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	⌘+?