Autodesk Maya Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Complete current tool

Enter

Enter tool Edit mode

Insert

Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Selection Mask marking menu

Q

Move Tool, or with left mouse button for Move Tool marking menu

W

Rotate Tool, or with left mouse button for Rotate Tool marking menu

E

Scale Tool, or with left mouse button for Scale Tool marking menu

R

Show universal manipulator tool

Ctrl+T

Show manipulator tool

T

Selects the last used tool that is not one of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale

Y

(Hold + drag) Move, Rotate, Scale Tool Snapping

J

Increase manipulator size

=

or

Shift+=

Decrease manipulator size

-

With left mouse button move pivot

D

with the Move Tool

Switches between move pivot and move object

Insert

with the Move Tool

Cycle through In-View editor values

Tab

Reverse-cycle through In-view Editor values

Shift+Tab

Move components along their normals

Ctrl+Middle-drag

with the Move Tool, in Component Mode

Rotate components along their local X axes

Ctrl+Middle-drag

with the Rotate Tool, in Component Mode

Scale components along their local YZ axes

Ctrl+Middle-drag

with the Scale Tool, in Component Mode

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Repeat last action

G

Switch between object/component selection mode

F8

Parent

P

Unparent

Shift+P

Set key

S

Key the selected object position

Shift+W

Key the selected object rotation

Shift+E

Key the selected object scale

Shift+R

(When pressed down) Show the hotbox

Space

Default Hotbox Style (Zones and Menu Rows)

Alt+M

Display > Hide > Hide Selection

Ctrl+H

Display > Show > Show Selection

Shift+H

Display > Show > Show Last Hidden

Ctrl+Shift+H

Display > Hide > Hide Unselected Objects

Alt+H

Show > Isolate Select > View Selected (in the panel menus)

Ctrl+1

Cycle rig display mode - shows joints, controls, and character

Alt+A

Shading > Wireframe

4

Shaded display

5

Shaded and Textured display

6

Lighting > Use All Lights

7

Default quality display setting

0

Rough quality display setting

1

Medium quality display setting

2

Smooth quality display setting

3

File > New Scene

Ctrl+N

File > Open Scene

Ctrl+O

File > Save Scene

Ctrl+S

File > Save Scene As

Ctrl+Shift+S

File > Exit

Ctrl+Q

Create file reference

Ctrl+R

Set key

S

Set key for Rotate

Shift+E

Set key for Scale

Shift+R

Set key for Translate

Shift+W

Insert KeysOn any curve inside or outside the Graph Editor at the Current Time Indicator. Outside the Graph Editor this inserts a key on all curves; inside it, only on the selected curve.

Alt+I

Insert a key on a specific channel (Rotation, Scaling, or Translation)At the position of the Current Time Indicator.

Ctrl+Shift+ERW

With middle mouse button lets you insert a key anywhere on a selected curveRegardless of the position of the Current Time Indicator.

I

With left mouse button for Keyframe marking menu (or swipe left)

Shift+S

With middle mouse button for Tangent marking menu (or swipe right)

Shift+S

Play animation (Press v again to turn animation off)

V

Toggle Multicolor Feedback

Alt+J

Toggle NURBs curves visibility

Alt+1

Toggle Polygon mesh visibility

Alt+2

Toggle Image Plane visibility

Alt+4

Switch between Wireframe and Shaded view

Alt+5

Switches between joints, controls, and character visibility

Ctrl+1

Opens the Create Bookmark window

Alt+T

Creates a bookmark for the selected time rangeBookmarks made this way have no name and a random color; edit them in the Bookmark Manager.

Alt+Shift+T

Frame Bookmark: sets the playback range to the start and end of the current bookmarkIf multiple bookmarks overlap, the newest-created one on top is selected.

Shift+\

Frame Previous Bookmark: sets the Range Slider on the bookmark before the current time

Shift+;

Frame Next Bookmark: sets the Range Slider on the bookmark after the current time

Shift+'

Unframe Bookmark: sets the playback range to the animation range

Alt+\

Bookmark selection step forward

'

Bookmark selection step backward

;

Reposition bookmark on the Time Slider

Ctrl+Drag

Resize the bookmark on the Time Slider

Ctrl+Dragleft or right edge

Selects the bookmark and the frames associated with it so you can move them together

Ctrl+Double-click

Move forward one frame in timeTip: limit the area to the Playback Range with the Loop Play Range while stepping frames option.

Alt+.

Move backward one frame in time

Alt+,

Go to next keyTip: limit the area to the Playback Range with the Loop Play Range while stepping keyframes option.

.

Go to previous key

,

Selects the next key

Ctrl+Alt+.

Selects the previous key

Ctrl+Alt+,

Toggles playback on or off

Alt+V

Go to Min Frame (normally 0)

Alt+Shift+V

With middle mouse button for virtual Time Slider modePress and hold, then scrub the Time Slider.

K

Tumble ToolPress and release.

Alt+Click

Track ToolPress and release.

Alt+Middle-click

Dolly ToolPress and release.

Alt+Right-click

2D Pan tool

\+Middle-click

2D Zoom tool

\+Right-click

Enable/disable 2D Pan/Zoom

\

Look around the scene

Drag

Select a normal speed

Click

Select a slow speed

Middle-click

Select a fast speed

Right-click

Move backward

SDown

Move forward

WUp

Strafe left

ALeft

Strafe right

DRight

Move up

Q/

Move down

E'

Move diagonally upward

W+AD

or

Up+LeftRight

Move diagonally downward

S+AD

or

Down+LeftRight

CrouchHold to crouch while held, or press once to toggle crouch mode until pressed again.

