Customizing keyboard shortcuts

Photoshop provides a set of default keyboard shortcuts for commands and tools. However, you can customize keyboard shortcuts to your liking. You can change individual shortcuts within a set, and define your own sets of shortcuts.


Click a command row and enter a shortcut key in the empty text box to add a new shortcut.

To define new shortcuts:

1. Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
2. Choose a set of shortcuts from the Set menu at the top of the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box (Photoshop Defaults is the only option until you create a new set).
3. Choose a shortcut type (Application Menus, Palette Menus, or Tools) from the Shortcuts For menu.
4. In the Shortcut column of the scroll list, select the shortcut you want to modify.
5. Type a new shortcut. After you make changes, the name in the Set menu is suffixed with (modified).
If the keyboard shortcut is already assigned to another command or tool in the set, an alert informs you that another command or tool has the shortcut. Click Accept to assign the shortcut to the new command or tool, and to erase the previously assigned shortcut. Once you have reassigned a shortcut, you can click Undo Changes to undo the change, or click Accept and Go to Conflict to go to the other command or tool and assign it a new shortcut.
6. When you have finished changing shortcuts, do one of the following:
• To discard all changes and exit the dialog box, click Cancel.
• To discard the last saved change without closing the dialog box, click Undo.
• To return a new shortcut to the default, click Use Default.
• To export the displayed set of shortcuts, click Summarize. You can use this HTML file to display in a Web browser.

To define a new set of shortcuts:

1. Do one of the following:
• To create a new set before you change default shortcuts, click the New Set button  before you begin changing shortcuts.
• To create a new set that includes any modifications you've made, click the New Set button  after you're done changing shortcuts.
2. Save the shortcuts as a file. Enter a name for the new set in the Name text box, and click Save. The new key set will appear in the pop-up menu under the new name.

To clear shortcuts from a command or tool:

1. Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
2. In the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box, select the command or tool name whose shortcut you want to delete.
3. Click Delete Shortcut.

To delete an entire set of shortcuts:

1. Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
2. In the Set pop-up menu, choose the shortcut set that you want to delete.
3. Click the Delete Set button  and then OK to exit the dialog box.