Keyboard and Mouse Commands
Most commands in Paint.NET can be quickly accessed via the keyboard. For
your convenience, all of those commands are listed here.
General Canvas Controls
|
Pan image (does not work while typing
with the Text tool) |
Hold spacebar + drag with left mouse button |
Scroll image (does not work while
typing with the Text tool) |
Hold spacebar + drag with right mouse button |
Scroll up / down |
Mouse Wheel up / down |
Scroll left / right |
Shift + Mouse Wheel up / down |
Zoom in / out |
Ctrl + Mouse Wheel |
Deselect (remove selection) |
Esc or Enter |
Image List and Image Navigation |
Next tab |
Ctrl + Tab |
Previous tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
Show Image List |
Ctrl + Q |
Switch to image #, for images 1 through
10 |
Ctrl + # or Alt + #, where #
is 1 through 9 for images 1 through 9, or 0 for image 10 |
Scroll image list |
Mouse wheel (only if the mouse cursor is in the
image list area) |
Toolbar |
Decrease brush width by 1 |
[ |
Decrease brush width by 5 |
Ctrl + [ |
Increase brush width by 1 |
] |
Increase brush width by 5 |
Ctrl + ] |
Move Tools |
Resize the selection |
Drag one of the corner or edge nubs |
Resize the selection while maintaining
its original aspect / proportions |
Hold down Shift while dragging one of the corner
nubs |
Move the selection |
Drag anywhere except on the nubs with the left
mouse button |
Rotate the selection |
Drag anywhere with the right mouse button |
Selection Tools (except Magic Wand) |
Note: While a selection is
active, all drawing, and many other commands, will only draw or have
effect inside the selection. |
Create new selection, replacing any old
selection if there was one |
Draw with left mouse button |
Subtract from the current selection
(difference) |
Draw with right mouse button |
Add to the current selection (union) |
Draw with Ctrl + left mouse button |
Invert a given area of the selection
(exclusive-or) |
Draw with Ctrl + right mouse button |
Constrain to square (Rectangle Select),
or circle (Ellipse Select) |
Hold Shift while drawing |
Move the new selection while still
drawing it |
While drawing with left mouse button, hold right
mouse button as well and move mouse |
Move the new selection while still
drawing it |
While drawing with right mouse button, hold left
mouse button as well and move mouse |
Colors Window |
Swap primary and secondary colors |
X |
Switch the active color in the dropdown
box |
C |
Magic Wand Tool |
Create new selection from pixels in the
surrounding area that resemble the pixel you clicked on, replacing
any old selection if there was one (resemblance is determined by the
Tolerance setting) |
Left mouse click |
Subtract from the current selection
(difference) |
Right mouse click |
Add to the current selection (union) |
Ctrl + Left mouse click |
Invert a portion of the selection
(exclusive-or) |
Ctrl + Right mouse click |
Do a global selection across the entire
layer based on the color you click on and the Tolerance setting |
Hold Shift with one of the four commands listed
above |
Text Tool |
Temporarily hide the cursor and nub |
Hold Ctrl |
Toggle the nub's visibility |
Tap Ctrl |
Finish text and commit it to the layer |
Esc |
Paintbrush Tool |
Draw with the primary color |
Draw with left mouse button |
Draw with the secondary color |
Draw with right mouse button |
Eraser Tool |
Erase an area (set the pixels to
transparent) |
Draw with left or right mouse button |
Clone Stamp Tool |
Set the source point, or "origin" |
Ctrl + Left click |
Copy pixels (you must have already set
the source point, or "origin", with Ctrl + left click) |
Draw with left mouse button |
Recolor Tool |
Pick up the color under the mouse
