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Shortcuts and hotkeys

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This guide provides a list of shortcuts and hotkeys for navigating and manipulating your scenes in Studio.

What is the meta key?

The meta key represents Ctrl on Windows and the Cmd key () on Mac.

Scene management

These hotkeys help you efficiently manage your scene.

Action

Hotkey

Description

Save Scene

meta + S

Save the current scene.

Copy

meta + C

Copy selected objects to the clipboard.

Paste

meta + V

Paste copied objects into the scene from the clipboard.

Duplicate

meta + D

Duplicate selected entities in the scene.

Multi-select (Hierarchy only)

Shift + click and meta + click

Select multiple entities in the Hierarchy at once.

Group entities

meta + G

Group selected entities together for easier management.

Viewport navigation

Use these hotkeys to navigate and manipulate the camera within the 3D Viewport.

Action

Hotkey

Description

Fly

Right-click + WASDRight-click + E: Fly up • Right-click + Q: Fly down Holding allows for faster movement.

Fly through the 3D scene in first-person perspective.

Rotate (E)

Left-click + drag

Rotate the camera around the clicked point.

Pan

Middle-click + drag

Pan the camera horizontally or vertically.

Look

Right-click + drag

Look around the scene without moving your point of view.

Zoom

Scroll Wheel

Zoom in or out in the 3D Viewport.

Focus

F or double-click

Focus the camera on the selected object(s).

Deselect

Escape

Deselect the current selection of objects.

Switch transform tool

W, E, R

Switch between Translate (W), Rotate (E), and Scale (R) tools.



Transform controls

These hotkeys help manipulate objects' position, orientation, and scale.

Action

Hotkey

Description

Toggle World/Object space

Z

Toggle between world space and object space orientations for transformations.

Cycle transform pivot

Shift + Y, R, T

Cycle through transform pivot options: Selection, Center, Bottom, and Origin.



Snapping tools

These hotkeys allow you to snap objects precisely to grid lines or align them with other objects.

Action

Hotkey

Description

Toggle bounding box snap

B

Toggle snapping objects to the bounding boxes of other objects for alignment.

Toggle grid snapping

C

Toggle snapping objects to grid increments for precise positioning.



Debugging tools

Use these hotkeys to access debugging tools and monitor the performance of your scene.

Action

Hotkey

Description

Open debug menu

Tilde (`) key

Open the debug menu to monitor scene status and troubleshoot performance issues.