BlenderHotkeyReference.pdf

Blender HotKeys In-depth Reference

Relevant to Blender 2.36 - Compiled from Blender Online Guides

Window HotKeys

ﬁleformat is as indicated in the DisplayButtons. The window

becomes a File Select Window.

Certain window managers also use the following hotkeys.

So ALT-CTRL can be substituted for CTRL to perform the

functions described below if a conﬂict arises.

CTRL-F3 (ALT-CTRL-F3 on MacOSX). Saves a screendump

of the active window. The ﬁleformat is as indicated in the

DisplayButtons. The window becomes a FileWindow.

CTRL-LEFTARROW. Go to the previous Screen.

SHIFT-CTRL-F3. Saves a screendump of the whole Blender

screen. The ﬁleformat is as indicated in the DisplayButtons. The

window becomes a FileWindow.

CTRL-RIGHTARROW. Go to the next Screen.

CTRL-UPARROW or CTRL-DOWNARROW. Maximise the

window or return to the previous window display size.

F4. Displays the Logic Context (if a ButtonsWindow is

available).

SHIFT-F4. Change the window to a Data View

F5. Displays the Shading Context (if a Buttons Window is

available), Light, Material or World Sub-contextes depends on

active object.

SHIFT-F5. Change the window to a 3D Window

SHIFT-F6. Change the window to an IPO Window

F6. Displays the Shading Context and Texture Sub-context (if a

ButtonsWindow is available).

SHIFT-F7. Change the window to a Buttons Window

SHIFT-F8. Change the window to a Sequence Window

F7. Displays the Object Context (if a ButtonsWindow is

available).

SHIFT-F9. Change the window to an Outliner Window

F8. Displays the Shading Context and World Sub-context (if a

ButtonsWindow is available).

SHIFT-F10. Change the window to an Image Window

SHIFT-F11. Change the window to a Text Window

F9. Displays the Editing Context (if a ButtonsWindow is

available).

SHIFT-F12. Change the window to an Action Window

Universal HotKeys

F10. Displays the Scene Context (if a ButtonsWindow is

available).

The following HotKeys work uniformly in all Blender Windows,

if the Context allows:

F11. Hides or shows the render window.

F12. Starts the rendering from the active camera.

CTRL-LMB. Lasso select: drag the mouse to form a freehand

selection area.

LEFTARROW. Go to the previous frame.

SHIFT-LEFTARROW. Go to the ﬁrst frame.

ESC.

• This key always cancels Blender functions without changes.

• or : FileWindow, DataView and ImageSelect: back to the

previous window type.

• or : the RenderWindow is pushed to the background (or

closed, that depends on the operating system).

RIGHTARROW. Go to the next frame.

SHIFT-LEFTARROW. Go to the last frame.

UPARROW. Go forward 10 frames.

DOWNARROW. Go back 10 frames.

SPACE. Open the Toolbox.

ALT-A. Change the current Blender window to Animation

Playback mode. The cursor changes to a counter.

TAB. Start or quit EditMode.

F1. Loads a Blender ﬁle. Changes the window to a FileWindow.

ALT-SHIFT-A. The current window, plus all 3DWindows go

into Animation Playback mode.

SHIFT-F1. Appends parts from other ﬁles, or loads as Library-

data. Changes the window to a FileWindow, making Blender

ﬁles accessible as a directory.

IKEY. Insert Key menu. This menu differs from window to

window.

F2. Writes a Blender ﬁle. Change the window to a FileWindow.

JKEY. Toggle the render buffers. Blender allows you to retain

two different rendered pictures in memory.

SHIFT-F2. Exports the scene as a DXF ﬁle

CTRL-F2. Exports the scene as a VRML1 ﬁle

CTRL-O. Opens the last saved ﬁle.

F3. Writes a picture (if a picture has been rendered). The

QKEY. OK? Quit Blender . This key closes Blender.

Universal HotKeys (cont)

mapping. This is best illustrated by also having the axis of a

Mesh Object be drawn (EditButtons->Axis). Rotate the Object

and activate Apply. The rotation and dimensions of the Object

are ‘erased’.

Blender quit is displayed in the console if Blender is

properly closed.

