| Keyboard Shortcut | Command | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+T | Create work area. | Creates a tab in the work area of the Python Editor for the new script. | 
| Ctrl+O | Load script. | Loads the selected script in the Python Editor work area. | 
| Ctrl+- | Close script. | Closes the active script in the Python Editor work area. | 
| Ctrl+S | Save active script. | Saves the active script. | 
| Ctrl+F2 | Save new active script. | Saves the new active script. | 
| F5 | Execute active script. | Executes code or a script, depending on whether a code is highlighted. If nothing is highlighted, it executes the active script in the Python Editor work area. | 
| Ctrl+= | Add active script to scene. | Adds the active script to the scene. See the scene browser Scripts directory. | 
| F10 | Display Python Tool Manager. | Displays the Python Tool Manager. | 
| F1 | Trigger Python Editor context help. | Displays help related to current action. | 
| Ctrl+F | Find code. | Finds the term specified in the interactive console’s text field. Note: The search area is defined by the Search button toggle option (  ,  , or  ). | 
| F3 | Find subsequent code. | Finds the next instance of the term specified in the interactive console’s text field. Note: You need to first do a search (Ctrl+F). | 
| Ctrl+H | Find and replace code. | Displays the Search and Replace dialog where you can either choose to find or find and replace text in the active script. | 
| Ctrl+G | Go to line. | Activates the interactive console text field where you enter the line number you want to go to in the active script. | 
| Alt+N | Go to next command. | In the interactive console, traverses history by entering the first command. | 
| Alt+P | Go to previous command. | In the interactive console, traverses history by entering the previous command. | 
| Tab | Indent text block. | Indents code block to be entered in the active script. | 
| Alt+C | Comment selected code. | Comments selected code in the active script. | 
| Alt+U | Uncomment selected code. | Uncomments selected code in the active script. | 
| Ctrl+Space | Auto-complete entry. | Auto-completes the instantiated class. | 
MotionBuilder includes global keyboard shortcuts and Python Editor keyboard shortcuts. The global keyboard shortcuts are available anywhere from within MotionBuilder.