Irfan View is one of the most popular freeware image/graphic viewers . Bellow is the full list of keyboard shortcuts :
| Key: | Function: | Key: | Function: |
| + | Zoom In | A | “About IrfanView” dialog |
| – | Zoom Out | B | Batch Conversion/Rename |
| Up arrow | Scroll image up | C | Capture dialog |
| Down arrow |
Scroll image down | D | Edit -> Delete |
| Right arrow |
Scroll image right OR next image in directory |
E | Show EXIF dialog for JPGs with available EXIF data |
| Left arrow |
Scroll image left OR previous image in directory |
F | Switch (toggle) between ‘Fit images to desktop’ and ‘Fit window to image’ |
| Page Up | Load previous file in directory OR scroll image up |
G | Stop GIF or ANI animation |
| Page Down | Load next file in directory OR scroll image down |
H | Horizontal flip |
| CTRL + Page Up |
Show previous page in a multipage image OR load previous file in directory |
I | Show image information |
| CTRL + Page Down |
Show next page in a multipage image OR load next file in directory |
K | Filter Factory dialog |
| Space | Load next file in directory | L | Rotate left |
| Backspace | Load previous file in directory | M | Minimize IrfanView window – Boss key ;-) |
| SHIFT + Arrow |
Move selection rectangle | N | Toggle fullscreen/slideshow text display |
| Browsing mode |
If CTRL pressed: increase or decrease file index by 5 (default: 1 = next/previous file), used for Space, Backspace, Right arrow,Left arrow, etc. If CTRL + SHIFT + Number (0 – 9) pressed, decrease file index by Number (0 = 10, 1 = 1 etc.) |
O | Open dialog |
| ESC | Close actual window (main window, slideshow, full screen, thumbnails or a dialog) |
P | Properties dialog |
| Enter | Switch between Fullscreen and Window mode |
R | Rotate right |
| TAB | Switch between main and thumbnail window (if visible) | S | “Save as” dialog |
| CTRL + TAB |
Control switch in the thumbnail window |
T | Thumbnails |
| Pause/Break | Pause an automatic slideshow. Press this key again to resume the slideshow. |
V | Vertical flip |
| DEL | Delete file | W | Slideshow dialog |
| INSERT | Paste image from clipboard | X | Browsing (window or fullscreen mode): tag current file |
| Home | Scroll to begin (horizontal scroll) OR load first file in directory |
CTRL + A | Select whole image or Select all thumbnails (thumbnail window) |
| CTRL + Home |
Load first file in the directory | CTRL + B | Open “Browse-Subfolders” dialog |
| End | Scroll to end (horizontal scroll) OR load last file in directory |
CTRL + C | Copy image to clipboard |
| CTRL + End |
Load last file in the directory | CTRL + E | Effects setup |
| F1 | Help | CTRL + F | Search files |
| F2 or F6 | Rename file | CTRL + H | Original size (no zoom) |
| F3 | Show image in HEX viewer | CTRL + I | Show IPTC dialog for JPGs |
| F4 | Append current file to current slideshow |
CTRL + K | Adobe 8BF filters dialog |
| F5 or U | Refresh (display and directory list) |
CTRL + M | Open random image from the directory |
| F7 | Move file | CTRL + N | Open current file in another IrfanView window |
| F8 | Copy file | CTRL + P | Print dialog |
| F9 | Start OCR PlugIn (on full image or selection rectangle) |
CTRL + Q | Edit multipage TIF |
| F11 | Show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow mode |
CTRL + R | Resample dialog |
| F12 | Show Paint dialog | CTRL + S | Save dialog |
| SHIFT + A | Start/stop automatic viewing (slideshow in window) |
CTRL + T | Edit -> Insert text into selection |
| SHIFT + C | Edit -> Create custom selection |
CTRL + U | Image -> Fine/Custom Rotation |
| SHIFT + E | Open in external viewer/editor | CTRL + V | Paste image from clipboard |
| SHIFT + F | Fit only big images to desktop | CTRL + W | Start slideshow with current directory files |
| SHIFT + G | Enhance colors | CTRL + X | Cut selection rectangle |
| SHIFT + J | JPG lossless operations | CTRL + Y | Crop selection rectangle |
| SHIFT + L |
Lock/unlock zoom (also in full screen mode) |
CTRL + Z | Edit -> Undo |
| SHIFT + M | Send image by email | CTRL + number | Browsing (window or fullscreen) mode: increase file index by number (0-9) |
| SHIFT + N | Create new image | CTRL + Print | Start capturing/screenshot in custom rectangle/region mode |
| SHIFT + O |
Fit window to image (1:1 display) |
CTRL + SHIFT + A | Acquire/Batch Scanning |
| SHIFT + P |
Copy current filename to clipboard |
CTRL + SHIFT + J | Lossless JPG crop |
| SHIFT + Q |
Browsing (window or fullscreen mode): show tagged files in Thumbnails window |
CTRL + SHIFT + M | Show Comment dialog for JPGs |
| SHIFT + R |
Reopen file | CTRL + SHIFT + L | Lossless JPG rotation – to Left |
| SHIFT + S |
Sharpen | CTRL + SHIFT + R | Lossless JPG rotation – to Right |
| SHIFT + T |
Jump into the toolbar edit field | CTRL + SHIFT + C | Set as wallpaper – centered |
| SHIFT + U |
Auto color correction | CTRL + SHIFT + T | Set as wallpaper – tiled |
| SHIFT + V |
Add canvas (Change canvas size) | CTRL + SHIFT + S | Set as wallpaper – stretched |
| SHIFT + W |
Fit images to window | CTRL + SHIFT + P | Set as wallpaper – previous wallpaper |
| SHIFT + X |
Browsing (window or fullscreen mode): un-tag current file |
CTRL + SHIFT + Y | Auto crop borders |
| SHIFT + Y |
Red eye reduction | CTRL + SHIFT + number | Browsing (window or fullscreen) mode: decrease file index by number (0-9) |
| Alt + SHIFT + S |
Show/hide status bar | CTRL + ALT + P | Print image, hide print dialog (direct print) |
| Alt + SHIFT + T |
Show/hide toolbar | ||
| Alt + SHIFT + M |
Show/hide menu bar | Full screen or Slideshow mode: |
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| Alt + SHIFT + C |
Show/hide caption | Left button click | Load previous image in the directory |
| 1 | Full screen mode: Show images/movies with the original size (1:1) |
Right button click | Load next image in the directory |
| 2 | Full screen mode: Fit to screen: large images only |
Left button click | … in the upper left or right screen corner = close full screen. |
| 3 | Full screen mode: Fit to screen: all images/movies |
F | Change/loop the full screen display/fit option |
| 4 | Full screen mode: Stretch all images/movies to screen |
Right arrow | Load next image in directory |
| 5 | Full screen mode: Fit image width to screen width |
Left arrow | Load previous image in directory |
| 6 | Full screen mode: Fit image height to screen height |
F11 | Show/hide mouse |
| Numpad 5 | Scroll image to center | ||
| EXE Slideshow: | |||
| E | Extract all files from EXE slideshow |
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| T or N | Show/hide image text | ||
| F | Change/loop the full screen display/fit option |
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| F1 | Show help infos | ||
| F11 | Show/hide mouse | ||