SHIFT-CTRL-A. If the active Object is automatically

duplicated (see AnimButtons->DupliFrames or AnimButtons-

>Dupliverts), a menu asks Make dupliʼs real? . This

option actually creates the Objects. If the active Mesh Object

is deformed by a Lattice, a menu asks Apply Lattice

deform? . Now the deformation of the Lattice is assigned to the

vertices of the Mesh.

ALT-CTRL-T. TimerMenu. This menu offers access to

information about drawing speed. The results are displayed in a

pop-up.

CTRL-U. OK, Save User defaults . The current project

(windows, objects, etc.), including UserMenu settings are

written to the default ﬁle that will be loaded every time you start

Blender or set it to defaults by pressing CTRL-X .

SHIFT-A. This is the AddMenu. In fact, it is the ToolBox that

starts with the ‘ADD’ option. When Objects are added, Blender

starts EditMode immediately if possible.

CTRL-W. Write ﬁle. This key combination allows you to write

the Blender ﬁle without opening a FileWindow.

BKEY. Border Select. Draw a rectangle with the LeftMouse;

all Objects within this area are selected , but not made active.

Draw a rectangle with the RightMouse to deselect Objects. In

orthonormal ViewMode, the dimensions of the rectangle are

displayed, expressed as global coordinates, as an extra feature in

the lower left corner. In Camera ViewMode, the dimensions that

are to be rendered according to the DisplayButtons are displayed

in pixel units.

ALT-W. Write Videoscape ﬁle. Changes the window to a

FileWindow.

CTRL-X. Erase All. Everything (except the render buffer) is

erased and released. The default scene is reloaded.

CTRL-Y. Redo. Mac users may use CMD-Y.

CTRL-Z. Undo. Mac users may use CMD-Z.

SHIFT-CTRL-Z. Redo. Mac users may use SHIFT-CMD-Z

SHIFT-B. Render Border. This only works in Camera

ViewMode. Draw a rectangle to render a smaller cut-out of the

standard window frame. If the option DisplayButtons->Border is

ON, a box is drawn with red and black lines.

Object Mode HotKeys

These hotkeys are mainly bound to the 3D Viewport Window,

but many work on Objects in most other windows, like IPOs and

so on, hence they are summarized here.

CKEY. Centre View. The position of the 3DCursor becomes the

new centre of the 3DWindow.

ALT-C. Convert Menu. Depending on the active Object, a

PopupMenu is displayed. This enables you to convert certain

types of ObData. It only converts in one direction, everything

ultimately degrades to a Mesh! The options are:

• Font -> Curve

• MetaBall -> Mesh The original MetaBall remains

unchanged.

• Curve -> Mesh

• Surface -> Mesh

HOME. All Objects in the visible layer are displayed

completely, centered in the window.

PAGEUP. Select the next Object Key. If more than one Object

Key is selected, the selection is shifted up cyclically. Only works

if the AnimButtons->DrawKey is ON for the Object.

SHIFT-PAGEUP. Adds to selection the next Object Key.

PAGEDOWN. Select the previous Object Key. If more than

one Object Key is selected, the selection is shifted up cyclically.

Only works if the AnimButtons->DrawKey is ON for the

Object.

CTRL-C. Copy Menu. This menu copies information from the

active Object to (other) selected Objects.

• Fixed components are:

o Copy Loc : the X,Y,Z location of the Object.

If a Child is involved, this location is the

relative position in relation to the Parent.

o Copy Rot : the X,Y,Z rotation of the Object.

o Copy Size : the X,Y,Z dimension of the

Object.

o DrawType : copies Object Drawtype.

o TimeOffs : copies Object time offset.

o Dupli : all Duplicator data (Dupliframes,

Dupliverts and so on)

o Mass : Real time stuff.

o Damping : Real time stuff.

o Properties : Real time stuff.

o Logic Bricks : Real time stuff.

o Constraints : copies Object constraints.

SHIFT-PAGEDOWN. Adds to selection the previous Object

Key.

ACCENT. (To the left of the 1KEY in US keyboard) Select all

layers.

SHIFT-ACCENT. Revert to the previous layer setting.

TAB. Start/stop EditMode. Alternative hotkey: ALT-E .

AKEY. Selects/deselects all.

CTRL-A. Apply size and rotation. The rotation and dimensions

of the Object are assigned to the ObData (Mesh, Curve, etc.).

