One of Photoshop's key features is that almost everything in it can be controlled using keyboard shortcuts. This allows the user to stay in a creative thought pattern and quickly change tools in monotonous work that requires it.
Main Toolbar
Key
Action
Action
Key
m
Marquee Tool
Move Tool
v
l
Lasso Tool
Magic Wand Tool
w
j
Airbrush Tool
Paintbrush Tool
b
s
Rubber Stamp Tool
History Brush Tool
y
e
Eraser Tool
Pencil Tool
n
r
Blur Tool
Dodge Tool
o
p
Pen Tool
Type Tool
t
u
Measure Tool
Linear Gradient Tool
g
k
Paint Bucket Tool
Eyedropper Tool
i
h
Hand Tool
Zoom Tool
z
d
Default foreground and background colors.
Switches between foreground and background colors.
x
q
Switches between standard mode or quick mask mode.