> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.labelbox.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hotkeys

> Intuitive shortcuts to help you complete your labeling tasks faster.

## Most used annotations

We recommend putting your most-used features at the top of your ontology. That way you can use the dedicated tool hotkeys to label the first 9 objects in your ontology.

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## Objects

| Function             | Hotkey                       | Description                                                           |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Jump to objects      | `Down`                       | Select the *next* object in the **Objects** panel.                    |
| Next object          | `Down`                       | Select the *next* object in the **Objects** panel (same as above).    |
| Previous object      | `Up`                         | Select the *previous* object in the **Objects** panel.                |
| Bring to front       | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `Up`          | Bring the annotation to the foreground.                               |
| Send to back         | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `Down`        | Send the annotation toward the background.                            |
| Hide vertices        | `Shift`                      | Hide the vertices on a polygon or polyline object.                    |
| Copy selected object | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `C`           | Copy the selected object.                                             |
| Copy all objects     | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `C` | Copy all objects in the current view.                                 |
| Paste clipboard      | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `V`           | Paste the contents copied to the clipboard (one or multiple objects). |

## View controls

| Function             | Hotkey                       | Description                                                                                                   |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Pan                  | Click + Drag                 | "Grab" the image and reposition it on the Editor stage.                                                       |
| Pan while editing    | `Space` + Click + Drag       | "Grab" the image and reposition it on the Editor stage while you are in the middle of creating an annotation. |
| Zoom in              | `Z` + Click                  | Zoom into the image.                                                                                          |
| Zoom out             | `Option`/`Alt` + `Z` + Click | Zoom out of the image.                                                                                        |
| Zoom to fit          | `Shift` + `Z`                | Automatically adjust the zoom level so the image fits centered on the Editor stage.                           |
| Zoom to 100%         | `Shift` + `0`                | Returns the view of the image to 100% zoom level.                                                             |
| Increase brightness  | `=`                          | Increase the brightness of the image in the Editor stage.                                                     |
| Decrease brightness  | `-`                          | Decrease the brightness of the image in the Editor stage.                                                     |
| Increase contrast    | `Shift` + `+`                | Increase the contrast of the image in the Editor stage.                                                       |
| Decrease contrast    | `Shift` + `_`                | Decrease the contrast of the image in the Editor stage.                                                       |
| Increase opacity     | `[`                          | Increase the opacity of the image in the Editor stage.                                                        |
| Decrease opacity     | `]`                          | Decrease the opacity of the image in the Editor stage.                                                        |
| Toggle object titles | `.`                          | Show the annotation names over each annotation on the image                                                   |
| Toggle annotations   | `Shift` + `S`                | Hold to hide all other annotations on the image other than the one you have selected.                         |

## Drawing tools

| Function                      | Hotkey                       | Description                                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Pen tool                      | `P`                          | Select the pen tool for drawing a segmentation mask free hand or point by point.                                                                                      |
| Brush tool                    | `B`                          | Select the brush tool.                                                                                                                                                |
| Auto segment: Box             | `R`                          | Select box mode for using [AutoSegment 2.0](/docs/image-editor#autosegment-20-powered-by-metas-sam), powered by Meta's SAM.                                           |
| Auto segment: Hover and click | `T`                          | Select hover and click mode for using [AutoSegment 2.0](/docs/image-editor#autosegment-20-powered-by-metas-sam), powered by Meta's SAM.                               |
| Fill tool                     | `I`                          | Use this tool to segment all other pixels in the image that have not yet been segmented. Useful for labeling backgrounds.                                             |
| Erase mode                    | `Opt`                        | Switch the selected drawing tool to erase mode.                                                                                                                       |
| Draw over existing objects    | `D`                          | Draw over existing segmentation masks with the selected pen tool. When active, the mask being drawn will claim the selected pixels that belonged to an existing mask. |
| Undo                          | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `Z`           | Undo an action.                                                                                                                                                       |
| Redo                          | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z` | Redo an action.                                                                                                                                                       |

## General

| Function           | Hotkey             | Description                                       |
| ------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Toggle this menu   | `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `/` | Hide/show the keyboard shortcuts menu.            |
| Submit             | `E`                | Submit a label.                                   |
| Save               | `E`                | Save when annotations exist on a submitted label. |
| Skip               | `Q`                | Skip a label.                                     |
| Complete shape     | `F`                | Complete the annotation shape.                    |
| Delete             | `Backspace`        | Delete the annotation.                            |
| Deselect           | `Esc`              | Deselect an annotation                            |
| Next list item     | `Tab`              | Next item on the list you are on.                 |
| Previous list item | `Shift` + `Tab`    | Previous item on the list you are on.             |
| Filter             | `\`                | Filter                                            |
| Issue              | `X`                | Create an issue.                                  |
