Keyboard

Keyboard

Culling in Cullimingo is keyboard-first. Arrow through the grid and mark without ever reaching for the mouse. Shortcuts are rebindable in Settings, and ? opens an in-app cheat sheet at any time.

Marking

Keys	Action
1 2 3 4 5	rate 1–5 stars
0 / Delete	clear the rating
P	pick
X	reject
6 7 8 9	colour label: red / yellow / green / blue
Backspace	colour label: purple

Navigate & select

Keys	Action
arrows	move the focus around the grid
Space	select / deselect the focused photo
⌘/Ctrl-click	toggle a photo in the selection
Shift-click	select a range
⌘/Ctrl-A	select all
G	expand the selection to its exposure bracket (all ±EV siblings)

Views

Keys	Action
Enter / F	open the full-screen loupe
[ / ]	in the loupe: previous / next photo
Z	in the loupe: toggle Fit / 100% at the mouse pointer (since 1.8.0)
C	compare the selection (2-up / n-up)
B	compare the focused photo's group (burst / bracket)
I	toggle the metadata inspector
K	edit keywords
Esc	close the current view

Metadata & organizing

Keys	Action
M	open the IPTC metadata editor (single photo or batch)
T	stamp the active metadata template onto the selection
R	rename the selection in place
, / .	rotate left / right 90°

Files & commands

Keys	Action
⌘/Ctrl-O	open a folder
⌘/Ctrl-T	new tab
⌘/Ctrl-W	close tab
⌘/Ctrl-A	select all
⌘/Ctrl-F	find by filename list
⌘/Ctrl-S	export
⌘/Ctrl-E	send to primary editor
⌘/Ctrl-R	refresh the folder
?	shortcuts cheat sheet

Some marking shortcuts are also available inside the loupe and compare views, so you can keep rating without returning to the grid. The loupe's analysis overlays (histogram, clipping, focus peaking) and the filmstrip are on-screen toolbar buttons, not keys; the toolbar also has Fit / 100% buttons and a zoom slider.

Loupe zoom & pan

Z flips between Fit and 100% where the mouse points, for a quick focus check (like Photo Mechanic). 100% is 1:1 with the original file. It loads the full resolution straight away and stays 1:1 as you step through the shoot with [ / ]. Since 1.8.0.

Input	Action
Z	Fit ↔ 100% at the mouse pointer
mouse wheel	pan up / down (since 1.8.0; before that it zoomed)
Shift + wheel	pan sideways
⌘/Ctrl + wheel	zoom at the pointer
drag	pan
trackpad two-finger scroll / pinch	pan / zoom

Familiar by default

There are no per-app presets to load: the defaults are the de-facto culling keymap — 1–5 to rate, 0 to clear, P / X to pick / reject, 6–9 for colours. Nothing to relearn. And if you do want to change something, every key above is rebindable in Settings → keyboard shortcuts.