Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in Pixamatch in one place: the album designer (the ? button at the top right of the designer shows the same list), the spread organizer, the client link (? in its one-photo view, the Loupe, shows its list) and reviewing layouts in Template Studio. Shortcuts work on a computer with a keyboard; phones and tablets use taps and swipes instead. On a Mac, press Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl, and Option for Alt.
In the album designer
Click a spread first; most keys act on the selected spread or frame. Keys do nothing while you type in a box.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
↑ ↓ | Previous / next layout for the selected spread · with a frame selected: Alt+↑ ↓ |
← → | Select the previous / next spread · with a frame selected: Alt+← → |
Shift+↑ ↓ | More / fewer photos on the spread |
Shift+← → | Rotate the photos through the slots |
Shift+F | Flip the layout left ↔ right |
D | Save an edited spread's frames to the library as a layout |
G | Generate layout — the best layouts for the spread's photos |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Split the spread into two |
Ctrl+← → | Merge with the previous / next spread |
Enter | Select the slot nearest the centre · finish reframing |
Space | View the selected photo full screen · O swaps in the original · Space or Esc closes |
Del | Remove the selected frame (its photo goes to Unplaced) · a text / vector |
← ↑ → ↓ | With a frame, text or vector selected: nudge it 1 px · Shift 10 px |
V | Open / close the Vectors panel for the selected spread |
[ ] | Send the selected text / vector (or frame) one step back / forward · Shift: to the back / front — or the frame's Arrange buttons |
Shift + drag | Move a frame along one axis · resize keeping its shape · Alt from the centre · Ctrl ignores snapping |
Shift + click | Swap the photos of the selected frame and this one |
Alt + drag | Lift a photo out of its frame to swap it · on an empty frame: drag a copy of it |
Alt + scroll | Zoom the crop inside a photo — on the page or in the inspector |
Ctrl + scroll | Zoom the canvas at the pointer · Ctrl+0 fit · Ctrl+= / Ctrl+- |
F | Full screen: one spread at a time · Tab shows / hides the inspector · Esc leaves |
; | Show / hide the print guides (safe zone, trim, inside, spine) |
Ctrl+Z | Undo · add Shift (or press Ctrl+Y) to redo |
Esc | Deselect / close |
In Preview, ← → move between spreads and Esc closes it.
In the full-screen photo view (Space on a selected photo, or View full screen in its right-click menu), ← → step through the photos of that spread, O or the Original button shows the photo developed from its original file (only photos whose original was saved with the album have one), and Space or Esc closes it.
On a phone, D or the pen opens Design by hand instead of saving. The ? in the inspector's Frame section lists the mouse gestures on a frame (drag to move, handles to resize, double-click to reframe the photo).
In Choose photos
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
Click / Ctrl + click | Select a photo / add or take one out of the selection |
Shift + click | Select the run of photos from the last one you clicked |
Ctrl+A | Select every photo shown |
Delete or Backspace | Take the selected photos out of the album (they stay in the grid, dimmed) |
Enter | Put the selected photos back in the album |
Space | View the last clicked photo full screen · there Enter puts it in or takes it out |
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
Esc | Clear the selection, then close |
In the spread organizer
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
Click / Ctrl + click | Select a photo / add or take one out of the selection |
Shift + click | Select a range of photos across spreads |
Delete or Backspace | Send the selected photos to "Not in the album" |
Space | View the last clicked photo full screen · ← → step through its spread |
Ctrl+Z | Undo · Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y redo |
Esc | Close a part's menu, then clear the selection, then leave the organizer (it asks first if you moved photos) |
On the client link
These are the keys your client can use on the link you send from a select. They work on a computer only. The link opens in the grid; the One photo at a time button at the top switches to the Loupe.
Grid
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
← → ↑ ↓ | Move between photos |
Enter | Open the photo full screen |
Space | Select or unselect the photo (♥) |
- / + | Smaller / bigger photos |
One photo (the Loupe)
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
→ | Keep |
← | Skip |
↑ | Unsure |
Z | Undo last decision |
, / . | Previous / next photo (no decision) |
Backspace | Previous photo |
[ / ] | Previous / next similar shot |
Shift+← / → | Previous / next similar shot |
Click / Space | Zoom to 100% at the cursor |
| Scroll wheel | Zoom in / out |
0 | Reset zoom |
F | Full screen |
Esc | Reset zoom |
? | Show this list (the keyboard button at the top does the same) |
Enter | Go on from a practice card |
Full screen
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
← → | Previous / next photo (never keeps or skips) |
Space | Select or unselect the photo on screen (♥) |
S | Super like the photo on screen (★), or take the super like back |
[ / ] | Previous / next frame of a burst |
0 | Reset zoom |
F or Esc | Close full screen (Esc first resets the zoom) |
Reviewing layouts in Template Studio
On the Review tab (see Layouts for album designers). Keys do nothing while you type or while a dialog is open.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
j or ↓ | Next layout |
k or ↑ | Previous layout |
a | Approve the highlighted layout |
r | Reject the highlighted layout |
x | Tick or untick it for Approve / Reject on several |
Guest photos and the album link
On the guest face search results and on the album link, a photo opened full screen takes ← / → for the previous / next photo and Esc to close.
Still stuck? In the studio, ask Pixie, the help chat (Ask Pixie in the sidebar on a computer, the Pixie tab on a phone). Pixamatch answers every message.