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Lightroom — Shortcut Keys For Comparing Photos

Lightroom — Shortcut Keys For Comparing Photos

Adobe has gone nuts! In Lightroom there is a key combination for everything. There is even a key combination for taking the dog out and another one for feeding the cat but only if you have the left panel enabled with... in the develop module...

As far as I have figured out there are 235 key combinations in Lightroom! And these Lightroom key combinations do different things depending on the context.

TaskWindowsMac
Switch to Loupe viewE or EnterE or Return
Switch to Grid viewG or EscG or Esc
Switch to Compare viewCC
Switch to Survey viewNN
Switch from Grid to Loupe viewSpacebar or ZSpacebar or Z
Swap select and candidate photos in Compare viewDown ArrowDown Arrow
Make next photos select and candidate in Compare viewUp ArrowUp Arrow
Toggle between Loupe and ZoomSpacebar or ZSpacebar or Z
Zoom in / zoom out in Loupe viewCtrl + = / Ctrl + -Command + = / Command + -
Scroll up/down zoomed photo in Loupe view (also works in Develop and Web modules)Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboardPage Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard
Play impromptu slide showCtrl + EnterCommand + Return
Rotate photo right (clockwise)Ctrl + ]Command + ]
Rotate photo left (counterclockwise)Ctrl + [Command + [
Increase/decrease Grid thumbnail size+ / -+ / -
Scroll up/down Grid thumbnailsPage Up / Page Down on full-size keyboardPage Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard
Toggle cell extrasCtrl + Shift + HCommand + Shift + H
Show/hide badgesCtrl + Alt + Shift + HCommand + Option + Shift + H
Cycle Grid viewsJJ
Open Library view optionsCtrl + JCommand + J
Select multiple discrete photosCtrl-clickCommand-click
Select multiple contiguous photosShift-clickShift-click
Select all photosCtrl + ACommand + A
Deselect all photosCtrl + DCommand + D
Select only active photoCtrl + Shift + DCommand + Shift + D
Deselect active photo//
Add previous/next photo to selectionShift + Left/Right ArrowShift + Left/Right Arrow
Select flagged photosCtrl + Alt + ACommand + Option + A
Deselect unflagged photosCtrl + Alt + Shift + DCommand + Option + Shift + D
Group into stackCtrl + GCommand + G
UnstackCtrl + Shift + GCommand + Shift + G
Toggle stackSS
Move to top of stackShift + SShift + S
Move up in stackShift + [Shift + [
Move down in stackShift + ]Shift + ]
  • I have gathered this information from many, many sources including Adobe's own website.

I think that I have all the 235 Lightroom key combinations that work in Lightroom 2.x. The list is by functionality:


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