There are number of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your navigation within the PhotoMesa browser, and among the PhotoMesa controls. Some particularly important ones are listed here:
| Keyboard Shortcut |
Function |
| All Modes | |
| Ctrl-1 | Show only zoomable browser |
| Ctrl-2 | Show Find pane and zoomable browser |
| Ctrl-3 | Show Find pane, scrollable browser, and image preview |
| Ctrl-Shift-1 | Show all photos |
| Ctrl-Shift-2 | Show unhidden photos (Favorite + Normal) - default |
| Ctrl-Shift-3 | Show representative photos |
| Ctrl-Shift-4 | Show favorite photos only |
| Ctrl-Shift-F | Toggle between Find and Annotation panes |
| Ctrl-Shift-Z | Toggle between Zoom and Select modes |
| Ctrl-L | Rotate selected photos 90 degrees to the left (counter-clockwise) |
| Ctrl-R | Rotate selected photos 90 degrees to the right (clockwise) |
| Ctrl-A | Selects all images |
| Ctrl-U | Unselects all images |
| Zoom Mode | |
| Left-click | Zoom in to area around red rectangle |
| Page Up key | Zoom in to area around red rectangle |
| Right-click | Zoom out to previous level |
| Page Down key | Zoom out to previous level |
| Left-double-click | Show clicked image in full-screen mode |
| Control-left-click | Selects or unselects the clicked image Control-clicking on the background (i.e., where there is no image) unselects all images |
| Control-right-click |
Displays context menu with several options |
| Control-drag | Drag-and-drops selected photos out of
PhotoMesa (if drag
starts on photo) Selects multiple photos (if drag starts off photo) |
| Mouse wheel | Changes size of red rectangle |
| Control-Up/Down arrows | Changes size of red rectangle |
| Arrow keys | Pan in the direction of the arrow |
| Escape key | Zoom all the way out to show all images |
| Enter key | If a single image is selected, that is
image is shown in full-screen mode If multiple images are selected, those images are shown in a full-screen slide show |
| Scroll Mode | |
| Left-click | Selects photo |
| Drag | Drag-and-drops selected photos out of
PhotoMesa (if drag
starts on photo) Selects multiple photos (if drag starts off photo) |
| Right-click | Context menu |
| Double-click | Show clicked image in full-screen mode |
| Mouse wheel | Scrolls up or down |
| Enter key | If a single image is selected, that is
image is shown in full-screen mode If multiple images are selected, those images are shown in a full-screen slide show |
| Full-Screen Mode | |
| Space bar | Next image |
| Right arrow | Next image |
| Left arrow | Previous image |
| Page Up key | Zoom in |
| '=' key | Zoom in |
| Mouse wheel forward | Zoom in |
| Page Down key | Zoom out |
| '-' key | Zoom out |
| Mouse wheel backward | Zoom out |
| Enter key | Zoom to fit to screen |
| Control-L | Rotate image left |
| Control-R | Rotate image right |