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Some shortcuts that are useful when working with different editors of Unreal Engine. So I don’t forget…
| Abbreviation |
Full Name |
| LMB |
Left Mouse Button |
| RMB |
Right Mouse Button |
| MMB |
Middle Mouse Button |
General
| Keys |
Action |
| F10 |
Snaps all distracting UI panels away - kind of like fullscreen |
| F11 |
True fullscreen view |
| “Create” menu + Ctrl + LMB |
Add the clicked object but doesn’t close the context menu! So you can place multiple |
| Ctrl + W |
Duplicate and offset copied object slightly. Useful in all node-based editors but also works in viewport |
Viewport
| Keys |
Action |
| RMB |
Rotate Camera |
| RMB + W |
Move forwards |
| RMB + S |
Move backwards |
| RMB + A |
Move left |
| RMB + D |
Move right |
| RMB + E |
Move up |
| RMB + Q |
Move down |
| RMB + Scroll Wheel |
Adjust navigation speed |
| Alt + LMB |
Rotate around selected object (use F first to focus) |
| Alt + RMB |
Zoom in and out of an object |
| Ctrl + W |
Duplicate selected object |
| Alt + Move in one direction |
Duplicate selected object and move it |
| Move Object + Shift |
Lock camera to object while moving it |
| G |
Show/Hide Widgets in Viewport |
| LMB + gizmo ball + V |
Snap gizmo to vertices of other objects |
| MMB on gizmo sphere |
Change position of gizmo / 0-point. Only temporarily goes back once you deselect the object. |
| MMB + Alt + V |
Snap gizmo on vertices |
| F |
Focus on currently selected object |
| Alt + Drag on Gizmo |
Duplicate current object(s) |
| Ctrl + B |
Find asset in asset browser |
| Ctrl + Alt + LMB drag |
Creates selection area to multi-select objects |
| Ctrl + G |
Group selected meshes |
| MMB + Drag |
If you’re in an orthographic view then you can measure objects with it. Dimension is in Unreal Units. Only works in non-perspective mode e.g. Top |
| H |
Hide selected object |
| Ctrl + H |
Unhide selected object |
| Ctrl + L |
Rotate the sun (horizontal and vertical) |
| Ctrl + B |
With an object selected, jump to it in the content browser (nice to quickly find objects) |
| Ctrl + E |
Open up asset settings editor |
Material Editor
| Shortcut |
Action |
| RMB hold |
Pan |
| RMB click |
Open search bar, you can also do this while dragging a connection |
| s (hold) + LMB |
Create a parameter / value node |
| Ctrl + LMB drag |
Drag multiple connections at once |
| l (hold) + LMB |
Create a lerp node |
| T + LMB |
Place texture sample node |
| M + LMB |
Place a multiply node |
| 1 + LMB |
Create scalar value |
| 2 + LMB |
Create 2D vector |
| 3 + LMB |
Create 3D vector / RGB |
| 4 + LMB |
Create 4D vector / RGBA |
| Ctrl + LMB drag |
If done on a node with multiple outputs, it will grab all outputs, so you can reassign all outputs at once to a new node |