Shortcut Key to Select Tools
How to use Shortcut Keys for Selecting Tools-Hold the Shift key + the letter for the tool. Cycle through nested tools by holding the Shift key and the letter multiple times. (Alternatively, hold the Alt key while clicking the tool repeatedly with the mouse.)
First, be sure to enable “Use Shift Key for Tool Switch” in Edit> Preferences> General> OK.
| Use Shift Key + | Cycle through tools that have the same shortcut key. |
| A | Magic Wand tool |
| Selection Brush tool | |
| Quick Selection tool | |
| B | Brush tool |
| Impressionist Brush | |
| Color Replacement tool | |
| C | Crop tool |
| D | Default foreground/background colors |
| E | Eraser tool |
| Background Eraser tool | |
| Magic Eraser tool | |
| F | Smart Brush tool |
| Detail Smart Brush tool | |
| G | Gradient tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| I | Eyedropper tool |
| J | Spot Healing Brush tool |
| Healing Brush tool | |
| K | Paint Bucket tool |
| L | Lasso tool |
| Magnetic Lasso tool | |
| Polygonal Lasso tool | |
| M | Rectangular Marquee tool |
| Elliptical Marquee tool | |
| N | Pencil tool |
| O | Sponge tool |
| Dodge tool | |
| Burn tool | |
| P | Straighten tool |
| Q | Content Aware tool |
| R | Blur tool |
| Sharpen tool | |
| Smudge tool | |
| S | Clone Stamp tool |
| Pattern Stamp tool | |
| T | Text tool – Horizontal Type |
| Text tool – Vertical Type | |
| Text tool – Horizontal Type Mask | |
| Text tool – Vertical Type Mask | |
| Text tool – Text on Selection | |
| Text tool – Text on Shape | |
| Text tool – Text on Path | |
| U | Custom Shape tools-Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, |
| Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, Star tool, Line tool, Shape Selection tool | |
| V | Move tool |
| W | Recompose tool |
| X | Switch foreground/background colors |
| Y | Red Eye Removal tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| Tab | Show/Hide all panels |
| Cycle through | Alt + Click tool |
| nested tools |
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