View Mode Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts while working in View mode.

To print this page for easy reference, right-click and select Print...

If you would like to define your own keyboard shortcuts, see Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts.

 

Shortcut

Resulting Action

 

ALT + F4

CTRL + W

Closes ACDSee.

` (grave accent)

Toggles the display of the full file path in the Status bar.

ENTER

ESC

Switches to the previous mode.

SHIFT + ESC

Minimizes ACDSee in View and Edit mode.

CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + S

Opens the Customize Shortcuts dialog box, in which you can customize keyboard shortcuts.

ALT + O

Opens the Options dialog box.

F1

Opens the Help file.

File Menu

 

CTRL + O

INSERT

Opens the Open files dialog box.

SHIFT + F4

Closes the current item.

CTRL + SHIFT + F4

Closes all images.

CTRL + S

Opens the Save Image As dialog box, in which you can save your image with a different name or file format.

SHIFT + L

Opens the file using the system application associated with its file extension.

SHIFT + E

Opens the current file in the default system application or opens a dialog box where you can select an application.

CTRL + P

Opens the current image in the ACDSee Print utility.

CTRL + SHIFT + P

Prints all currently selected images, or all images in the current folder.

ALT + L

Opens the Flickr Uploader dialog box.

ALT + U

Opens the SmugMug Uploader dialog box.

ALT + Z

Opens the Zenfolio Uploader dialog box.

Customizing the Interface

 

CTRL + SHIFT + H

Toggles the Histogram open and closed.

CTRL + SHIFT + M

Toggles the Magnifying Glass pane open and closed.

CTRL + + (plus)

Zooms in on the Magnifying Glass pane.

CTRL + - (minus)

Zooms out on the Magnifying Glass pane.

CTRL + SHIFT + S

Toggles the Navigator open and closed.

ALT + ENTER

Toggles the Properties pane open and closed.

ALT + ,

Switches to the tab to the left on the Properties pane.

ALT + .

Switches to the tab to the right on the Properties pane.

CTRL + SHIFT + F

Toggles the Filmstrip open and closed.

CTRL + SHIFT + I

Toggles the Info palette open and closed.

T

CTRL + SHIFT + T

Toggles the Toolbar open and closed.

B

CTRL + SHIFT + B

Toggles the Status bar open and closed.

CTRL + SHIFT + V

Toggles the Page View panel open and closed for multi-page images.

Managing

 

CTRL + X

Cuts the current item to the Clipboard.

CTRL + C

Copies the currently displayed file to the Clipboard.

CTRL + V

Pastes the contents of the Clipboard.

ALT + C

Opens the Copy To Folder dialog box.

ALT + M

Opens the Move To Folder dialog box.

DELETE

Deletes the selected image.

F2

ALT + R

Opens the Rename File dialog box.

CTRL + B

Adds the selected image to the Image Basket.

ALT + X

Removes the selected image from the Image Basket.

ALT + A

Opens the Add Shortcut dialog box.

CTRL + ALT + D

Opens the Edit Caption dialog box.

\ (back slash)

Tags or untags the image.

CTRL + M

Opens the Manage Metadata Presets dialog box.

CTRL + 0

Clears the rating.

CTRL + 1

Assigns a rating of 1.

CTRL + 2

Assigns a rating of 2.

CTRL + 3

Assigns a rating of 3.

CTRL + 4

Assigns a rating of 4.

CTRL + 5

Assigns a rating of 5.

ALT + 0

Clears the color label.

ALT + 1

Assigns a red color label.

ALT + 2

Assigns a yellow color label.

ALT + 3

Assigns a green color label.

ALT + 4

Assigns a blue color label.

ALT + 5

Assigns a purple color label.

CTRL + K

Opens the Keywords section of the Properties pane.

ALT + K

Opens the Metadata tab of the Properties pane.

CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + W

Sets the selected image as the desktop wallpaper, centered.

CTRL + SHIFT + W

Sets the selected image as the desktop wallpaper, tiled.

CTRL + ALT + W

Sets the selected image as the desktop wallpaper, stretched.

ALT + W

Restores your desktop wallpaper to the settings you were using before you applied an ACDSee wallpaper.

