Keyboard shortcuts

Press ? in Studio, or select Keyboard shortcuts in the toolbar, to see the most common shortcuts without leaving the editor.

On a Mac, use ⌘ where this page says Ctrl, and Option where it says Alt.

Note

Studio’s shortcuts are paused while you type in a text field or in the script editor, so your keys go to what you’re typing. To play from the script editor, select Play in the toolbar. While you’re playing a test, the game gets your keyboard: click outside the game first, or use the Stop button.

General

Shortcut	Action
1 / 2 / 3 / 4	Select, Move, Rotate or Scale tool
F	Frame the selection in the viewport
Esc	Close the right-click menu, or clear the selection
Delete or Backspace	Delete the selection
F2	Rename the selected object
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+D	Duplicate
Ctrl+C	Copy the selection (or the selected text, for example in Output)
Ctrl+V	Paste next to the selection
Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste into the selection
Ctrl+G	Group into a Model (or a Folder)
Ctrl+Shift+G	Ungroup
Ctrl+S	Send your latest edits now (Studio also saves as you go)
F5	Play
Shift+F5	Stop a test
?	Show keyboard shortcuts

Camera in 3D games

Click the viewport first so it has keyboard focus.

Shortcut	Action
Right-drag	Look around
W A S D	Fly forward, left, back and right
E / Q	Fly up / down
Hold Shift	Fly faster
Scroll	Move toward the point under the cursor
Middle-drag	Pan
Alt + drag	Orbit around what’s under the cursor

Camera in 2D games

Shortcut	Action
Scroll	Zoom at the cursor
Right-drag or middle-drag	Pan
W A S D	Pan
Q / E	Zoom out / in
Hold Shift	Move faster

Selecting in the viewport

Shortcut	Action
Click	Select (a part inside a Model selects the whole Model)
Alt + click	Select just the part
Shift + click or Ctrl + click	Add to or remove from the selection
Drag from empty space	Box select (hold Shift or Ctrl to add)
Right-click	Open the object menu
Esc during a drag	Cancel a resize, a body drag, a UI drag or a box selection

Scale tool

Shortcut	Action
Hold Shift while dragging a handle	Resize both sides, keeping the part centered
Hold Ctrl while dragging a handle	Resize every axis together, keeping proportions

UI editor

Shortcut	Action
Shift + click or Ctrl + click	Add to or remove from the selection
Hold Shift while resizing	Resize from the center
Hold Ctrl while resizing	Keep the width-to-height ratio
Hold Alt while dragging	Turn off guide snapping

Explorer

These work while the Explorer has focus (click a row first).

Shortcut	Action
↑ / ↓	Select the previous / next row
→	Expand a row, or go to its first child
←	Collapse a row, or go to its parent
Enter	Rename the selected object
Shift + click	Select a range of rows
Ctrl + click	Add to or remove from the selection
Double-click	Open a script, or rename anything else
Drag a row	Move objects (drop on a row to put them inside it)
Esc in Filter	Clear the filter

While renaming, press Enter to save or Esc to cancel.

Properties

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Apply the value (clicking away does too)
Esc	Put the old value back
Drag a number property’s name	Scrub the value (for X, Y and Z fields, drag the axis letter)
Hold Shift / Alt while scrubbing	Bigger / smaller steps
Esc in Filter	Clear the filter

Script tabs and the editor

Shortcut	Action
Middle-click a tab	Close it
Ctrl+Z in the editor	Undo typing (the editor has its own undo)