Keyboard Shortcuts

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Viewport #

Keys	Orbit Camera	Regular Camera
`Alt` + `LMB`	Rotate around pivot point	Rotate around camera axis.
`Alt` + `MMB`	Pan	Pan
`Alt` + `RMB` or `Alt` + `Scroll` or `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `LMB`	Dolly in and out	Dolly in and out
`Alt` + `F`	Move focus & pivot point to selected object	Frame camera on selected object
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `RMB`	—	Bank Camera
`Alt` + `Shift` + `LMB`	Walking Pan on X + Z	Rotate around camera focal point.
`Alt` + `Shift` + `RMB`	Walking Pan in Y	—

Other #

Keys	Description
`1`	Switch to the Perspective Camera.
`2`	Switch to the Left Camera.
`3`	Switch to the Top Camera.
`4`	Switch to the Below Camera.
`5`	Switch to the Orbit Camera.
`6` - `9`	Switch to user-added cameras from the Nodegraph.
`0`	Current playing camera in the Nodegraph.
`E`	Translation
`R`	Rotation
`T`	Non-uniform Scale
`Y`	Uniform Scale
`P`	Node Picking
`Alt` + `G`	“Toggle visibility of the Viewport grid.”
`Ctrl` + `Plus`	Zoom into the viewport.
`Ctrl` + `Minus`	Zoom out of the viewport.
`Tab`	`Change` the gizmo mode, going forwards through translation, rotation, non-uniform scale and uniform scale.
`Ctrl` + `Tab`	Toggle World or Local Gizmo movement.
`Shift` + `Tab`	Change the gizmo mode, going backwards through translation, rotation, non-uniform scale and uniform scale.

Nodegraph #

Keys	Description
`Ctrl` + `LMB`	Zoom in and out of the Nodegraph.
`Alt` + `LMB` or `Alt` + `RMB`	Pan around the Nodegraph.
`A`	Centre the Nodegraph on the currently selected node.
`I`	Invert the node selection.
`L`	Swap lasso type (freehand or rectangular).
`Shift` + `A`	Zoom/fit and centre the Nodegraph onto the currently selected nodes.
`Ctrl` + `F`	Find a specific node in the scene.
`Ctrl` + `E`	Focus on the new node search box, so you can start typing to find the new node you want.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `E`	Focus on the node property search box, so you can filter properties by name to find the property you want.
`LMB Drag`	Create a region to select multiple nodes in the Nodegraph.
`Ctrl` + `R`	Connect the node to the nearest relevant root node.
`Ctrl` + `A`	Select all nodes.
`Ctrl` + `1`	Toggle Disable / Enable the selected nodes.
`Ctrl` + `5`	Focuses on the selected object and switches to the Orbit camera.
`Ctrl` + `H`	Disable the selected nodes.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + H	Enable the selected nodes.
`F5`	Access node settings.
`Ctrl` + `G`	Combines all the selected nodes under a group node.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`	Remove the group node, and directly connect the child nodes to their parents.
`Ctrl` + `K`	Insert a key for the selected attribute.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `K`	Insert key all attributes that are already keyed attributes in the scene.
`Page Up`	Select the previous node in the Nodegraph.
`Page Down`	Select the next node in the Nodegraph.
`F2 F2`	Jump to the Timeline and expand to the selected node.

Timeline #

Keys	Description
`Ctrl` + `Left arrow`	Jump backward in time to a previous key.
`Ctrl` + `Right arrow`	Jump forward in time to the next key.
`Alt` + `Left arrow`	Move a key back in time.
`Alt` + `Right arrow`	Move a key forward in time.
`Ctrl` + `M`	Add timeline marker.
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Left arrow`	Move to previous timeline marker.
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Right arrow`	Move to next timeline marker.
`Ctrl` + `Home`	Go to start of the selected node.
`Ctrl` + `End`	Jump to the end of the selected node.
`Shift` + `Home`	Go to start of the specified range.
`Shift` + `End`	Jump to the end of the specified range.
`[` / `]`	Trim a nodes start / end to time
`Shift` + `[` / `Shift` + `]`	Move the start / end time back by one frame.
`Ctrl` + `[` / `Ctrl` + `]`	Move the start / end time forward by one frame.
`Alt` + `[`	Set the start time of a node.
`B`	Set the range start time.
`N`	Set the range end time.
`F1` `F1`	Jump to the Nodegraph and centre on the selected node.

Curve Editor #

Keys	Description
`Enter` or `Ctrl` + `K`	Insert a key for the selected attribute at the current time. Only functions if the attribute has already been keyed.
`Shift` + `Enter` or `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `K`	Insert a key for all keyed attributes in the scene at the current time. Only functions for attributes that have already been keyed.
`Ctrl` + `Enter`	Insert keys for the transformation attributes at the current time. Only functions if the attribute has already been keyed.

General #

Keys	Description
`Ctrl` + `N`	Start a new Project.
`Ctrl` + `O`	Open a new Project.
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save the current Project.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `S`	Save the current project as a new file.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `N`	Create a new Layer.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `M`	Open export video dialog.
`F8`	Capture a screenshot. Screenshots are saved into the `Documents\Notch\Notch Screenshots` folder unless another folder is selected in the Preferences
`Shift` + `F8`	Open Render still dialog.
`F1`	Jump to the Nodegraph.
`F2`	Jump to the Timeline.
`F3`	Jump to the Curve Editor.
`F4`	Jump to the Tracker.
`F9`	Toggle Render Window to go Fullscreen.
`F10`	Toggle Render Window to go Fullscreen on a second window.
`F11`	Toggle Nodegraph Fullscreen.
`F12`	Open the Units, Guides and Grids window.
`Ctrl` + `F1-F10`	Toggle various attributes depending on the node selected.
`Ctrl` + `C`	Copy
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `C`	Copy a node and all its child nodes.
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `C`	Copy all the attributes from the selected node.
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `M`	Copy the Material Attributes from the selected node.
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `T`	Copy the Keys from an attribute.
`Ctrl` + `X`	Cut
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `X`	Cut a node and all its child nodes.
`Ctrl` + `V`	Paste
`Ctrl` + `D`	Duplicate
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo the most recently taken action.
`Ctrl` + `Y`	Redo a previously undone action.
`Ctrl` + `U`	Copy to Clipboard.
`Ctrl` + `I`	Paste from Clipboard.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`	Toggle refining.
`Shift` + `R`	Toggle ray tracing.
`Alt` + `R`	Reset an attribute to the nodes default value.
`Alt` + `K`	Toggle capture of Kinect data.
`Alt` + `Scroll`	Scroll through drop-down property options.

Playback #

Keys	Description
`Space`	Toggle playback of the scene.
`Left/Right Arrow`	Move one frame back/forward in the timeline.
`Ctrl` + `Left/Arrow Arrow`	Jump back/forward to the next Key Frame of a selected attribute.
`Shift` + `Left/Right Arrow`	Jump back/forward by 1 second.
`Home`	Jump to the beginning of the layer.
`Shift` + `Home`	Jump to the beginning of the project, regardless of the layer start time. If a range is active, jump to the range start time.
`End`	Jump to the end of the layer.
`Shift` + `End`	Jump to the end of the project, regardless of the layer end time. If a range is active, jump to the range end time.
`Ctrl` + `End`	Jumps the playhead to the end of the timeline.
`Ctrl` + `T`	Toggle time stretching in the scene.

Text Fields #

Keys	Description
`Shift` + `Enter`	Add a new line.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewport #

Navigation #

Other #

Nodegraph #

Timeline #

Curve Editor #

General #

Playback #

Text Fields #

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