PhotoCraft keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet
Every default PhotoCraft 0.7.0 keyboard shortcut for menus and tools, taken from the app’s source code: File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, View, Window and single-key tools.
Updated 2026-10-11 · PhotoCraft 0.7.0
PhotoCraft ships Photoshop-style default shortcuts. Everything below comes from the shortcuts defined in PhotoCraft's source code (the command registry, the menu table, and the tool table), as of the 0.7.0 code.
Notation: Cmd means ⌘ on macOS and Ctrl on Windows and Linux. Alt is ⌥ Option on a Mac. You can rebind any of these in Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts….
Menu commands
| Menu | Command | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| File | New… | Cmd+N |
| File | Open… | Cmd+O |
| File | Close | Cmd+W |
| File | Close All | Cmd+Alt+W |
| File | Save | Cmd+S |
| File | Save As… | Cmd+Shift+S |
| File | Export As… | Cmd+Alt+Shift+W |
| File | Revert | F12 |
| File | Print… | Cmd+P |
| Edit | Undo | Cmd+Z |
| Edit | Redo | Cmd+Shift+Z |
| Edit | Toggle Last State | Cmd+Alt+Z |
| Edit | Cut / Copy | Cmd+X / Cmd+C |
| Edit | Copy Merged | Cmd+Shift+C |
| Edit | Clear | Delete |
| Edit | Free Transform | Cmd+T |
| Edit | Free Transform a Copy | Cmd+Alt+T |
| Edit | Transform › Again | Cmd+Shift+T |
| Edit | Search… (command palette) | Cmd+F |
| Edit | Keyboard Shortcuts… | Cmd+Alt+Shift+K |
| Image | Levels… | Cmd+L |
| Image | Curves… | Cmd+M |
| Image | Hue/Saturation… | Cmd+U |
| Image | Color Balance… | Cmd+B |
| Image | Black & White… | Cmd+Alt+Shift+B |
| Image | Invert | Cmd+I |
| Image | Desaturate | Cmd+Shift+U |
| Image | Auto Tone | Cmd+Shift+L |
| Image | Auto Contrast | Cmd+Alt+Shift+L |
| Image | Auto Color | Cmd+Shift+B |
| Layer | New Layer… | Cmd+Shift+N |
| Layer | Layer via Copy | Cmd+J |
| Layer | Layer via Cut | Cmd+Shift+J |
| Layer | Merge Layers | Cmd+E |
| Layer | Merge Visible | Cmd+Shift+E |
| Layer | Bring Forward / Send Backward | Cmd+] / Cmd+[ |
| Layer | Bring to Front / Send to Back | Cmd+Shift+] / Cmd+Shift+[ |
| Layer | Hide Layers | Cmd+, |
| Select | All | Cmd+A |
| Select | Deselect | Cmd+D |
| Select | Reselect | Cmd+Shift+D |
| Select | Inverse | Cmd+Shift+I |
| Select | All Layers | Cmd+Alt+A |
| Select | Find Layers | Cmd+Alt+Shift+F |
| Select | Select and Mask… | Cmd+Alt+R |
| Select | Edit in Quick Mask Mode | Q |
| View | Zoom In / Zoom Out | Cmd+= / Cmd+- |
| View | Fit on Screen | Cmd+0 |
| View | 100% | Cmd+1 |
| View | Extras | Cmd+H |
| View | Rulers | Cmd+R |
| View | Show › Grid | Cmd+' |
| View | Show › Guides | Cmd+; |
| View | Lock Guides | Cmd+Alt+; |
| View | Snap | Cmd+Shift+; |
| View | Cycle Screen Mode | F |
| Window | Show/Hide All Panels | Tab |
| Window | Show/Hide Panels | Shift+Tab |
| Window | Brush Settings / Color / Layers | F5 / F6 / F7 |
| Window | Next / Previous Document | Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
| Tools | Default colors / Swap colors | D / X |
| Tools | Hand (hold) | Space |
| Tools | Zoom In (hold) / Zoom Out (hold) | Cmd+Space / Alt+Space |
The README also lists soft proofing (⌘Y) and Gamut Warning (⇧⌘Y).
Tools (single keys)
Press a tool's key to select it. If a key covers several tools, PhotoCraft brings back the one you used last in that group.
| Key | Tools |
|---|---|
V | Move, Artboard |
M | Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee |
L | Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso |
W | Magic Wand, Quick Selection, Object Selection |
C | Crop, Perspective Crop, Slice, Slice Select |
K | Frame |
I | Eyedropper, Ruler, Note, Count |
J | Remove, Spot Healing, Healing, Patch, Content-Aware Move, Red Eye |
B | Brush, Pencil, Mixer Brush, Color Replacement |
S | Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp |
Y | History Brush |
E | Eraser, Background Eraser, Magic Eraser |
G | Gradient, Paint Bucket |
O | Dodge, Burn, Sponge |
P | Pen, Freeform Pen, Curvature Pen, Add/Delete Anchor Point |
T | Horizontal / Vertical Type, Type Masks |
A | Path Selection, Direct Selection |
U | Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape |
H | Hand |
R | Rotate View |
Z | Zoom |
The Blur, Sharpen and Smudge tools, and the Single Row and Single Column Marquee tools, have no default key.
Coming from Photoshop?
You can import your own Photoshop shortcut set (.kys) in Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts… with the Import Shortcuts… button. See the migration guide.
Sources
Every factual claim in this article is taken from these upstream files. If something here disagrees with them, the upstream source wins.
PhotoCraft Hub is an unofficial community site. PhotoCraft is made by the ArtCraft team; screenshots are from the PhotoCraft repository (MIT OR Apache-2.0) and show public-domain artwork.
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