One Key Shortcuts

General Keys
Pane-Specific Keys
MAYA ONE KEY SHORTCUTS

Show Animation

Show Animation
Show Rendering
Show Modeling

Show Dynamics
Show Rigging

(FX) menu set

Component
Maya Help

menu set

menu set

menu set

menu set

menu set

Object/

Vertex

Edge

Face

UV
Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PrtScn
SysRq
ScrLK Pause
Break

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` ROUGH QUAL.
DISPLAY
MED. QUAL.
DISPLAY
SMOOTH QUAL.
DISPLAY
WIREFRAME SHADED
DISPLAY
SHADED &
TEXTUR. DISPLAY
USE ALL
LIGHTS
DEFAULT QUAL.
DISPLAY
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Q W E R T Y U I O P { } |
Tab Insert Page
SELECT
TOOL
MOVE TOOL ROTATE
TOOL
SCALE
TOOL
SHOW
MANIPULATOR
SELECT LAST
TOOL USED
INSERT KEYS
TOOL
PARENT [ ] \ Up

A S D F G H J K L : “
Caps Lock Enter Delete Page
Down
FRAME ALL SET KEY FRAME
SELECTED
REPEAT HIDE/UNHIDE MOVE, ROTATE,
SELECTION SCALE TOOL
(UN)LOCK
CRV LENGTH ; ‘
< > ?
Shift Z X C V B N M Shift
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
Move Tool marking menu release)
1 Rough Quality Display
S Set Key Y Selects the last used tool that is not one
2 Medium Quality Display of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale
X Snap to grids (press and release)
3 Smooth Quality Display H Hide/Unhide Current Selection
E Rotate Tool, or with left mouse button
4 Wireframe for Rotate Tool marking menu N Modify paint value
5 Shaded Display C Snap to curves (press and release) J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping (press
and release)
6 Shaded and Textured Display R Scale Tool, or with left mouse button for
Scale Tool marking menu M Modify maximum displacement (Sculpt
7 Use All Lights Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool)
F Frame Selected in active panel
Q Select Tool, or with left mouse button for I Insert Keys Tool (for Graph Editor) (press
Selection Mask marking menu V Snap to points (press and release) and release)
A Frame All in active panel, or with left T Show manipulator tool L Lock/unlock length of curve (press and
mouse button for History Operations hold)
marking menu G Repeat
P Parent 2
Z Undo (also Ctrl+z/+z)
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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 Ctrl + Q Exit
\ + Right mouse button
2D Zoom tool 2 Medium Quality Display Ctrl + N New Scene

\ Enable/disable 2D Pan/Zoom. 3 Smooth Quality Display Ctrl + O Open Scene

4 Wireframe Ctrl + S Save Scene

Animation Operations 5 Shaded Display Ctrl + Shift + S Save Scene As

I Insert Keys Tool (for Graph Editor) 6 Shaded and Textured Display
(press and release)
7 Use All Lights Hotbox Display
S Set Key
Space  (When pressed down) Show the
Shift + E Set key for Rotate hotbox
Edit Operations
Shift + R Set key for Scale
Ctrl (or Cmd) + C
Shift + W Set key for Translate Copy

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

Ctrl + G Group
Displaying Objects P Parent
(Show,Hide) Ctrl (or Cmd) + V
Ctrl + H Hide > Hide Selection 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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Modeling Operations
2 Cage + smooth polygon mesh
display
Ctrl + F10 Convert polygon selection to Edges
Ctrl + F9  Convert polygon selection to
Vertices
Ctrl + F11 Covert polygon selection to Faces
Ctrl + F12 Covert polygon selection to UVs
Page Down  Decreases Division Levels for
Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv
Proxy.
1  Default polygon mesh display (no
smoothing)
~  Displays both the original (proxy)
and the smoothed mesh.
Page Up Increases Division Levels for
Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv
Proxy.
L 
Lock/unlock length of curve (press
and hold)
3 
Smooth polygon mesh display
Moving Selected Objects
Alt + Down Move down one pixel
Alt + Left Move left one pixel
Alt + Right Move right one pixel
Alt + Up Move up one pixel
Painting Operations
Ctrl + B Edit Paint Effects template brush
settings
Alt + F Flood with the current value
Shift + B Modify lower brush radius (press
and release)
M Modify maximum displacement
(Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt
Polygons Tool)
N Modify paint value
B Modify upper brush radius (press
and release)
O + Left mouse button
Poly Brush Tool marking menu
O + Middle mouse button
Poly UV Tool marking menu
/ Switch to pick color mode (press
and release)
Alt + R Toggle Reflection on or off
Alt + C Turn Color Feedback on or off
Alt + A Turn Show Wireframe on or off
U With left mouse button for
Artisan Paint Operation marking
menu
Pick Walk*
Down Walk down current
Left Walk left in current
Right Walk right in current
Up Walk up current
*Based on selection, the arrow keys let you walk up the
hierarchy (object selected) or walk about the object’s
components (component selected, including vertices,
edge loops, edge rings).
Playback Control
Alt + Shift + V Go to Min Frame
. Go to Next key
, Go to Previous key
Alt + , Move backward one frame in time
Alt + . Move forward one frame in time
Alt + V Turn Playback on or off
K + Middle mouse button
Virtual Time Slider mode (press
and hold and scrub timeline)
Rendering
Ctrl + Left Render view next image
Ctrl + Right Render view previous image
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Selecting Menus Snapping Operations

