Keyboard shortcuts

The shortcuts below are those of the Darkroom workspace, the original one, familiar to Adobe Lightroom users. The other workspaces, for users of Adobe Camera Raw, Capture One, DxO PhotoLab or darktable, have shortcuts familiar to their users: see The interface. Menus and tooltips always show the keys of the current workspace.

Everywhere

Key	Action
Ctrl+O	open a folder
Ctrl+Shift+E	export
G	grid (Library)
D	develop the selected photo
← / →	previous / next photo
0 to 5	star rating
P / X / U	pick / reject / unflagged
6 / 7 / 8 / 9	red / yellow / green / blue color label (pressed again: removed)
Del	move the selected photos to the Trash, after confirmation (except in Masking and Remove)
Ctrl+E	retouch the photo, in layers (not in the Capture One workspace, where the key shows the clipping warning)
F11	full screen

In a confirmation window (delete, rename, copy settings, collection, update, Retouch screen windows…), the main button has the focus when it opens, with the gradient outline: ← / → or Tab / Shift+Tab move between the buttons, Enter or Space confirms the focused button, Esc cancels. While typing in a field of the window, Enter confirms the focused button and the other keys stay with the field.

Library

Key	Action
Enter	open the selected photo
Ctrl+A	select all
Esc	clear the selection
Ctrl+click / Shift+click	add to the selection / select a range
C	compare two photos
F2	rename the selected photos

Compare

Key	Action
→ / ←	next / previous candidate
↑	the candidate becomes the select
Esc or G	back to the grid

Develop

Key	Action
Ctrl+Z	undo
Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z	redo
Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V	copy / paste settings
Ctrl+Shift+R	reset settings
Ctrl+Shift+D	create a virtual copy
\	before / after
J	clipping warning
F6	hide / show the filmstrip: the photo takes its place (remembered; also the button to the right of the clipping warning, at the bottom)
C	crop (Enter confirms, Esc cancels)
O / Shift+O (crop)	next overlay (thirds, grid, diagonals, triangles, golden ratio, golden spiral) / other orientation
Q	Remove tool
Shift+W	masking
W	White Balance Selector
double-click on the photo	100% zoom on the clicked point / whole photo
Z	zoom on the point under the pointer / whole photo
Ctrl+= / Ctrl+-	next / previous zoom level (25, 33, 50, 67, 100, 200, 300%)
Ctrl + mouse wheel	smooth zoom around the pointer when it is over the photo, from the whole photo to 300% (also in Masking and Remove, where the wheel alone sets the brush size)
Esc	put away the eyedropper (white balance, lens blur focus)

Masks and healing

Key	Action
O	show the mask overlay
H	show the healing spots
A (Remove)	show dust spots
[ / ] or mouse wheel	brush or circle size
Alt (while painting)	erases for the length of one stroke
Z	zoom on the point under the pointer / whole photo, to paint precisely
Space held	the hand: drag to move around the zoomed photo, click to zoom in or go back to the whole photo
Delete	Remove: erase the Magic Brush selection; otherwise delete the selected mask or healing spot
Esc	cancel the chosen tool (Masking); deselect (Magic Brush of the Remove tool); cancel the color eyedropper

Retouch

Key	Action
V / H / Z	Move / Hand / Zoom tools
M / Shift+M	Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee
L / Shift+L	Lasso / Polygonal Lasso
W / Shift+W	Object Select, Selection Brush, Magic Wand
Shift / Alt / Shift+Alt at the start of the gesture	add to the selection / subtract / intersect
Ctrl+A / Ctrl+D / Ctrl+Shift+D	select all / deselect / reselect
Ctrl+Shift+I	inverse the selection
Shift+F6	feather
Ctrl+J / Ctrl+Shift+J	layer via copy / via cut
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X / Shift+Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V / Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V	copy / cut / copy merged / paste / paste into
Del	clear the selection in the active layer (without a selection: delete the layer)
arrow keys (Shift: ×10)	move the layer (Move) or the selection outline
Enter / Backspace / Esc	Polygonal Lasso: close / remove the last corner / cancel
B / E / S / J	Brush / Eraser / Clone Brush / Blemish Brush
B / Shift+B	Brush, Color Replacement
G / Shift+G	Gradient / Paint Bucket
I / Shift+I	Eyedropper, Ruler
C	Crop (Enter: commit, Esc: cancel)
T	Horizontal Type
P	Pen (Ctrl+Enter: path to selection)
O / Shift+O	Dodge, Burn, Sponge
R / Shift+R	Blur Tool, Sharpen, Smudge
J / Shift+J	Blemish Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Move and Reconstruct, Red Eye
E / Shift+E	Eraser, Backdrop Eraser, Color Eraser
Shift+Ctrl+X	Reshape (W R S B: its tools)
Y	Restore Brush
U / Shift+U	Rectangle, Ellipse, Line
Alt+click	Clone Brush: choose the source; Brush, Gradient, Paint Bucket: pick the color
[ / ] (Shift: hardness)	brush size
X	swap the foreground and background colors
Ctrl+E	merge down (a group: merge it)
Ctrl+Shift+E / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E	merge visible / merge visible to new layer
Q	quick mask
Ctrl+Alt+2	luminosity selection
Ctrl+2 / Ctrl+3 / Ctrl+4 / Ctrl+5	RGB / red / green / blue channels
Ctrl+R / Ctrl+; / Shift+Ctrl+;	rulers / guides / snap
Ctrl+click on a thumbnail	selection from the layer's transparency (Shift: add, Alt: subtract)
Alt+Ctrl+G	create / release a clipping mask
Ctrl+G / Ctrl+Shift+G	group layers / ungroup
Ctrl+click / Shift+click on a layer name	choose several layers
Alt+click / Ctrl+click on a mask thumbnail	view it alone / make it a selection
Ctrl+] / Ctrl+[ / Ctrl+Shift+] / Ctrl+Shift+[	layer forward / backward / to the front / to the back
Shift+F5	fill (Delete on the Background with a selection: likewise)
Ctrl+Alt+F	last filter
Ctrl+M / Ctrl+L	Curves / Levels adjustment layer
Alt+Ctrl+I	image size
Alt+Ctrl+C	canvas size
Alt+Ctrl+R	refine selection
Shift+Ctrl+L, Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L, Shift+Ctrl+B	auto tone, contrast, color
Shift+Ctrl+U	desaturate (Image › Adjustments)
Ctrl+T	free transform (Enter: commit, Esc: cancel; Shift: free scale, 15° rotation)
Ctrl+I	invert the active layer (or its mask)
Shift+click the mask thumbnail	disable / enable the mask
Space held	the hand, whatever the tool
mouse wheel	zoom on the point under the pointer
Alt+click (Zoom)	zoom out
Ctrl+0 / Ctrl+1	fit on screen / 100 %
Ctrl+Shift+N	new layer
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y (or Ctrl+Shift+Z)	undo / redo
Ctrl+S	save the document

Sliders

Gesture	Action
double-click on the slider or its name	default value
drag on the value	adjust (Shift: fine adjustment)
click on the value	type a value