cursor, and set it as the primary color |
Ctrl + Left click |
Pick up the color under the mouse
cursor, and set it as the secondary color |
Ctrl + Right click |
Draw with the primary color, but only
over pixels that resemble the secondary color (resemblance is
determined by the Tolerance setting) |
Draw with left mouse button |
Draw with the secondary color, but only
over pixels that resemble the primary color (resemblance is
determined by the Tolerance setting) |
Draw with right mouse button |
Paint Bucket Tool |
Fill the surrounding area with the
primary color. |
Left mouse click |
Fill the surrounding area with the
secondary color |
Right mouse click |
Do a global fill across the entire
layer based on the color you click on and the Tolerance setting |
Hold Shift with one of the two commands listed
above |
Shape Tools |
Draw shape. Outline uses the primary
color, interior uses the secondary color. |
Draw with left mouse button |
Draw shape. Outline uses the secondary
color, interior uses the primary color. |
Draw with right mouse button |
Constrain to square (Rectangle),
rounded square (Rounded Rectangle), circle (Ellipse), or 15° angle
(Line / Curve) |
Hold Shift while drawing |
Tool shortcuts
|
Note:
If more than one tool shares a shortcut key, you will need to press
the shortcut key multiple times to cycle through the tools that
share the particular shortcut key. |
|
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Rectangle Select |
S |
Lasso Select |
S |
Ellipse Select |
S |
Magic Wand |
S |
Move Selected Pixels |
M |
Move Selection |
M |
Zoom |
Z |
Pan ("hand") |
H |
Paint Bucket |
F |
Gradient |
G |
Paintbrush |
B |
Eraser |
E |
Pencil |
P |
Color Picker |
P |
Clone Stamp |
L |
Recolor |
R |
Text |
T |
Line / Curve |
O |
Rectangle |
O |
Rounded Rectangle |
O |
Ellipse |
O |
Freeform Shape |
O |
File menu
|
New |
Ctrl + N |
Open |
Ctrl + O |
Close |
Ctrl + W, or Ctrl + F4 |
Save |
Ctrl + S |
Save As |
Ctrl + Shift + S |
Print |
Ctrl + P |
Exit |
Alt + F4, or Alt + F then X |
Edit menu
|
|
Undo |
Ctrl + Z |
Redo |
Ctrl + Y |
Cut |
Ctrl + C |
Copy |
Ctrl + X |
Paste |
Ctrl + V |
Paste in to New Layer |
Ctrl + Shift + V |
Paste in to New Image |
Ctrl + Alt + V |
Erase Selection |
Delete |
Fill Selection |
Backspace |
Invert Selection |
Ctrl + I |
Select All |
Ctrl + A |
Deselect |
Ctrl + D |
Image menu
|
|
Crop to Selection |
Ctrl + Shift + X |
Resize |
Ctrl + R |
Canvas Size |
Ctrl + Shift + R |
Rotate (clockwise) |
Ctrl + G |
Rotate (counter-clockwise) |
Ctrl + H |
Flatten |
Ctrl + Shift + F |
Layers menu
|
Add New Layer |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
Delete Layer |
Shift + Delete |
Duplicate Layer |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
Merge Layer Down |
Ctrl + M |
Rotate / Zoom |
Ctrl + Shift + Z |
Layer Properties |
F4 |
Adjustments menu
|
Auto-Level |
Ctrl + Alt + L |
Brightness / Contrast |
Ctrl + Shift + C |
Curves |
Ctrl + Shift + M |
Black & White |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
Hue / Saturation |
Ctrl + Shift + U |
Invert Colors |
Ctrl + Shift + I |
Levels |
Ctrl + L |
Sepia |
Ctrl + Shift + P |
Effects menu
|
Repeat last effect |
Ctrl + F |
View menu
|
Zoom In |
Ctrl + + |
Zoom Out |
Ctrl + - |
Zoom to Window |
Ctrl + B |
Zoom to Selection |
Ctrl + Shift + B |
Actual Size |
Ctrl + Shift + A |
Window menu
|
Tools (toggle) |
F5 |
History (toggle) |
F6 |
Layers (toggle) |
F7 |
Colors (toggle) |
F8 |
Show Image List |
Ctrl + Q |
Next Tab |
Ctrl + Tab |
Previous Tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
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Rick Brewster, Tom Jackson, and past contributors. Portions Copyright
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