F2 Show Modeling menu set
Show Rigging menu set
F4 Show Animation menu set
Show Dynamics (FX) menu set
F6 Show Rendering menu set
 Show/hide main menu bar
Show/hide panel menu bar
Show/hide panel toolbar
Set marking menu
button
Shift + J  ove, Rotate, Scale Tool relative
M Q Select Tool, or with left mouse
snapping (press and release)
J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping
(press and release)
C Snap to curves (press and release)
X Snap to grids (press and release)
V Snap to points (press and release)
Tool Operations
Return Complete current tool
- Decrease manipulator size
button for Selection Mask
marking menu
Y Selects the last used tool that is
not one of Select, Move, Rotate,
or Scale
T Show manipulator tool
Ctrl + T Show universal manipulator tool
Insert Switches between move pivot and
move object (Move Tool)
D With left mouse button move
pivot (Move Tool)

Insert Enter tool Edit mode Tumble, Track, or Dolly

Selecting Objects and =, + Increase manipulator size Alt + Right mouse button
Components W Move Tool, or with left mouse Dolly Tool (press and release)
button for Move Tool marking Alt + Middle mouse button
F10 Edge 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
E Rotate Tool, or with left mouse
F8 Object/Component (Switch
button for Rotate Tool marking
between object and component
menu
editing)
R Scale Tool, or with left mouse
Ctrl + I Select next intermediate object
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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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,
black, dark gray, or light gray problem, you can change the Maya hotkeys, or change
Alt + Ctrl + Middle mouse button background color. the Exposé hotkeys in the System Preferences panel of
Fast pan in the Outliner the computer running Mac OS X. See Hotkeys in Maya
Ctrl + Space Switch between the standard for Mac OS X.
A Frame All in active panel, or with view and full-screen view of the
left mouse button for History current panels Note: Certain key combinations, such as those involving
Operations marking menu
Ctrl + A Switches between Attribute the ~ or ` keys, may not be accessible on non-US English
Shift + A Frame All in all views Editor or Channel Box–displays keyboards.
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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Graph Editor Hypershade

M Toggle Curve Selection @ Solo Material P Pin Selected

A Frame All # Remove Material Soloing / Select Connected

F Frame Selected ! Solo Last Output , Select Up Stream

G Frame Playback Range Ctrl + L Graph Remove Selected . Select Down Stream

T Frame Center View < Graph Upstream = Toggle Zoom In

1 Absolute View ? Graph Up Downstream - Toggle Zoom Out

2 Stacked View > Graph Downstream

3 Normalized View 1 Hypdershade Hide Attributes

H Channel 2 Show Connected Attrs
J Unlock Channel 3 Show All Attrs
D Tangents Auto 4 Show Custom Attrs

5 Toggle Node Title Mode

Ctrl + / Graph Remove Unselected

HyperGraph Panel Ctrl + , Graph Remove Upstream

Alt + G Increase Depth Ctrl + . Graph Remove Downstream

Alt + T Decrease Depth Up Arrow

Pick Walk Up

Down Arrow
Pick Walk Down

Left Arrow
Pick Walk Left

Right Arrow
Pick Walk Right

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Node Editor Node Editor Shape Editor

U Back to Parent 5 Toggle Node Title Mode Ctrl + D
Duplicate Target
Enter Dive Into Compound C Toggle Synced Selection
Ctrl + G
> Graph Downstream = Toggle Zoom In New Group
Ctrl + . Graph Remove Downstream - Toggle Zoom Out Alt + D
Select None
Ctrl + L Graph Remove Selected , Up Stream

Ctrl + , Graph Remove Upsream

? Graph Up Downstream Outliner

< Graph Upstream F Reveal Selected
X Grid Toggle Snap Enter Rename Selected Item
1 Hide Attributes

Down Arrow Pose Editor

Pick Walk Down
Ctrl + G
Left Arrow Pose Interpolator New Group
Pick Walk Left

Right Arrow
Pick Walk Right Profiler
Up Arrow 1 Category View
Pick Walk Up
2 CPU View
Ctrl + / Remove Unselected
3 Thread View
/ Select Connected
Ctrl + R
. Select Down Stream Toggle Recording

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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Time Editor
L Additive Layer B Ghost Track Toggle

Y Clip Hold Toggle I Import Animation

T Clip Loop Toggle U Ripple Edit Toggle Press/Release

W Clip Razor Q Scene Authoring Toggle

Shift + H S Set Key

Clip Scale End
D Set Zero Key
Shift + G
Clip Scale Start M Toggle Mute Selected Tracks

R Clip Scale Toggle X Toggle Snap to Clip Press/Release

H Clip Trim End N Toggle Solo Selected Tracks

G Clip Trim Start K Toggle Time Cursor Press/Release

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