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Keys for selecting and moving objects
This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Result Windows Mac OS
Reposition marquee while selecting Any marquee tool (except single
column and single row) + spacebar-
drag
Any marquee tool (except single
column and single row) + spacebar-
drag
Add to a selection Any selection tool + Shift-drag Any selection tool + Shift-drag
Subtract from a selection Any selection tool + Alt-drag Any selection tool + Option-drag
Intersect a selection Any selection tool (except Quick
Selection tool) + Shift-Alt-drag
Any selection tool (except Quick
Selection tool) + Shift-Option-drag
Constrain marquee to square or circle
(if no other selections are active)
Shift-drag Shift-drag
Draw marquee from center (if no other
selections are active)
Alt-drag Option-drag
Constrain shape and draw marquee
from center
Shift + Alt-drag Shift + Option-drag
Switch to Move tool Control (except when Hand, Slice,
Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is
selected)
Command (except when Hand, Slice,
Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is
selected)
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to
Lasso tool
Alt-drag Option-drag
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to
polygonal Lasso tool
Alt-click Option-click
Apply/cancel an operation of the
Magnetic Lasso
Enter/Esc or Control + . (period) Return/Esc or Command + . (period)
Move copy of selection Move tool + Alt-drag selection Move tool + Option-drag selection‡
Move selection area 1 pixel Any selection + Right Arrow, Left
Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Any selection + Right Arrow, Left
Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move selection 1 pixel Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow,
Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow,
Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing
selected on layer
Control + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Command + Right Arrow, Left Arrow,
Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Increase/decrease detection width Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ]
Accept cropping or exit cropping Crop tool + Enter or Esc Crop tool + Return or Esc
Toggle crop shield off and on / (forward slash) / (forward slash)
Make protractor Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Ruler tool + Option-drag end point
Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when Shift-drag guide Shift-drag guide
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