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Shortcuts
One of the strengths of PhotoQt is its wide variety of supported shortcuts and commands. There is a set of default shortcuts set when you first start PhotoQt, but they all can be adjusted to your liking. The table below lists all the available commands and their respective default shortcuts. They are broken up into their various categories as they can be found in the settings.In addition to the built-in command you can also set a shortcut to trigger some external app or script.
Explore shortcuts for category: Navigation | Image | File | Other
| Open new file | O
Ctrl + O Right Button + West-East |
| Filter images in folder | F |
| Next image | Right
Space Right Button + East |
| Previous image | Left
Backspace Right Button + West |
| Show Context Menu | Right Button |
| Go to first image | Home
Ctrl + Left |
| Go to last image | End
Ctrl + Right |
| Enter viewer mode | V |
| Show quick navigation buttons | Ctrl + N |
| Close window (hides to system tray if enabled) | Escape
Right Button + South-East-South |
| Quit PhotoQt | Q
Ctrl + Q |
| Zoom In | +
= Ctrl + + Ctrl + = Ctrl + Wheel Up Wheel Up |
| Zoom Out | -
Ctrl + - Ctrl + Wheel Down Wheel Down |
| Zoom to Actual Size | 1
Ctrl + 1 |
| Reset Zoom | 0 |
| Rotate Right | R |
| Rotate Left | L |
| Reset Rotation | Ctrl + 0 |
| Flip Horizontally | Ctrl + H |
| Flip Vertically | Ctrl + V |
| Scale Image | Ctrl + X |
| Play/Pause animation/video | Shift + P |
| Hide/Show face tags (stored in metadata) | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Tag faces (stored in metadata) | Ctrl + F |
| Rename File | F2 |
| Delete File | Delete |
| Delete File Permanently (without confirmation) | [no default] |
| Copy File to a New Location | Ctrl + C |
| Move File to a New Location | Ctrl + M |
| Copy Image to Clipboard | Ctrl + Shift + C |
| Save image in another format | Ctrl + Shift + S
Ctrl + S |
| Hide/Show main menu | M |
| Hide/Show metadata | E |
| Keep metadata opened | Shift + E |
| Hide/Show thumbnails | Ctrl + T |
| Show Settings | P |
| Start Slideshow | S |
| Start Slideshow (Quickstart) | Shift + S |
| About PhotoQt | I |
| Set as Wallpaper | W |
| Show Histogram | H |
| Upload to imgur.com (anonymously) | Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Upload to imgur.com user account | [no default] |