Shortcuts

After reading this page you will be able to find, in one table per tab, which key does what. To see the same content inside the window, press the Keys button on the Scene view hint bar. → Shortcut sheet

Works in the Scene view only

The keys listed here are handled while the mouse is over the Scene view. They are not captured while you type in a text field, and they do not change Unity's global Shortcut profile.

Common

These work on every tab.

Key	What it does
Tab	Turn edit input on or off. The session stays alive
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Next / previous tab
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y	Undo / redo
Enter	Save the shape key edit (Cancel Key Edit is the button on the pinned bar)
Alt+Z	Turn X-Ray on or off

Shape

Key	What it does
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5	Pull / Smooth / Flatten / Gather / Inflate
[ / ]	Brush radius smaller / larger (×0.9)
, / . (< / >)	Brush strength lower / higher (±0.05)
F / Shift+F	Change radius / strength with the mouse (click to confirm, Esc to cancel)
Shift (hold)	Smooth for as long as you hold it
Ctrl (hold)	Reverse the brush direction
Numpad .	Frame selection (fit the mesh being edited to the view)
Alt+Shift+X / Y / Z	Turn axis symmetry on or off
M	Mask mode
Ctrl+I	Invert the mask
Alt+M	Clear the whole mask

caution

Pressing X Y Z alone does not turn on symmetry

The symmetry shortcuts are Alt+Shift+X / Y / Z. Plain X Y Z stay as Unity's tool handle shortcuts, so this tool does not capture them. You can also use the Symmetry checkboxes in the window.

Select & Move

Key	What it does
1 / 2 / 3	Vertex / edge / face mode
A / Alt+A / Ctrl+I	Select all / clear / invert
B	Box select (Shift adds, Ctrl removes)
L / Shift+L	Select / deselect the connected element
Alt+click	Edge loop (only on a click without dragging)
Ctrl+Alt+click	Edge ring (hold Shift as well to add)
Ctrl + + / -	Grow / shrink the selection
Esc	Clear the selection
Q / W / E / R	View / Move / Rotate / Scale gizmo
G / R / S	Modal move / rotate / scale with the mouse (requires a selection)
X Y Z during the modal	Constrain to an axis. Press again for the world axis
Shift + axis during the modal	Constrain to a plane
Numbers / Enter / Esc during the modal	Type an exact value / confirm / cancel
O	Turn proportional editing on or off
[ / ]	Proportional radius (vertex display size when proportional editing is off)
Alt+Shift+X / Y / Z	Turn axis symmetry on or off
H / Shift+H / Alt+H	Hide selected / hide unselected / show all
P / Shift+P	Separate selection / separate islands
X or Delete	Delete the selection

caution

R does one of two things, depending on context

R opens the rotate modal only when something is selected and the cursor is over the Scene view. Otherwise R is Unity's scale gizmo.

caution

Alt+drag still rotates the Scene view

Loop selection with Alt happens only on a click that moved less than 3 px. If you drag further, the camera rotates as usual.

Combinations that include Ctrl or Cmd (Ctrl+P, Ctrl+R, Ctrl+X, and so on) stay as Unity shortcuts and do not run a Select & Move action. The exceptions are Ctrl+A, Ctrl+I, and Ctrl + + / -.

Shape Keys

Key	What it does
N	Start sculpting a new key
Enter	Save the key edit
Esc	Cancel the stroke or clear solo. The key edit is not discarded
F / Shift+F / [ / ] / , / .	Radius and strength while sculpting a key
Shift (hold)	Smooth for as long as you hold it

Bone Weights

Key	What it does
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5	Add / Subtract / Smooth / Blur / Average
N	Normalize all
K	Smooth the checked bones (does nothing if no bone is checked)
Ctrl+click	Set or clear the active bone in the Scene view
Ctrl+Shift+click	Turn the smoothing check on or off in the Scene view
[ / ] / , / . / F / Shift+F	Radius and strength (same as Shape)
Shift (hold)	Temporary Smooth
Ctrl (hold)	Reverse Add and Subtract

note

Symmetric Paint has no key

The label includes (X), but in this version the option is turned on and off only with the checkbox in the window. → Symmetric painting