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Interface hotkeys

Note:
If you are on macOS, use the following special keys instead of their Windows equivalents unless otherwise specified:
  • Alt = Option
  • Ctrl = Control
  • Windows key = Command
In addition if you have a one or two-button mouse on macOS, make sure to set the Mouse Tracking option in the Interface Preferences as appropriate.
Window and View Operations

Alt

Middle mouse

Pan in the Outliner

Alt + Ctrl

Middle mouse

Fast pan in the Outliner

Alt

Middle mouse

Pan in the Attribute Editor

Ctrl

a

Switches between Attribute Editor or Channel Box–displays the Attribute Editor if neither is shown

 

a

Frame All in active panel, or with left mouse button for History Operations marking menu

Shift

A

Frame All in all views

 

f

Frame Selected in active panel

Shift

F

Frame Selected in all views

 

space

(When tapped) Switch between the active window in multi-pane display and single pane display

Ctrl

space

Switch between the standard view and full-screen view of the current panels

 

] (Right square bracket)

Redo view change

 

[ (Left square bracket)

Undo view change

Alt

b

Switch between a gradient, black, dark gray, or light gray background color.

Shift

{ (Left brace bracket)

View previous layout

Shift

} (Right brace bracket)

View next layout

 

F1

Help > Maya Help

Selecting Menus

Ctrl

m

Show/hide main menu bar

Shift

M

Show/hide panel menu bar

Ctrl+Shift

M

Show/hide panel toolbar

 

h

With Left mouse button for Menu Set marking menu

 

F2

Show Modeling menu set

 

F3

Show Rigging menu set

 

F4

Show Animation menu set

 

F6

Show Rendering menu set

Time Slider

s

Sets a key on the Time Slider

Shift

Drag

Select a range of key ticks on the Time Slider

Shift+Alt

Drag

Select range of key ticks on the Time Slider but does not update the animation as you drag

Ctrl

Drag the icon in the center of the selection of keys

Copy and move the selected key ticks on the Time Slider

Ctrl

Drag the or icon on either side of the key selection.

Scale the highlighted blue selection of keys on the Time Slider

Middle-mouse

Drag

Cut and move the highlighted blue selection of keys on the Time Slider

Alt

T

Create a Time Slider bookmark on the Time Slider

Alt+Shift

T

Quick Create Bookmark (doesn't open the Create Time Slider Bookmark window)

' (apostrophe)

Set the current time to the start of the following bookmark

; (semicolon)

Set the current time to the start of the preceding bookmark

| (vertical bar)

Set the playback range to the start and end of the current bookmark. (If multiple bookmarks overlap, the bookmark on top, the newest-created, is selected)

: (colon)

Set the Range Slider on the bookmark before the bookmark at the current time

" (quotation mark)

Set the Range Slider on the bookmark after the bookmark at the current time

Alt

\ (backslash)

Sets the playback range to the animation range

Hotbox Display
 

space

(When pressed down) Show the hotbox

Alt

m

Default Hotbox Style (Zones and Menu Rows)

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