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Blender 2.8 Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Shortcuts for Blender 2.8

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

General - Navigation

Rotate
MMB + Drag
Pan
Shift + MMB + Drag
Zoom
Mousewheel
Select
LMB (RMB optional)

General - General

Animation Playback
Space*
Search
F3
Delete
X
Join Objects
Ctrl + J
Mirror on X/Y/Z axis
Ctrl + M + X/Y/Z
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Redo
Shift + Ctrl + Z

General - View

Views Pie Menu
^
Center Selected
Numpad ,
Toggle Maximize Area
Ctrl + Space
Toggle Full Screen Area
Ctrl + Alt + Space
Toggle X-Ray View
Alt + Z
Toggle Wireframe View
Shift + Z
Shading Pie Menu
Z
Relative View Axis Switching
Alt + Drag MMB
Top View
Numpad 7
Front View
Numpad 1
Right View
Numpad 3
Bottom View
Shift + Numpad 7
Back View
Shift + Numpad 1
Left View
Shift + Numpad 3
Walk Navigation
Shift + ^

General - Transform

Grab
G
Rotate
R
Scale
S
Move
G
Move along global axis
G + X/Y/Z
Move along local axis
G + XX/YY/ZZ
Scale
S
Scale along global axis
S + X/Y/Z
Scale along local axis
S + XX/YY/ZZ
Rotate
R
Rotate along global axis
R + X/Y/Z
Rotate along local axis
R + XX/YY/ZZ
Free Rotate
R + R
Duplicate
Shift + D
Duplicate Linked
Alt + D
Apply Transform
Ctrl + A
Reset Position
Alt + G
Reset Rotation
Alt + R
Reset Scale
Alt + S
Snapping Toggle
Shift + Tab

General - Selection

Select
LMB*
Select All
A
Deselect All
Alt + A (quick doubletap A)
Border Select
B or Drag LMB
Circle Select
C
Select Grouped
Shift + G
Invert Selection
Ctrl + I
Select Linked
Shift + L

General - Modes

Edit/O­bject Mode
Tab
All Modes (Pie Menu)
Ctrl + Tab

General - Menus

Tool Shelf Toggle
T
Sidebar Toggle
N
Quick Favorites
Q
Add Menu
Shift + A
Object Context Menu
RMB*
Orient­ation Pie Menu
,
Pivot Pie Menu
.
Window Context Menu
F4
Snapping Pie Menu
Shift + S
* If you have chosen Right Click Select (in the User Prefer­ences under Input), the Object Context Menu is accessible via the W key.

General - Editors

3D Viewport
Shift + F5
Image/UV Editor
Shift + F10
Shader Editor
Shift + F3
Compos­iti­ng/­Texture Node Editor
Shift + F3
Video Sequencer
Shift + F8
Movie Clip Editor
Shift + F2
Dope Sheet/­Tim­eline
Shift + F12
Graph Editor­/Dr­ivers
Shift + F6
Text Editor
Shift + F11
Python Console
Shift + F4
Outliner
Shift + F9
Properties
Shift + F7
File Browser
Shift + F1

General - Hide/U­nhide

Hide
H
Unhide All
Alt + H
Hide Unselected
Shift + H
Local View
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General - Relati­onships

Set Parent
Ctrl + P
Clear Parent
Alt + P
Make Links
Ctrl + L

General - Camera

Camera View
Numpad 0
Align Camera to View
Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 0
Set Active Object as Camera
Ctrl + Numpad 0

General - File

Save
Ctrl + S
Save As
Ctrl + Shift + S
New File
Ctrl + N
File Context Menu
F2
Quit Blender
Ctrl + Q

General - Rendering

Render Image
F12
Render Animation
Ctrl + F12
Play Rendered Animation
Ctrl + F11
Set Render Region
Ctrl + B
Reset Render Region
Ctrl + Alt + B
 

Edit Mode - Selection

Vertex Selection
1
Edge Selection
2
Face Selection
3
Select Linked
Ctrl + L
Select Linked under Cursor
L
Grow/S­hrink Selection
Ctrl + +/-
Select Edge Loop
Alt + RMB*
Select Edge Ring
Ctrl + Alt + RMB*
Slide Edge Selection
G + G
Select Mirror
Ctrl + Shift + M
* Left Mouse Button, if the Select with is set to Left Mouse Button in the Prefer­ences under Input.

Edit Mode - Tools

Extrude
E
Bevel
Ctrl + B
Loopcut
Ctrl + R
Knife Cut
K
Inset
I
Separate
P
Unwrap
U
Fill Face
F
Shrink­/Fatten
Alt + S
Rip Fill
Alt + V
Shear
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + S
To Sphere
Shift + Alt + S
Split
Y
Rip
V
Triang­ulate
Ctrl + T
Merge Selected
Alt + M
Make Normals Consistent
Shift + N

Edit Mode - Propor­tional Editing

Propor­tional Edit
O
Propor­tional Edit Connected
Alt + O

Edit Mode - Vertex Groups

Assign to Vertex Group
Ctrl + G
Remove from Vertex Group
Ctrl + Alt + G

Edit Mode - Hide/U­nhide

Hide
H
Unhide
Alt + H

Sculpting - Control

Stroke Method Menu
E
Angle Control
R
Brush Size
F
Brush Strength
Shift + F
Brush Angle
Ctrl + F

Sculpting - Masking

Mask
M
Clear Mask
Alt + M
Invert Mask
Ctrl + I
Box Mask
B

Sculpting - Brushes

Grab
G
Box Hide
H
Inflate
I
Snake Hook
K
Layer
L
Pinch
P
Smooth
S or Shift + Drag
Draw
X
Clay
C
Crease
Shift + C
Flatten
Shift + T
Clay Strips
Shift + Space, 1
Blob
Shift + Space, 2
Fill
Shift + Space, 3
Scrape
Shift + Space, 4
Thumb
Shift + Space, 5
Nudge
Shift + Space, 6
Rotate
Shift + Space, 7
Simplify
Shift + Space, 9

Shader Editor and Compos­iting

Group
Ctrl + G
Ungroup
Ctrl + Alt + G
Edit Group Toggle
Tab
Join in New Frame
Ctrl + J
Cut Links
Shift + Space, 7
Delete with Reconnect
Ctrl + X

Compos­iting

Background Image Move
Alt + MMB
Background Image Zoom out
V
Background Image Zoom in
Alt + V

Image Editor

New Image
Alt + N
Open Image
Alt + O
Save Image
Alt + S
Save Image As
Shift + S

UV Editor

Mark Seam
Ctrl + E
Select Split
Y
Grow/S­hrink Selection
Ctrl + +/-
Stitch
V
Pin
P
Unpin
Alt + P

Paint (Image Editor)

Sample Color
S
Brush Size
F
Brush Strength
Shift + F
Brush Colors Flip
X