Controls And Keybinds

Controls and keybinds

These are the default keys. Every keyboard shortcut can be rebound in Settings > Keybinds (Ctrl+,). The app always shows your current keys: press F1 (or Alt+K), or click the command button in the viewport, for the list.

Single-letter keys don't fire while you're typing in a text box, and while flying W A S D, Space, Shift and Ctrl belong to flight.

Modes and tools

Key	Action
1	View mode: look around only
2	Select mode
3	Build mode on / off (also while flying)
G / R / S	Move / Rotate / Scale tool (gizmos for the selected layers, or the selected blocks)
4 / 5	Brush / Eraser
Esc	Leave Build mode (in Build mode the number keys pick hotbar slots)
Esc	Cancel a drag or placement, clear the selection, stop flying, then back to Select

Camera

Key	Action
Middle-drag	Orbit around the point under the mouse
Shift+middle-drag	Pan
Alt+middle-drag	Swing to the next orthographic view in that direction
Wheel	Zoom
F	Focus: frame the selected blocks, or else the active layer
Home	Frame everything
C	Creative flight on / off
P / O	Perspective / orthographic
Numpad 1 / 3 / 7	Front / right / top (Ctrl: back / left / bottom)
Numpad 9 / 5	Opposite side / toggle perspective and orthographic
Numpad 2 4 6 8 / .	Orbit 15 degrees / frame the active layer
View cube	Click a face for that view (again for the opposite side), drag to orbit

Flying

Key	Action
W A S D	Move (W and S follow where you look)
Space / Shift	Up / down
Ctrl	Sprint
Wheel	Next / previous hotbar slot
C / Esc	Stop flying

Build mode and hotbar

Key	Action
Left-click	Break (hold to repeat)
Right-click	Place (hold to repeat), oriented like Minecraft
Middle-click	Pick the block into the hotbar
Hold Alt	Easy Build wheel: point at a shape and let go, then right-drag to draw it
M / Shift+M	Symmetry settings / put the symmetry centre on the aimed block
Shift+X	Replace mode: right-click swaps the aimed block and keeps its facing
Shift+Z	Shuffle mode: place random blocks from the hotbar
1 - 9 (Build mode)	Hold a hotbar slot
1 - 9 over a palette block	Put that block in that hotbar slot, like Minecraft's creative inventory
Delete	Empty the held hotbar slot
Shift+C	Clear the hotbar

Brush and Eraser

Key	Action
Drag	Paint with the brush mode (Eraser: remove blocks)
Right-drag	Smooth
Alt+1 ... Alt+0	Draw, Erase, Smooth, Erode, Fill, Pinch, Raise, Lower, Flatten, Slope
Shift+right-click	Brush settings: mode, size, strength, shape
[ / ] (or - / =)	Smaller / bigger brush (1-16)
, / .	Weaker / stronger brush (1-5)
Shift+drag / Ctrl+drag	Smooth / inverse mode (not while flying)

Select mode and BlockEdit

Key	Action
Left-click / right-click	Set pos1 / pos2; the box's blocks become the selection
Shift+click / Ctrl+click	Add a block to / remove it from the selection
Drag	Marquee select; pos1 and pos2 are set to the corners of the box around the selection
Shift+right-click or Menu key	Context menu
Alt+T	Select or replace by type
Ctrl+A / Alt+A	Select every block of the active layer / deselect
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X	Copy / cut the selection (shares the clipboard with /copy and /paste)
Ctrl+V	Paste: the copy follows the mouse, click to put it in the active layer (it stays selected), right-click or Esc cancels
Ctrl+J / Ctrl+Shift+J	Copy / move the selection to a new layer
Ctrl+R	Fill the selection with the held block
Delete	Delete the selected blocks
Esc	Clear the region and selection
T or /	Command line, like Minecraft's chat (Tab completes, up and down for history)

The commands are listed on Brushes, selections and BlockEdit.

Move, Rotate and Scale tools

Action	Result
Drag an arrow / square / the centre	Move along an axis / in a plane / freely
Drag a ring	Turn in 90 degree steps
Scale: drag a square handle / the centre	Stretch along that axis / scale evenly (whole blocks, nearest neighbour)
Click a layer	Select it (Shift adds)
Esc / right-click	Cancel the drag

Layers

Key	Action
Ctrl+wheel	Move along the axis of the layer's bounding-box side under the mouse
Ctrl+Shift+wheel	Up / down
Shift+wheel (outside Build mode)	Same as Ctrl+wheel
Arrow keys, hold Tab	Move, bigger steps
Alt+wheel (Shift+wheel in Build mode)	Turn by the bounding-box side under the mouse: spin (top or bottom) or flip (a side)
Alt+wheel in Build mode	Next / previous hotbar slot (the wheel still zooms)
[ / ]	Make the layer below / above active (with the brush or eraser: brush size)
Ctrl+Shift+N / Ctrl+D / Ctrl+M	New / duplicate / merge
F2	Rename the active layer
H / Alt+H / Shift+H	Hide or show / show every layer / ghost
L	Lock or unlock
Shift+Delete	Delete the selected layers
PgUp / PgDn, Insert	Slice view: step through Y levels, single level
Click / Enter, R, Esc	Placing an import: place, rotate, cancel

File, edit and view

Key	Action
Ctrl+N / Ctrl+O / Ctrl+I	New / open / import
Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Shift+S	Save / save as
Ctrl+E / Ctrl+Shift+E	Export schematic / worldgen data pack
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y (Ctrl+Shift+Z)	Undo / redo
Ctrl+F	Search blocks
Ctrl+,	Settings
N	Viewport settings
Alt+G	Ground grid on / off
F1 / Alt+K	Keyboard shortcuts
Shift+F1	Key hints on / off
F11	Full screen