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A visual cheat-sheet for the 187 keyboard shortcuts found in Blender
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## Keyboard Shortcuts {.cols-2}
### Universal
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Esc` | Cancels Blender functions without changes |
| `Space` | Open the toolbox |
| `Tab` | Start or quit edit mode |
| `F1` | Loads a Blender file, changes the window to a file window |
| `Shift` `F1` | Appends parts from other files, or loads as library data |
| `F2` | Writes a Blender file, changes the window to a file window |
| `Shift` `F2` | Exports the scene as a DXF file |
| `Ctrl` `F2` | Exports the scene as a VRML1 file |
| `F3` | Writes a picture, if a picture has been rendered, and the file format is as indicated in the display buttons |
| `Ctrl` `F3` | Saves a screen dump of the active window |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `F3` | Saves a screen dump of the whole Blender screen |
| `F4` | Displays the logic context |
| `F5` | Displays the shading context, light, material, or world sub-contexts |
| `F6` | Displays the shading context and texture sub-context |
| `F7` | Displays the object context |
| `F8` | Displays the shading context and world sub-context |
| `F9` | Displays the editing context |
| `F10` | Displays the scene context |
| `F11` | Hides or shows the render window |
| `F12` | Starts the rendering from the active camera |
| `Left` | Go to the previous frame |
| `Shift` `Left` | Go to the first frame |
| `Right` | Go to the next frame |
| `Shift` `Right` | Go to the last frame |
| `Up` | Go forward 10 frames |
| `Down` | Go back 10 frames |
| `Alt` `A` | Change the current Blender window to animation playback mode, the cursor changes to a counter |
| `Alt` `Shift` `A` | Change the current window and all 3D windows to animation playback mode |
| `I` | Insert key menu, this menu differs from window to window |
| `J` | Toggle the render buffers |
| `Ctrl` `O` | Opens the last saved file |
| `Q` | Quit Blender |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `T` | Timer menu, this menu offers access to information about drawing speed |
| `Ctrl` `U` | Save user defaults, current project settings are written to the default file that will be loaded every time you start Blender |
| `Ctrl` `W` | Write file without opening a file window |
| `Alt` `W` | Write videoscape file |
| `Ctrl` `X` | Erase everything except the render buffer, the default scene is reloaded |
| `Ctrl` `Y` | Redo |
| `Ctrl` `Z` | Undo |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Z` | Redo |
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### Object Mode
| Shortcut | Action |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Home` | All objects in the visible layer are displayed completely, centered in the window |
| `PgUp` | Select the next object key, if more than one is selected the selection is shifted up cyclically |
| `Shift` `PgUp` | Add to selection the next object key |
| `PgDn` | Select the previous object key, if more than one is selected the selection is shifted up cyclically |
| `Shift` `PgDn` | Adds to selection the previous object key |
| \` | Select all layers |
| `Shift` \` | Revert to the previous layer setting |
| `Tab` | Start or stop edit mode |
| `A` | Selects or deselects all |
| `Ctrl` `A` | Apply size and rotation |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `A` | If the active object is automatically duplicated, brings up a menu for actually creating the objects |
| `Shift` `A` | Brings up the add menu, the toolbox items that start with ADD |
| `B` | Border select, draws a rectangle with the left mouse to select objects |
| `Shift` `B` | Render border, this only works in camera view mode |
| `C` | Center view, the position of the 3D cursor becomes the new center of the 3D window |
| `Alt` `C` | Convert menu, depending on the active object a popup menu is displayed enabling you to convert certain types of ObData |
| `Ctrl` `C` | Copy menu, this menu copies information from the active object to selected objects |
| `Shift` `C` | Center zero view, the 3D cursor is set to zero and the view is changed so all objects can be displayed |
| `D` | Display draw mode menu |
| `Shift` `D` | Add duplicate, the selected objects are duplicated |
| `Alt` `D` | Add linked duplicate, linked duplicates of the selected objects are created |
| `Ctrl` `D` | Draw the texture image as wire |
| `Alt` `E` | Start or stop edit mode |
