Comparing Shortcut Keys for Panels Between LR2 and LR3

Submitted by Syv Ritch on 31. July 2010 - 23:00

Adobe has done a great job with Lightroom 3 by keeping the same keys as Lightroom 2. Amost all of the shortcut keys, the 235 of them, from Lightroom 2 work in Lightroom 3. If that's not enough for you, John Beadworth wrote a plugin to add your own shortcut keys. Of all of these shortcut keys, I use a couple of dozens, like P R... Please note than some of these shortcuts use positions that the fingers, at least mine, were not built for.

Panels

LR2 Windows LR2 OS-X LR3 Windows LR3 OS-X
Show/hide side panels Tab Tab Tab Tab
Show/hide all panels Shift + Tab Shift + Tab Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
Show/hide toolbar T T T T
Show/hide Module Picker F5 F5 F5 F5
Show/hide Filmstrip F6 F6 F6 F6
Show/hide left panels F7 F7 F7 F7
Show/hide right panels F8 F8 F8 F8
Toggle solo mode Alt-click a panel Option-click a panel Alt-click a panel Option-click a panel
Open a new panel without closing existing solo panel Shift-click on a panel Shift-click on a panel Shift-click on a panel Shift-click on a panel
Open/close all panels Ctrl-click on a panel Command-click on a panel Ctrl-click on a panel Command-click on a panel
Open/close Navigator or Preview panel Ctrl Shift 0 Command Control 0 Ctrl Shift 0 Command Control 0
Open/close left panels under Navigator or Preview panel, top to bottom Ctrl Shift 1 to 4 Command Control 1 to 4 Ctrl Shift 1 to 4 Command Control 1 to 4
Open/close Histogram Ctrl 0 Command 0 Ctrl 0 Command 0
Open/close right panels, top to bottom Ctrl 1 to 7 Command 1 to 7 Ctrl 1 to 7 Command 1 to 7