Darktable Shortcuts (default)

December 20, 2025

Overview

• Global Shortcuts
• Lighttable
• Lighttable (rare)
• Darkroom
• Darkroom (rare)
• Slideshow
• Mouse Interactions and Default Behavior (Fallbacks)

Global Shortcuts

These shortcuts work in most views of Darktable.

Shortcut	Action
Tab	Toggle all sidebars
Ctrl + ,	Open preferences
B	Collapse/expand sidebar controls
H	Show keyboard shortcuts window
Ctrl + H	Toggle header
L	Switch to lighttable
D	Switch to darkroom
M	Switch to map view
S	Switch to slideshow
T	Switch to tethering mode
P	Switch to print view
Shift + T	Toggle tooltips
Ctrl + Q	Quit Darktable
F11	Toggle fullscreen mode
Shift + Ctrl + L	Toggle left sidebar
Shift + Ctrl + R	Toggle right sidebar
Shift + Ctrl + T	Toggle top bar (filmstrip)
Shift + Ctrl + B	Toggle bottom bar

Lighttable

Shortcuts for image management, rating, and export.

Navigation & Zoom

Shortcut	Action
W	Fullscreen preview of selected image
Ctrl + W	Preview with focus peaking
F	Toggle preview
Ctrl + +	Zoom in
Ctrl + -	Zoom out
Arrow keys	Navigate between images
Home / End	Jump to first/last image

Selection

Shortcut	Action
Space	Toggle selection for image under cursor
Enter	Select single image
Ctrl + A	Select all images
Ctrl + Shift + A	Deselect all
Ctrl + I	Invert selection

Rating & Tagging

Shortcut	Action
0-5	Set rating (0 to 5 stars)
R	Reject image
F1 – F5	Set color label (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple)

Image Operations

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + C	Copy history stack
Ctrl + V	Paste history stack
Ctrl + D	Duplicate image
Del	Remove image from library
Ctrl + G	Group selected images
Ctrl + Shift + G	Ungroup images
Ctrl + E	Export selected images

Miscellaneous

Shortcut	Action
I	Show image information
Ctrl + T	Open tagging module
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo

Lighttable (rare)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + +	Maximum zoom
Alt + -	Minimum zoom
AltGr + 8	Timeline: selection start
AltGr + 9	Timeline: selection end
<	Views: toggle zoom mode
Ctrl + Shift + C	Selectively copy parts of history stack…
Ctrl + Shift + D	Create unedited duplicate
Shift + F	Toggle unrestricted preview
Ctrl + F	Toggle filmstrip and timeline
Ctrl + Shift + F	Toggle focus peaking
Ctrl + Shift + I	Copy & import images…
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + I	Reinitialize input devices
Ctrl + J	Metadata: jump to filmstrip
Ctrl + K	Collection: history
Ctrl + Shift + K	Collection: jump back to previous collection
Ctrl + R	Views: toggle restricted mode
Alt + T	Reapply last tag
Ctrl + Shift + V	Selectively paste parts of history stack…
X	Toggle views mode
Shift + X	Toggle views mode without restriction
Ctrl + X	Views: toggle dynamic mode
Escape	Leave current layout
Alt + Escape	Leave and go to next image
Home / End	To first/last image in series
Page Up / Page Down	Page up/down
Shift + F1–F5	Filter rules for color labels

Darkroom

Shortcuts for image editing.

Navigation & View

Shortcut	Action
Space	Go to next image
Backspace	Go to previous image
W	Fullscreen preview
Ctrl + +	Zoom in
Ctrl + -	Zoom out
Alt + 1	Zoom to 100%
Alt + 2	Zoom to fill
Alt + 3	Zoom to fit
G	Toggle guides
O	Toggle overexposure warning
Ctrl + G	Toggle gamut check
Ctrl + S	Toggle softproof

Image Operations

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + C	Copy history stack
Ctrl + V	Paste history stack

Module Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
E	Exposure module
C	Crop module
AltGr + 8	Rotate 90° counter-clockwise
AltGr + 9	Rotate 90° clockwise

Masks & Brush

Shortcut	Action
AltGr + 0	Increase brush hardness
AltGr + 7	Decrease brush hardness
<	Decrease brush opacity
Shift + <	Increase brush opacity

Color Assessment

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + B	Toggle color assessment

Darkroom (rare)

Shortcut	Action
AltGr + 8 / Alt	Perspective correction: rotate up
AltGr + 9 / Alt	Perspective correction: rotate down
A	Force pan/zoom/rotate with mouse
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy parts of history stack
Ctrl + Shift + D	Create unedited duplicate
Ctrl + Shift + H	Toggle histogram (also in tethering)
Ctrl + Shift + N	Toggle navigation thumbnail
Shift + O	Toggle RAW overexposure warning
Ctrl + O	Cycle overlay colors
Alt + R	Perspective correction: rotate
Ctrl + X	Synchronize selection
Arrow keys	“Move” module: move horizontally/vertically
Ctrl + Arrow keys	Map view: scroll far

Slideshow

Shortcut	Action
Space	Start and stop slideshow
Escape	End slideshow
Left Arrow	Back
Right Arrow	Forward
Up Arrow / +	Decrease speed
Down Arrow / -	Increase speed

Mouse Interactions and Default Behavior (Fallbacks)

These entries define what happens when you click or scroll on various UI elements with the mouse.

Interaction	Element Type	Action
Left click	Utility module	Open/close module
Double click (left)	Utility module	Reset module
Right click	Utility module	Show presets
Left click	Processing module	Enable/disable module
Long left click	Processing module	Focus module
Double click (left)	Processing module	Reset module
Right click	Processing module	Show presets
Double click (right)	Processing module	Create new module instance
Shift	Value input	Multiply value by 10
Ctrl	Value input	Multiply value by 0.1
Shift + Ctrl	Value input	Multiply value by 10
Horizontal movement	Value input	Multiply value by 0.1
Vertical movement	Value input	Multiply value by 10
Double click (left)	Value input	Reset value
Vertical + Double click	Value input	Set value to maximum
Ctrl	Toggle	Ctrl toggle action
Right click	Toggle	Right toggle action
Long click	Toggle	Right toggle action
Scroll	Dropdown menu	Next/previous entry
Vertical movement	Dropdown menu	Next/previous entry
Left click	Dropdown menu	Open/close menu
Ctrl + Left click	Dropdown menu	Ctrl toggle action
Double click (left)	Dropdown menu	Reset
Shift + Ctrl	Slider	Multiply value by 10 (forced)
Left click	Slider	Button action
Ctrl + Left click	Slider	Ctrl toggle action
Vertical + Right click	Slider	Zoom into slider
Ctrl	Button	Ctrl activation
Right click	Button	Right activation
Long click	Button	Right activation
Shift	Contrast Equalizer	Reset
Ctrl	Contrast Equalizer	Lower area
Shift	Move tool	Select