp corner)	-drag control handle
Snap a curve's control handle to 45° intervals	-drag control handle
Create a straight line segment as you draw	-drag Drag + right-click
Convert to Smooth node	-click Right-click
Convert to Sharp node	-click
Convert to Curves	+
Select next node on a curve	]
Select previous node on a curve	[
Straighten a segment	-click a segment
Delete a segment	-click a segment
Delete a node (retaining curve's geometry)
Delete a node (for 'best-fitting' reshaped curve)	-

File shortcuts

Action	Key
New Document	N +N
New from Clipboard	N +++N
Open Document	O +O
Close Document/Close App (when no documents open)	W +W
Close All Documents	W ++W
Switch Document/View	+
Save	S +S
Save As	S ++S
Export	S +++S
Print	P +P

Tools shortcuts

Action	Key
View Tool	H
Move Tool	V
Colour Picker Tool	I
Crop Tool	C
Selection Brush and Flood Select Tool cycle	W
Marquee Selection Tools cycle	M
Freehand Selection Tool	L
Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle	G
Paint Brush Tool	B
Colour Replacement Brush Tool	R
Pixel Tool	Y
Erase Tools cycle	E
Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle	O
Clone Brush Tool	K
Smudge Brush Tool	S
Retouch Tools cycle	J
Pen and Node Tool cycle	P
Zoom Tool	Z
Rectangle, Ellipse and Rounded Rectangle tools cycle	U
Text Tools cycle	T

Action (Liquify Persona only)	Key
Liquify Hand Tool	H
Liquify Zoom Tool	Z
Liquify Push Forward Tool	P
Liquify Push Left Tool	L
Liquify Twirl Tool	T
Liquify Pinch Tool	U
Liquify Punch Tool	N
Liquify Turbulence Tool	B
Liquify Mesh Clone Tool	C
Liquify Reconstruct Tool	R
Liquify Freeze Tool	F
Liquify Thaw Tool	W

Action (Develop Persona only)	Key
View Tool	H
Zoom Tool	Z
Red Eye Removal Tool	R
Blemish Removal Tool	L
Overlay Paint Tool	B
Overlay Erase Tool	E
Overlay Gradient Tool	G
Crop Tool	C
White Balance Tool	W

Action (Export Persona only)	Key
Slice Tool	S
Slice Selection Tool	L
View Tool	H
Zoom Tool	Z

Action (Panoramas only)	Key
Hand Tool	H
Zoom Tool	Z
Transform Source Image Tool	A
Add To Source Image Mask Tool	L
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool	U
Crop Tool	C

Edit shortcuts

Action	Key
Undo	Z +Z
Redo	Z ++Z
Copy Merged	C ++C
Paste Style	V ++V
Paste FX	V ++V
Paste Inside	V ++V
Paste without Format	V +++V
Fill	F5 +F5
Inpaint

Layer operations shortcuts

Action	Key
Select All Layers	A ++A
Select Next Layer	]
Select Previous Layer	[
Select Parent Layer	+
Group	G +G
Ungroup	G ++G
Duplicate	J +J
Fade (operation name)	F ++F
Invert	I +I
Move to Front	] ++]
Move Forward One	] +]
Move to Back	[ ++[
Move Back One	[ +[
Show All	H +++H
Lock	L +L
Unlock	L ++L
Unlock All	L +++L
New Layer	N ++N
Rename Layer	R ++R
Merge Down	E +E
Merge Selected	E ++E
Merge Visible	E +++E
Toggle between Frequency Separation layers	F

Action (Live Projection only)	Key
Edit Live Projection	P

Painting shortcuts

Action	Key
Picks up a new brush colour	-drag
Change selected layer content/brush tool's opacity	numeric keys (4=40%, 43=43%, etc.)
Decrease/increase brush width	[ ]
Toggle between standard brush cursor and crosshair cursor	Caps lock
Rotate brush nozzle anti-clockwise/clockwise
Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout	-drag (left/right) +-drag (left/right)
Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout	-drag (up/down) +-drag (up/down)
Paint a brush stroke along a straight line	Click then -click
Toggle brush properties (for width/hardness, shape/spacing or rotation):	+left-click ++left-click
Setting brush properties on page (after setting above toggle)	For nozzle shape: +left-click+drag (left/right) For nozzle shape: ++left-click+drag (left/right) For nozzle spacing: +left-click+drag (up/down) For nozzle spacing: ++left-click+drag (up/down) For nozzle rotation: +left-click+drag (left/right) For nozzle rotation: ++left-click+drag (left/right)
Setting brush hardness and flow	For modifying hardness: +] and +[ to increase and decrease the setting in 10% increments, respectively For modifying flow: +numeric keys to set percentage (press numeric keys in quick succession to set precise value)
Setting Strength (Paint Mixer Brush/Smudge Brush Tool)	numeric keys (3=30%, 33=33%, etc.)
Ignore brush size and associated tool on the Brushes panel	+left-click +left-click
Ignore the associated tool on the Brushes panel	++left-click ++left-click

