Keyboard shortcuts
On macOS use Cmd (⌘) where the table says Mod; on Windows and Linux use Ctrl. Shortcuts don't fire while you type in a text field.
| Action | macOS | Windows / Linux |
|---|---|---|
| New document | ⌘⌥N | Ctrl+Alt+N |
| Open file | ⌘O | Ctrl+O |
| Save to browser | ⌘S | Ctrl+S |
| Save project as .picstea | ⌘⇧S | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Export | ⌘⇧E | Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Undo | ⌘Z | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | ⌘⇧Z ⌘Y | Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y |
| Cut selected pixels | ⌘X | Ctrl+X |
| Copy selected pixels | ⌘C | Ctrl+C |
| Fill selection with the foreground colour | ⇧F5 | Shift+F5 |
| Select all | ⌘A | Ctrl+A |
| Deselect | ⌘D | Ctrl+D |
| Reselect | ⌘⇧D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Invert selection | ⌘⇧I | Ctrl+Shift+I |
| Select all layers | ⌘⌥A | Ctrl+Alt+A |
| Feather selection | ⇧F6 | Shift+F6 |
| New pixel layer | ⌘⇧N | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Duplicate layer (Layer via Copy with a selection) | ⌘J | Ctrl+J |
| Delete layer (clear pixels with a selection) | Delete Backspace | Delete or Backspace |
| Group layer | ⌘G | Ctrl+G |
| Ungroup | ⌘⇧G | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Select the layer above | ⌥ArrowUp | Alt+ArrowUp |
| Select the layer below | ⌥ArrowDown | Alt+ArrowDown |
| Zoom in | ⌘= ⌘+ | Ctrl+= or Ctrl++ |
| Zoom out | ⌘- | Ctrl+- |
| Fit on screen | ⌘0 | Ctrl+0 |
| Zoom to 100% | ⌘1 | Ctrl+1 |
| Show or hide rulers | ⌘R | Ctrl+R |
| Show or hide guides | ⌘; | Ctrl+; |
| Show or hide the grid | ⌘' | Ctrl+' |
| Turn snapping on or off | ⌘: | Ctrl+: |
| Repeat the last filter | ⌘⌥F | Ctrl+Alt+F |
| Move tool | V | V |
| Free transform | ⌘T | Ctrl+T |
| Marquee tools (rectangular, elliptical) | M | M |
| Lasso tools (freehand, polygonal) | L | L |
| Magic wand | W | W |
| Crop tool | C | C |
| Eyedropper, Color Sampler and Ruler | I | I |
| Brush, Pencil and Color Replacement | B | B |
| Pencil | N | N |
| Eraser, Background Eraser and Magic Eraser | E | E |
| Clone stamp (Alt-click sets the source) | S | S |
| Spot Healing, Healing Brush (Alt-click sets the source) and Red Eye | J | J |
| Dodge, burn and sponge | O | O |
| Blur, sharpen and smudge | R | R |
| Gradient and Paint Bucket | G | G |
| Shape tools (rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon, line) | U | U |
| Pen, Add / Delete Anchor Point and Convert Point | P | P |
| Path Selection and Direct Selection | A | A |
| Make a selection from the work path | ⌘Enter | Ctrl+Enter |
| Create or release a clipping mask | ⌘⌥G | Ctrl+Alt+G |
| Merge the layer into the one below | ⌘E | Ctrl+E |
| Text tool | T | T |
| Hand tool | H | H |
| Zoom tool | Z | Z |
| Next marquee tool | ⇧M | Shift+M |
| Next lasso tool | ⇧L | Shift+L |
| Next of Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler | ⇧I | Shift+I |
| Next healing tool | ⇧J | Shift+J |
| Next of Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement | ⇧B | Shift+B |
| Next eraser tool | ⇧E | Shift+E |
| Switch Gradient / Paint Bucket | ⇧G | Shift+G |
| Next of Blur, Sharpen, Smudge | ⇧R | Shift+R |
| Next of Dodge, Burn, Sponge | ⇧O | Shift+O |
| Next pen tool | ⇧P | Shift+P |
| Switch Path / Direct Selection | ⇧A | Shift+A |
| Next shape tool | ⇧U | Shift+U |
| Swap foreground and background colours | X | X |
| Reset colours to black and white | D | D |