Help > Modifier Keys, Marking Menu Keys, and Hotkeys

Quick reference of modifier keys and mouse button combinations.

See Create and edit hotkeys.

Camera move keys

Hold + (also + on the Mac):

To... Drag
Tumble (in the perspective view)
Track
Dolly

Marking menus

Hold + (Windows) or + (Mac) and press one of the mouse buttons.

+ + (Windows) or + + (Mac)

+ + (Windows) or + + (Mac)

+ + (Windows) or + + (Mac)

Picking

To... Click or drag
Toggle between picked and unpicked
Pick only
Unpick
Tip:

Hold within a non-picking tool to temporarily switch to picking mode.

Transforms

To transform in... Click or drag
X
Y
Z

Move, scale, rotate, or flip

Snap to... Hold Or click
Curves, isoparametric curves, surface edges, or curves-on-surface. + (Windows) + (Mac)
Grid intersections.

(Windows) or (Mac)

CVs, edit points, pivot points, locators.

(Windows) or (Mac)

Snapping

Tip:

Use the to snap only in the horizontal direction. Use the to snap only in the vertical direction.

Hotkeys

These are the default settings.

Menu/Tool item Hot key (Windows) Hot key (Mac)
File > Save As... + S + + S
File > Import > File + R + R
File > Show Image + 7 + 7
File > Exit + E + E
Edit > Undo + Z + Z
Edit > Reinvoke Last + 1 + 1
Edit > Cut + X + X
Edit > Copy + C + C
Edit > Paste + V + P
Edit > Cut Image + +X  
Edit > Copy Image + + C  
Edit > Paste Image + + V  
Edit > Ungroup + U + U
Edit > Group + G + G
Delete > Delete Active + A + A
Delete > Delete Active Image Layer + X + X
Layouts > User Windows F9 (Windows) F4
Layouts > Perspective F8  
Layouts > Left F6  
Layouts > Back F7  
Layouts > Top F5  
Layouts > Paint F3  
Display Toggles > Model F12  
Render > Globals + 6 + 6
Animation > Set Keyframe + K + K
Animation > Playback + P + P
Windows > Information Window + 5 + 5
Preferences > Workflows > Default + 1 + 1
Preferences > Workflows > Paint + 2 + 2
Preferences > Workflows > Modeling + 3 + 3
Preferences > Workflows > Visualize + 4 + 4
Pick > Nothing + N + N
Pick > Object + O + O
Pick > Edit Point + E + E
Transform > Move + M + M
Paint > Clear Canvas Layer + K + K
Paint > Toggle Marquee + H + H
Paint Edit > New Image Layer + L + L
Paint Edit > Merge Below + M + M
View > Look At + L + L
Display All, Off +O +O
Display All, Current + C +C
Display Active, Off + + O + + O
Display Active, Current + + C + + C
When in Paint mode:    
Paint > Cycle through brush mode F F
Brush mode: paint 1 1
Brush mode: eraser 2 2
Brush mode: show 4 4
Brush mode: hide 3 3
Brush mode: smear 5 5
Brush mode: blur 6 6
Brush mode: sharpen 7 7
Size S S
Radius R R
Opacity O O
Rotate T T
Aspect P P
Grab color C C
Cycle through brush snap Z Z
Reset brush options X X
Reset clone L L
Twist canvas V V
Marquee add = =
Marquee subtract - -