Keyboard shortcuts

A complete reference for everything you can do from the keyboard.

Windows and tabs

ShortcutAction
⌘NNew Window
⌘TNew Tab
⌘WClose Window
⌘MMinimize
⌘QQuit Iris
⌘HHide Iris
⌘⌥HHide Others
⌘⌃FEnter / Exit Full Screen

Layout

ShortcutAction
⌘0Show / Hide Sidebar
⌘⌥0Show / Hide Inspector
⌘⌥TShow / Hide Toolbar
⌘LToggle Lights Out

Navigation

ShortcutAction
⌘[Back in history
⌘]Forward in history
⌘KJump (Quick Open) dialog
⇧⌘9Surprise Me!
⌃DGo to selected item’s date
⌃NGo to nearby items
⌃⇧1Focus the sidebar. (Or press the left arrow when the left most grid item is selected.)
⌃⇧2Focus the content area (Or press the right arrow when a leaf sidebar item is selected.)
⌘FFocus the search field

Views

ShortcutAction
⌘1Grid view
⌘2Map view
⌘3List view
⌥⌘RToggle Square / Aspect Ratio grid
⌘=Zoom in (larger thumbnails)
⌘-Zoom out (smaller thumbnails)
⌥⌘FShow / Hide Filter Bar

Inspector

ShortcutAction
⌥⌘1Inspector → Summary tab
⌥⌘2Inspector → Details tab
⌥⌘3Inspector → People tab
⌥⌘4Inspector → Magic tab
⌥⌘5Inspector → Metadata tab

Inline viewer

ShortcutAction
SpaceOpen / close inline viewer
← →Previous / next item
EscapeClose the viewer
⌥SpaceStart playback (video)

Items

ShortcutAction
⌘.Toggle favorite
⌘ESet Approximate Date…
^⌘RShow in Finder
⇧⌘XCopy Item URL
⇧⌘CCopy Text From Image (OCR)

Window

ShortcutAction
⇧⌘1Open Pipeline Status window

Misc

ShortcutAction
⌘,Open Settings
⌘?Iris Help