Shortcut Keys For Metadata & Keywords in Lightroom 2.x
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.
| Task | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Go to the Add Keywords field of Keywording panel | Ctrl + K | Command + K |
| Set a keyword shortcut | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K | Command + Option + Shift + K |
| Add/remove keyword shortcut from selected photo | Shift + K | Shift + K |
| Enable painting | Ctrl + Alt + K | Command + Option + K |
| Add a keyword from a keyword set to selected photo | Alt + 1-9 | Option + 1-9 |
| Cycle through keyword sets | Alt + 0 | Option + 0 |
| Copy/paste metadata | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C / Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V | Command + Option + Shift + C / Command + Option + Shift + V |
| Save metadata to file | Ctrl + S | Command + S |
| Open Spelling dialog box | Â | Command + : |
| Check spelling | Â | Command + ; |
| Open Character Palette | Â | Command + Option + T |
I think that I have all the 235 Lightroom key combinations that work in Lightroom 2.x. The list is by functionality:
- Keys For The Develop Module
- Keys For Collections
- Keys For Comparing Photos
- Keys For Metadata & Keywords
- Keys For Panels
- Keys For Print Module
- Keys For Processing Photos
- Keys For Rating Photos
- Keys For Secondary Windows
- Keys For Slideshow Module
- Keys For Switching Modules
- Keys For Viewing
- Keys For Web Module
- Keys For Help