| `F` | If selected object is a mash, toggles face select mode on or off |
| `Ctrl` `F` | Sort faces, the faces of the active mesh object are sorted based on the current view in the 3D window |
| `G` | Grab mode, or translation mode |
| `Alt` `G` | Clears translations, given in grab mode |
| `Shift` `G` | Group selection |
| `I` | Insert object key, a keyposition is inserted in the current frame of all selected objects |
| `Ctrl` `J` | Join objects, all selected objects of the same type are added to the active object |
| `K` | Show keys, the draw key option is turned on for all selected objects |
| `Shift` `K` | Display popup menu for showing and selecting all keys |
| `L` | Makes selected object local, makes library linked objects local for the current scene |
| `Ctrl` `L` | Link selected, links some of the active object data to all selected objects |
| `Shift` `L` | Select linked, selected all objects somehow linked to the active object |
| `M` | Move selected objects to another layer |
| `Ctrl` `M` | Mirror menu, it is possible to mirror an object along the X, Y, or Z axis |
| `N` | Number panel, the location, rotation, and scaling of the active object are displayed and can be modified |
| `Alt` `O` | Clear origin, the origin is erased for all child objects, which causes them to move ot the exact location of the parent objects |
| `Shift` `O` | If the selected object is a mesh, toggles the subsurf on or off |
| `Ctrl` `P` | Make selected objects the children of the active object |
| `Alt` `P` | Clears parent relation, user is asked if they wish to keep or clear parent-induced transforms |
| `R` | Rotate mode, works on selected objects |
| `Alt` `R` | Clears rotation, the X, Y, and Z rotations of selected objects are set to zero |
| `S` | Size mode or scaling mode, works on selected objects |
| `Alt` `S` | Clears size, the X, Y, and Z dimensions of selected objects are set to 1 |
| `Shift` `S` | Opens the snap menu |
| `T` | Texture space mode, the position of dimensions of the texture space for the selected objects can be changed in the same manner for grab and size mode |
| `Ctrl` `T` | Makes selected objects track the active object |
| `Alt` `T` | Clears old style track, constraint track is removed as all constrains are |
| `U` | Makes object single user, the inverse operation of link |
| `V` | Switches in and out of vertex paint mode |
| `Alt` `V` | Object image aspect, this hotkey sets the X and Y dimensions of the selected objects in relation to the dimensions of the image texture they have |
| `W` | Opens the object booleans menu |
| `X` | Deletes selected objects |
| `Z` | Toggles solid mode on or off |
| `Shift` `Z` | Toggles shaded mode on or off |
| `Alt` `Z` | Toggles textured mode on or off |
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### Edit Mode - General
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Tab` | Start or stop edit mode |
| `Alt` `E` | Start or stop edit mode (alternative) |
| `Ctrl` `Tab` | Switches between vertex select, edge select, and face select modes |
| `A` | Select or unselect all |
| `B` `B` | Circle select |
| `Ctrl` `H` | With vertices selected, this creates a hook object |
| `N` | Number panel, simpler than the object mode one |
| `O` | Switch in and out of proportional editing |
| `Shift` `O` | Toggles between smooth and sharp proportional editing |
| `P` | Separate, you can choose to make a new object with all selected vertices, edges, faces, and curves |
| `Ctrl` `P` | Make vertex parent |
| `Ctrl` `S` | Shear, in edit mode this operation enables you to make selected forms slant |
| `U` | Undo |
| `W` | Displays specials popup menu |
| `Shift` `W` | Warp, selected vertices can be bent into curves with this option |
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### Edit Mode - Mesh
| Shortcut | Action |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `+` | Adds to selection all vertices connected by an edge to an already selected vertex |
| `Ctrl` `-` | Removes from selection all vertices of the outer ring of selected vertices |
| `C` | If using curve deformation, toggles the curve cyclic mode on or off |
| `E` | Extrude selected |
| `Shift` `E` | Crease subsurf edge |
| `Ctrl` `E` | Mark LSCM seam |
| `F` | Make edge or face |
| `Shift` `F` | Fill selected, all selected vertices that are bound by edges and form a closed polygon are filled with triangular faces |
| `Alt` `F` | Beauty fill, edges of all selected triangular faces are switched so equally sized faces are formed |
