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A visual cheat-sheet for many keyboard shortcuts found in Unreal Engine 5

#Level Editor

#Viewport Transformation

Shortcut Action
W Translate
E Rotate
R Scale
Space Bar Toggle Transform Mode
[ Decrease Position Grid Size
] Increase Position Grid Size
Shift [ Decrease Rotation Grid Size
Shift ] Increase Rotation Grid Size

#View Modes

Shortcut Action
Alt 2 Wireframe
Alt 3 Unlit
Alt 4 Lit
Alt 5 Detail Lighting
Alt 6 Lighting Only
Alt 7 Light Complexity
Alt 8 Shader Complexity
Alt 0 Lightmap Density

#Level Editor General

Shortcut Action
Esc Deselect All
H Hide Selected
Ctrl H Unhide All
F Focus on Actor
F9 Screenshot
F11 Immersive Mode
G Game View
T Toggle Translucent Selection
(right click) Asset Menu
Ctrl E Edit Selected Asset
Ctrl P Open Asset
P Toggle Navmesh
Ctrl Shift , Profile GPU
Ctrl Shift H Toggle FPS
~ Command Console

#Camera Navigation

Shortcut Action
Alt G Perspective View
Alt H Front View
Alt J Top View
Alt K Side View
Ctrl 0-9 Set Bookmark
0-9 Jump to Bookmark

#Editing Modes

Shortcut Action
Shift 1 Selection Mode
Shift 2 Landscape Mode
Shift 3 Foliage Mode
Shift 4 Modeling Mode
Shift 5 Brush Editing Mode
Shift 6 Animation Mode

#Snapping

Shortcut Action
End Snap to Floor
Alt End Snap Pivot to Floor
Shift End Snap Bounds to Floor
Ctrl End Snap to World Grid

#Play in Editor (PIE)

Shortcut Action
Alt P Start PIE Session
Pause Pause
F8 Eject from Player
Esc Stop PIE Session

#Content Browser

Note: You need to select assets first for these shortcuts to work

Shortcut Action
Alt Shift A Audit Assets
Alt Shift R Reference Viewer
Alt Shift M Size Map

#Asset Editors

#Blueprints

Shortcut Action
B Add Branch
S Add Sequence
D Add Delay
F Add For Each Loop
G Add Gate
M Add Multi Gate
O Add Do Once
N Add Do N
C Add Comment
F7 Compile Blueprint
F9 Add Breakpoint to selected node
Ctrl Shift F9 Remove all Breakpoints
Home Zoom to selected node

#Asset Editor Viewports

Used in the viewport for the Mesh Editor, Material Editor, Blueprint Editor, etc.

Shortcut Action
I Toggle Environment
O Toggle Floor
P Toggle Post Processing

#Static Meshes

Shortcut Action
Ctrl N Show Nanite Fallback Mesh
Alt N Toggle Normals
Alt S Toggle Sockets

#Your own Shortcuts

#Shortcut Settings

  • Click on the Edit Menu

  • Open Editor Preferences

  • Under "General" (the first section), find Editor Shortcuts

  • Here you can modify all of the above shortcuts, as well as many more!

#Also see