Keyboard shortcuts

Press ? anywhere in immich-edit to open the same list as a searchable dialog. On macOS, press Command wherever a shortcut below says Ctrl.

Shift with a letter opens a tool, panel or strip, a plain letter acts on the photo, and Ctrl runs a command. Symbol keys such as [, { and \ work however your keyboard layout types them, including with Option or AltGr.

Shortcuts do not run while focus is in a text field or another typing control.

General

Keys	Action	Available in
? / Shift+/	Show keyboard shortcuts	Anywhere
G	Back to the grid	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor

Culling

Keys	Action	Available in
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5	Set, toggle or clear the rating	Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
Shift+0 / Shift+1 / Shift+2 / Shift+3 / Shift+4 / Shift+5	Set the rating and move to the next photo	Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey
P	Toggle favorite	Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
X	Toggle reject	Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
U	Clear favorite and reject	Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
6 / 7 / 8 / 9	Set or clear the red, yellow, green or blue label	Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
Del / Backspace	Move to the Immich trash, or delete a virtual copy	Grid, Loupe

Grid

Keys	Action	Available in
← / → / ↑ / ↓	Select the next photo in that direction	Grid
Shift+← / Shift+→ / Shift+↑ / Shift+↓ / Shift+Home / Shift+End / Shift+PgUp / Shift+PgDn	Extend the selection, also with Home, End, Page Up and Page Down	Grid
Home / End	Select the first or last photo	Grid
PgUp / PgDn	Jump a page	Grid
- / _ / = / +	Thumbnail size	Grid
Ctrl scroll · pinch	Change the thumbnail size around the pointer	Grid
I	Cycle thumbnail info: hover only, badges, name and date	Grid
Shift+F	Show or hide the filter panel	Grid
Ctrl+A	Load and select every photo	Grid
Esc	Clear the selection	Grid
Drag from a gap	Box-select the photos it touches	Grid
Shift or Ctrl + drag from a gap	Add the boxed photos to the selection	Grid
Shift+B	Focus the selection actions	Grid
E / Space	Open the loupe	Grid
W	Hold to peek at the photo	Grid
D / Enter	Open the editor	Grid, Loupe
C	Compare the selection, or this photo and the next	Grid, Loupe
N	Survey the selection, or this photo and the next five	Grid, Loupe

Loupe

Keys	Action	Available in
← / →	Previous / next photo	Loupe
Shift+← / Shift+→ / Shift+↑ / Shift+↓	Nudge a zoomed photo	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
Home / End	First / last photo	Loupe
Z / Space	Toggle zoom	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
I	Toggle the info panel	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
Shift+T	Toggle the tags panel	Loupe, Editor
Alt+1 / Alt+2 / Alt+3 / Alt+4 / Alt+5 / Alt+6 / Alt+7 / Alt+8	Add one of the eight recent tags	Loupe, Compare, Survey
J	Toggle the clipping indicators	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
Esc	Close the loupe	Loupe

Compare

Keys	Action	Available in
← / →	Move focus between panes	Compare
Tab / Shift+Tab	Cycle focus between panes	Compare, Survey
Alt+← / Alt+→	Swap the focused pane for another photo	Compare, Survey
Y	Toggle synced zoom and pan	Compare, Survey
D	Open the focused photo in the editor	Compare, Survey
Backspace / Del	Drop the focused photo	Compare, Survey
Enter	Make the focused photo the select	Compare
E / Esc	Back to the loupe on the focused photo	Compare

Survey

Keys	Action	Available in
← / → / ↑ / ↓	Move focus between panes	Survey
Enter	Keep only the focused photo	Survey
E / Esc	Back to the loupe, selecting the survivors in the grid if you dropped any	Survey

View

Keys	Action	Available in
F	Toggle fullscreen	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor
Shift+S	Hide or show the filmstrip	Loupe, Compare, Survey, Editor

