Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard accelerators let you perform Composer commands more quickly than graphical commands. This section lists the keyboard shortcuts used by default in Composer.

To create and manage shortcuts, right-click the ribbon and click Customize Quick Access Toolbar. In the Customize dialog box, for Keyboard shortcuts, click Customize.

Note: Single-character shortcuts, such as H to hide an actor, are hardcoded in the application and are not displayed in the Customize dialog box.

Keys Description
Alt Enables curve detection mode. Available only in transformation modes: rotate, translate, and explode.
Alt+Enter Displays the Document Properties dialog box.
Esc Quits the current function.
Space Bar Displays Digger.
Tab Hides temporarily the actor under the mouse pointer.
Tab+Shift Restores actor visibility, one after the other, after hiding with Tab.
F1 Displays the appropriate online help topic (contextual help).
F2 Edits the text (rename).
F4 Redoes the last operation (undo).
F11 Toggle full-screen mode.
Shift+click Toggles the selection.
Ctrl+click Adds to the selection (multi-select).
Delete Deletes selected actors.
Ctrl+A Selects all.
Ctrl+B Toggles actor bounding boxes.
Ctrl+C Copies selected actors.
Ctrl+D Displays Digger.
Ctrl+E Creates a new view.
Ctrl+F Shows/hides the Search pane.
Ctrl+G Shows/hides the ground actor.
Ctrl+I Inverts the selection.
Ctrl+J Applies on-demand rendering effects, such as anti-aliasing, to the viewport.
Ctrl+K Copies the current viewport image to the Windows clipboard (captures the screen) so you can paste it ( Ctrl+V) into another application.To capture a portion of the viewport, enable the Detail View in the High Resolution Image Workshop. See High Resolution Image Workshop.
Ctrl+L Toggles viewport lighting.
Ctrl+N Displays the New Project dialog box.
Ctrl+O Displays the Open dialog box.
Ctrl+P Displays the Print dialog box.
Ctrl+R Restores actor's neutral position.
Ctrl+S Saves the active document.
Ctrl+T Shows/hides all actors.
Ctrl+V Pastes actors.
Ctrl+W Shows/hides the ground shadow.
Ctrl+X Cuts selected actors.
Ctrl+Y Redoes the last operation.
Ctrl+Z Undoes the last operation.
Ctrl+arrow keys Pans the camera (same as middle-click).
Shift+arrow keys Rotates the camera (same as right-click).
Alt+Left/Right arrow keys Rolls the camera (same as Alt+right-click).
Ctrl+Alt+F Zooms to fit the model.
Ctrl+Alt+Up arrow Plays/pauses the animation.
Ctrl+Alt+Down arrow Stops the animation.
Ctrl+Shift+0 through 9 Ctrl+Shift+P Enables rendering modes.
Ctrl+Shift+B Subscribes the selection to the style.
Ctrl+Shift+F Front/back camera view.
Ctrl+Shift+N Applies the style to the selection.
Ctrl+Shift+R Right/left camera view.
Ctrl+Shift+T Top/bottom camera view.
+ (or Up arrow) Increases navigation speed in Fly Through mode.
- (or Down arrow) Decreases navigation speed in Fly Through mode.
A Applies on-demand rendering effects, such as anti-aliasing, to the viewport.
H Hides the selected actor.
I Toggles inertia mode.
K Keeps hidden an actor that was hidden with Tab.
P Plays/pauses the animation.
R Refreshes the scene by resetting the OpenGL engine. Use this command if you have graphical display issues.
S Show statistics, such as the number of model actors and triangles, in the lower-right corner of the viewport when navigating the model.
T Shows/hides collaboration actors.
X Displays Digger.