Questions tagged [shortcut]
Questions pertaining to creating, editing or deleting shortcuts/hotkeys. Blender's keymap and input editor are accessible in User Preferences > Input.
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Is there a way to have more controls/shortcuts displayed on the bottom of the window?
blender 4.0 changed a bunch of button combinations/shortcuts.
Is it possible to have more than just the mouse controls displayed at the bottom of the window to make it easier to reference?
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Are these shortcuts missing from the menus in error or do they indicate something more complicated? [closed]
In Blender 4.0, I've noticed two places where shortcuts that are documented in the manual do not appear where it seems they should in the menus.
Shrink/Fatten. Shortcut Alt-S.
Select Edge Loops. ...
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Is there a quick way of changing the % Resolution in Output Properties?
I'm always working with big images (> 4K) and very often I use the % Resolution to make quick renders with the original proportion to progressively see the results/issues of the render. ...
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Move to next/prev marker keystroke not working in Blender 3.6.4
I just downloaded 3.6.4 and have discovered that Ctrl-Shift-[left arrow|right arrow] no longer moves the timeline between markers. Is this something other people have noted, and is there a fix?
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How can I get a temporary fix for a broken 'g' key on keyboard?
I have a hardware issue where it appears that the G key is broken. I won't be able to get into town to buy another keyboard for at least 2 days, but I can't figure out how to remap it properly. ...
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Jump to next keyframe not working
Basically, it wont let me jump to previous or next keyframes. Neither the buttons themselves or the shortcuts (up and down arrow) will work, and i cant find like a setting that has changed it for some ...
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blender Sculptmode alt + "leftclick" dosent work
I was searching for many solutions. While im in Sculpt mode I cant change the object with alt + "leftclick". I even tried shift + alt + "leftclick" and shift + ctrl + a "...
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Move Tool scales Reference Image
Blender 3.6.2 - I can use the Move Tool on the Default Box and slide along the axis's by grabbing the arrows in a new file. However I can't do that after importing a Reference Image. After bringing in ...
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Fastest way to align objects with keyboard shortcut and no errors about active object?
I need a keyboard shortcut to align the selected objects relative
to an specific axis, for example, X.
Currently I have a keyboard shortcut to do this, however,
note the option "Relative to: ...
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Assign material to face hotkey doesnt work
How to make make a hotkey for "Assign" button? (Edit mesh mode)It is under all material slots in properties\material properties\Assign. What a button does - it applies selected material slot ...
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Keyboard Events/shortcuts in UIList?
I noticed that when the cursor is hovering a UIList and you press the keyboard arrows, it changes the index:
I was wondering if we are able to modify or extend that behaviour. So, for example, if we ...
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Separate Keymaps for Orthographic Views
Is there a way to have a separate keymap for orthographic views in Blender 3.6.2? More specifically, I'm using Quad View and I'm trying to remap the middle mouse button for the locked axis views so ...
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What is the shortcut called for inverting the sculpt brush
The default way to invert a sculpt brush is through ctrl left click. I already have ctrl left click set to something else, so I'd like to change the shortcut. I looked through the keymap but nothing ...
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wm.context_toggle_enum(Context Toggle Values) shortcut setting is not working in Blendre 3.6?
I googled to see if I can toggle menu items with shortcuts and they explains wm.context_toggle_enum(Context Toggle Values)can do that, but in Blender 3.6 this shortcut setting doesn't work. Is there ...
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Trackpad Navigation: Invert Pan Direction
Is it possible to invert or reverse the orientation of panning with a laptop that is using blender numpad emulation? Currently, I use the shift key and two fingers to pan left and right: Sliding to ...
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Keyboard Issues [closed]
I just encountered something that is now blocking me completely from 3D modeling altogether. I am hoping that posting here might garner some help. I have tried various solutions from the net (se ...
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How do I make double tap shortcuts?
I want to change the view angle shortcuts like Numpad1+Ctrl to double tap Numpad1, similar to pressing G twice to do something different than just pressing G once.
Is it possible to do this? I read ...
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Right-click menu not opening
I worked with Autodesk for 5 years and am now switching to Blender.
I changed a whole bunch of shortcuts for my keyboard and now, after I changed everything, I cannot open the right-click menu (the ...
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KeyMaps for TEXT_EDITOR doesnt wor'k for 3.5?
Answer from here works great. But when I try it with Script Editor no combinations work.
I changed
IMAGE_EDITOR
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TEXT_EDITOR
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Blender 3.5 keyboard layout changes automatically
Hi guys i came across this weird problem.
My keyboard is azerty and i dont have any other layout installed
the layout changes only when i try to rename an object it writes in arabic letters
the axes ...
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Face fill not working
Hitting F repeatedly has stopped working. It makes the first face but then doesn't keep making faces like it usually would. Specifics as follows:
I have a a closed loop with a lot of vertices that I ...
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How to keep menus up as persistant toolboxes
Maya 2017 had a feature where you could "tear off" any program menu, and it then acts as a persistant little window that made using tools easier.
Is there any way to get the same ...
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Is there a shortcut for Viewport Render Image?
I am wondering if there's is any way I can set up a shortcut or a faster way to access to the Viewport Render Image. It seems not in the hot key binding option. Thank you!
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Subdivide multiple faces at once?
I would like to Subdivide several faces at once? and vertically, without having to make a face by a face, I would like to know how to do for future larger modeling
Thanks
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How to make a sidewalk on blender?
