> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://luw-ai.gitbook.io/luw.ai-studio/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://luw-ai.gitbook.io/luw.ai-studio/getting-started/keyboard-shortcuts.md). # Keyboard shortcuts The keys and mouse moves of Luw\.ai Studio, grouped by what you're doing, from picking a tool to walking through your building. You can do everything in Luw\.ai Studio with the mouse, but a handful of keys make it much faster. This page lists them by task. A shorter version lives inside the Studio too: open the **Settings** tab and, under **Preferences**, click **Keyboard shortcuts**. A few things to know first: * `Cmd/Ctrl` means `Cmd` on a Mac and `Ctrl` on Windows and Linux. * Single-letter keys do nothing while your cursor is in a text box, so you can name a room "Bedroom" without switching tools. `Cmd/Ctrl + S` is the exception and always saves. * Many keys only matter in a certain situation, for example while you're drawing or when something is selected. The hint panel on the right of the canvas always shows the ones that work right now. ## Pick a tool or mode | Key | What it does | | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `V` | Back to **Select**, the everyday mode for picking and moving things. | | `B` | Opens the **Build** tab with the wall tool ready to draw a **Rectangle** room. | | `F` | Opens the **Items** tab, ready to place furniture. | | `P` | Starts painting, with the **Paint** tab open. | | `Z` | Draws a zone. See [Zones](/luw.ai-studio/building/zones.md). | | `M` | Measures, using whichever measurement type you picked last. | | `X` | **Delete** mode: click anything to remove it. | | `G` | Sculpts the terrain (switches to the site). See [Site and parcel](/luw.ai-studio/building/site-and-parcel.md). | | `C` | **Point and ask**, in the 3D view: tap it and the mode stays on until you tap `C` again or press `Esc`; hold it to point only while the key is down. See [Point and ask](#point-and-ask) below. | | `1` | Switches to the site: the lot, its outline and the terrain. | | `2` | Switches to the building: everything on the level you're on. | | `Esc` | Stops what you're doing. In the middle of drawing it drops only the unfinished part and keeps the tool; press it again to return to **Select**. | ## Edit, save and undo | Key | What it does | | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Cmd/Ctrl + Z` | Undo. During a drag or a placement it cancels that action instead. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z` | Redoes what you just undid. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + S` | Saves the project right away instead of waiting for autosave. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + C` | Copies the selection. You can paste it on another level, into another project or in another browser tab. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + X` | Cuts the selection: copies it, then removes it here. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + V` | Pastes. The copy hangs under the pointer until you click to put it down; `Esc` cancels. | | `Delete` or `Backspace` | Deletes the selection. If ten or more things are selected, the Studio asks first. | | `R` | Turns the selection 45° clockwise. For a door or window, flips it to face the other way. | | `T` | Turns the selection 45° anticlockwise. | | `E` | Opens or closes the selected door, window or other moving part, such as a cabinet drawer. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + G` | Groups the selected objects so that a click on any of them picks up the whole group. Groups last for the current session only and aren't saved with the project. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + G` | Breaks that group up again. The objects stay selected. | With several objects selected, `R` and `T` turn them all together around the middle of the selection. ## Draw and place These work while you're drawing walls, fences, slabs and the like, or placing an item, door or window. | Key | What it does | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Shift` (tap) | Changes the snapping mode. Depending on the tool you get **Grid**, **Lines** (lines and corners of what's already there), **Angles** (fixed angles) and **Off**. | | `Shift` (hold) | Ignores the guides and angle locks for as long as you hold it, so you can draw at any angle. | | `Cmd/Ctrl` (tap) | Makes the grid finer with each tap, from 50 cm to 25 cm, 10 cm and 5 cm, then round to 50 cm again. Handy for lining up a window precisely. | | `R` / `T` | Turns the item you're about to place by 45°. For a door or window, `R` flips the side it opens to before you click. | | `O` | During door or window placement, steps through the available types. | | `L` | During door or window placement, steps through the styles, for types that have them. | | `C` | Switches between **Place once** and **Place multiple** for items, doors and windows; for fences, between **Continuous** and **Single fence**. | | `T` | While drawing a fence: switches to a curved fence, then to freehand, then back to straight. | | `Alt` (hold) | Places an item in a spot the Studio has marked as not allowed (red). The hint panel shows **Force place** when this is possible. | | `Esc` | Cancels the draft or placement. | Some tools have keys of their own, such as roofs, cabinets, spawn points and the ducts and pipes in **MEP**. The hint panel lists them as soon as the tool is active. ## Paint and sculpt | Key | What it does | | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Shift` (tap, while painting) | Changes how far the paint reaches, for example from one surface to the whole item, to every matching surface or to the whole room. | | `[` and `]` | While sculpting terrain (`G`): makes the brush smaller or larger. Hold the key to keep resizing. | ## Select and move with the mouse | Action | What it does | | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Click | Selects an object. Click empty space (or press `Esc`) to clear the selection. