Create and edit hotkeys

Add hotkeys to tools or menu items to allow quick access.

Create or edit a hot key for a tool or menu

1. Choose Preferences > Interface > Hotkeys/Menu Editor.
2. Click in the editable field next to the tool or menu item name.
   
3. Type a letter (for a single key hotkey), a function key (for example F4), or a control key string (a combination of the words Alt, Shift, and/or Ctrl followed by a letter) and press (Windows) or (Mac). Do not use F1.

   If you type a single letter, you can only use that hotkey when single key hotkeys are on (see Turn single key hotkeys on or off).

   Tip:

   Hotkeys show up next to the names of menu items in the menus.

Paint hotkeys are listed in the Special:Paint section, near the bottom of the editor.

All the functions accessible through the menus of the Canvas Layer Editor are listed in the Special:Canvas Layer Editor section.

See Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor.

However, you can map the rest of the function keys. Do not change any of the modify hotkeys. A modify key is a hotkey that involves a mouse click-drag-up in conjunction with pressing a key (for example, modifying the radius, opacity, or size of a brush).

Turn single key hotkeys on or off

• Choose Preferences > Interface > Toggle Single Hotkeys.
  Note:

  When single key hotkeys are on, you have to press or click in the prompt line before you can type tool input (such as coordinates).