Blender keyboard shortcuts
Modeling, selection, animation, and navigation keys for the free 3D suite.
85 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026
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14 actions and 14 key variants match.
- Blender Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Select everything 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor | Windows A | Source |
| Select nothing 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor | Windows AltA | Source |
| Invert the selection 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor | Windows CtrlI | Source |
| Hide the selected items 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor | Windows H | Source |
| Select all the text Editing a text field | Windows CtrlA | Source |
| Duplicate the selection Industry compatible keymap | Windows CtrlD | Source |
| Frame the selected items Industry compatible keymap | Windows F | Source |
| Select everything in the industry keymap Industry compatible keymap | Windows CtrlA | Source |
| Deselect everything Industry compatible keymap | Windows ShiftCtrlA | Source |
| Invert the selection in the industry keymap Industry compatible keymap | Windows CtrlI | Source |
| Grow the selection Industry compatible keymap | Windows Up arrow | Source |
| Shrink the selection Industry compatible keymap | Windows Down arrow | Source |
| Select linked items Industry compatible keymap | Windows ] | Source |
| Box select Industry compatible keymap | Windows Q | Source |
About Blender and its shortcuts
Blender's keyboard is famous, and for a reason: it is not an accessory to the interface, it is the interface. Commands depend on which editor your pointer is hovering over, and the core transform operations read almost like a language, with a key for the operation and then an axis to constrain it.
Hover context matters more in Blender than anywhere else here, so the same key does different things in the viewport, the timeline and the outliner. Keymaps are fully configurable and Blender ships more than one, including an industry compatible set.
Where the Blender keys came from
Read from 3 documentation pages published by the makers of Blender. Report a key that is wrong
- Default Keymap - Blender 2.80 Manual
- Industry Compatible Keymap - Blender 2.80 Manual
- Common Shortcuts - Blender 2.80 Manual
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Blender, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task