Every key LightPhotos listens for, grouped by what you are doing.
Shortcuts are written the macOS way — on Windows and Linux,
read Cmd as Ctrl. Press ? inside
the app for the list as your own machine shows it.
LightPhotos is built to be driven from the keyboard: rate a folder without
touching the mouse, move through a shoot at full size, and apply one
photo's look to the rest. The list below is everything the app listens
for, and ? shows the same list in-app on your own machine.
Getting around
Key
Does
Cmd+O
Add a folder and open it
Enter / Space / E
Open the selected photo (in the library)
Esc / G
Back to the library from the editor
← / →
Previous / next photo in the editor; move the highlight in the grid
Page Up / Page Down
Previous / next photo in the editor
D
Adjust the selected photo
C
Compare 2 to 6 selected photos, or the selected stack
I
Show or hide photo info in the right panel
F6 / Shift+F6
Next region, or the next control inside an entered one
Tab / Shift+Tab
Move between items in the focused region
Cmd+,
Settings: theme and language
Alt+= / Alt+-
Bigger / smaller text
?
Show or hide the in-app shortcut list
Rating, flags and labels
Key
Does
0 – 5
Set the star rating (0 clears it)
Shift+0 – 5
Set the rating and go to the next photo
P / X / U
Pick / Reject / Unflag
`
Pick, or unflag a picked photo
6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Red / yellow / green / blue label; the same key again clears it
Selecting and stacking
Key
Does
Cmd+A
Select all in the current folder (in the library)
Cmd+D
Deselect all
Shift+Click
Range-select in the grid
Cmd+Click
Toggle one photo in or out of the selection
Shift+Arrows
Extend the selection with the arrow keys
Cmd+G
Stack the selection
Cmd+Shift+G
Unstack the selected stacks
Shift+Delete
Delete the selected stacks, or unstack them and keep the photos
Zoom and pan
Key
Does
Space / Z
Cycle zoom: fit, 2x fit, 100%
Cmd++ / Cmd+= / Cmd+-
Zoom in / out in 20% steps
↑ / ↓
Zoom in / out in 10% steps
Scroll
Zoom at the pointer
Drag / Space+Drag
Pan
Shift+Scroll
Pan sideways
Alt+Scroll
Pan up and down
Developing and exporting
Key
Does
Cmd+Z
Undo the last develop change
Cmd+[ / Cmd+]
Rotate -90 / +90 degrees
R
Crop; Enter or R applies it, Esc cancels
Y
Before / after compare (in the editor)
M
Linear Gradient mask
Shift+M
Radial Gradient mask
Cmd+U
Auto Adjust the selection, each photo from its own histogram
V
Black & white, or back to color, for the selection
Cmd+Shift+C
Copy this photo's adjustment
Cmd+Shift+V
Apply the copied adjustment to the selection
Cmd+Shift+N
Save this photo's settings as a new preset
Cmd+Shift+E
Open or close the export form
Double-click a slider
Reset the slider
Delete
Move to the Trash (in the browser: delete permanently, with no undo)