Keyboard shortcuts

The keyboard shortcuts can be edited in the Preferences.

Shortcuts trigger a Lua script function which in turn executes the desired operation.

This is a list of the default shortcuts:

Shortcut	Function	Lua Command
Global
alt-p	Open Preferences	`vai.prefs()`
ctrl-o	Open File	`vai.open()`
ctrl-alt-a	About	`vai.about()`
F11 Alt-Return	Toggle full screen	`vai.toggle_fullscreen()`
View Navigation
numpad-1	Front view	`view.front()`
ctrl-numpad-1	Back view	`view.back()`
numpad-2	Rotate down	`view.tumble(0, -30)`
numpad-3	Right View	`view.right()`
ctrl-numpad-3	Left View	`view.left()`
numpad-4	Rotate left	`view.tumble(30, 0)`
numpad-5	Toggle Perspective/Orthogonal	`view.toggle_ortho()`
numpad-6	Rotate right	`view.tumble(-30, 0)`
numpad-7	Top View	`view.top()`
ctrl-numpad-7	Bottom View	`view.bottom()`
numpad-8	Rotate Up	`view.tumble(0, 30)`
numpad-9	Flip view direction	`view.flip()`
numpad-+	Zoom in	`view.zoom(0.95)`
numpad–	Zoom out	`view.zoom(1.05)`
View Playback
space	Play/Pause animation	`view.play.set(not view.play.get())`
ctrl-space	Stop animation	`view.play(false)`
→	Next frame	`view.frame.step(1)`
←	Previous frame	`view.frame.step(-1)`
Ctrl - →	Skip frames forward	`view.frame.step(25)`
Ctrl- ←	Skip Frames backwards	`view.frame.step(-25)`
t	Toggle timeline	`view.timeline.set(not view.timeline.get())`
g	Goto Frame	`view.frame.go()`
View
1	Change USD view complexity	`view.complexity(1.0)`
2	Change USD view complexity	`view.complexity(1.0)`
3	Change USD view complexity	`view.complexity(1.0)`
4	Change USD view complexity	`view.complexity(1.0)`
A	Increment A/B mode	`val = view.ab.get() + 1 if val > 2 then val = 0 end view.ab.set(val)`
b	Toggle bones	`view.bones.set(not view.bones.get())`
h	Toggle HuD	`view.hud.set(not view.hud.get())`
p	Toggle Properties	`view.props.set(not view.props.get())`
ctrl-c	Copy viewport as image	`view.clipboard_copy()`
View Turntable
r	Toggle turntable	`view.turntable.set(not view.turntable.get())`
ctrl-shift-r	Flip turntable	`view.turntable.speed.flip()`
ctrl-r	Slow down turntable	`view.turntable.set(view.turntable.get() * 0.9)`
shift-r	Speed up turntable	`view.turntable.set(view.turntable.get() * 1.1)`