Common Shortcuts#

Hotkey letters are shown in this manual like they appear on a keyboard; for example: G refers to the lowercase g . Shift , Ctrl , Alt are specified as modifier keys. Ctrl - W , Shift - Alt - A , … indicates that these keys should be pressed simultaneously. Numpad0 to Numpad9 , NumpadPlus refer to the keys on the separate numeric keypad. Other keys are referred to by their names, such as Esc , Tab , 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.

Note 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#

Properties#

• Ctrl - C – Copy the (single) value of the button.
• Ctrl - V – Paste the (single) value of the button.
• 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 – Clear the value (sets to zero or clears a text field).
• Minus – Negate number values (multiply by -1.0).
• Ctrl - Wheel – Change the value incremental steps. For pop-up option menus buttons, this cycles the value.
• Return – Activates menus or toggles the value.
• 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.

Animation#

• I – Insert a keyframe.
• Alt - I – Clear the keyframe.
• Shift - Alt - I – Clear all keyframes (removing all F-Curves).
• Ctrl - D – Assign a driver.
• Ctrl - Alt - D – Clear the driver.
• K – Add a Keying Set.
• Alt - K – Clear the Keying Set.

Python Scripting#

• Ctrl - C over any Operator Buttons copies their Python command into the clipboard. This can be used in the Python Console or in the Text editor when writing scripts.
• Shift - Ctrl - C over property buttons copies their data path for this property (also available from the context menu). Useful when writing drivers or scripts.
• Shift - Ctrl - Alt - C over property buttons copies their full data path for the data-block and property. Note that in most cases it is best to access values based on the context, instead of by name.

Dragging#

• Ctrl – While dragging, snap to discrete steps.
• Shift – Gives precision control over the value.
• Shift - Ctrl – Precise snap will move the object with high precision along with the snapping constraint.

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.