Picasa and Picasa Picture Viewer Keyboard Shortcut Keys

By Xah Lee. Date:

This page is a complete list of Google Picasa keyboard shortcuts.

Picasa Picture Viewer Keys

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Zoom in
- or
Zoom out
PageUp
Zoom in 4 ×
PageDown
Zoom out to previous
Enter
Toggle fullscreen
Space
Toggle background
Mouse Wheel
Zoom or prev/next picture. (set in Configuration)
Ctrl+MouseWheel
Zoom
1
Toggle 100% zoom
Ctrl+r
Rotate the image clockwise
Ctrl+Shift+r
Rotate counter-clockwise
or j
Previous image
or k
Next image
Delete ⌦
Delete image (to trash)
c
Preference/Configuration
e
Edit in Picasa
b
Blog
m
Mail photo
u
Upload
Ctrl+u
image upload
8 or Ctrl+8
Toggle star
Escape
Quit

Picasa Keyboard Shortcuts

Selecting Photos

Ctrl+a
Select all
Ctrl+d
Deselect
Ctrl+i
Invert selection
Home
First photo
End
Last photo
Ctrl+h
Hold selected photos in Photo Tray
Ctrl+o
Choose a file on your computer to display in Picasa.

Viewing Photos

Ctrl+1
Small thumbnails
Ctrl+2
Large thumbnails
F11
Full-screen
Ctrl+4
Start a slideshow
Ctrl+5
View your timeline
Ctrl+Enter
Show in Windows Explorer
Hover over a photo and use Ctrl+Alt
Full-screen photo preview

Editing Photos

Ctrl+3
Open an image in Edit Mode
Ctrl+r
Rotate the image clockwise
Ctrl+Shift+r
Rotate the image counter-clockwise
Ctrl+Shift+h
Flip image horizontally
Ctrl+Shift+v
Flip image vertically
Ctrl+Shift+b
Add black and white effect
Ctrl+8
Add a star

Watching Videos

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Play/Pause
,
Rewind
.
Fast forward

Misc

Ctrl+e
Email selected photos
Ctrl+p
Print selected images
Ctrl+Shift+p
Print album contact sheet
Ctrl+t
Add tags to your photos
Ctrl+n
Create a new album
X
Exclude a photo when importing
Ctrl+M
Open the import room

Reference: Picasa Keyboard shortcuts At http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=11139 .