Adobe Lightroom Classic keyboard shortcuts
In Adobe Lightroom Classic, culling runs on single keys: P and X flag picks and rejects, 1 to 5 set stars, and G, E, C and N switch the Library's views. These are the default shortcuts for Lightroom Classic on Windows and macOS, from Adobe's own list, which sorts them by module. Press Ctrl+/ (Cmd+/ on a Mac) in any module to see that module's shortcuts.
Checked against Adobe Lightroom Classic User Guide — Keyboard shortcuts and Adobe Lightroom Classic — Release notes. Version: Adobe Lightroom Classic on desktop, current release (15.5, August 2026), default shortcuts.
Showing the Windows keyboard. Showing the Mac keyboard.
The top 20 are the Lightroom Classic shortcuts this page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear here. The drill asks the marked ones first too, shuffled. Or tick your own and print those.
The 20 to learn first: the shortcuts the Lightroom Classic page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.
Your own sheet: the Lightroom Classic shortcuts you ticked.
Panels, modules and help
Lightroom Classic is split into modules, each with panels down both sides. These move between the modules and clear the panels out of the way.
Practise theseViews, zoom and screen modes
The four Library views each have a letter, and D takes the photo you are on straight into Develop.
Practise theseThe secondary window
A second view of the Library, on another monitor or in its own window. Its keys are the Library's with Shift added.
Practise theseBrowsing, selecting and stacking
Moving through the Library grid, building a selection and folding similar shots into stacks.
Practise theseRating, flagging and filtering
Add Shift to a star, label, flag or Quick Collection key to apply it and move straight on to the next photo.
Practise theseImporting, organising and exporting
Getting photos in and out, tidying the catalog, and handing a photo to another editor.
Practise theseKeywords and metadata
In the Library module. Alt and a number from 1 to 9 applies a keyword from the current keyword set.
Practise theseDeveloping a photo
The Develop module's own keys: sliders, settings you copy between photos, before and after views, and presets.
Practise theseCrop, masking and the tool keys
Single letters pick the Develop tools, and White Balance, Crop and the Adjustment Brush answer to theirs from any module.
Practise theseBook, Map, Slideshow, Print and Web
Slideshow, Print and Web reuse the same keys for their templates: Ctrl+N makes one, Ctrl+Shift+N makes a folder for them, and Ctrl+S saves the settings.
Practise theseNext
Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom, the cloud-based desktop app, opens its panels with single letters: E for Edit, C for Crop & Rotate, K for Keywords and I for Info.
Illustrator
In Adobe Illustrator nearly every tool has a single letter, so V, A, P and T switch between selecting, editing points, drawing and type without the toolbar.
Windows
These are the system shortcuts: they work on the desktop and inside almost any app, because Windows handles them before the app ever sees the key press.
macOS
These work in the Finder and, with few exceptions, in every app that follows Apple's conventions.
Adobe Lightroom Classic keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 27 September 2026 against Adobe Lightroom Classic User Guide — Keyboard shortcuts.