Map Editor Key Bindings

Contents

1. General
2. General 2D Mode
3. Lines Mode
4. Sectors Mode
5. Things Mode
6. General 3D Mode
7. 3D Mode Camera
8. 3D Mode Light Level
9. 3D Mode Offsets
10. 3D Mode Scaling
11. 3D Mode Walls
12. 3D Mode Flats
13. 3D Mode Flats

General

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

Action	Default Keys	Description
Accept edit	Enter
Cancel edit	Escape
Toggle 3d mode	Q
Take Screenshot	Ctrl+Shift+P

General 2D Mode

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

Lines Mode

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

Sectors Mode

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
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
Join sectors	J
Join sectors (keep lines)	Shift+J

Things Mode

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)

General 3D Mode

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

3D Mode Camera

Action	Default Keys	Description
Camera forward	W
Camera backward	S
Camera strafe left	A
Camera strafe right	D
Camera move up	Up
Camera move down	Down
Camera turn left	Left
Camera turn right	Right

3D Mode Light Level

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

3D Mode Offsets

Note: Numpad keys assume NumLock is on

Action	Default Keys	Description
X offset up 8	Numpad 4
X offset up 1	Shift+Numpad 4
X offset down 8	Numpad 6
X offset down 1	Shift+Numpad 6
Y offset up 8	Numpad 8
Y offset up 1	Shift+Numpad 8
Y offset down 8	Numpad 2
Y offset down 1	Shift+Numpad 2

3D Mode Scaling

Action	Default Keys	Description
X scale up (large)	Ctrl+Numpad 4
X scale up (small)	Ctrl+Shift+Numpad 4
X scale down (large)	Ctrl+Numpad 6
X scale down (small)	Ctrl+Shift+Numpad 6
Y scale up (large)	Ctrl+Numpad 8
Y scale up (small)	Ctrl+Shift+Numpad 8
Y scale down (large)	Ctrl+Numpad 2
Y scale down (small)	Ctrl+Shift+Numpad 2

3D Mode Walls

Action	Default Keys	Description
Toggle linked wall offsets	Ctrl+O	Only has an effect if the map format is UDMF with [[ZDoom extensions
Auto-align textures on X	Ctrl+A
Reset wall (offsets and scaling)	R
Toggle lower unpegged	L
Toggle upper unpegged	U

3D Mode Flats

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

3D Mode Things

Action	Default Keys	Description
Remove	Delete
Z up 8	Numpad 8
Z up 1	Shift+Numpad 8
Z down 8	Numpad 2
Z down 1	Shift+Numpad 2