Keyboard Shortcut | Command | Description |
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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 ).
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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.