Copy, save, print and share
The bar keeps the commands you use every minute. The rest are one click further, in the ⋯ menu at its right end: File, View, Tools and Help.
The ⋯ menu
Click ⋯ at the right end of the bar, or press Alt. Alt+F, Alt+V, Alt+T and Alt+H open File, View, Tools and Help straight away. Each command shows its key beside it, so the menu teaches the keys as you use it.
File
| Command | What it does | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Open… | Another picture, with the folder it is in. | Ctrl+O |
| Copy picture | The picture and its file at once: paste it into a chat, a mail or a document and the picture comes, paste it into a folder in Explorer and the file comes. | Ctrl+C |
| Save as… | A copy in another format: see below. | Ctrl+S |
| Save this frame as PNG | For an animation: the frame shown, as a PNG next to it. | |
| Convert… Pro | This picture to another format and size, with its options — the Convert window. | Ctrl+E |
| Print… | Windows' print window. A wide picture is set to landscape, and the picture is fitted to the page with a margin round it. | Ctrl+P |
| Share | Windows' own Share window: mail, Nearby Sharing and the apps that take pictures. | |
| Show in folder | Explorer, at the picture's folder, with the picture selected. | Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Delete | To the Recycle Bin, and on to the next picture. | Del |
| Close | The viewer. In full screen, Esc leaves full screen first. | Esc |
Save as
Save as… writes a copy of the picture in the format you choose in the save window: JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPEG XR, ICO, TGA or PDF — 13 formats. It starts on the picture's own format, so changing only the name or the folder is one step. A JPG is written at the quality set in Settings → General → JPG quality (85 as it comes).
To change many pictures at once, or the size too, use Convert Pro.
View
| Command | Key |
|---|---|
| Fit to window, Actual size | 0, 1 |
| Zoom in, Zoom out | +, − |
| For a 360° photo: Look around inside it, Flat: the picture as it is in the file, Back to the front — more | Home |
| Full screen | F |
| Slideshow, Slideshow settings… Pro | F5 |
| Next picture, Previous picture | →, ← |
| First picture, Last picture | Home, End |
Tools
| Command | What it does | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Set as wallpaper | The picture on your desktop, as Windows lays it out: Fill, Fit, Stretch, Center or Tile. | |
| Rotate left, Rotate right | Saved to the file at once, a JPG without any loss — how. | Ctrl+Alt+← Ctrl+Alt+→ |
| Flip horizontally, Flip vertically | Mirrored left to right, or top to bottom; saved the same way. | |
| Edit Pro | The editor with this picture. | E |
| Options… | Cobalt Photo's settings. |
Help
| Command | What it does | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard shortcuts | The viewer's keys, on a card over the picture; again to hide it. | F1 |
| Documentation | These docs, in your browser. | |
| About | Cobalt Photo's version, and where its parts come from. |