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Complete Shortcut and Mouse Reference
Current canvas, bone, weight, and dope-sheet keyboard and mouse controls.
ReferenceAbout 5 minFor Editor v1.0 · Tutorial updated Oct 26, 2026
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01
Canvas and tools
| Shortcut / mouse | Function |
|---|---|
| M | Switch Skeleton / Animation mode |
| N | Enter or exit New Bone |
| Q | Pose tool |
| W | Move tool |
| E | Rotate tool |
| R | Scale tool |
| T | Shear tool |
| G | Open Weights |
| B | Toggle bone compensation |
| 1 | Show / hide canvas images |
| 2 | Show / hide canvas bones |
| 3 | Show / hide other canvas elements |
| Creation mode + left-drag | Create a bone |
| Mouse wheel | Zoom canvas |
| Right-drag | Pan canvas |
| Right-double-click | Reset canvas view |
| Right-click / Escape | Exit creation or cancel the current operation |
02
Editing and selection
| Shortcut / mouse | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y / Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Delete | Delete selection |
| Ctrl + left-click | Add bones or weight vertices to the selection, depending on the tool |
| Left-drag empty space | Marquee-select keys or objects, depending on the area and tool |
| Double-click a keyframe | Open easing / Bezier editing |
| Double-click a path | Edit an existing path |
03
Dope sheet and playback
| Shortcut / mouse | Function |
|---|---|
| Space | Play forward / pause |
| Shift + Space | Play backward / pause |
| Home | Go to the first frame and stop |
| End | Go to the highest keyframe |
| [ / ] | Previous / next keyframe |
| L | Toggle looping |
| K | New keyframe at current frame |
| Shift + K | Delete selected keyframes |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected keyframes |
| Ctrl + V | Paste keyframes |
| Timeline wheel | Zoom timeline |
| Timeline right-drag | Pan timeline |
| Timeline right-double-click | Reset timeline view |
| Drag frame ruler | Move to a frame |
| Drag a keyframe | Move that keyframe |
| Drag a top summary key | Move all keyframes on that frame together |