| `Ctrl` `F` | Flip faces, selected triangular faces are paired and common edge of each pair swapped |
| `H` | Hide selected, all selected vertices and faces are hidden |
| `Shift` `H` | Hide not selected, all non-selected vertices and faces are hidden |
| `Alt` `H` | Reveal, all hidden vertices and faces are drawn again |
| `Alt` `J` | Join faces, selected triangular faces are joined in pairs and transformed to quads |
| `K` | Knife tool menu |
| `L` | Select linked |
| `Shift` `L` | Deselect linked |
| `Ctrl` `L` | Select linked selected |
| `M` | Mirror, opens a popup asking for the axis to mirror |
| `Alt` `M` | Merges selected vertices as barycentrum or at cursor depending on selection made on popup |
| `Ctrl` `N` | Calculate normals outside |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `N` | Calculate normals inside |
| `Alt` `S` | Scales each vertex in the direction of its local normal |
| `Ctrl` `T` | Make triangles, all selected faces are converted to triangles |
| `U` | Undo |
| `Shift` `U` | Redo |
| `Alt` `U` | Undo menu |
| `W` | Special menu |
| `X` | Erase selected |
| `Y` | Split, this command splits the selected part of a mesh without deleting faces |
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### Edit Mode - Curve
| Shortcut | Action |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `C` | Set the selected curves to cyclic or turn cyclic off |
| `E` | Extrude curve |
| `F` | Add segment, a segment is added between two selected vertices at the end of two curves |
| `H` | Toggle handle align or free |
| `Shift` `H` | Set handle to auto |
| `Ctrl` `H` | Calculate handles |
| `L` | Select linked |
| `Shift` `L` | Deselect linked |
| `M` | Mirror selected control points exactly as for vertices in a mesh |
| `T` | Tilt mode, specify an extra axis rotation for each vertex in a 3D curve |
| `Alt` `T` | Clear tilt |
| `V` | Vector handle |
| `W` | The special menu for curves appears |
| `X` | Erase selected |
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### Edit Mode - Surface
| Shortcut | Action |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `C` | Toggle cyclic menu |
| `E` | Extrude selected |
| `F` | Add segment, a segment is added between two selected vertices at the end of two curves |
| `L` | Select linked |
| `Shift` `L` | Deselect linked |
| `M` | Mirror selected control points exactly as for vertices in a mesh |
| `Shift` `R` | Select row, starting with the last selected vertex |
| `W` | The special menu for surfaces appears |
| `X` | Erase selected |
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### Edit Mode - Font
| Shortcut | Action |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `Right` | Move text cursor one position forward |
| `Shift` `Right` | Move text cursor to the end of the line |
| `Left` | Move text cursor one position backwards |
| `Shift` `Left` | Move text cursor to the start of the line |
| `Down` | Move text cursor one line forward |
| `Shift` `Down` | Move text cursor to the end of the text |
| `Up` | Move text cursor one line back |
| `Shift` `Up` | Move text cursor to the beginning of the text |
| `Alt` `U` | Reload original data |
| `Alt` `V` | Paste text |
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### VertexPaint
| Shortcut | Action |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Shift` `K` | All vertex colors are erased, they are changed to the current drawing color |
| `U` | Undo, press twice redos the undone |
| `W` | Shared vertexcol, the colors of all faces that share vertices are blended |
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### UV Editor
| Shortcut | Action |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `E` | LSCM unwrapping, launches on the faces visible in the UV editor |
| `P` | Pin selected vertices, they will stay in place on the UV editor when executing an LSCM unwrap |
| `Alt` `P` | Un-pin selected vertices |
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### FaceSelect
| Shortcut | Action |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Tab` | Switches to edit mode |
| `F` | With multiple, co-planar faces selected, this will merge them into one FGon so long as they remain co-planar |
| `L` | Select linked UVs |
| `R` | Calls a menu allowing to rotate the UV coordinates or the vertex col |
| `U` | Calls the UV Calculation menu |
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## Also see
- [Keyboard shortcuts for Blender](https://download.blender.org/documentation/BlenderHotkeyReference.pdf)
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