Select and Edit text
Key | Description |
ctrl+drag type when Type layer is selected | Move type in image |
shift+arrow keys, ctrl+shift+arrow keys etc. | Select Characters: Use Standard Windows Editing Shortcuts |
shift+click | Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point |
shift+click | Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel |
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click | Select a word, line, paragraph, or story |
ctrl+h | Show/Hide selection on selected type |
ctrl | Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box |
ctrl+drag a bounding box handle | Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box |
space+drag | Move text box while creating text box |
Format Type
Key | Description |
Horizontal Type tool+ctrl+shift+l, c, or r | Align left, center, or right |
Vertical Type tool+ctrl+shift+l, c, or r | Align top, center, or bottom |
ctrl+shift+x | Choose 100% horizontal scale |
ctrl+shift+alt+x | Choose 100% vertical scale |
ctrl+shift+alt+a | Choose Auto leading |
ctrl+shift+q | Choose 0 for tracking |
ctrl+shift+j | Justify paragraph, left aligns last line |
ctrl+shift+f | Justify paragraph, justifies all |
ctrl+shift+alt+h | Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off |
ctrl+shift+alt+t | Toggle single/every-line composer on/off |
ctrl+shift+; | Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels |
alt+arrow down or arrow up | Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels |
shift+alt+arrow down or arrow up | Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels |
alt+arrow left or arrow right | Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems |
Slicing and Optimizing
Key | Description |
ctrl | Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool |
shift+drag | Draw square slice |
alt+drag | Draw from center outward |
shift+alt+drag | Draw square slice from center outward |
space+drag | Reposition slice while creating slice |
Right-click slice | Open context-sensitive menu |
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