At ﬁrst glance, it appears as if nothing has changed, but this

can have considerable consequences for animations or texture

Object Mode HotKeys (cont)

• a second XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY constrains movement

to X, Y or Z axis of the local reference.

• a third XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY removes constraints.

• NKEY enters numerical input, as well as any numeric

key directly. TAB will switch between values, ENTER

ﬁnalizes, ESC exits.

• ARROWS :These keys can be used to move the mouse

cursor exactly 1 pixel.

• Grabber can be terminated with:

o LMB SPACE or ENTER : move to a new

position.

o RMB or ESC : everything goes back to the old

position.

• Switching mode:

o GKEY : starts Grab mode again.

o SKEY : switches to Size (Scale) mode.

o RKEY : switches to Rotate mode.

• If applicable:

o Copy TexSpace : The texture space.

o Copy Particle Settings : the

complete particle system from the

AnimButtons.

• For Curve Objects:

o Copy Bevel Settings : all bevelling

data from the EditButtons.

• Font Objects:

o Copy Font Settings : font type,

dimensions, spacing.

o Copy Bevel Settings : all bevelling

data from the EditButtons.

• Camera Objects:

o Copy Lens : the lens value.

ALT-G. Clears translations, given in Grab mode. The X,Y,Z

locations of selected Objects are set to zero.

SHIFT-G. Group Selection

• Children : Selects all selected Object’s Children.

• Immediate Children : Selects all selected Object’s

ﬁrst level Children.

• Parent : Selects selected Object’s Parent.

• Shared Layers : Selects all Object on the same

Layer of active Object

SHIFT-C. CentreZero View. The 3DCursor is set to zero

(0,0,0) and the view is changed so that all Objects, including the

3Dcursor, can be displayed. This is an alternative for HOME .

DKEY. Draw mode menu. Allows to select draw modes exactly

as the corresponding menu in the 3D viewport header does.

SHIFT-D. Add Duplicate. The selected Objects are duplicated.

Grab mode starts immediately thereafter.

ALT-D. Add Linked Duplicate. Of the selected Objects linked

duplicates are created. Grab mode starts immediately thereafter.

IKEY. Insert Object Key. A keyposition is inserted in the current

frame of all selected Objects. A PopupMenu asks what key

position(s) must be added to the IpoCurves.

• Loc : The XYZ location of the Object.

• Rot : The XYZ rotation of the Object.

• Size : The XYZ dimensions of the Object

• LocRot : The XYZ location and XYZ rotation of the

Object.

• LocRotSize : The XYZ location, XYZ rotation and

XYZ dimensions of the Object.

• Layer : The layer of the Object.

• Avail : A position is only added to all the current

IpoCurves, that is curves which already exists.

• Mesh , Lattice , Curve or Surface : depending on

the type of Object, a VertexKey can be added

CTRL-D. Draw the (texture) Image as wire. This option has a

limited function. It can only be used for 2D compositing.

ALT-E. Start/stop EditMode. Alternative hotkey: TAB .

FKEY. If selected Object is a mesh Toggles Face selectMode on

and off.

CTRL-F. Sort Faces. The faces of the active Mesh Object

are sorted, based on the current view in the 3DWindow. The

leftmost face ﬁrst, the rightmost last. The sequence of faces is

important for the Build Effect (AnimButtons).

GKEY. Grab Mode. Or: the translation mode. This works on

selected Objects and vertices . Blender calculates the quantity

and direction of the translation, so that they correspond exactly

with the mouse movements, regardless of the ViewMode or

view direction of the 3DWindow. Alternatives for starting this

mode:

• LMB to draw a straight line.

The following options are available in translation mode:

• Limiters:

o CTRL : in increments of 1 grid unit.

o SHIFT : ﬁne movements.

o SHIFT-CTRL : in increments of 0.1 grid unit.

• MMB toggles: A short click restricts the current

translation to the X,Y or Z axis. Blender calculates

which axis to use, depending on the already initiated

mouse movement. Click MiddleMouse again to return

to unlimited translation.

• XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY constrains movement to X, Y

or Z axis of the global reference.

CTRL-J. Join Objects. All selected Objects of the same type are

added to the active Object. What actually happens here is that

the ObData blocks are combined and all the selected Objects

(except for the active one) are deleted. This is a rather complex

operation, which can lead to confusing results, particularly

when working with a lot of linked data, animation curves and

hierarchies.

