This list includes the most helpful shortcuts. You'll find additional shortcuts in menu commands and tool tips.
Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
Set layer options | Alt-click New button | Option-click New button |
Delete without confirmation | Alt-click Trash button | Option-click Trash button |
Apply value and keep text box active | Shift + Enter | Shift + Enter |
Load layer transparency as a selection | Control-click layer thumbnail | Command-click layer thumbnail |
Add to current selection | Control + Shift-click layer | Command + Shift-click layer thumbnail |
Subtract from current selection | Control + Alt-click layer thumbnail | Command + Option-click layer thumbnail |
Intersect with current selection | Control + Shift + Alt-click layer thumbnail | Command + Shift + Option-click layer thumbnail |
Merge visible layers | Control + Shift + E | Command + Shift + E |
Create new empty layer with dialog | Alt-click New Layer button | Option-click New Layer button |
Create new layer below target layer | Control-click New Layer button | Command-click New Layer button |
Activate bottom/top layer | Alt + .(period)/ ,(comma) | Option + .(period)/ ,(comma) |
Select next layer down/up | Alt + [ or ] | Option + [ or ] |
Move target layer down/up | Control + [ or ] How to force install mojave on unsupported mac. | Command + [ or ] |
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer | Control + Shift + Alt + E | Command + Shift + Option + E |
Merge down | Control + E | Command + E |
Copy current layer to layer below | Alt + Merge Down command from the panel pop-up menu | Option + Merge Down command from the panel pop-up menu |
Copy all visible layers to active layer | Alt + Merge Visible command from the panel pop-up menu | Option + Merge Visible command from the panel pop-up menu |
Show/hide all other currently visible layers | Alt-click the eye icon | Option-click the eye icon |
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock | / (forward slash) | / (forward slash) |
Select all text; temporarily select Type tool | Double-click text layer thumbnail | Double-click text layer thumbnail |
Create a clipping mask | Alt-click the line dividing two layers | Option-click the line dividing two layers |
Rename layer | Double-click the layer name | Double-click the layer name |
Add to layer selection in Layers panel | Shift + Alt + [ or ] | Shift + Option + [ or] |
| Copy the mask from one layer to another, and ask to replace if the mask is already present | Alt + drag layer mask | Alt + drag layer mask |
What Is The Option Key? | Mac-Forums
- When I open mac on a terminal on the remote host, it does not recognise option key (alt) like the meta key. I have modified the.emacs in the following way (setq mac-option-key-is-meta nil mac-command-key-is-meta t mac-command-modifier 'meta mac-option-modifier 'none).
- Now in windows I was very much used to Alt key based shortcut functions that use to help me in navigating the ribbon specially in Excel. For example Alt+H+W use to wrap the text in the cell column of Excel on PC, Alt+H+B+A will put a border on all sides of the cell. In the same way I can use all commands of Excel without even touching my mouse.
Alt And Option Key On Mac
Option-Enter, or Fn-Option-Return on laptop keyboards. Assuming you specifically want Enter rather than Return. Here's the explanation: The Option key is the Alt key. This video will show some of hidden features of using the Option (ALT) key in Mac OS. When running Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp, the keyboard mappings are changed so they make more sense in Windows. The Option key functions as Alt and the Command key functions as the Windows key. This can be a bit confusing when going back and forth between OS X and Windows.
