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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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Everything Clipboard Editing Files and printing Formulas and data Navigation Presenting Search Selection Tabs and windows View and zoom
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Turn proportional editing on or off Industry compatible keymap Windows B Source
Show or hide the toolbar in the industry keymap Industry compatible keymap Windows Ctrl[ Source
Show or hide the sidebar in the industry keymap Industry compatible keymap Windows Ctrl] Source
Frame the selected items Industry compatible keymap Windows F Source
Frame everything Industry compatible keymap Windows A 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
Annotate Industry compatible keymap Windows D Source
Use the cursor tool Industry compatible keymap Windows C Source
Extrude Industry compatible keymap Windows CtrlE Source
Bevel Industry compatible keymap Windows CtrlB Source
Inset faces Industry compatible keymap Windows I Source
Use the knife tool Industry compatible keymap Windows K Source
Add a loop cut Industry compatible keymap Windows AltC Source
Play or pause the animation Industry compatible keymap Windows Space Source
Key location, rotation and scale Industry compatible keymap Windows S Source
Open the insert keyframe menu Industry compatible keymap Windows ShiftS Source
Set a location key Industry compatible keymap Windows ShiftW Source
Set a rotation key Industry compatible keymap Windows ShiftE Source
Set a scale key Industry compatible keymap Windows ShiftR 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

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Blender, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task