============================ IrfanView keyboard shortcuts ============================ First published at 12/20/2017 on https://defkey.com/irfanview-shortcuts IrfanView is an image viewer, organiser and editor for Windows. The program is known for its small size, speed, wide support for graphic formats and ease of use. Released in 1996, IrfanView gets it's name from its creator Irfan Skiljan from Bosnia and Herzegovina. IrfanView has 127 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Browsing between images ----------------------- Space Go to next image in current directory Backspace Go to previous image in current directory Page Up Go to previous / next image in current directory Page Down Go to previous / next image in current directory Left arrow / Right arrow Go to previous / next image in current directory Ctrl + 1 ... to 9: Move forward 1 - 9 images in current directory Ctrl + Shift + 1 ... to 9: Move backward 1 - 9 images in current directory Ctrl + Home Load first image in current directory Ctrl + End Load last image in current directory X Tag image Shift + X Untag image Shift + Q Show tagged files in the Thumbnails window Handling files -------------- F2 Rename file 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 Print D Delete (Not: this command removes the file from the program's display, it doesn't delete the file) Ctrl + S Save dialog Shift + R Reopen Ctrl + Alt + P Direct print image (no dialog box) Shift + N New image View and zoom ------------- Enter Toggle fullscreen mode F Toggle fit images to desktop and fit window to image F5 Refresh view Ctrl + H Original size (reset zoom) Shift + W Fit image to window + Zoom in = Zoom in - Zoom out Arrow keys Scroll image (when zoomed) Page Up Scroll to the top of an image (when zoomed) Page Down Scroll to the bottom of an image (when zoomed) Home Scroll to the left edge of an image (when zoomed) End Scroll to the 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 editing functions ----------------------- 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 and select ---------------------- Del 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 window ----------- 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 Full screen mode ---------------- 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 5 (num lock)  Scroll to center of image F Loop through full screen image fit options F11 Show / hide the mouse cursor 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 --------- 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 Pause / resume an automatic slideshow Tools and dialogs ----------------- 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 Screen Interactive screenshot tool Shift + T Focus 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 ------- Note: Following shortcuts requires related plugins 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) Last modified on (UTC): Friday, October 27, 2023 Defkey © All rights reserved.