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Shortcuts are context-aware: some only apply while you’re drawing, placing, or have something selected. The same list is available in the editor under Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts. On Windows and Linux, Cmd/Ctrl means Ctrl. Shortcuts don’t fire while you’re typing in a text field.

Tools and modes

ShortcutAction
VSelect mode
BBuild mode with the wall tool
XDelete mode
ZZone drawing
FFurnish — opens the items panel with the item tool armed
PMaterial paint mode
1Site phase
2Structure phase
3Furnish phase
EscCancel the current draw/placement; pressed again, return to Select mode and clear the selection

Editing

ShortcutAction
Cmd/Ctrl + ZUndo
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + ZRedo
Cmd/Ctrl + CCopy the selection
Cmd/Ctrl + VPaste onto the active level
Delete / BackspaceDelete the selection (asks for confirmation above 10 elements)
RRotate the selected element clockwise in 45° steps; for a door or window, flip which side it faces
TRotate the selected element counter-clockwise in 45° steps
EOpen/close the selected door or operable window

Drawing and placement

These apply while a draw or placement is active — the contextual hint strip shows which ones are live.
ShortcutAction
ShiftCycle the snapping mode: Grid → Lines → Angles → Off
Ctrl (tap)Cycle the grid step: 0.5 → 0.25 → 0.1 → 0.05 m
CCycle the continuation mode — walls: Room (auto-close) / Single wall; items: Place once / Place multiple; fences: Continuous / Single fence
TWhile drawing a fence: toggle curved segments
R / TWhile placing a door or window: flip the draft before committing
Shift (in paint mode)Cycle the paint scope: surface → whole item → all matching → room

Selection and direct manipulation

ShortcutAction
Cmd/Ctrl + click or Shift + clickAdd or remove an element from the selection
DragMove the selected movable element
Cmd/Ctrl + right-dragRotate the selected element (snaps to 15° steps)
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + right-dragRotate freely, without the 15° step

Camera

ShortcutAction
Right-dragOrbit
Middle-dragPan
Space + dragPan
ScrollZoom
W A S DPan in screen space
Cmd/Ctrl + ↑Go up one level
Cmd/Ctrl + ↓Go down one level
On touch devices: one-finger drag orbits, two-finger pinch zooms and pans, and a three-finger drag always orbits.

Panels

ShortcutAction
Cmd/Ctrl + KOpen the command palette
Cmd/Ctrl + IOpen the Chat (AI) panel