KKEY. Show Keys. The DrawKey option is turned ON for all

selected Objects. If all of them were already ON, they are all

turned OFF.

SHIFT-K. A PopupMenu asks: OK? Show and select

all keys . The DrawKey option is turned ON for all selected

Objects, and all Object-keys are selected. This function is used

to enable transformation of the entire animation system.

LKEY. Makes selected Object local. Makes library linked

objects local for the current scene.

Object Mode HotKeys (cont)

Object will not be deformed. A popup permits to select

the bone. This is the option if you are modeling a robot

or machinery

• Use Armature : The whole armature is used as

parent for deformations. This is the choiche for organic

beings.

• Use Object : Standard parenting.

In the second case further options asks if Vertex groups

should not be created, should be created empty or created and

populated.

CTRL-L. Link selected. Links some of the Active Object data

to all selected Objects, the following menu entry appears only if

applicable.

• To Scene : Creates a link of the Object to a scene.

• Object IPOs : Links Active Object IPOs to selected

ones.

• Mesh Data : Links Active Object Mesh data selected

ones.

• Lamp Data : Links Active Object Lamp data to

selected ones.

• Curve Data : Links Active Object Curve data

selected ones.

• Surf Data : Links Active Object Surf data selected

ones.

• Material : Links Active Object Material to selected

ones.

ALT-P. Clears Parent relation, user is asked if he wishes to keep

or clear parent-induced transforms.

• Clear Parent : the selected Child Objects are

unlinked from the Parent. since the transformation of

the Parent disappears, this can appear as if the former

Children themselves are transformed.

• ... and keep transform : the Child Objects

are unlinked from the Parent, and an attempt is made

to assign the current transformation, which was

determined in part by the Parent, to the (former Child)

Objects.

• Clear Parent inverse : The inverse matrix of

the Parent of the selected Objects is erased. The Child

Objects remain linked to the Objects. This gives the

user complete control over the hierarchy.

SHIFT-L. Select Linked. Selects all Objects somehow linked to

active Object.

• Object IPO : Selects all Object(s) sharing active

Object’s IPOs.

• Object Data : Selects all Object(s) sharing active

Object’s ObData.

• Current Material : Selects all Object(s) sharing

active Object’s current Material.

• Current Texture : Selects all Object(s) sharing

active Object’s current Texture.

RKEY. Rotate mode. Works on selected Object(s). In Blender,

a rotation is by default a rotation perpendicular to the screen,

regardless of the view direction or ViewMode. The degree of

rotation is exactly linked to the mouse movement. Try moving

around the rotation midpoint with the mouse. The rotation pivot

point is determined by the state of the 3DWiewport Header

buttons. Alternatives for starting this mode:

• LMB to draw a C-shaped curve.

The following options are available in rotation mode:

• Limiters:

o CTRL : in increments of 5 degrees.

o SHIFT : ﬁne movements.

o SHIFT-CTRL : in increments of 1 degree.

• MMB toggles: A short click restricts the current

rotation to the horizontal or vertical view axis.

• XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY constrains rotation to X, Y or Z

axis of the global reference.

• a second XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY constrains rotation to

X, Y or Z axis of the local reference.

• a third XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY removes constraints.

• NKEY enters numerical input, as well as any numeric

key directly. ENTER ﬁnalizes, ESC exits.

• ARROWS :These keys can be used to move the mouse

cursor exactly 1 pixel.

• Roration can be terminated with:

o LMB SPACE or ENTER : move to a new

position.

o RMB or ESC : everything goes back to the old

position.

• Switching mode:

o GKEY : switches to Grab.

o SKEY : switches to Size (Scale) mode.

o RKEY : starts Rotate mode again.

MKEY.

Moves selected Object(s) to another layer, a pop-up appers. Use

LMB to move, use SHIFT-LMB to make the object belong to

multiple layers. If the selected Objects have different layers, this

is ʻORʼed in the menu display. Use ESC to exit the menu. Press

the “OK” button or ENTER to change the layer seting. The

hotkeys ( ALT -)( 1KEY , 2KEY , ... - 0KEY ) work here as well

(see 3DHeader).

CTRL-M. Mirror Menu. It is possible to mirror an Object along

the X, Y or Z axis.

