Common Shortcuts

Conventions Used in This Manual

Keyboard

Hotkey letters are shown in this manual like they appear on a keyboard. For example:

G

The “G” key without any others (as though you were typing a lowercase “g”).

Shift, Ctrl, Alt

Modifier keys.

Ctrl-W, Shift-Alt-A, …

Indicates that these keys should be pressed simultaneously.

0 to 9

The keys on the number row above the letters.

Numpad0 to Numpad9, NumpadPlus

The keys on the separate numeric keypad.

Other keys are referred to by their names, such as Esc, Tab, and F1 to F12. Of special note are the arrow keys: Left, Right and so on.

Mouse

This manual refers to mouse buttons as:

LMB

Left Mouse Button

RMB

Right Mouse Button

MMB

Middle Mouse Button

Wheel, WheelUp & WheelDown

Scrolling the wheel.

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Blender has two main selection modes: left-click select and right-click select. See the Select with Mouse Button preference.

While left-click select is the default as it’s the most common in other applications, right-click select does have its advantages. See: Learn the benefits of right-click select.

Hovering

The following shortcuts can be pressed while hovering the mouse cursor over an editable field.

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Ctrl-C

Copy the (single) value of the field.

Ctrl-V

Paste the (single) value of the field.

Ctrl-Alt-C

Copy the entire vector or color of the field.

Ctrl-Alt-V

Paste the entire vector or color of the field.

RMB

Open the context menu.

Backspace

Reset the value to its default.

Minus

Invert the value’s sign (multiply by -1.0).

Ctrl-Wheel

Change the value in incremental steps.

For fields with a pop-up list of values, this cycles the value.

Return

Activates menus and toggles checkboxes.

Alt

Hold while editing values to apply the change to all selected items (objects, bones, sequence-strips).

This can be used for number fields and toggles.

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I

Insert a keyframe.

Alt-I

Clear the keyframe.

Shift-Alt-I

Clear all keyframes.

Ctrl-D

Assign a driver.

Ctrl-Alt-D

Clear the driver.

K

Add the property to the current keying set.

Alt-K

Remove the property from the current keying set.

Python Scripting

Ctrl-C

When pressed while hovering over an operator button, copies its Python command to the clipboard. This command can then be used in the Python Console or in the Text Editor when writing scripts.

Shift-Ctrl-C

When pressed while hovering over a field, copies its relative data path (also available from the context menu). Useful when writing drivers or scripts.

Shift-Ctrl-Alt-C

When pressed while hovering over a field, copies its full data path.

Dragging

The following shortcuts can be used while moving/rotating/scaling an object in the 3D Viewport, dragging the slider of a value, and so on. Note that they should be pressed after starting the drag, not before.

Ctrl

Snap to coarse increments, making it easier to (say) rotate an object by exactly 90°.

Shift

Make the value change more slowly in response to mouse movement, giving you more precision.

Shift-Ctrl

Snap to fine increments.

Text Editing

Home

Go to the start of the line.

End

Go to the end of the line.

Left, Right

Move the cursor a single character.

Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right

Move the cursor an entire word.

Backspace, Delete

Delete characters.

Ctrl-Backspace, Ctrl-Delete

Delete words.

Shift

Select while holding the key and moving the cursor.

Ctrl-A

Select all text.

Ctrl-C

Copy the selected text.

Ctrl-X

Cut the selected text.

Ctrl-V

Paste text at the cursor position.

Confirm & Cancel

Esc, RMB

Cancel.

Return, LMB

Confirm.

Customizing

You can customize keyboard and mouse shortcuts in the Preferences.