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + click` or `Shift + click` | Adds an object to the selection, or takes it out. | | `Shift + click` in the **Scene** tab's list | Selects everything between the last item you clicked and this one. | | Drag | Moves the selected object. With several selected, drag any of them to move the lot. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + right-drag` | Turns the selected object; drag left or right. It snaps to 15° increments. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + right-drag` | Turns it freely, with no snapping. | ## Move the camera | Action | What it does | | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | Right-drag | Orbits around the scene. | | Middle-drag | Slides the view sideways or up and down. | | `Space` + left-drag | Also slides the view. | | Scroll wheel | Zooms in and out. | | `W` `A` `S` `D` | Slides the view, in both the 3D view and the floor plan. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + ↑` | Goes up one level. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + ↓` | Goes down one level. | | `\` | Opens or closes the split view. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + K` | Opens the command palette. | On a touch screen, drag with one finger to orbit (unless a tool is using that finger), pinch with two fingers to zoom and pan, and drag with three fingers to orbit at any time. ## Walkthrough After you click **Walkthrough** in the viewer toolbar, you move through the building in first person: | Key | What it does | | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `W` `A` `S` `D` or the arrow keys | Walk. | | Mouse | Look around. | | `Shift` (hold) | Run. | | `Space` | Jump. | | `Ctrl` (hold) | Crouch. | | `E` | Opens or closes the door, window or other moving part you're looking at. | | `T` | Closes it. | | `P` | Frees the mouse pointer without leaving the walkthrough, for example to take a screenshot. Click or press `P` again to carry on. | | `Enter` | Hands what you're looking at to Luw\.ai Render AI (when you're signed in). The Studio captures the view, leaves the walkthrough and opens the **Ready to render with AI** window, which continues on app.luw\.ai. See [Render with AI](/luw.ai-studio/luw.ai-ai-tools/render-with-ai.md). | | `Esc` | Leaves the walkthrough. | Read more in [Walkthrough and VR](/luw.ai-studio/plugins/walkthrough-and-vr.md). ## Point and ask Point and ask lets you show [Archiagent.ai](/luw.ai-studio/luw.ai-ai-tools/archiagent.md) what you mean instead of describing it. It works in the 3D view. | Key or action | What it does | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `C` (tap) | Turns Point and ask on until you tap `C` again or press `Esc`. | | `C` (hold) | Point and ask for as long as you hold the key. | | Hover | Names what you're pointing at. On the inside of a wall, that's the room. | | `Alt` (hold) | While hovering a wall from inside a room, picks the wall itself instead of the room. | | Click | Opens a box to type what Archiagent should do with it. | | `Shift + click` | With the box open, adds another object to the same request, or takes it out again. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + Enter` | Opens the box on whatever is under the pointer. | | `Esc` | Closes the box; press it again to leave Point and ask. | The same mode is on the **Point and ask** button in the bottom toolbar and next to the paperclip in the **Edit with AI** message box. ## Block editing While you're editing the shape of a [block](/luw.ai-studio/building/blocks.md), these keys take over: | Key | What it does | | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Tab` | Starts or stops shape editing on the selected block. | | `1` / `2` / `3` | Switches to selecting corners (vertices), edges or faces. | | `A` | Selects everything. `Alt + A` selects nothing. | | `G` / `R` / `S` | Moves, rotates or scales what you've selected. | | `E` | Pulls the selected faces outwards (extrude). | | `I` | Insets the selected faces. | | `Cmd/Ctrl + R` | Starts a loop cut. | | `M` | Merges the selected corners. | | `D` | Dissolves the selected edges. | | `X` or `Delete` | Deletes the selection. | | `Shift + R` | Repeats the last operation. | | `F9` | Shows the settings of the last operation. | | `X` / `Y` / `Z` | During a `G`, `R` or `S` change, locks it to that axis. While moving, add `Shift` to lock to the plane across that axis instead. | | Number keys | During a `G`, `R` or `S` change, type an exact amount. | | `Enter` / `Esc` | Confirms or cancels the move, rotation or scale in progress. |