Blender Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

A visual cheat sheet of 187 keyboard shortcuts in Blender.

General

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Cancel Blender function without making changes	Esc	Esc
Open toolbox	Space	Space
Start or exit edit mode	Tab	Tab
Load Blender file, change window to file window	F1	F1
Add parts from other files, or load as library data	Shift + F1	Shift + F1
Write Blender file, change window to file window	F2	F2
Export scene as DXF file	Shift + F2	Shift + F2
Export scene as VRML1 file	Cmd + F2	Ctrl + F2
Write image if rendered (format as shown in display button)	F3	F3
Save screen dump of active window	Cmd + F3	Ctrl + F3
Save screen dump of entire Blender screen	Cmd + Shift + F3	Ctrl + Shift + F3
Show logic context	F4	F4
Show shading context, lights, materials or world sub-context	F5	F5
Show shading context and texture sub-context	F6	F6
Show object context	F7	F7
Show shading context and world sub-context	F8	F8
Show edit context	F9	F9
Show scene background	F10	F10
Hide or show render window	F11	F11
Start rendering from active camera	F12	F12
Go to previous frame	Left	Left
Go to first frame	Shift + Left	Shift + Left
Go to next frame	Right	Right
Go to last frame	Shift + Right	Shift + Right
Forward 10 frames	Up	Up
Backward 10 frames	Down	Down
Change current Blender window to animation playback mode	Alt + A	Alt + A
Change current window and all 3D windows to animation playback mode	Alt + Shift + A	Alt + Shift + A
Insert key menu (varies by window)	I	I
Toggle render buffer	J	J
Open last saved file	Cmd + O	Ctrl + O
Exit Blender	Q	Q
Timer menu (info about drawing speed)	Cmd + Alt + T	Ctrl + Alt + T
Save user default settings	Cmd + U	Ctrl + U
Write file without opening file window	Cmd + W	Ctrl + W
Write videoscape file	Alt + W	Alt + W
Erase everything except render buffer, reload default scene	Cmd + X	Ctrl + X
Redo	Cmd + Y	Ctrl + Y
Undo	Cmd + Z	Ctrl + Z
Redo (alternative)	Cmd + Shift + Z	Ctrl + Shift + Z

Object Mode

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
All objects in visible layers displayed in center of window	Home	Home
Select next object key	PgUp	PgUp
Add to selection next object key	Shift + PgUp	Shift + PgUp
Select previous object key	PgDn	PgDn
Add previous object key to selection	Shift + PgDn	Shift + PgDn
Select all layers	```	```
Restore previous layer settings	Shift + ```	Shift + ```
Start or stop edit mode	Tab	Tab
Select or deselect all	A	A
Apply size and rotation	Cmd + A	Ctrl + A
Menu for creating actual objects (if auto-copy active)	Cmd + Shift + A	Ctrl + Shift + A
Bring up ADD menu	Shift + A	Shift + A
Border select (draw rectangle with LMB)	B	B
Render border (camera view only)	Shift + B	Shift + B
Center view (3D cursor becomes new center)	C	C
Convert menu (convert ObData types)	Alt + C	Alt + C
Copy menu (copy info from active to selected)	Cmd + C	Ctrl + C
Center zero view (3D cursor to zero, show all objects)	Shift + C	Shift + C
Show drawing mode menu	D	D
Duplicate selected objects	Shift + D	Shift + D
Duplicate linked selected objects	Alt + D	Alt + D
Draw texture images as lines	Cmd + D	Ctrl + D
Start or stop edit mode (alternative)	Alt + E	Alt + E
Toggle face selection mode (if mixed object)	F	F
Sort faces based on current 3D view	Cmd + F	Ctrl + F
Grab mode (Translate)	G	G
Clear translation	Alt + G	Alt + G
Group select	Shift + G	Shift + G
Insert object key	I	I
Join objects (selected into active)	Cmd + J	Ctrl + J
Toggle draw keys options for selected	K	K
Popup menu to show/select all keys	Shift + K	Shift + K
Make selected objects local	L	L
Link selected info from active	Cmd + L	Ctrl + L
Select linked objects	Shift + L	Shift + L
Move selected objects to another layer	M	M
Mirror menu (X, Y, or Z axis)	Cmd + M	Ctrl + M
Numeric panel (transform properties)	N	N
Clear origin (move children to parent location)	Alt + O	Alt + O
Toggle sub-surface (if mesh)	Shift + O	Shift + O
Make selected child of active object	Cmd + P	Ctrl + P
Clear parent relationship	Alt + P	Alt + P
Rotation mode	R	R
Clear rotation	Alt + R	Alt + R
Scaling mode (Size)	S	S
Clear scale	Alt + S	Alt + S
Snap menu	Shift + S	Shift + S
Texture space mode	T	T
Track active object	Cmd + T	Ctrl + T
Clear track constraints	Alt + T	Alt + T
Make objects single user	U	U
Toggle vertex paint mode	V	V
Set X/Y dimensions from image texture	Alt + V	Alt + V
Object boolean menu	W	W
Delete selected objects	X	X
Toggle solid mode	Z	Z
Toggle wireframe/shaded mode	Shift + Z	Shift + Z
Toggle textured mode	Alt + Z	Alt + Z

