Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Affinity Photo 2
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Affinity Photo 2 keyboard shortcuts

Affinity Photo 2 · Windows, macOS

ActionWindowsmacOS
Documents, editing, and layers
Create a new documentCtrl NCmd N
Open a documentCtrl OCmd O
Close the documentCtrl WCmd W
SaveCtrl SCmd S
PrintCtrl PCmd P
UndoCtrl ZCmd Z
RedoCtrl YCmd Y
CutCtrl XCmd X
CopyCtrl CCmd C
PasteCtrl VCmd V
Select allCtrl ACmd A
DeselectCtrl DCmd D
Merge the current layer downCtrl ECmd E
Duplicate the current selectionCtrl JCmd J
Group selected layersCtrl GCmd G
Hide the selectionCtrl HCmd H
Repeat the last filterCtrl FCmd F
Open LevelsCtrl LCmd L
Open CurvesCtrl MCmd M
Open HSLCtrl UCmd U
InvertCtrl ICmd I
Open Settings or PreferencesCtrl ,Cmd ,
Convert the selection to curvesEnterReturn
Photo Persona tools
Activate the View toolHH
Activate the Move toolVV
Activate the Colour Picker toolII
Activate the Crop toolCC
Cycle Selection toolsWW
Cycle Marquee toolsMM
Activate the Freehand Selection toolLL
Cycle Flood Fill and Gradient toolsGG
Activate the Paint Brush toolBB
Activate the Colour Replacement BrushRR
Activate the Pixel toolYY
Cycle Erase brushesEE
Cycle Dodge, Burn, and Sponge brushesOO
Activate the Clone BrushKK
Activate the Smudge BrushSS
Cycle retouch toolsJJ
Cycle Pen and Node toolsPP
Activate the Zoom toolZZ
Cycle Shape toolsUU
Cycle Text toolsTT
Toggle Quick MaskQQ
Liquify Persona
Activate the View toolHH
Activate the Zoom toolZZ
Activate Push ForwardPP
Activate Push LeftLL
Activate TwirlTT
Activate PinchUU
Activate PunchNN
Activate TurbulenceBB
Activate Mesh CloneCC
Activate ReconstructRR
Activate FreezeFF
Activate ThawWW
Mask allAA
Clear the maskDD
Invert the maskII
Develop Persona
Activate the View toolHH
Activate the Zoom toolZZ
Activate the White Balance toolWW
Activate the Red Eye Removal toolRR
Activate the Blemish Removal toolLL
Activate the Overlay Paint toolBB
Activate the Overlay Erase toolEE
Activate the Overlay Gradient toolGG
Activate the Crop toolCC
Cycle the crop overlayOO
Set brush hardness from 10% through 90%, or 0%1-9 or 01-9 or 0
View, brush, and colour controls
Show or hide the interfaceTabTab
Zoom inCtrl +Cmd +
Zoom outCtrl -Cmd -
Zoom to fitCtrl 0Cmd 0
Zoom to 100%Ctrl 1Cmd 1
Zoom to 200%Ctrl 2Cmd 2
Zoom to 400%Ctrl 3Cmd 3
Zoom to 800%Ctrl 4Cmd 4
Set opacity from 10% through 100%1-9 or 01-9 or 0
Decrease brush size[[
Increase brush size]]
Switch the active colour selectorXX
Set selectors to black and whiteDD
Set the active selector to none//
Toggle snapping;;
Show or hide rulersCtrl RCmd R
Show or hide guidesCtrl ;Cmd ;
Show or hide the gridCtrl 'Cmd '
Temporarily use the View toolSpaceSpace
Toggle full-screen modeNot documentedControl Cmd F
Hide Affinity PhotoNot documentedCmd H
Hide other applicationsNot documentedOption Cmd H
Painting and selection modifiers
Choose a source for Clone, Healing, or Liquify Mesh CloneAltOption
Temporarily switch Dodge, Burn, Blur, or Sharpen to its oppositeAltOption
Reverse the aspect-ratio constraint while scalingShiftShift
Scale from the center of the selectionCtrlCmd
Ignore snapping during an operationAltOption
Select multiple layersShiftShift
Select the layer behind the current selectionAltOption
Draw a straight line between paint strokesShiftShift
Temporarily switch a painting tool to Colour PickerAlt DragOption Drag
Drag to change brush size and hardnessCtrl Alt DragControl Option Drag
Add to a pixel selectionCtrl Alt DragControl
Remove from a pixel selectionAltOption
Zoom out with the Zoom toolAlt ClickOption Click
Drag a zoom marqueeAlt DragOption Drag

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.