NKEY.

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 the Child Objects to move to the exact

location of the Parent Objects.

SHIFT-O. If the selected Object is a Mesh toggles SubSurf onn/

off. CTRL-1 to CTRL-4 switches to the relative SubSurf level

for display purpouses. Rendering SUbSurf level has no HotKey.

CTRL-P. Make selected Object(s) the child(ren) of the active

Object. If the Parent is a Curve then a popup offers two coiches:

• Normal Parent : Make a normal parent, the curve

can be made a path later on.

• Follow Path : Automatically creates a Follow Path

constraint with the curve as target.

If the Parent is an Armature, a popup offers three options:

• Use Bone : One of the Bones becomes the parent. The

Object Mode HotKeys (cont)

( CTRL-L ) a pop-up appears with choices.

• Object : if other Scenes also have a link to this

Object, the link is deleted and the Object is copied. The

Object now only exists in the current Scene. The links

from the Object remain unchanged.

• Object & ObData : Similar to the previous

command, but now the ObData blocks with multiple

links are copied as well. All selected Objects are now

present in the current Scene only, and each has a unique

ObData (Mesh, Curve, etc.).

• Object & ObData & Materials+Tex :

Similar to the previous command, but now Materials

and Textures with multiple links are also copied. All

selected Objects are now unique. They have unique

ObData and each has a unique Material and Texture

block.

• Materials+Tex : Only the Materials and Textures

with multiple links are copied.

ALT-R. Clears Rotation. The X,Y,Z rotations of selected Objects

are set to zero.

SKEY. Size mode or scaling mode. Works on selected Object(s).

The degree of scaling is exactly linked to the mouse movement.

Try to move from the (rotation) midpoint with the mouse. The

pivot point is determined by the settings of the 3D Viewport

header pivot Menu. Alternatives for starting scaling mode:

• LMB to draw a V-shaped line.

The following options are available in scaling mode:

• Limiters:

o CTRL : in increments of 0.1.

o SHIFT-CTRL : in increments of 0.01.

• MMB toggles: A short click restricts the scaling to X, Y

or Z axis. Blender calculates the appropriate axis based

on the already initiated mouse movement. Click MMB

again to return to free scaling.

• XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY constrains scaling to X, Y or Z

axis of the local reference.

• a second XKEY , YKEY , ZKEY removes constraints.

• NKEY enters numerical input, as well as any numeric

key directly. ENTER ﬁnalizes, ESC exits.

• ARROWS :These keys can be used to move the mouse

cursor exactly 1 pixel.

• Scaling can be terminated with:

o LMB SPACE or ENTER : move to a new

position.

o RMB or ESC : everything goes back to the

old dimension.

• Switching mode:

o GKEY : switches to Grab.

o SKEY : starts Size mode again.

o RKEY : switches to Rotation.

VKEY. Switches in/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. Use this hotkey when making

2D Image compositions and multi-plane designs to quickly place

the Objects in the appropriate relationship with one another.

WKEY. Opens Object Booleans Menu.

XKEY. Erase Selected? Deletes selected objects.

ZKEY. Toggles Solid Mode on/off.

SHIFT-Z. Toggles Shaded Mode on/off.

ALT-Z. Toggles Textured Mode on/off.

ALT-S. Clears Size. The X,Y,Z dimensions of selected Objects

are set to 1.0.

SHIFT-S. SnapMenu:

• Sel->Grid : Moves Object to nearest grid point.

• Sel->Curs : Moves Object to cursor.

• Curs->Grid : Moves cursor to nearest grid point.

• Curs->Sel : Moves cursor to selected Object(s).

• Sel->Center : Moves Objects to their barycentrum.

TKEY. Texture space mode. The position and dimensions of

the texture space for the selected Objects can be changed in the

same manner as described above for Grab and Size mode. To

make this visible, the drawingﬂag EditButtons->TexSpace is set

ON. A PopupMenu asks you to select: “Grabber” or “Size”.

CTRL-T. Makes selected Object(s) track the Active Object.

Old track method was Blender default tracking before version

2.30. The new method is the Constrain Track, this creates a fully

editable constraint on the selected object targeting the active

Object.

ALT-T. Clears old style Track. Constraint track is removed as all

constrains are.

UKEY. Makes Object Single User, the inverse operation of Link

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