I would like to make a sidewalk for a 3D project but I can't find how to do it, I looked for tutorials, but nothing tells me how to make the lines or the cut lines on the edge of the sidewalk
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Show keymap on button in N-panel
I want to add an operator label that will show the keymap for the given operator.
How can this be done if operator is in N-panel?
If operator is added to the Object menu, then the keymap will be ...
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Blender 3.5 interprets AZERTY as QWERTY keyboard layout
I have just moved to Blender 3.5 and now Blender interprets my keyboard layout as QWERTY instead of AZERTY. When I want to extrude a face, for instance, instead of pressing E then Z, I have to press E ...
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How do I configure Blender 2D view?
I had a previous version of Blender in which I was able to configure it to Alt + Right Click and it would activate 2D View and which ever direction I would drag to, it would snap the camera to that ...
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Quick favorites dosen't show up in 3D viewport
so I switched to Blender lately and watched tons of tutorials.
and I quickly discovered that my "Quick Favorites" did not function correctly in the 3D viewport like the others in tutorials.
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Viewlayer/composite shortcut
After rendering with F12, you can switch between slots by pressing 1,2,3... depending on the slot you want to go to. Is there a shortcut to switch between before/after composite, instead of choosing ...
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What is the difference between Global and Generic Keymaps?
What is the difference between Global and Generic Keymaps? What happens if I set a hotkey in Global, and what happens if I set a hotkey in Generic?
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Change the resolution scale on the fly by shortcuts?
ctrl + alt + Q and ctrl + space
are great Shotcuts!
When I maximize the Outliner for example I would prefer a 2.0 or 1.5 resolution scale. Or ingeneral when I maximize a window a changed ...
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When in lock to cursor mode, holding shift + middle mouse button snap zooms to that point. How to turn it off?
When in lock to cursor mode, holding shift and middle mouse button snap zooms to that point. How to turn it off? It works fine if I want to pan when im not locked to cursor. Anyone have a fix for this?...
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Loopcut and Scale
I'm new to blender, I'm watching this video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGmS9gKreDU at minute 2:34 there is a loop cut, and the scaling of the two edges. I did the loop cut on my model, ...
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Ctrl + R not working for loopcut
My problem is that Blender is not reading Ctrl+R for loop cut, I can change the shortcut, but I want it to work with Ctrl+R.
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Camera numpad "0" key not working
This only started happening recently. My Numpad 0 key won't enter the "Camera mode" when pressed anymore on the viewport. Does anyone know why this is happening? I am currently using Shift+` ...
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Geo Nodes Shortcut: take out node to put it elsewhere
Lets say I have node 1, node 2 and node 3. I used to know a shortcut where I could take out node 2 but keep the connection between 1 and 3. I believe it was something like Alt+S, or Alt+D but somehow ...
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Why is Blender cancelling my render on "undo"
Everytime a render is processing, while I'm doing other things in the software, and want to undo my last action, Blender cancels the ongoing render.
I thought it was a shortcut issue, but it's not; ...
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My selection "hacks" or shortcuts aren´t working
When you are in edit mode and press Alt while clicking on an edge it will select all edges that make a loop, the same with faces, right?
Well, in my office PC it is the case but something happened in ...
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How do I change default Modal hotkey Shift+O to Shift+Q in Blender?
E.g.: When I am moving vertex points with proportional editing on, in order to cycle through different proportional falloff I want to assign modal hotkey as Shift+Q.
Default Shift+O is very ...
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Why pressing alt+1 for changing view axis works only in edit mode?
I don't have a numpad so I changed view axis to alt + number.
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Blender 3.4.1 - Pan Left/Right using Shift+Scroll Up/Down
What preferences need to be changed such that holding the Shift key down while scrolling the mouse wheel up results in panning the 3D viewport (and 2D viewport) to the left? Similarly, pressing Shift ...
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Blender Python - I'm unable to assign a hotkey to my plugin
I've been developing a Decimate macro plugin for Blender and so far I have all the pieces together fairly well. However, I've been unable to set a hotkey for it using Python. I followed this tutorial ...
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Setting a shortcut to split the current screen in half using screen.area_split
I'm trying to set a key bind to activate the screen.area_split so that I don't have to use the mouse, and instead splits the screen 50/50 down the middle. Does ...
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Navigating the outliner while the mouse hovers over another editor
I would like to be able to browse through the items in the outliner without moving my mouse to hover over it.
What I would like to achieve is selecting layers by each at a time the way they are ...
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Scaling along local axis after rotating in edit mode does not work
Scaling along a local axis after rotating doesn't seem to work. If I rotate an object in edit mode and hit SXX, the editor says I'm scaling along the local X axis, but it's still scaling along the ...
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Shortcut key to restart render
I have been searching for a way to get the F12 key to restart a rendering (essentially stop the current and then start another). My workflow gets to a point where I am making small changes and want ...
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'Assign Shortcut' Settings change after closing of Blend file
It appears that when a shortcut is assigned through Alt key, blender can not recall this shortcut after closing of Blend file. I dont know why this happens. Please help.
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Optimize the way of pie menu appears
Here is the situation: when I call a pie menu out with a shortcut, I carelessly moved my mouse, then the pie menu disappeared. so I must carefully use my mouse in order to I can call the pie menu. I ...
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3.3 Keymap for 2.79
I have been doing some retro looking renders in 2.79 as of late, but I am unfamiliar with its Keymap and switching between 3.3 and 2.79 breaks my workflow quite a bit. Is there any way to quickly ...