Viewing

 

PAGE ARROW RIGHT

PAGE DOWN

3 (numeric keypad)

SPACEBAR

Displays the next image.

PAGE ARROW LEFT

PAGE UP

9 (numeric keypad)

BACKSPACE

Displays the previous image.

END

Switches to the last image in the Filmstrip.

HOME

Switches to the first image in the Filmstrip.

CTRL + Right-click

Opens the Windows Explorer context menu.

+ (plus)

Zooms in.

- (minus)

Zooms out.

SHIFT + Z

Zooms in to the area you select.

/ (forward slash)

Zooms the image to its actual size.

* (numeric keypad asterisk)

SHIFT + 8

Fits the image to the viewing area.

ALT + PAGE ARROW RIGHT

Fits image width to the display area.

ALT + PAGE DOWN

Fits image height to the display area.

ALT + \

Toggles the zoom lock on and off.

L

Toggles the pan lock.

Z

Opens the Set Zoom Level dialog box.

PAGE ARROW RIGHT

Pans right when zoomed into the image.

PAGE ARROW LEFT

Pans left when zoomed into the image.

PAGE DOWN

Pans down when zoomed into the image.

PAGE UP

Pans up when zoomed into the image.

F

Toggles full screen mode.

CTRL + PAGE ARROW RIGHT

Toggles the right pane open and closed.

CTRL + PAGE ARROW DOWN

Toggles the bottom pane open and closed.

O

Displays saved version of the image.

E

Toggles the exposure warning on and off.

R

Toggles the RAW decode/embedded preview on and off.

SHIFT + F1

Activates the Hand tool after zooming in with the Zoom tool.

SHIFT + F2

Activates the Select tool.

CTRL + Q

Clears the current selection.

SHIFT + F3

Activates the Zoom tool.

F5

Refreshes the View mode window and reloads the current image.

CTRL + 6

Toggles the Light EQ button on and off.

ALT + S

Automatically advances to the next image every 1 to 2 seconds.

CTRL + ALT + S

Launches the slideshow.

CTRL + A

Displays or hides headers and footers.

CTRL + SHIFT + Q

Opens the View Header/Footer dialog box, in which you can specify the text to display on your images in View mode.

ALT + CTRL + S

Starts or stops the slideshow.

SHIFT + PAGE ARROW DOWN

Advances to the next page of a multi-page image.

SHIFT + PAGE ARROW UP

Switches to the previous page of a multi-page image.

SHIFT + HOME

Switches to the first page of a multi-page image.

SHIFT + END

Switches to the last page of a multi-page image.

Editing

 

CTRL + SHIFT + PAGE ARROW LEFT

Rotates the current image 90° counterclockwise.

CTRL + SHIFT + PAGE ARROW RIGHT

Rotates the current image 90° clockwise.

ALT + E

Opens the image in the default editor.

SHIFT + O

Restores an edited image to the original version.

SHIFT + S

Commits the changes.

CTRL + ALT + F

Opens the Batch Convert File Format dialog box.

CTRL + J

Opens the Batch Rotate/Flip Images dialog box.

CTRL + R

Opens the Batch Resize Images dialog box.

CTRL + L

Opens the Batch Adjust Exposure dialog box.

CTRL + T

Opens the Batch Adjust Time Stamp dialog box.

CTRL + ALT + R

Opens the Batch Rename dialog box.

CTRL + SHIFT + 1

Changes the image color depth to Black and White.

CTRL + SHIFT + 2

Changes the image color depth to 16 grays.

CTRL + SHIFT + 3

Changes the image color depth to 256 grays.

CTRL + SHIFT + 4

Changes the image color depth to 16 colors.

CTRL + SHIFT + 5

Changes the image color depth to 256 colors.

CTRL + SHIFT + 6

Changes the image color depth to Hicolor.

CTRL + SHIFT + 7

Changes the image color depth to Truecolor.

CTRL + SHIFT + 8

Converts the image to a 16-bit grayscale palette.

CTRL + SHIFT + 9

Converts the image to a 48-bit color palette.

Mode Switching

 

CTRL + F5

Opens the currently selected image in Edit mode.

CTRL + F1

Switches to Manage mode.

CTRL + F2

Switches to Photos mode.

CTRL + F7

Switches to Dashboard mode.

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