One Key Shortcuts
General Keys
Pane-Specific Keys
MAYA ONE KEY SHORTCUTS
Maya Help
Show Modeling
menu set
Show Rigging
menu set
Show Animation
menu set
Show Dynamics
(FX) menu set
Show Rendering
menu set
Show Animation
menu set
Object/
Component
Vertex
Edge
Face
UV
Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PrtScn ScrLK Pause
SysRq Break
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DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY TEXTUR. DISPLAY LIGHTS Enter
Tab Q W E RT Y U I O P { Shift Insert Page
Caps Lock [ Up
SELECT MOVE TOOL ROTATE SCALE SHOW SELECT LAST INSERT KEYS PARENT
Shift TOOL TOOL TOOL TOOL
MANIPULATOR TOOL USED
A SD F GH J KL : “ Delete Page
‘ Down
FRAME ALL SET KEY FRAME REPEAT HIDE/UNHIDE MOVE, ROTATE, (UN)LOCK ;
SELECTED SELECTION SCALE TOOL CRV LENGTH
Z X C V BNM< > ?
, . /UNDO
SNAP TO SNAP TO SNAP TO MODIFY UPPER MODIFY MODIFY MAX.
GRIDS CURVES POINTS BRUSH RAD. PAINT VALUE DISPLACEMENT
Ctrl Start Alt Alt Ctrl
0 Default Quality Display W Move Tool, or with left mouse button for B Modify upper brush radius (press and
1 Rough Quality Display Move Tool marking menu release)
2 Medium Quality Display
3 Smooth Quality Display S Set Key Y Selects the last used tool that is not one
4 Wireframe X Snap to grids (press and release) of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale
5 Shaded Display E Rotate Tool, or with left mouse button
6 Shaded and Textured Display H Hide/Unhide Current Selection
7 Use All Lights for Rotate Tool marking menu N Modify paint value
Q Select Tool, or with left mouse button for C Snap to curves (press and release) J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping (press
R Scale Tool, or with left mouse button for
Selection Mask marking menu and release)
A Frame All in active panel, or with left Scale Tool marking menu M Modify maximum displacement (Sculpt
F Frame Selected in active panel
mouse button for History Operations V Snap to points (press and release) Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool)
marking menu T Show manipulator tool I Insert Keys Tool (for Graph Editor) (press
Z Undo (also Ctrl+z/+z) G Repeat
and release)
L Lock/unlock length of curve (press and 2
hold)
P Parent
GENERAL KEYS BY CATEGORY
2D Pan/Zoom Display Settings File Operations
\ + Middle mouse button 0 Default Quality Display Ctrl + R Create file reference
2D Pan tool 1 Rough Quality Display
2 Medium Quality Display Ctrl + Q Exit
\ + Right mouse button 3 Smooth Quality Display
2D Zoom tool 4 Wireframe Ctrl + N New Scene
5 Shaded Display
\ Enable/disable 2D Pan/Zoom. 6 Shaded and Textured Display Ctrl + O Open Scene
7 Use All Lights
Ctrl + S Save Scene
Animation Operations Ctrl + Shift + S Save Scene As
I Insert Keys Tool (for Graph Editor) Hotbox Display
(press and release)
S Set Key Space (When pressed down) Show the
hotbox
Shift + E Set key for Rotate Edit Operations
Shift + R Set key for Scale Ctrl (or Cmd) + C
Copy
Shift + W Set key for Translate
Alt + J Toggle Multicolor Feedback Ctrl (or Cmd) + X
Cut
Shift + S + Left mouse button
Keyframe marking menu Ctrl + D Duplicate
Ctrl + Shift + D Duplicate Special
Shift + D Duplicate with Transform
Displaying Objects Ctrl + G Group
(Show,Hide)
P Parent
Ctrl + H Hide > Hide Selection Ctrl (or Cmd) + V
Paste
Alt + H Hide > Hide Unselected Objects Shift + Z Redo
Shift + l Isolate Select > View Selected (in G Repeat
the panel menus)
Shift + G Repeat command at mouse
Ctrl + Shift + H Show > Show Last Hidden position
Shift + H Show > Show Selection Z Undo (also Ctrl+z/+z)
Shift + P Unparent
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GENERAL KEYS BY CATEGORY
Modeling Operations Painting Operations Pick Walk*
2 Cage + smooth polygon mesh Ctrl + B Edit Paint Effects template brush Down Walk down current
display settings Left Walk left in current
Right Walk right in current
Ctrl + F10 Convert polygon selection to Edges Alt + F Flood with the current value Up Walk up current
Ctrl + F9 Convert polygon selection to
Ctrl + F11 Vertices Shift + B Modify lower brush radius (press
Ctrl + F12 Covert polygon selection to Faces and release)
Page Down Covert polygon selection to UVs
Decreases Division Levels for M Modify maximum displacement *B ased on selection, the arrow keys let you walk up the
1 Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv (Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt hierarchy (object selected) or walk about the object’s
~ Proxy. Polygons Tool) components (component selected, including vertices,
Page Up Default polygon mesh display (no edge loops, edge rings).
