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Shortcuts

YAHAHA Studio provides you with various shortcuts which facilitate your game development.

Note: On Mac, replace the Ctrl key in the following shortcuts with the command ⌘ key, not the Mac control key. Similarly, replace the Alt key with the Mac option ⌥ key.

Panels

Shortcut Action Description
Ctrl+1 Show/Hide Scenery Show or hide the Scenery box
Ctrl+2 Show/Hide Game Show or hide the Game box
Ctrl+3 Show/Hide Rule Show or hide the Rule box
Ctrl+4 Show/Hide My resources Show or hide My resources
Ctrl+F Show/Hide Global search Show or hide Global search
Alt+1 Show/Hide Explorer Show or hide Explorer
Alt+2 Show/Hide Properties Show or hide Properties
Alt+3 Show/Hide Asset Library Show or hide Asset LIbrary
Alt+4 Show Manage components Show Manage components
Ctrl+, Show Preferences Open Preferences
F12 Show/Hide Console Show or hide Console
Ctrl+/ Show/Hide Shortcuts Show or hide Shortcuts

Scene tools

Shortcut Action Description
1 Grab Activate the Grab tool
2 Move Activate the move tool
3 Rotate Activate the Rotate tool
4 Scale Activate the Scale tool
5 Transform Activate the Transform tool, which combines the functions of the Grab, Move, Rotate, and Scale tools
6 Show/Hide Align Show or hide the Align tool
Snap to Increment Snap an object in increments
Alt+Ctrl Snap to Box vertex Snap the vertex of an object to another box's vertex
⇧+] Raise Grid Raise the grid in the XZ plane
⇧+[ Lower Grid Lower the grid in the XZ plane
Alt Attach Grid to the Surface Add the grid to the surface of the object that you double-click

View

Shortcut Action Description
Right Mouse Button Rotate View Rotate the camera view
Alt+Right Mouse Button Rotate View Around Selection Rotate the camera view around the selected object
Middle Mouse Button Pan View Pan the camera view
W, A, S, D Move Forward/Left/Back/Right Move the camera forward/left/back/right
E, Q Move Up/Down Move the camera up/down
Accelerate Accelerate the movement of the camera when moving it
Mouse Scroll Wheel Zoom in/Zoom out Zoom in or zoom out
F Focus Focus on the selected object

Selection

Shortcut Action Description
Esc Select None Clear all selected objects
Select More/Deselect Select more objects or clear the current selections
Ctrl Deep Select Select nested objects
\ Select Parent Select parent objects
Enter Select Child Select child objects
Ctrl+G Group Selection Group the selected objects
⇧+Ctrl+G Ungroup Selection Ungroup the selected objects
Ctrl+R Rename Selection Rename the selected object
Ctrl+L Lock/Unlock Selection Lock/Unlock the selected objects

Edit

Shortcut Action Description
Ctrl+S Save Save the current operation
Ctrl+Z Undo Undo the previous operation
Ctrl+Y Redo Redo the previous operation
Ctrl+C Copy Copy the selected objects
Ctrl+V Paste Paste the selected objects
Ctrl+D Duplicate Duplicate the selected objects
⇧+Ctrl+D Array Duplicate Array duplicate the selected object. This tool is used to multiply the selected object as an array. This tool automates tedious repetitive tasks, such as copy-pasting dozens of duplicates of an object.
Delete Delete the selected object
Alt+P Reset Position to 0 Reset the position of the selected objects to 0
Alt+R Reset Rotation to 0° Reset the rotation of the selected objects to 0°
Alt+S Reset Scale to 1 Reset the scale of the selected objects to 1
Alt+X Rotate 90° around World X-axis Rotate the selected objects 90° around their X-axis in world space
Alt+Y Rotate 90° around World Y-axis Rotate the selected objects 90° around their Y-axis in world space
Alt+Z Rotate 90° around World Z-axis Rotate the selected objects 90° around their Z-axis in world space

Explorer

Shortcut Action Description
Alt+1 Show/Hide Exlporer Show/Hide Explorer
Select previous item Select the previous YahahaObject
Select next item Select the next YahahaObject
Unfold Unfold folders
Fold Fold folders

Properties

Shortcut Action Description
Alt+2 Show/Hide Properties Show/Hide Properties
Select previous Component Select the previous Component
Select next Component Select the next Component
Unfold Unfold folders
Fold Fold folders
Tab Activate next Input within Component Activate the next Input within the Component
⇧+Tab Activate previous Input within Component Activate the previous Input within the Component

Terrain tools

Shortcut Action Description
1 Raise/Lower Activate the terrain tool for raising or lowering the landscape
2 Smooth Activate the terrain tool for smoothing the landscape
3 Sharpen Activate the terrain tool for sharpening the landscape
4 Flatten Active the terrain tool for flattening the landscape
5 Bridge Active the terrain tool for building a bridge
6 Paint Active the terrain tool for painting the terrain with the selected texture
7 Decorate Active the terrain tool for decorating the terrain with the selected object
. Next Brush Mask/Texture/Decoration Select the next brush mask/texture/decoration
, Previous Brush Mask/Texture/Decoration Select the previous brush mask/texture/decoration
Lower Lower the terrain while raising the terrain
Erase Painted Texture/Erase Decoration Erase the painted textures or decoration while painting texture or decorating the terrain

Assets Library

Shortcut Action Description
Alt+3 Show/Hide Asset Library Show/Hide your Asset Library
Ctrl+→ Next page Turn to the next search page
Ctrl+← Previous page Turn to the previous search page

Play/Test

Shortcut Action Description
F5 Start Playing/Testing Start playing or testing
⇧+F5 Exit Playing/Testing Quit playing or testing
F12 Show/Hide Console Show or hide Console
F10 Show/Hide Profiler Show or hide Profiler
W, A, S, D Move Forward/Left/Back/Right Make the avatar move forward/left/back/right
Space Jump Make the avatar jump
Left Mouse Button Attack Make the avatar attack
Right Mouse Button Rotate View Rotate the camera view
Speed up Accelerate the movement of your avatar when moving it