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Narrative Keyboard Shortcuts

See Narrative's default keyboard shortcuts on Mac and Windows for navigating, rating, zooming, Close-ups, views and Pre-Edit.

Written by Ashton Smith

Here are Narrative's default keyboard shortcuts, based on a QWERTY keyboard. You can change any of them in Preferences. Customize your keyboard shortcuts.

Navigation

Action

Mac

Windows

Previous / next photo

↑ / ↓

↑ / ↓

Previous / next Scene

← / →

← / →

Move through photos in a Scene

⌘ ↑ / ↓

Ctrl ↑ / ↓

Select all photos in a Scene

⌘ Shift + click a thumbnail

Ctrl Shift + click a thumbnail

Undo

⌘ Z

Ctrl Z

Redo

⌘ Shift Z

Ctrl Y

You can swap the arrow keys in Preferences. Scenes are available on Standard plans and above.

To close a project tab, middle-click it.

Rating

Action

Mac

Windows

1-star rating

1

1

2-star rating

2

2

3-star rating

3

3

4-star rating

4

4

5-star rating

5

5

Clear star rating

0

0

Red label

6

6

Yellow label

7

7

Green label

8

8

Blue label

9

9

Purple label

P

P

Clear color label

⌘ 0

Ctrl 0

Clear all ratings

⌘ ⌥ 0

Ctrl Alt 0

Tag

T

T

Untag

U

U

Reject

X

X

Turn Auto Advance on / off

Caps Lock

Caps Lock

Show / hide a rating filter

⌘ 1–9 or ⌘ P

Ctrl 1–9 or Ctrl P

Hide photos with a rating

⌘ + click the filter

Ctrl + click the filter

Want Narrative to jump to the next photo after you rate? Turn on Auto Advance with Photo → Auto Advance After Rating, in Preferences → General, or by pressing Caps Lock. Press Caps Lock again to turn it off. Learn more about Auto Advance.

Zoom

Action

Mac

Windows

Smart Zoom on / off

Space

Space

Zoom to the center, ignoring faces

Z

Z

Zoom in

+

+

Zoom out

−

−

Previous / next face while zoomed

← / →

← / →

Smart Zoom goes to the main face first, then a key element, then the center of the photo.

Close-ups

Action

Mac

Windows

Show / hide Close-ups

/ or .

/ or .

Show / hide Close-ups in Pan Mode

⌘ / or ⌘ .

Ctrl / or Ctrl .

Make the Close-ups panel bigger / smaller

⌥ + / ⌥ −

Alt + / Alt −

Edit

Action

Mac

Windows

Select all thumbnails

⌘ A

Ctrl A

Rotate left

⌘ [

Ctrl [

Rotate right

⌘ ]

Ctrl ]

Open Ship + Edit

⌘ E

Ctrl E

Workspace

Action

Mac

Windows

Grid view

G

G

S

S

Survey mode: compare photos

N

N

Survey mode: compare faces

Shift N

Shift N

E

E

F

F

Exit Fullscreen or reset Loupe view

Esc

Esc

Change filmstrip orientation

Y

Y

Hide the filmstrip

⌘ Y

Alt + Y

I

I

C

C

Open Preferences

⌘ ,

Ctrl ,

Pre-Edit shortcuts (Beta)

Pre-Edit is in beta and isn't available to everyone yet, so you might not see it in your app. To ask for access, contact our support team.

Action

Mac

Windows

Open the Pre-Edit panel

Shift P

Shift P

Next / previous AI Preset

B / Shift B

B / Shift B

Turn the AI Preset off and on

Tap \

Tap \

Peek at the photo without the AI Preset

Hold \

Hold \

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