Appendix D: Keyboard Shortcuts

In addition to the standard keyboard shortcuts provided by your operating system for things like text selection, copy and paste, Picard also provides the following:

Main window

File

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Add folder	`Ctrl`+`E`	`⌘`+`E`
Add files	`Ctrl`+`O`	`⌘`+`O`
Save selected files	`Ctrl`+`S`	`⌘`+`S`
Quit Picard	`Ctrl`+`Q`	`⌘`+`Q`

Edit

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Cut selected files	`Ctrl`+`X`	`⌘`+`X`
Paste selected files	`Ctrl`+`V`	`⌘`+`V`
Show info for selected item	`Ctrl`+`I`	`⌘`+`I`

View

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Toggle file browser	`Ctrl`+`B`	`⌘`+`B`
Toggle metadata view	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`M`

Options

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Open file naming script editor	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`S`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`S`
Open profile editor	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`P`

Tools

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Refresh	`Ctrl`+`R`	`⌘`+`R`
Lookup CD	`Ctrl`+`K`	`⌘`+`K`
Lookup	`Ctrl`+`L`	`⌘`+`L`
Scan	`Ctrl`+`Y`	`⌘`+`Y`
Cluster	`Ctrl`+`U`	`⌘`+`U`
Lookup in browser	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`L`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`L`
Search for similar albums / tracks	`Ctrl`+`T`	`⌘`+`T`
Show other album versions	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`O`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`O`
Generate AcoustID fingerprints	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Y`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`Y`
Tags from file names	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`T`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`T`

Help

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Help	`F1`	`⌘`+`?`
View activity history	`Ctrl`+`H`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`H`
View error/debug log	`Ctrl`+`G`	`⌘`+`G`

Metadata view

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Add new tag	`Alt`+`Shift`+`A`	`⌥`+`⇧`+`A`
Edit selected tag	`Alt`+`Shift`+`E`	`⌥`+`⇧`+`E`
Remove selected tag	`Alt`+`Shift`+`R` `Del`	`⌥`+`⇧`+`R` `Del` `⌘`+`⌫`
Copy selected tag value	`Ctrl`+`C`	`⌘`+`C`
Paste to selected tag value	`Ctrl`+`V`	`⌘`+`V`

Other

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Focus search	`Ctrl`+`F`	`⌘`+`F`
Remove selected item	`Del`	`Del` `⌘`+`⌫`

Script editor

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Show auto completion	`Ctrl`+`Space`	`⌃`+`Space`
Use selected completion	`Tab` `Return`	`Tab` `Return`
Hide completions	`Esc`	`Esc`

File naming script editor

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Show auto completion	`Ctrl`+`Space`	`⌃`+`Space`
Use selected completion	`Tab` `Return`	`Tab` `Return`
Hide completions	`Esc`	`Esc`
Edit script metadata	`Ctrl`+`M`	`⌘`+`M`
Word wrap on/off	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`W`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`W`
Show/hide help tooltips	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`T`	`⌘`+`⇧`+`T`
Show/hide documentation	`Ctrl`+`H`	`⌘`+`H`
Help (in browser)	`F1`	`⌘`+`?`