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 IrfanView  Keyboard  Shortcuts
IrfanView... the best freeware program in the known Universe !!
( No, I'm really not exaggerating.  Check it out here. )

Here are some handy keyboard shortcuts you can use with it.
Especially useful is the fact that you can use the...
Space Bar  to scroll forward thru a folder of pictures, and the
Backspce Key  to scroll backwards.


Space Load next file in directory  
Backspace Load previous file in directory  

+  (plus sign) Zoom In  
–  (minus sign) Zoom Out  

ESC Close actual window (main window, slideshow, full screen, thumbnails or a dialog)  
TAB Switch between main and thumbnail window (if visible)  
CTRL + TAB Control switch in the thumbnail window  
Pause/Break Pause an automatic slideshow. Press this key again to resume the slideshow.  
DEL Delete file  
INSERT Paste image from clipboard  
Home Scroll to begin (horizontal scroll) OR load first file in directory  
CTRL + Home Load first file in the directory  
End Scroll to end (horizontal scroll) OR load last file in directory  
CTRL + End Load last file in the directory  
F1 Help  
F2 or F6 Rename file  
F3 Show image in HEX viewer  
F4 Append current file to current slideshow  
F5 or U Refresh (display and directory list)  
F7 Move file  
F8 Copy file  

A "About IrfanView" dialog  
B Batch Conversion/Rename  
C Capture dialog  
D Edit -> Delete  
E Show EXIF dialog for JPGs with available EXIF data  
F Switch (toggle) between 'Fit images to desktop' and 'Fit window to image'  
G Stop GIF or ANI animation  
H Horizontal flip  
I Show image information  
K Filter Factory dialog  
L Rotate left  
M Minimize IrfanView window - Boss key ;-)  
N Toggle fullscreen/slideshow text display  
O Open dialog  
P Properties dialog  
R Rotate right  
S "Save as" dialog  
T Thumbnails  
V Vertical flip  
W Slideshow dialog  

CTRL + A Select all thumbnails (thumbnail window)  
CTRL + B Open "Browse-Subfolders" dialog  
CTRL + C Copy image to clipboard  
CTRL + E Effects setup  
CTRL + F Search files  
CTRL + H Original size (no zoom)  
CTRL + I Show IPTC dialog for JPGs  
CTRL + K Adobe 8BF filters dialog  
CTRL + M Open random image from the directory  
CTRL + P Print dialog  
CTRL + Q Edit multipage TIF  
CTRL + R Resample dialog  
CTRL + S Save dialog  
CTRL + T Edit -> Insert text into selection  
CTRL + V Paste image from clipboard  
CTRL + W Start slideshow with current directory files  
CTRL + X Cut selection rectangle  
CTRL + Y Crop selection rectangle  
CTRL + Z Edit -> Undo  

SHIFT + A Start/stop automatic viewing (slideshow in window)  
SHIFT + C Edit -> Create custom selection  
SHIFT + E Open in external viewer/editor  
SHIFT + G Enhance colors  
SHIFT + J JPG lossless operations  
SHIFT + L Lock/unlock zoom (also in full screen mode)  
SHIFT + M Send image by email  
SHIFT + P Copy current filename to clipboard  
SHIFT + R Reopen file  
SHIFT + S Sharpen  
SHIFT + T Jump into the toolbar edit field  
SHIFT + U Auto color correction  
SHIFT + Y Red eye reduction  

Alt + SHIFT + S Show/hide status bar  
Alt + SHIFT + T Show/hide toolbar  
Alt + SHIFT + M Show/hide menu bar  
Alt + SHIFT + C Show/hide caption  

CTRL + SHIFT + A Acquire/Batch Scanning  
CTRL + SHIFT + M Show Comment dialog for JPGs  
CTRL + SHIFT + L Lossless JPG rotation - to Left  
CTRL + SHIFT + R Lossless JPG rotation - to Right  
CTRL + SHIFT + C Set as wallpaper - centered  
CTRL + SHIFT + T Set as wallpaper - tiled  
CTRL + SHIFT + S Set as wallpaper - stretched  
CTRL + SHIFT + P Set as wallpaper - previous wallpaper  

CTRL + ALT + P Print image, hide print dialog (direct print)  

1 Full screen mode: Show images/movies with the original size (1:1)  
2 Full screen mode: Fit to screen: large images only  
3 Full screen mode: Fit to screen: all images/movies  
4 Full screen mode: Stretch all images/movies to screen  



é  ( up arrow )  Scroll image up  
ê  ( down arrow )  Scroll image down  
è  ( right arrow )  Scroll image right OR next image in directory  
ç  ( left arrow )  Scroll image left OR previous image in directory  
Page Up Load previous file in directory OR scroll image up  
Page Down Load next file in directory OR scroll image down  
CTRL + Page Up Show previous page in a multipage image OR load previous file in directory  
CTRL + Page Down Show next page in a multipage image OR load next file in directory  






Available mouse shortcuts in IrfanView:

Normal mode:

Left button click Show the mouse coordinates and pixel color in the window title  
Left button click + drag Make a selection rectangle  
CTRL + Left button click + drag Resize the selection rectangle using the actual rectangle aspect ratio  
Right button click + drag Scroll image in direction of drag. If within the selection, move the selection rectangle.  
Left button double click Switch to full screen mode  

Wheel up Load previous file in directory OR scroll image up  
Wheel down Load next file in directory OR scroll image down  
CTRL + Wheel up Zoom in  
CTRL + Wheel down Zoom out  

Full screen mode:

Left button click Load previous image in the directory  
Right button click Load next image in the directory  
Left button click ... in the upper left or right screen corner = close full screen.  
F Change/loop the full screen display/fit option  
è  ( right arrow ) Load next image in directory  
ç  ( left arrow ) Load previous image in directory  

Slideshow mode:

Left button click ... in the upper left or right screen corner = close slideshow.  








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