Keyboard shortcuts
The same list is in the studio under Help → Keyboard Shortcuts. ⌘K (Ctrl+K) opens the command palette, which finds every action by name and shows its shortcut.
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| N | Step one frame |
| Esc | Cancel tool · select none |
| V / H | Select / pan tool |
| C · B · P · T | Circle · box · polygon · triangle |
| S | Shape: click the corners of your own outline |
| L | Laser pointer (presenter mode) |
| E | Edit the selected body's corners |
| R / ⇧R | Rope (has mass) / cable (ideal) |
| K · L · J | Spring · rod · pin joint |
| Delete | Delete selection |
| ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z | Undo / redo |
| ⌘D | Duplicate |
| ⌘S / ⌘O | Save / open |
| F2 | Rename |
| F | Frame selection (or all) |
| ⇧F | Flip ground / wall face |
| G | Toggle grid |
| Arrows | Nudge selection 1 cm (⇧ 10 cm) |
| Tab | Cycle overlapping bodies |
| Scroll | Zoom at cursor |
| Right-drag | Pan (empty space) · fling body (sandbox) |
| ⌘K | Command palette: every action and command, searched as you type |
| ⌘B / ⌥⌘B | Show / hide Explorer · Properties |
| ⌘J | Show / hide the time bar (Research) |
| Drag a panel title | Move the panel to a side of the window, above or below the panel there |
| ⌘N | New scene (a new tab) |
| ⌥W | Close the tab (⌘W where the browser allows) |
| ⌥1 … ⌥9 | Go to a tab of the pane |
| ⌥] / ⌥[ · Ctrl+Tab | Next / previous tab |
| Drag a tab | Onto a tab strip: reorder · onto a pane: move there · onto a pane's edge: split · outside: float it as a window |
| Middle-click a tab | Close it |
| Double-click a scene tab | Rename the scene |
On Windows and Linux ⌘ is Ctrl and ⌥ is Alt.