To cycle through tools that use the same keyboard shortcut, add the Shift key (for example, Shift + L will cycle through the Lasso tools). For example the Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, and Magnetic Lasso tools all have the shortcut “L” assigned to them. Photoshop assigns the same shortcut to multiple, similar, tools. Shortcuts for Tools - Any tool in the Toolbar can be assigned a letter as a keyboard shortcut in order to access it more quickly. To view the keyboard shortcut assigned to a tool, hover your cursor over the tool to display the tool tip or, click and hold on a tool to view the nested tools (the shortcut is listed to the right of the tool name). To quickly cycle through nested tools, Option -click (Mac) | Alt-click (Win) on the tool. Here are 30 of my favorite ways to streamline Photoshop’s interface including customizing tools, panels, menus, workspaces, view options, screen modes, font size, and more!Ĭycle Through Nested Tools - To save screen real estate, Photoshop nests similar tools together in the Toolbar.