L smoothing) N Modify paint value
3 Displays both the original (proxy)
and the smoothed mesh. B Modify upper brush radius (press Playback Control
Increases Division Levels for and release)
Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv
Proxy. O + Left mouse button Alt + Shift + V Go to Min Frame
Lock/unlock length of curve (press Poly Brush Tool marking menu
and hold)
Smooth polygon mesh display O + Middle mouse button . Go to Next key
Poly UV Tool marking menu
, Go to Previous key
/ Switch to pick color mode (press Alt + , Move backward one frame in time
and release)
Alt + R Toggle Reflection on or off Alt + . Move forward one frame in time
Alt + C Turn Color Feedback on or off Alt + V Turn Playback on or off
Alt + A Turn Show Wireframe on or off K + Middle mouse button
V irtual Time Slider mode (press
U With left mouse button for and hold and scrub timeline)
Artisan Paint Operation marking
Moving Selected Objects menu Rendering
Alt + Down Move down one pixel Ctrl + Left Render view next image
Ctrl + Right Render view previous image
Alt + Left Move left one pixel
Alt + Right Move right one pixel
Alt + Up Move up one pixel
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GENERAL KEYS BY CATEGORY
Selecting Menus Snapping Operations
F2 Show Modeling menu set Shift + J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative Q Select Tool, or with left mouse
snapping (press and release) button for Selection Mask
Show Rigging menu set marking menu
F4 Show Animation menu set J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping
(press and release) Y Selects the last used tool that is
not one of Select, Move, Rotate,
Show Dynamics (FX) menu set C Snap to curves (press and release) or Scale
F6 Show Rendering menu set X Snap to grids (press and release) T Show manipulator tool
Show/hide main menu bar V Snap to points (press and release) Ctrl + T Show universal manipulator tool
Show/hide panel menu bar Insert Switches between move pivot and
move object (Move Tool)
Show/hide panel toolbar Tool Operations
button Set marking menu Return Complete current tool D With left mouse button move
pivot (Move Tool)
- Decrease manipulator size
Insert Enter tool Edit mode Tumble, Track, or Dolly
Selecting Objects and =, + Increase manipulator size Alt + Right mouse button
Components Dolly Tool (press and release)
W Move Tool, or with left mouse
F10 Edge button for Move Tool marking Alt + Middle mouse button
menu Track Tool (press and release)
F11 Face J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool Alt + Left mouse button
Snapping (press and release) Tumble Tool (press and release)
> Grow polygon selection region
F8 Object/Component (Switch E Rotate Tool, or with left mouse
between object and component button for Rotate Tool marking
editing) menu
Ctrl + I Select next intermediate object R Scale Tool, or with left mouse
button for Scale Tool marking
< Shrink polygon selection region menu
F12 UV Shift + Q Select Tool, or with left mouse
button for Component marking
F9 Vertex menu
Alt + F9 Vertex Face Alt + Q Select Tool, or with left mouse
button for Polygon marking menu
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GENERAL KEYS BY CATEGORY
Window and View Operations
Space ( When tapped) Switch between ] Redo view change Note: Exposé hotkeys (F9, F10, F11, F12) may conflict
the active window in multi-pane with preset Maya hotkeys. If you experience this
display and single pane display Alt + B Switch between a gradient, problem, you can change the Maya hotkeys, or change
black, dark gray, or light gray the Exposé hotkeys in the System Preferences panel of
Alt + Ctrl + Middle mouse button background color. the computer running Mac OS X. See Hotkeys in Maya
Fast pan in the Outliner for Mac OS X.
