Keyboard Shortcuts
Shotwell provides a variety of keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate, organize, and edit your photo library. Below is a comprehensive listing organized by category.
Global Shortcuts
Ctrl+Q |
Quit Shotwell |
F1 |
Open Help |
Ctrl+F / F8 |
Toggle Search Bar |
Ctrl+S |
New Saved Search |
Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Redo |
Ctrl+A |
Select All |
Ctrl+I |
Import From Folder |
View & Display
F11 |
Toggle fullscreen |
F5 |
Start slideshow |
Esc |
Leave fullscreen and slideshow |
F9 |
Toggle sidebar |
Ctrl+F9 |
Toggle toolbar |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
Toggle basic information panel |
Ctrl+Shift+X |
Toggle extended information window |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
Toggle titles display |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Toggle comments display |
Ctrl+Shift+G |
Toggle tags display |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
Toggle ratings display |
Zoom & Thumbnail Size
Ctrl++ / = / + |
Zoom in / increase thumbnail size |
Ctrl+- / - / _ |
Zoom out / decrease thumbnail size |
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel |
Adjust thumbnail size / zoom |
Single Photo
Left / KP_4 |
Pan left |
Right / KP_6 |
Pan right |
Up / KP_8 |
Pan up |
Down / KP_2 |
Pan down |
Ctrl+0 |
Fit to page |
Ctrl+1 / KP_Divide |
Zoom to 100% |
Ctrl+2 / KP_Multiply |
Zoom to 200% |
Holding Shift will show the unmodified photo, if exists
Rating & Filtering
Filter photos by rating:
Ctrl+0 |
Show all photos |
Ctrl+1 |
Filter by ★ |
Ctrl+2 |
Filter by ★★ |
Ctrl+3 |
Filter by ★★★ |
Ctrl+4 |
Filter by ★★★★ |
Ctrl+5 |
Filter by ★★★★★ |
Ctrl+8 |
Show rejected only |
Ctrl+9 |
Show all + rejected |
Set rating on selected photos:
1 |
Rate ★ |
2 |
Rate ★★ |
3 |
Rate ★★★ |
4 |
Rate ★★★★ |
5 |
Rate ★★★★★ |
0 |
Clear rating (unrated) |
9 |
Mark as rejected |
> / . |
Increase rating |
< / , |
Decrease rating |
Photo Operations
Ctrl+G / / |
Toggle flag on selected photos |
Delete |
Move to trash |
Shift+Delete |
Remove from library |
F2 |
Edit title |
F3 |
Edit comment |
F4 |
Adjust date and time |
Ctrl+Shift+M |
Show in file manager |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
Export selected photos |
Ctrl+Return |
Open with external editor |
Rotate
Ctrl+R / ] |
Rotate clockwise (right) |
Ctrl+Shift+R / [ |
Rotate counter-clockwise (left) |
Editing Tools
Ctrl+E |
Enhance |
Ctrl+O |
Crop |
Ctrl+A |
Straighten |
Ctrl+Y |
Red-eye reduction |
Ctrl+D |
Adjust (colors, levels) |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Copy color adjustments |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
Paste color adjustments |
Return / KP_Enter |
Apply current editing tool (crop, straighten, red-eye, adjust) |
Esc |
Cancel current editing operation |
Histogram Adjustment
Left / Up |
Move left nub left |
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Right / Down |
Move left nub right |
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Shift+Left |
Shift+Up |
Move right nub left |
Shift+Right |
Shift+Down |
Move right nub right |
Hold Ctrl while pressing arrow keys to move by 5 units instead of 1
Slideshow
Space |
Play / pause slideshow |
Esc |
Leave slideshow |
Face Tagging
Ctrl+R |
Remove face from photo (face browser) |
Ctrl+E |
Rename face (face browser) |
Esc |
Cancel face editing / delete face shape |
Return |
Confirm face shape / apply faces |