This is the first of a shortcuts series that will describe the most common keyboard shortcuts I use for various tasks. This is certainly not all inclusive, but is my personal preference. Don’t forget to view the shortcuts with the fantastic help system in Lightroom. While these shortcuts are noted in the standard windows format, the only difference for a macintosh should be switching the Mac option key with the Ctrl key from windows. Now on to the shortcuts …

Basic Movement Between Modules

G – Grid View in Library
E – Loupe View in Library
C – Compare View in Library
D – Develop mode
F – Move between modes

These are the most basic library shortcut keys. My most frequent movements are between the various library views and the development mode.