Loupe gestures

Keys	Action	Available in
Click the photo	Zoom in at the pointer, or back to fit when zoomed	Loupe, Compare, Survey
Drag or scroll	Pan a zoomed photo	Loupe, Compare, Survey
Ctrl + scroll	Zoom at the pointer	Loupe, Compare, Survey
Alt + click or drag	Zoom or pan only the focused pane while zoom and pan are synced	Compare, Survey
Shift or Ctrl + click a filmstrip thumbnail	Add or remove a compare pane	Loupe, Compare, Survey

Editor

Keys	Action	Available in
← / →	Previous / next photo	Editor
Ctrl+Z	Undo	Editor
Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo	Editor
Shift+D	Open Develop	Editor
Shift+R	Open Geometry	Editor
Shift+Q	Open Retouch	Editor
Shift+M	Open Masks	Editor
Shift+P	Show or hide the presets strip	Editor
Ctrl+'	Create a virtual copy	Grid, Loupe, Editor
Y	Toggle the before / after split	Editor
\ / <	Hold to view the original	Editor
Tab	Hide or show the side panels	Editor
Shift+Tab	Hide or show every panel	Editor
W	Pick white balance from a neutral area	Editor
Ctrl+U	Auto adjust	Editor
Ctrl+Shift+R	Reset develop settings, or geometry on the Geometry tab	Editor
Ctrl+C	Copy edits	Editor, Grid, Loupe
Ctrl+V	Paste edits	Editor, Grid, Loupe
Shift+E	Open Export	Editor
Esc	Step out of the active tool, panel or fullscreen	Editor

Sliders

Keys	Action	Available in
Shift+← / Shift+→	Move a focused slider ten steps	Editor
Double-click the label	Reset one slider	Editor
Alt + drag	Preview the mask or radius a slider drives while you drag it	Editor
Shift + click the reset button	Reset every band or channel at once, on HSL and Curves	Editor

Geometry

Keys	Action	Available in
A	Draw a line along the horizon to level the photo	Geometry
Shift + drag inside the crop	Draw a straighten line without arming the tool	Geometry
O	Cycle the crop guide: thirds, golden ratio, diagonals, grid, none	Geometry
Alt + drag a crop handle	Resize the crop about its centre	Geometry
Shift + drag a crop handle	Keep the current shape of a free crop while resizing	Geometry
Ctrl + scroll over the crop	Scale the crop about its centre	Geometry
Ctrl + drag inside the crop	Move the photo under a fixed crop	Geometry

Masks

Keys	Action	Available in
Backspace / Del	Delete the selected shape, or undo the last polygon corner	Masks
K	Add a brush mask layer	Editor
R	Add a radial mask layer	Editor
L	Add a linear mask layer	Editor
↑ / ↓ / Shift+← / Shift+→ / Shift+↑ / Shift+↓	Nudge the selected shape one pixel, ten with Shift	Masks
Click the dot between two corners	Add a polygon corner	Masks
Double-click the corner	Remove a polygon corner	Masks
Shift + drag a radial size handle	Keep a radial round while resizing it	Masks
Shift + drag a linear end	Snap a linear gradient to 45° steps	Masks
Shift + drag a polygon corner	Move a polygon corner straight across or straight up and down	Masks
O	Toggle the mask overlay	Masks
Esc	Cancel drawing, box select or the eyedropper	Masks
Enter	Close the polygon you are drawing	Masks
[ / ]	Smaller / larger brush	Masks, Retouch
{ / }	Softer / harder brush	Masks, Retouch
Alt + scroll	Resize the brush over the photo	Masks, Retouch
Alt + Shift + scroll	Change the brush hardness over the photo	Masks, Retouch

Retouch

Keys	Action	Available in
H	Heal mode	Retouch
C	Clone mode	Retouch
Backspace / Del	Delete the selected stroke	Retouch
Esc	Deselect the current stroke	Retouch
Alt + click	Set the source point	Retouch
Drag the green ring	Move the selected stroke’s source	Retouch