
Browsing
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Space/Backspace | Load next / previous image in current directory | |
| Arrow Right/Arrow Left/Page Up/Page Down | Load next / previous image in current directory (when not zoomed) | |
| Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down | Next / previous page in a multipage image (e.g. a scan) | |
| Ctrl+1 ? 9 | Move forward 1 - 9 images in the current directory | |
| Ctrl+Shift+1 ? 9 | Move backward 1 - 9 images in the current directory | |
| Ctrl+Home/End | Load first / last image in current directory | |
| Home/End | Load first / last image in current directory (when not zoomed) | |
| X/Shift+X | Tag / untag current image | |
| Shift+Q | Show tagged files in Thumbnails window |
File Handling
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| F2/F6 | Rename file | |
| B | Batch convert or rename | |
| O | Open | |
| P | Properties | |
| S | Save as? | |
| Shift+E | Open image in external viewer/editor | |
| Ctrl+M | Open random image from current directory | |
| Ctrl+N | Open current image in new window | |
| Ctrl+P | ||
| D | Edit delete (NOTE: this command removes the file from the program\\\'s display, bit does NOT delete the file.) | |
| Ctrl+S | Save dialog | |
| Shift+R | Reopen | |
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Direct print image (no dialog box) | |
| Shift+N | New image |
View / Zoom
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Toggle fullscreen mode | |
| F | Toggle fit images to desktop and fit window to image | |
| F5/U | Refresh view | |
| Ctrl+H | Original size (reset zoom) | |
| Shift+W | Fit image to window | |
| [+]/= | Zoom in | |
| - | Zoom out | |
| Arrow Keys | Scroll image (when zoomed) | |
| Page Up/Page Down | Scroll to the top / bottom of an image (when zoomed) | |
| Home/End | Scroll to the left / right edge of an image (when zoomed) | |
| Shift+F | Fit only big images to desktop | |
| Shift+L | Lock/unlock zoom factor (applies to all loaded images) | |
| Shift+O | Fit window to image | |
| Ctrl+Shift+W | Toggle stretching image across all monitors |
Basic Image Editing
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| H | Horizontal flip | |
| V | Vertical flip | |
| I | Image information | |
| L | Rotate 90 degrees left | |
| R | Rotate 90 degrees right | |
| Ctrl+U | Custom rotation dialog | |
| Shift+G | Enhance colors | |
| Shift+S | Sharpen | |
| Shift+U | Auto color correction | |
| Shift+Y | Red eye reduction (on selected area) |
Copy / Paste / Select
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Delete | Delete image | |
| Insert | Paste image | |
| F7 | Move file | |
| F8 | Copy file | |
| Shift+Arrow Keys | Move the selection rectangle | |
| Ctrl+A | Select/unselect all | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy | |
| Ctrl+V | Paste | |
| Shift+P | Copy current image name | |
| Ctrl+X | Cut | |
| Ctrl+Y | Crop image to selection | |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Y | Auto crop image borders | |
| Shift+C | Create custom selection |
Main Program Window
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Esc | Close current window or dialog,exit fullscreen view, or exit program | |
| F1 | Help | |
| A | About Irfanview dialog | |
| G | Stop .GIF animation | |
| T | Thumbnails window | |
| Tab | Switch focus between thumbnails window and main window | |
| Ctrl+Tab | Cycle focus in the thumbnails window | |
| M | Minimize the IrfanView window | |
| Alt+Shift+S | Show/hide status bar | |
| Alt+Shift+T | Show/hide toolbar bar | |
| Alt+Shift+M | Show/hide menu bar | |
| Alt+Shift+C | Show/hide window title and borders |
Fullscreen Mode
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Toggle fullscreen mode | |
| Esc | Exit fullscreen mode | |
| 1 | Show image as original size (1:1) | |
| 2 | Fit only large images to screen | |
| 3 | Fit all images to screen | |
| 4 | Stretch all images to screen | |
| 5 | Fit image width to screen | |
| 6 | Fit image height to screen height | |
| num 5 | Scroll to center of image | |
| F | Loop through full screen image fit options | |
| F11 | Show / hide the mouse in full screen mode (mouse reappears when moved) | |
| N | Toggle text display in full screen mode | |
| Shift+L | Lock/unlock zoom factor (applies current zoom to all loaded images) |
Slideshow Controls
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| F4 | Add current image to slideshow | |
| Shift+A | Start/stop automatic viewing (windowed slideshow) | |
| Ctrl+W | Start slideshow with current directory and images | |
| W | Slideshow dialog | |
| pause/break | Pause / resume an automatic slideshow |
Tools and Dialogs
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| C | Capture dialog | |
| F3 | Show image in HEX viewer | |
| F12 | Paint dialog | |
| Ctrl+B | Browse subfolders dialog | |
| Ctrl+E | Effects dialog | |
| Ctrl+F | Find | |
| Ctrl+G | Create grayscale image | |
| Ctrl+Q | Edit multipage TIF file | |
| Ctrl+R | Resample dialog | |
| Ctrl+T | Insert text into selection | |
| Ctrl+print | Interactive screenshot tool | |
| Shift+T | Focuss the toolbar edit field | |
| Shift+V | Change canvas size | |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Acquire / batch scan dialog | |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Comment dialog (for JPG images) | |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Set image as wallpaper - centered | |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Set image as wallpaper - tiled | |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Set image as wallpaper - stretched | |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Set image as wallpaper - previous wallpaper |
Plugins
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| (Note: the following shortcuts require the to be installed) | F9 | |
| Start OCR plugin on image or selection | E | |
| Show EXIF information | K | |
| Filter Factory dialog | Ctrl+K | |
| Open Adobe filters dialog (plugin required) | Ctrl+I | |
| Show IPTC info | Shift+M | |
| Email image | Shift+J | |
| JPG lossless operations (plugin required) | Ctrl+Shift+J | |
| Lossless JPG crop (Plugin required) | Ctrl+Shift+L | |
| Lossless JPG rotation - left (Plugin required) | Ctrl+Shift+R | |
| Lossless JPG rotation - right (Plugin required) |