Shortcuts and hotkeys

this guide provides a list of shortcuts and hotkeys for navigating and manipulating your scenes in the editor 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 undo meta + z reverse your last action redo meta + shift + z repeat your last action 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 + wasd • right click + e fly up • right click + q fly down holding shift 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