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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

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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

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Level Editor General {.row-span-2}

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

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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

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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

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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

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Play in Editor (PIE)

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

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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

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Asset Editors

Blueprints {.row-span-2}

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

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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

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Static Meshes

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

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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

• Unreal Engine Blog: Designer’s Guide to Shortcuts (www.unrealengine.com)
• Unreal Developer Community: Unexplored Shortcuts (dev.epicgames.com)
• Unreal Engine Editor Hotkey Cheat Sheet (uecasts.com)
• Unreal Engine Actor Snapping Shortcuts (unrealdirective.com)