This section discusses keyboard shortcuts for displaying and hiding tools, for activating tools, and for working with them.
Windows [F5], Mac [F5]
Toggle the display of the Brushes palette
Windows [F6], Mac [F6]
Toggle the display of the Color palette
Windows [F7], Mac [F7]
Toggle the display of the Layers palette
Windows [F8], Mac [F8]
Toggle the display of the Info palette
Windows [F9], [Alt]-[F9], Mac [Option]-[F9]
Toggle the display of the Actions palette
Windows [M], Mac [M]
Activate the Marquee tool
Press [Shift]-[M] to toggle between the Rectangular Marquee tool and the Elliptical Marquee tool.
Windows [V], Mac [V]
Activate the Move tool
Windows [L], Mac [L]
Activate the Lasso tool
Press [Shift]-[L] to switch among the Lasso tool, the Polygonal Lasso tool, and the Magnetic Lasso tool.
Windows [W], Mac [W]
Activate the Magic Wand tool
Windows [C], Mac [C]
Activate the Crop tool
Windows [K], Mac [K]
Activate the Slice tool
Press [Shift]-[K] to toggle between the Slice tool and the Slice Select tool.
Windows [J], Mac [J]
Activate the Healing Brush tool
Press [Shift]-[J] to switch among the Healing Brush tool, the Patch tool, and the Color Replacement tool.
Windows [B], Mac [B]
Activate the Brush tool
Press [Shift]-[B] to toggle between the Brush tool and the Pencil tool.
Windows [S], Mac [S]
Activate the Clone Stamp tool
Press [Shift]-[S] to toggle between the Clone Stamp tool and the Pattern Stamp tool.
Windows [Y], Mac [Y]
Activate the History Brush tool
Press [Shift]-[Y] to toggle between the History Brush tool and the Art History Brush tool.
Windows [E], Mac [E]
Activate the Eraser tool
Press [Shift]-[E] to switch among the Eraser tool, the Background Eraser tool, and the Magic Eraser tool.
Windows [G], Mac [G]
Activate the Gradient tool
Press [Shift]-[G] to toggle between the Gradient tool and the Paint Bucket tool.
Windows [R], Mac [R]
Activate the Blur tool
Press [Shift]-[R] to switch among the Blur tool, the Sharpen tool, and the Smudge tool.
Windows [O], Mac [O]
Activate the Dodge tool
Press [Shift]-[O] to switch among the Dodge tool, the Burn tool, and the Sponge tool.
Windows [A], Mac [A]
Activate the Path Selection tool
Press [Shift]-[A] to toggle between the Path Selection tool and the Direct Selection tool.
Windows [T], Mac [T]
Activate the Horizontal Type tool
Press [Shift]-[T] to switch among the Horizontal Type tool, the Vertical Type tool, the Horizontal Type Mask tool, and the Vertical Type Mask tool.
Windows [P], Mac [P]
Activate the Pen tool
Press [Shift]-[P] to toggle between the Pen tool and the Freeform Pen tool.
Windows [U], Mac [U]
Activate the Rectangle tool
Press [Shift]-[U] to switch among the Rectangle tool, the Rounded Rectangle tool, the Ellipse tool, the Polygon tool, the Line tool, and the Custom Shape tool.
Windows [N], Mac [N]
Activate the Notes tool
Press [Shift]-[N] to toggle between the Notes tool and the Audio Annotation tool.
Windows [I], Mac [I]
Activate the Eyedropper tool
Press [Shift]-[I] to switch among the Eyedropper tool, the Color Sampler tool, and the Measure tool.
Windows [H], Mac [H]
Activate the Hand tool
Windows [Z], Mac [Z]
Activate the Zoom tool
Press [Alt] (on Windows) or [Option] (on the Mac) to toggle from the Zoom In tool to the Zoom Out tool.