Keyboard Shortcuts

Open Help > Keyboard Shortcuts in the Editor for the in-app reference. The tables below list the default bindings.

On macOS, shortcuts shown with Ctrl use Cmd for application commands such as Undo and Select All. The Ctrl selection modifier remains Ctrl on every platform.

Editing and Selection

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Undo	Ctrl + Z	Cmd + Z
Redo	Ctrl + Shift + Z	Cmd + Shift + Z
Select all	Ctrl + A	Cmd + A
Select none	Ctrl + Shift + A	Cmd + Shift + A
Invert selection	Ctrl + I	Cmd + I
Delete selected Gaussians	Delete or Backspace	Delete or Backspace
Lock selection	H	H
Unlock all	Shift + H	Shift + H
Toggle Selection Depth	N	N
Toggle Selection Footprint	M	M

For Rectangle, Lasso, Polygon, Brush, Sphere Brush, Flood, and Eyedropper selections, hold Shift to add, Ctrl to remove, or Shift + Ctrl to intersect with the current selection. Selection Depth and Footprint explains what N and M change.

Tools and View

Action	Shortcut
Move / Rotate / Scale	1 / 2 / 3 (while Box or Sphere Selection is active, these switch the selection volume's gizmo instead)
Rectangle / Lasso / Polygon Selection	R / L / P
Brush / Sphere Brush Selection	B / Shift + B
Flood Selection	O
Eyedropper Selection	Ctrl + E (Cmd + E on macOS)
Decrease / increase brush size	[ / ], or Alt + Wheel
Close the polygon	Enter
Remove the last polygon point	Backspace
Remove the active Measure or Orient point	Delete or Backspace
Deactivate current tool	Escape
Toggle world/local coordinates	Shift + C
Toggle display overlays	Tab
Toggle grid	G
Toggle camera info	I
Toggle Splat Data panel	Ctrl + D (Cmd + D on macOS)
Toggle Timeline panel	Ctrl + T (Cmd + T on macOS)

Camera

Action	Shortcut
Frame the selection or active splat	F (frames the active Box, Sphere, Measure, or Orient tool instead while one is active)
Reset camera	Shift + F
Toggle orbit/fly controls	V
Fly forward/back/left/right	W / S / A / D
Fly down/up	Q / E
Fly faster / slower	Hold Shift / Alt

See Camera Controls for mouse, touch, fly, and view-cube controls.

Timeline

Action	Shortcut
Play or pause	Space
Previous / next frame	, / .
Previous / next keyframe	< / > (Shift + , / Shift + .)
Add keyframe	Enter
Remove keyframe	Shift + Enter
Overwrite a keyframe with the current camera pose	Ctrl + Click the keyframe
Copy a keyframe	Shift + Drag the keyframe

File

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Re-export (repeat the last export)	Ctrl + Shift + E	Cmd + Shift + E

Shortcuts are ignored while focus is in a text or numeric input. The brush size shortcuts act on whichever brush is active; Brush and Sphere Brush share one size.