Keyboard Shortcuts
The Keyboard Shortcuts panel lets you customize keyboard shortcuts, making it easier to navigate Effect House and saving time on repetitive tasks.
Customize Default Shortcuts
You can customize the default shortcut settings in the Keyboard Shortcuts panel to your own preferences.
To customize the default shortcuts:
- Go to the menu bar
- Go to Effect House
- Click Keyboard Shortcuts. The Keyboard Shortcuts panel will open.
- Click on a keyboard shortcut and set it to your preferred shortcut using your keyboard. To view the available shortcuts you can set, go to Shortcut Options.
- Click Done. Your updated shortcuts are now saved.
tip
If a shortcut is assigned to multiple actions, you'll be prompted to either Cancel or Override the conflict, as only one shortcut can be set per command.
Restore Shortcuts to Defaults
To restore all shortcuts to their default presets:
- Go to the menu bar
- Go to Effect House
- Click Keyboard Shortcuts. The Keyboard Shortcuts panel will open.
- Click Reset
To restore a specific shortcut to its default setting:
- Go to the top nav bar
- Go to Effect House
- Click Shortcuts. The Keyboard Shortcuts panel will open.
- Choose a shortcut option you'd like to reset and click Clear x
Shortcut Options
The shortcuts listed below will reference a few acronyms. For clarity, here are their definitions:
| Action | Click Related |
|---|---|
| Left Mouse Button | LMB |
| Right Mouse Button | RMB |
| Middle Mouse Button (scroll wheel) | MMB scroll |
| Left Mouse Button drag | LMB drag |
| Right Mouse Button drag | RMB drag |
| Double-click (LMB) | Double-click |
| Touchpad two-finger scroll | Touchpad two-finger scroll |
General
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Save | Command [⌘] + S | Ctrl + S |
| Save as | ⇧ ⌘ S | ⇧ ⌘ S |
| Create new project | Command [⌘] + N | Ctrl + N |
| Open project | Command [⌘] + O | Ctrl + O |
| Quit Effect House | Command [⌘] + Q | Ctrl + Q |
| Hide Effect House | Command [⌘] + H | Ctrl + H |
| Undo | Command [⌘] + Z | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | Shift [⇧] + Command [⌘] + Z | Shift [⇧] + Ctrl + Z |
Scene Panel Control
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Move camera forward | RMB + W | RMB + W |
| Move camera backward | RMB + S | RMB + S |
| Move camera left | RMB + A | RMB + A |
| Move camera right | RMB + D | RMB + D |
| Move camera down | RMB + Q | RMB + Q |
| Move camera up | RMB + E | RMB + E |
| Rotate camera | LMB drag | LMB drag |
| Pan camera | Option [⌥] + LMB drag | Alt+ LMB drag |
| Scale camera view | Option [⌥] + RMB drag；MMB scroll; Touchpad two-finger scroll | Alt + RMB drag；MMB scroll; Touchpad two-finger scroll |
| Focus | F | F |
| Grab 3D object | Q | Q |
| Move 3D object | W | W |
| Rotate 3D object | E | E |
| Scale 3D object | R | R |
| Grab 2D Object | H + LMB drag | H + LMB drag |
| Temp Grab 2D Object | RMB drag | RMB drag |
| Switch scene view | ||
| Switch between local and world transform | ||
| Scale 2D scene view |
Asset Management
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Duplicate | Command [⌘] D | Ctrl D |
| Delete | Delete | Delete |
| Select multiple nonconsecutive items | Command [⌘] + LMB | Ctrl+ LMB |
| Select multiple consecutive items | Shift [⇧] + LMB | Shift [⇧] + LMB |
| Rename | LMB double-click | LMB double-click |
Scene Control
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Move camera forward | RMB + W | RMB + W |
| Move camera backward | RMB + S | RMB + S |
| Move camera left | RMB + A | RMB + A |
| Move camera right | RMB + D | RMB + D |
| Move camera down | RMB + Q | RMB + Q |
| Move camera up | RMB + E | RMB + E |
| Rotate camera | LMB drag | LMB drag |
| Pan camera | Option [⌥] + LMB drag | Alt+ LMB drag |
| Scale camera view | Option [⌥] + RMB drag；MMB scroll; Touchpad two-finger scroll | Alt + RMB drag；MMB scroll; Touchpad two-finger scroll |
| Focus | F | F |
| Grab 3D object | Q | Q |
| Move 3D object | W | W |
| Rotate 3D object | E | E |
| Scale 3D object | R | R |
| Grab 2D Object | H + LMB drag | H + LMB drag |
| Temp Grab 2D Object | RMB drag | RMB drag |
| Switch scene view | ||
| Switch between local and world transform | ||
| Scale 2D scene view |
Hierarchy
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Duplicate | Command [⌘] + D | Ctrl + D |
| Delete | Delete | Delete |
| Select multiple nonconsecutive items | Command [⌘] + LMB | Ctrl + LMB |
| Select multiple consecutive items | Shift [⇧] + LMB | Shift [⇧] + LMB |
| Rename | LMB double-click | LMB double-click |
Visual Scripting
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Copy | Command [⌘] + C | Ctrl + C |
| Paste | Command [⌘] + V | Ctrl + V |
| Duplicate | Command [⌘] + D | Ctrl + D |
| Add comment | Shift [⇧] + Command [⌘] + C | Shift [⇧] + Ctrl + C |
| Scale graph | Option [⌥] + RMB drag; MMB scroll; Touchpad two-finger scroll | Alt + RMB drag; MMB scroll; Touchpad two-finger scroll |
| Move graph | RMB drag | RMB drag |
Universal Keys
| Commands | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Fn | Fn [🌐︎) | |
| Control | Control [⌃] | Ctrl |
| Option | Option [⌥] | |
| Shift | Shift [⇧] | Shift [⇧] |
| Command | Command [⌘] | |
| Space | Space | Space |
| Caps Lock | Caps Lock | Caps Lock |
| Return | Return | |
| Tab | Tab | Tab |
| Page Up | Page Up | |
| Page Down | Page Down | |
| Windows | Windows [⊞] | |
| Enter | Enter |