InDesign

Keys for panels

This table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that aren’t displayed in menu commands or tool tips.

Result

Windows

Mac OS

Delete without confirmation

Alt-click Delete icon

Option-click Delete icon

Create item and set options

Alt-click New button

Option-click New button

Apply value and keep focus on option

Shift+Enter

Shift+Enter

Activate last-used option in last-used panel

Ctrl+Alt+~ [tilde]

Command+Option+~ [tilde]

Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects in a panel

Shift-click

Shift-click

Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects in a panel

Ctrl-click

Command-click

Apply value and select next value

Tab

Tab

Move focus to selected object, text, or window

Esc

Esc

Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel (with no insertion point)

Tab

Tab

Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control panel (docked or not)

Shift+Tab

Shift+Tab

Open or close all stashed panels

Ctrl+Alt+Tab

Command+Option+Tab

Stash a panel group

Alt+drag any panel tab (in the group) to edge of screen

Option+drag any panel tab (in the group) to edge of window

Select item by name

Alt+Ctrl-click in list, and then use keyboard to select item by name

Option+Command-click in list and then use keyboard to select item by name

Open the Drop Shadow panel

 

Command+Option+M