Ctrl

Zoom in

Scroll up

Zoom out

Scroll down

Flood with the current value

Alt+F

Turn Show Wireframe on or off

Alt+A

Turn Color Feedback on or off

Alt+C

Toggle Reflection on or off

Alt+R

With left mouse button for Artisan Paint Operation marking menu

U

Modify upper brush radius (press and release)Drag left or right for Blue Pencil stroke size.

B

Modify lower brush radius (press and release)

Shift+B

Modify maximum displacementDrag left or right for Blue Pencil opacity.

M

with the Sculpt Surfaces or Sculpt Polygons tool

Modify paint value

N

Switch to pick color mode (press and release)

/

With left mouse button for the Poly Brush Tool marking menu

O

With middle mouse button for Poly UV Tool marking menu

O

Snap to curves (press and release)

C

Snap to grids (press and release)

X

Snap to points (press and release)

V

Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping (press and release)

J

Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping (press and release)

Shift+J

Select > Object/Component (Switch between object and component editing)

F8

Select > Vertex

F9

Select > Edge

F10

Select > Face

F11

Select > UV

F12

Select next intermediate object

Ctrl+I

Select > Vertex Face

Alt+F9

Shrink polygon selection region

Shift+,

Grow polygon selection region

Shift+.

Show/hide main menu bar

Ctrl+M

Show/hide panel menu bar

Shift+M

Show/hide panel toolbar

Ctrl+Shift+M

With Left mouse button for Menu Set marking menu

H

Show Modeling menu set

F2

Show Rigging menu set

F3

Show Animation menu set

F4

Show Rendering menu set

F6

Edit > Undo

Ctrl+Z

Edit > Redo

Ctrl+Y

Edit > Repeat

G

Repeat command at mouse position

Shift+G

Edit > Duplicate

Ctrl+D

Edit > Duplicate

Shift+Dragany transform manipulator

Edit > Duplicate Special

Ctrl+Shift+D

Edit > Duplicate with Transform

Shift+D

Edit > Group

Ctrl+G

Edit > Parent

P

Edit > Unparent

Shift+P

Edit > Cut

Ctrl+X

Edit > Copy

Ctrl+C

Edit > Paste

Ctrl+V

Render view next image

Ctrl+Left

Render view previous image

Ctrl+Right

Open the Color Chooser in a modal windowOpened this way lets you save to Color History, use the Eyedropper, and load/save palettes, but you cannot set color attributes on scene objects.

Ctrl+P

Pan in the Outliner

Alt+Middle-click

in the Outliner

Fast pan in the Outliner

Ctrl+Alt+Middle-click

in the Outliner

Pan in the Attribute Editor

Alt+Middle-click

in the Attribute Editor

Switches between Attribute Editor or Channel BoxDisplays the Attribute Editor if neither is shown.

Ctrl+A

Frame All in active panel, or with left mouse button for History Operations marking menu

A

Frame All in all views

Shift+A

Frame Selected in active panel

F

Frame Selected in all views

Shift+F

(When tapped) Switch between the active window in multi-pane display and single pane display

Space

Switch between the standard view and full-screen view of the current panels

Ctrl+Space

Redo view change

]

Undo view change

[

Switch between a gradient, black, dark gray, or light gray background color

Alt+B

View previous layout

Shift+[

View next layout

Shift+]

Help > Maya Help

F1

Move up one pixel

Alt+Up

Move down one pixel

Alt+Down

Move left one pixel

Alt+Left

Move right one pixel

Alt+Right

Based on selection, the arrow keys let you walk up the hierarchy (object selected) or walk about the object's components (component selected, including vertices, edge loops, edge rings).

Walk up current

Up

Walk down current

Down

Walk left in current

Left

Walk right in current

Right

Default polygon mesh display (no smoothing)

1

Cage + smooth polygon mesh display

2

Smooth polygon mesh display

3

Convert polygon selection to Vertices

Ctrl+F9

Convert polygon selection to Edges

Ctrl+F10

Covert polygon selection to Faces

Ctrl+F11

Covert polygon selection to UVs

Ctrl+F12

Proxy > Subdiv Proxy Displays original mesh (proxy) and a smoothed version of the originalMay not be accessible on non-US English keyboards.

Ctrl+`

Proxy > Subdiv Proxy > Displays Subdiv Proxy options windowMay not be accessible on non-US English keyboards.

Ctrl+Shift+`

Toggles the display between the original (proxy) and the smoothed meshMay not be accessible on non-US English keyboards.

`

Displays both the original (proxy) and the smoothed meshMay not be accessible on non-US English keyboards.

Shift+`

Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv, Polygons to SubdivMay not be accessible on non-US English keyboards.

Alt+`

Displays option window for Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv or Polygons to SubdivDepends on whether NURBS or Polygons are selected. May not be accessible on non-US English keyboards.

Alt+Shift+`

Increases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy

Pg Up

Decreases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy

Pg Dn

Lock/unlock length of curve (press and hold)

L

Slide selected component along edgeYou can also middle-drag anywhere on the screen.

Ctrl+Shift+Dragtransform manipulator

Extrude currently selected component

Shift+Dragtransform manipulator

in Component Mode

Move components along their normals

Ctrl+Middle-drag

with the Move Tool only

Rotate component groups along their local X axes

Ctrl+Middle-drag

with the Rotate Tool only

Scale component groups along their local YZ axes

Ctrl+Middle-drag

with the Scale Tool only

Activate Quad Draw Tool

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Activate Multi-Cut Tool

Ctrl+Shift+X