Map Editor Key Bindings

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General

These shortcuts are either situational or can be used no matter what the current edit mode is.

These shortcuts can be used in any 2D editing mode (Vertices, Lines, Sectors or Things)

Action	Default Keys	Description
Clear selection	`C`	-
Pan view	`Mouse3` `Ctrl`+`Space`	-
Toggle item move mode	`Z`	-
Zoom in (towards mouse)	`MWheelUp`	-
Zoom out (towards mouse)	`MWheelDown`	-
Zoom in (towards screen center)	`+`	-
Zoom out (towards screen center)	`-`	-
Zoom in, show current object	`Shift`+`+` `Shift`+`MWheelUp`	-
Zoom out, show full map	`Shift`+`-` `Shift`+`MWheelDown`	-
Scroll left	`Left`	-
Scroll right	`Right`	-
Scroll up	`Up`	-
Scroll down	`Down`	-
Increment grid level	`[`	-
Decrement grid level	`]`	-
Vertices mode	`V`	-
Lines mode	`L`	-
Sectors mode	`S`	If already in a sector edit mode, cycles to the next sector edit mode (Normal → Floors → Ceilings)
Things mode	`T`	-
Cycle flat type	`Ctrl`+`F`	-
Split nearest line	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`S`	-
Lock/unlock hilight	`Ctrl`+`H`	-
Begin line drawing	`Space`	-
Begin shape drawing	`Shift`+`Space`	-
Create object	`Insert`	-
Delete object	`Delete`	-
Copy object properties	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`C`	-
Paste object properties	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`V`	-
Begin object edit	`E`	See object edit for more info

These shortcuts can only be used when in lines edit mode

Action	Default Keys	Description
Change texture(s)	`Ctrl`+`T`	Opens the quick texture selector
Flip line(s)	`F`	-
Flip line(s) but not sides	`Shift`+`F`	-
Begin tag edit	`Shift`+`T`	-

These shortcuts can only be used when in sectors edit mode

Action	Default Keys	Description
Light level up 16	`'`	If the map is in UDMF format with ZDoom extensions enabled, the behaviour changes depending on the sector edit mode: Normal: Changes the sector light level Floors: Changes the floor light level Ceilings: Changes the ceiling light level
Light level up 1	`Shift`+`'`	See above
Light level down 16	`;`	See above
Light level down 1	`Shift`+`;`	See above
Floor height up 8	`Ctrl`+`>`	-
Floor height up 1	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`>`	-
Floor height down 8	`Ctrl`+`<`	-
Floor height down 1	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`<`	-
Ceiling height up 8	`Alt`+`>`	-
Ceiling height up 1	`Alt`+`Shift`+`>`	-
Ceiling height down 8	`Alt`+`<`	-
Ceiling height down 1	`Alt`+`Shift`+`<`	-
Height up 8	`>`	Behaviour depends on the sector edit mode: Normal: Changes both the floor and ceiling heights Floors: Changes the floor height Ceilings: Changes the ceiling height
Height up 1	`Shift`+`>`	See above
Height down 8	`<`	See above
Height down 1	`Shift`+`<`	See above
Change texture(s)	`Ctrl`+`T`	Behaviour depends on the sector edit mode: Normal: Opens the quick sector texture selector Floors: Opens the texture browser for the floor texture Ceilings: Opens the texture browser for the ceiling texture
Join sectors	`J`	-
Join sectors (keep lines)	`Shift`+`J`	-

These shortcuts can only be used when in things edit mode

Action	Default Keys	Description
Change type	`Ctrl`+`T`	Opens the thing type browser for the currently selected thing(s)
Quick angle edit	`D`	Begins quick angle edit mode for the currently selected thing(s)

Action	Default Keys	Description
Toggle fog	`F`	-
Toggle full brightness	`B`	-
Adjust brightness	`Shift`+`B`	-
Toggle camera gravity	`G`	-
Release mouse cursor	`Tab`	-
Clear selection	`C`	-
Toggle thing display	`T`	Cycles between 3 thing display modes: All Decorations Only None
Cycle thing render style	`Shift`+`T`	Cycles between 3 thing render modes: Sprite Only Sprite + Ground Box Sprite + Full Box
Toggle hilight	`H`	Cycles between 3 hilight render modes: None Outline Full
Copy texture or thing type	`Ctrl`+`C` `Mouse3`	Depends on the currently hilighted object: Thing: Copies thing type Wall or Flat: Copies texture
Paste texture or thing type	`Ctrl`+`V` `Shift`+`Mouse3`	-
Toggle information overlay	`I`	-
Quick Texture	`Ctrl`+`T`	Begins quick texture selection mode

Camera movement speed is doubled if Shift is held down

Action	Default Keys	Description
Sector light level up 16	`'`	-
Sector light level up 1	`Shift`+`'`	-
Sector light level down 16	`;`	-
Sector light level down 1	`Shift`+`;`	-
Toggle linked flat light levels	`Ctrl`+`L`	Only has an effect if the map format is UDMF with ZDoom extensions enabled. When flat light levels are unlinked, the above shortcuts will behave differently depending on what is hilighted: Floor: Change floor light level Ceiling: Change ceiling light level Wall: Change sector light level

Note: Numpad keys assume NumLock is on

Action	Default Keys	Description
Toggle linked wall offsets	`Ctrl`+`O`	Only has an effect if the map format is UDMF with ZDoom extensions enabled. When linked wall offsets is turned off, changing offsets or scaling via the above shortcuts will only affect the hilighted/selected wall parts (eg. upper texture only)
Auto-align textures on X	`Ctrl`+`A`	-
Reset wall (offsets and scaling)	`R`	-
Toggle lower unpegged	`L`	-
Toggle upper unpegged	`U`	-

Action	Default Keys	Description
Height up 8	`Numpad +` `MWheelUp`	-
Height up 1	`Shift`+`Numpad +` `Shift`+`MWheelUp`	-
Height down 8	`Numpad -` `MWheelDown`	-
Height down 1	`Shift`+`Numpad -` `Shift`+`MWheelDown`	-

Latest Release: 3.2.4