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title: "CS5 Transform Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths Shortcuts Keys"  
description: "CS5 Transform Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths Shortcuts Keys"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-05  
updated: 2018-02-05  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1242/cs5-transform-selections-selection-borders-and-paths-shortcuts-keys  
category: "shortcut keys"  
tags: ["shortcut keys"]  
reading_time: 3 minutes  

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# CS5 Transform Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths Shortcuts Keys

##### Transform Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths

| ##### Key | ##### Description |
| --- | --- |
| alt | [Transform](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/511/what-are-the-steps-to-transform-xml-into-html-using-xsl) from center or reflect |
| shift | Constrain |
| ctrl | Distort |
| enter | Apply |
| ctrl+. (period) or esc | Cancel |
| ctrl+alt+t | Free transform with [duplicate](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160730/contain-duplicate) data |
| ctrl+shift+alt+t | Transform again with duplicate data |

##### Edit Paths

| ##### Key | ##### Description |
| --- | --- |
| Direct [selection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/60/populate-records-in-second-listbox-according-to-the-selection-in-first-list-box) tool+shift+click | Select multiple anchor points |
| Direct selection tool+alt+click | Select entire path |
| Pen (any Pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool+ctrl+alt+drag | Duplicate a path |
| ctrl | Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct Selection tool |
| alt | Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point |
| Magnetic Pen tool, double-click | Close path |
| Magnetic Pen tool, alt-double-click | Close path with straight-line segment |

##### Painting

| ##### Key | ##### Description |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Any painting tool+shift+alt+right-click and drag | Select foreground color from color picker |  |
| Any painting tool+alt or any shape tool+alt (except when Paths option is selected) | Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool |  |
| Eyedropper tool+alt+click | Select [background color](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/18/split-background-color) |  |
| Eyedropper tool+shift | Color sampler tool |  |
| Color sampler tool+alt+click | Deletes color sampler |  |
| Any painting or editing tool+1...9 | Set opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode. 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%. Two numbers in quick [succession](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/107655/what-are-the-causes-of-the-war-of-spanish-succession) (e.g. 45 = 45%) When airbrush option is enabled, use shift+1...9) |  |
| Any painting or editing tool+shift+number keys | Sets flow for painting mode 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%. Two numbers in quick succession (e.g. 45 = 45%) When airbrush option is enabled, use shift+1...9) |  |
| alt+shift+1...9 | Mixer Brush changes Mix setting |  |
| 0...9 | Mixer Brush changes Wet setting |  |
| 0 | Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero |  |
| shift++ / shift+- | Cycle through blending modes |  |
| backspace or shift+backspace | Open Fill [dialog box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net) on background or standard layer |  |
| alt+backspace or ctrl+backspace | Fill with foreground or background color |  |
| ctrl+alt+backspace | Fill from history |  |
| shift+backspace | Displays Fill dialog box |  |
| / ([forward slash](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159257/backslash-vs-forward-slash-when-moving-files-in-python)) | Lock [transparent](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92940/which-platform-launched-for-transparent-taxation-in-2020-india) pixels on/off |  |
| Any painting tool+shift+click | Connects points with a [straight line](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35148/which-is-the-only-us-state-not-to-have-a-straight-line-in-its-border) |  |

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