Lightroom Shortcuts

Lightroom keyboard shortcuts.

Module, rating, and Develop shortcuts that keep your hands on the keyboard. Lightroom Classic on Mac and Windows.

Modules & panels

Library grid viewGGG

Loupe viewEEE

Develop moduleDDD

Show / hide side panelsTabTabTab

Show / hide all panels⇧+TabShift+TabShift+Tab

Rating & flagging

Set star rating (1–5)1–51–51–5

Remove rating000

Flag as pickPPP

Reject photoXXX

Remove flagUUU

Color label (red–blue)6–96–96–9

Develop

Crop overlayRRR

White balance selectorWWW

Spot removalQQQ

Adjustment brushKKK

Graduated filterMMM

Auto tone⌘+UCtrl+UCtrl+U

Convert to black & whiteVVV

Toggle before / after\\\

Before & after left / rightYYY

Copy Develop settings⌘+⇧+CCtrl+Shift+CCtrl+Shift+C

Paste Develop settings⌘+⇧+VCtrl+Shift+VCtrl+Shift+V

Reset all adjustments⌘+⇧+RCtrl+Shift+RCtrl+Shift+R

Compare & cull

Compare viewCCC

Survey viewNNN

Rotate left⌘+[Ctrl+[Ctrl+[

Rotate right⌘+]Ctrl+]Ctrl+]

Import & export

Import photos⌘+⇧+ICtrl+Shift+ICtrl+Shift+I

Export⌘+⇧+ECtrl+Shift+ECtrl+Shift+E

Print⌘+PCtrl+PCtrl+P

View

Cycle screen modesFFF

Toggle Lights OutLLL

Zoom in⌘+=Ctrl+=Ctrl+=

Zoom out⌘+−Ctrl+−Ctrl+−

Lightroom Classic isn't available natively on Linux; the Linux column mirrors the Windows shortcuts for reference.

Learn the module keys first

Lightroom Classic is built around modules, and the single-letter jumps are the foundation — identical on Mac and Windows: G returns to the Library grid, E opens Loupe view, and D takes you straight to Develop. Because a normal edit means bouncing between culling in Library and adjusting in Develop, getting these into muscle memory turns a menu-hunting workflow into a continuous one.

Rate and flag as you cull

The fastest way through a shoot is a keyboard-only pass: P flags a photo as a pick, X rejects it, and U removes the flag. Press 1–5 for a star rating (0 clears it) and 6–9 for color labels. Use C for Compare view and N for Survey to narrow down similar frames without touching the mouse.

Work the Develop tools

In Develop, the tool row keys keep you moving: R crop, W white balance selector, Q spot removal, K adjustment brush, and M graduated filter. Press \ to toggle before and after, ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + C and V to copy and paste settings across photos, and ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + R to reset. Since many keys match across Adobe apps, the Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro cheatsheets will feel familiar too.