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Controls and shortcuts

Summary of keyboard shortcuts and mouse interactions.

Playback controls

SpaceToggle playback
Seek backward 100ms
Seek forward 100ms
Shift + Seek backward 10ms
Shift + Seek forward 10ms

Alt + (Windows and Linux)
Option + (macOS)

Seek backward 500ms

Alt + (Windows and Linux)
Option + (macOS)

Seek forward 500ms

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General

Panel selection
Cmd + aSelect all panels in the current layout or tab.

Hover on panel + ` (backtick)

Show panel shortcuts (remove from layout or split)
Panel settings
While inside input + Increment numeric panel setting values
While inside input + Decrement numeric panel setting values
Click input + drag rightIncrement numeric panel setting values
Click input + drag leftDecrement numeric panel setting values

Panels

3D

wMove camera forward
aMove camera to the left
sMove camera backward
dMove camera to the right
Shift+wRotate camera up
Shift+aRotate camera left
Shift+sRotate camera down
Shift+dRotate camera right
ScrollZoom in and out
DragMove camera parallel to the ground (x-y plane)

Alt + drag (Windows and Linux)
Option + drag (macOS)

Move camera parallel to the screen (enable z-axis)
Shift + drag, or right-click-dragRotate the camera around the target position
1Re-center the camera on the chosen display frame
3Toggle between 2D bird's-eye view and 3D perspective view
iShow or hide the object inspector

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Image

ScrollZoom

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Plot

ScrollDefault zoom for plot type

Scroll with mouse over y-axis
Scroll + Shift

Zoom the y-axis only

Scroll with mouse over x-axis
Scroll + Alt (Windows and Linux)
Scroll + Option (macOS)

Zoom the x-axis only

Scroll + Shift + Alt (Windows and Linux)
Scroll + Shift + Option (macOS)

Zoom both axes

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State Transitions

ScrollZoom
Scroll + ShiftScroll vertically

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Topic Graph

ScrollZoom

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User Scripts

Cmd + sSave script changes

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