Text shortcuts

Action	Key
Show Character panel	T +T
Show Typography panel	T ++T
Spelling Options	; ++;

Action (Navigation)	Key
Moves insertion point one character left
Moves insertion point one character right
Moves insertion point to start of word	+
Moves insertion point to end of word	+
Moves insertion point to start of line	Home
Moves insertion point to end of line	End
Moves insertion point to start of text frame	+Home
Moves insertion point to end of text frame	+End
Moves insertion point to start of current paragraph	+
Moves insertion point to start of next paragraph	+

Action (Deleting)	Key
Delete character to left of insertion point
Delete character to right of insertion point	Delete
Delete from insertion point to start of word	+
Delete from insertion point to end of word	+Delete
Delete from insertion point to start of line
Delete from insertion point to end of paragraph	K

Action (Formatting)	Key
Bigger text	> +>
Smaller text	< +<
Precise bigger text	> ++>
Precise smaller text	< ++<
Superscript	+ ++=
Subscript	- ++-

Action (Typography)	Key
Tighten (Tracking/Kerning, 10‰ decrement)	+
Loosen (Tracking/Kerning, 10‰ increment)	+
Tighten More (Tracking/Kerning, 50‰ decrement)	++
Loosen More (Tracking/Kerning, 50‰ increment)	++
Raise Baseline
Lower Baseline
Precise Raise Baseline
Precise Lower Baseline
Increase Paragraph Leading	+
Decrease Paragraph Leading	+
Precise Increase Paragraph Leading	++
Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading	++

Action (Special characters)	Key
Line Break	+
Non-Breaking Space	+
Soft Hyphen	- ++-
Non-Breaking Hyphen	- ++-
En Dash	- +-
Em Dash	- ++-

View shortcuts

Action	Key
Rotate document view (about cursor)	while using a mouse scroll wheel while using a mouse scroll wheel
Rotate document view (about centre)	+ while using a mouse scroll wheel + while using a mouse scroll wheel
Increase document view rotation speed	while rotating the document view
Reset document view rotation	R +++R
Zoom In	+ +=
Zoom Out	- +-
Zoom to Fit	0 (or double-click View Tool icon) +0 (or double-click View Tool icon)
Zoom to Width	0 (or double-click View Tool icon) ++0 (or double-click View Tool icon)
(Zoom to) 100%	1 (or double-click Zoom Tool icon) +1 (or double-click Zoom Tool icon)
(Zoom to) 200%	2 +2
(Zoom to) 400%	3 +3
(Zoom to) 800%	4 +4
(Zoom to) Actual Size	8 +8
(Zoom to) Pixel Size	9 +9
Hot key zoom	-drag +-drag
Hot key zoom in	-click +-click
Hot key zoom out	-click +-click
Hot key zoom in marquee	-drag +-drag
Hot key panning
Scroll vertically up/down	Mouse scroll wheel
Scroll horizontally left/right	Mouse scroll wheel +Mouse scroll wheel
Switch to Next View	` `
Show Rulers	R +R
Show Guides	; +;
Show Grid	' +'
Grid Plane cycle (Move Tool only)	'
Split View cycle (not Photo Persona)	,

Pixel selection/Mask shortcuts

Action	Key
Select All	A +A
Deselect	D +D
Invert Pixel Selection	I ++I
Add to selection (Marquee/Freehand selection tools only)	-drag +-drag
Remove from selection	-drag -drag
Grow/Shrink	B +B
Feather	F6 +F6
Refine Edges	R ++R
Nudge selection¹	Arrow key
Modified nudge selection¹	arrow key +arrow key
Selection from layer	-click layer thumbnail or O -click layer thumbnail or ++O
Selection from layer luminosity	-click layer thumbnail +-click layer thumbnail
Add layer contents to existing selection	-click layer thumbnail +-click layer thumbnail
Add layer luminosity to existing selection	-click layer thumbnail ++-click layer thumbnail
Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only)	-click on page. +-click on page.
Quick Mask	Q