Ctrl + Space Switch between the standard
A Frame All in active panel, or with view and full-screen view of the Note: Certain key combinations, such as those involving
left mouse button for History current panels the ~ or ` keys, may not be accessible on non-US English
Operations marking menu keyboards.
Ctrl + A Switches between Attribute
Shift + A Frame All in all views Editor or Channel Box–displays
the Attribute Editor if neither is
F Frame Selected in active panel shown
Shift + F Frame Selected in all views [ Undo view change
F1 Maya Help Shift + } View next layout
Alt + Middle mouse button Shift + { View previous layout
Pan in the Attribute Editor
Alt + Middle mouse button
Pan in the Outliner
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PANE-SPECIFIC KEYS: EDITORS Hypershade P Pin Selected
/ Select Connected
Graph Editor @ Solo Material , Select Up Stream
# Remove Material Soloing . Select Down Stream
M Toggle Curve Selection ! Solo Last Output = Toggle Zoom In
A Frame All Ctrl + L Graph Remove Selected - Toggle Zoom Out
F Frame Selected < Graph Upstream
G Frame Playback Range ? Graph Up Downstream
T Frame Center View > Graph Downstream
1 Absolute View 1 Hypdershade Hide Attributes
2 Stacked View 2 Show Connected Attrs
3 Normalized View 3 Show All Attrs
H Channel 4 Show Custom Attrs
J Unlock Channel 5 Toggle Node Title Mode
D Tangents Auto Ctrl + / Graph Remove Unselected
Ctrl + , Graph Remove Upstream
HyperGraph Panel Ctrl + . Graph Remove Downstream
Up Arrow
Alt + G Increase Depth
Alt + T Decrease Depth Pick Walk Up
Down Arrow
Pick Walk Down
Left Arrow
Pick Walk Left
Right Arrow
Pick Walk Right
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PANE-SPECIFIC KEYS: EDITORS Node Editor Shape Editor
Node Editor 5 Toggle Node Title Mode Ctrl + D
C Toggle Synced Selection Duplicate Target
U Back to Parent = Toggle Zoom In
Enter Dive Into Compound - Toggle Zoom Out Ctrl + G
> Graph Downstream , Up Stream New Group
Ctrl + . Graph Remove Downstream
Ctrl + L Graph Remove Selected Outliner Alt + D
Ctrl + , Graph Remove Upsream Select None
? Graph Up Downstream F Reveal Selected
< Graph Upstream Enter Rename Selected Item
X Grid Toggle Snap
1 Hide Attributes Pose Editor
Down Arrow
Ctrl + G
Pick Walk Down Pose Interpolator New Group
Left Arrow
Profiler
Pick Walk Left
Right Arrow 1 Category View
2 CPU View
Pick Walk Right 3 Thread View
Up Arrow Ctrl + R
Pick Walk Up Toggle Recording
Ctrl + / Remove Unselected
/ Select Connected
. Select Down Stream
3 Show All Attrs
2 Show Connected Attrs
4 Show Custom Attrs
S Toggle Attr Filter
P Toggle Node Selected Pins
V Toggle Node Swatch Size
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PANE-SPECIFIC KEYS: EDITORS B Ghost Track Toggle
I Import Animation
Time Editor U Ripple Edit Toggle Press/Release
Q Scene Authoring Toggle
L Additive Layer S Set Key
Y Clip Hold Toggle D Set Zero Key
T Clip Loop Toggle M Toggle Mute Selected Tracks
W Clip Razor X Toggle Snap to Clip Press/Release
Shift + H N Toggle Solo Selected Tracks
K Toggle Time Cursor Press/Release
Clip Scale End
Shift + G
Clip Scale Start
R Clip Scale Toggle
H Clip Trim End
G Clip Trim Start
E Clip Trim Toggle
Shift + I
Create Audio Clip
O Create Clip
Ctrl + G
Create Group From Selection
Shift + L
Create Override Layer
P Create Pose Clip
Ctrl + X
Cut Clips
Ctrl + Shift + G
Explode Group
Ctrl + E
Export Selection
A Frame All
F Frame Selected
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