Moving Marquees and Selections

Move Selection Marquee 1 Pixel

Both: Arrow keys

Mouse: With a selection tool active, place cursor inside the selection, then press and drag

As long as a selection tool is active (Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand), the arrow keys move just the selection marquee ”not any pixels ”one pixel in the direction of the arrow key you choose.

Move Selection Marquee 10 Pixels

Both: Shift + Arrow keys

Mouse: With a selection tool active, place cursor inside the selection, then press and drag

As long as a selection tool is active (Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand), holding down the Shift key and then using the arrow keys moves a selection marquee 10 pixels in the direction of the arrow key you choose.

Move Selected Pixels 1 Pixel

Menu: Edit Transform Numeric

Both: Arrow keys

Mouse: With the Move tool active, press and drag

As long as the Move tool is active, the arrow keys move selected pixels one pixel in the direction of the arrow key you choose. If any other tool is active, hold down the (Cmd) [Ctrl] key, and then use the arrow keys.

Move Selected Pixels 10 Pixels

Menu: Edit Transform Numeric

Both: Shift + Arrow keys

Mouse: With the Move tool active, press and drag

As long as the Move tool is active, holding down the Shift key and then pressing the arrow keys moves selected pixels 10 pixels in the direction of the arrow key you choose. If any other tool is active, hold down the (Cmd + Shift) [Ctrl + Shift] keys, and then use the arrow keys.

Center When Dragging from One File to Another

Mouse: Shift + drag from one document to the other

If you want the selection or layer from one document to end up in the middle of the document you are dragging it to, hold down the Shift key and drag the item to the target document. Let go of the mouse before letting go of the Shift key.

Note: If the canvas sizes of the two documents are the same, holding down the Shift key places the dragged item in the target document in the same position as the original document.

Register Items When Dragging from One Document to Another

Mouse: Shift + drag from one document to the other

If you want the selection or layer from one document to end up in the same position in the target document you are dragging it to, make sure that they both have the same canvas size. Hold down the Shift key as you drag the item to the target document.