To work with an object, you ll typically need to select it. Photoshop offers plenty of keyboard shortcuts for selecting and moving objects.
Windows [Ctrl]-[A], Mac [ z ]-[A]
Select all items
Windows [Ctrl]-[D], Mac [ z ]-[D]
Deselect the current selection
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[D], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[D]
Reselect the previous selection
After deselecting a selection and realizing you still need to work with it, you can press this shortcut to reselect the selection.
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[I], [Shift]-[F7], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[I], [Shift]-[F7]
Invert the selection
Windows [Spacebar]-drag, Mac [Spacebar]-drag
Reposition the marquee while creating a selection
This shortcut works with any marquee tool except the Single Column Marquee tool and the Single Row Marquee tool.
Windows [Shift]-drag, Mac [Shift]-drag
Add to the selection
This shortcut works when any of the selection tools is active.
Windows [Alt]-drag, Mac [Option]-drag
Subtract from the selection
This shortcut works when any of the selection tools is active.
Windows [Shift]-drag, Mac [Shift]-drag
Constrain the marquee
Hold down [Shift] to constrain the Rectangular Marquee tool to a square and the Elliptical Marquee tool to a circle. This shortcut works when no other selections are active.
Windows [Alt]-drag, Mac [Option]-drag
Draw the marquee from the center
This shortcut works when no other selections are active.
Windows [Alt]-[Shift]-drag, Mac [Option]-[Shift]-drag
Draw a constrained marquee from the center
Hold down [Shift] to constrain the Rectangular Marquee tool to a square and the Elliptical Marquee tool to a circle.
Windows [Ctrl], Mac [ z ]
Switch to the Move tool
This shortcut works when a tool other than the Hand tool, the Slice tool, the Path tool, the Shape tool, the Rectangle tool, or a Pen tool is selected.
Windows [Alt]-drag, Mac [Option]-drag
Switch from the Magnetic Lasso tool to the Lasso tool
Windows [Alt]-click, Mac [Option]-click
Switch from the Magnetic Lasso tool to the Polygonal Lasso tool
Windows [Enter], Mac [Return]
Apply the Magnetic Lasso
This shortcut works when the Magnetic Lasso is selected.
Windows [Esc], Mac [Esc]
Cancel the Magnetic Lasso
This shortcut works when the Magnetic Lasso is selected.
Windows []] and Magnetic Lasso, Mac []] and Magnetic Lasso
Increase the detection width
Windows [[] and Magnetic Lasso, Mac [[] and Magnetic Lasso
Decrease the detection width
Windows [Alt]-drag with Move tool, Mac [Option]-drag with Move tool
Move a copy of the selection
Windows [], [], [], [], Mac [], [], [], []
Move the selection area by one pixel in the direction of the arrow pressed
This shortcut and the next move the selection area, not the selection.
Windows [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], Mac [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[]
Move the selection area by ten pixels in the direction of the arrow pressed
Windows [], [], [], [] and Move tool, Mac [], [], [], [] and Move tool
Move the selection by one pixel in the direction of the arrow pressed
Windows [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[] and Move tool, Mac [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[], [Shift]-[] and Move tool
Move the selection by ten pixels in the direction of the arrow pressed
Windows [Ctrl]-[], [Ctrl]-[], [Ctrl]-[], [Ctrl]-[], Mac [ z ]-[], [ z ]-[], [ z ]-[], [ z ]-[]
Move all objects on the layer by one pixel
This shortcut works only when there is no selection on the layer.
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[], [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[], [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[], [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[], [ z ]-[Shift]-[], [ z ]-[Shift]-[], [ z ]-[Shift]-[]
Move all objects on the layer by ten pixels
This shortcut works only when there is no selection on the layer.
Windows [Enter] and Crop tool, Mac [Return] and Crop tool
Accept the cropping
Windows [Esc] and Crop tool, Mac [Esc] and Crop tool
Cancel the cropping
Windows [/], Mac [/]
Toggle the crop shield on and off