Edit Mode - General

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Start or stop edit mode	Tab	Tab
Start or stop edit mode (optional)	Alt + E	Alt + E
Switch between Vertex, Edge, and Face select mode	Cmd + Tab	Ctrl + Tab
Select or deselect all	A	A
Circle select	B + B	B + B
Create hook object from selected vertices	Cmd + H	Ctrl + H
Numeric panel	N	N
Toggle proportional editing	O	O
Toggle smooth/sharp proportional editing	Shift + O	Shift + O
Separate selected to a new object	P	P
Make vertex parent	Cmd + P	Ctrl + P
Shear (tilt selected tables)	Cmd + S	Ctrl + S
Undo	U	U
Special popup menu	W	W
Warp (bend selected vertices into a curve)	Shift + W	Shift + W

Edit Mode - Mesh

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Expand selection (grow)	Cmd + +	Ctrl + +
Shrink selection	Cmd + -	Ctrl + -
Toggle curve cyclic mode (if curve deform used)	C	C
Extrude selected	E	E
Crease sub-surface edges	Shift + E	Shift + E
Mark LSCM seams	Cmd + E	Ctrl + E
Make edge or face	F	F
Fill selected (with triangles)	Shift + F	Shift + F
Beauty fill (re-mesh triangles to equal size)	Alt + F	Alt + F
Flip faces (swap shared edges of triangles)	Cmd + F	Ctrl + F
Hide selected	H	H
Hide unselected	Shift + H	Shift + H
Reveal hidden	Alt + H	Alt + H
Join faces (triangles to quads)	Alt + J	Alt + J
Knife menu	K	K
Select linked	L	L
Deselect linked	Shift + L	Shift + L
Select linked selected	Cmd + L	Ctrl + L
Mirror selected (choose axis)	M	M
Merge vertices (to center or cursor)	Alt + M	Alt + M
Recalculate normals outside	Cmd + N	Ctrl + N
Recalculate normals inside	Cmd + Shift + N	Ctrl + Shift + N
Scale along local normals (Shrink/Fatten)	Alt + S	Alt + S
Triangulate faces	Cmd + T	Ctrl + T
Undo	U	U
Redo	Shift + U	Shift + U
Undo menu	Alt + U	Alt + U
Specials menu	W	W
Clean selected	X	X
Split selected portion without deleting	Y	Y

Edit Mode - Curve

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Toggle cyclic curve	C	C
Extrude curve	E	E
Add segment between two endpoints	F	F
Toggle handle Aligned/Free	H	H
Set handle to automatic	Shift + H	Shift + H
Calculate handles	Cmd + H	Ctrl + H
Select linked	L	L
Deselect linked	Shift + L	Shift + L
Mirror control points	M	M
Tilt mode	T	T
Clear tilt	Alt + T	Alt + T
Vector handle	V	V
Curve specials menu	W	W
Clear selected	X	X

Edit Mode - Surface

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Toggle cyclic menu	C	C
Extrude selected	E	E
Add segment between two endpoints	F	F
Select linked	L	L
Deselect linked	Shift + L	Shift + L
Mirror control points	M	M
Select row starting from last selected vertex	Shift + R	Shift + R
Surface specials menu	W	W
Clear selected	X	X

Edit Mode - Font

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Move text cursor forward	Right	Right
Move text cursor to end of line	Shift + Right	Shift + Right
Move text cursor backward	Left	Left
Move text cursor to start of line	Shift + Left	Shift + Left
Move text cursor down one line	Down	Down
Move text cursor to end of text	Shift + Down	Shift + Down
Move text cursor up one line	Up	Up
Move text cursor to start of text	Shift + Up	Shift + Up
Reload original data	Alt + U	Alt + U
Paste text	Alt + V	Alt + V

Vertex Paint

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Set all vertices to current paint color	Shift + K	Shift + K
Undo (press twice to redo)	U	U
Smooth vertex colors	W	W

UV Editor

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
LSCM Unwrap	E	E
Pin selected vertices	P	P
Unpin selected vertices	Alt + P	Alt + P

Face Select

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Switch to edit mode	Tab	Tab
Join coplanar faces into a FGon	F	F
Select linked UVs	L	L
Rotate UV coords or vertices	R	R
UV calculation menu	U	U