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Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Lumberyard supports the following keyboard shortcuts.

File Menu

Keyboard shortcutFunction
Ctrl+OOpen a level
Ctrl+SSave the level
Ctrl+Alt+FRestore the saved state
Ctrl+Alt+HSave the current state
Ctrl+Shift+SSave the selected object

Edit Menu

Keyboard shortcutFunction
GToggle snap-to-grid
Ctrl+DDuplicate the selected object
Ctrl+ZUndo the last operation
Ctrl+Shift+ZRedo the last operation
Ctrl+Shift+SpaceLock the selection

Game Menu

Keyboard shortcutFunction
Ctrl+EExport the level
Ctrl+GEnter game mode (Esc to exit)
Ctrl+PEnable AI or physics

Tools Menu

Keyboard shortcutFunction
MOpen the Material Editor
`Open the console window
[Increase the brush radius size
]Decrease the brush radius size
Shift+[Decrease the hardness shape of the fall-off curve between the inner and outer radius of the brush
Shift+]Increase the hardness shape of the fall-off curve between the inner and outer radius of the brush

Select Toolbar

Keyboard shortcutFunction
1Select the object
2Select and move the object
3Select and rotate the object
4Select and scale the object
5Select the terrain area

Hide Toolbar

Keyboard shortcutFunction
FFreeze the selected object
HHide the selected object
Ctrl+FUnfreeze all objects
Ctrl+HUnhide all hidden objects

Constraint Toolbar

Keyboard shortcutFunction
Ctrl+1Follow the terrain
Ctrl+2Lock on the xy-plane
Ctrl+3Lock on the x-axis
Ctrl+4Lock on the y-axis
Ctrl+5Lock on the z-axis

Perspective Viewport

Keyboard shortcutFunction
WMove forward in the viewport
AMove backward in the viewport
SMove left in the viewport
DMove right in the viewport
QMove up in the viewport
EMove down in the viewport
ZFocus the camera to the selected object in the viewport
F3Toggle the wireframe view
Alt+middle mouse buttonRotate around the selected object
Alt+right clickZoom in and out
Ctrl+F1 (or F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12)Save the viewport location
Shift+F1 (or F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12)Move to the saved viewport location
Shift+SpacebarShow or hide helpers