These are all of the known keyboard shortcuts that perform actions quickly in the Construction Set . They are categorized by which context you can use them in, such as when the render window is in focus.
General [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
F2
Edit the highlighted string
Ctrl-F
Show find object dialogue
Ctrl-I
Get data about references
I-MMB
Get data about objects
Ctrl-C
Copy to clipboard
Ctrl-X
Cut
Ctrl-V
Paste from clipboard
Render Window [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl-S
Save
Ctrl-Y
Redo last action
Backspace / Ctrl-Z
Undo last action
Ctrl-Shift-V
Paste objects from clipboard at their original coordinates (in the current cell)
Print screen
Play sound from object in loaded area
A
Toggle bright light
B
Toggle cell borders
L
Toggle light radius and update lights (flame position and Ctrl+D'd object lighting)
M
Toggle markers
Shift-C
Toggle objects
F4
Toggle collision
W
Toggle wireframe mode
H
Toggle Landscape Editor mode
Ctrl-Shift-R-MMB
Click on the selected object in the Render Window to bring up its Reference Data
F5
Reload visible cells
F10
Opens scenegraph
Camera Control [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
Shift-MMove
Rotate view (with respect to selection)
Spacebar-MMove
Pan view
MMB-MDrag
Pan view
V-MMove
Zoom in and out on the selected object (or camera center)
MMB-Scroll
Zoom in and out on the selected object (or camera center)
Up
Move view forward
Shift-Up
Move view up along z-axis
Down
Move view backward
Shift-Down
Move view down along z-axis
Left
Move view left
Right
Move view right
Home
Rotate view clockwise
Page Up
Rotate view counterclockwise
C
Zooms in to an isometric view of the selected object(s).
T
Zooms in to a Top view of the selected object(s).
Selection Control [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
LMB-Click/Drag
Select or deselect all (when clicking on empty space)
Delete
Delete selection
Ctrl-LMB
Multiple select
D
Deselect
Ctrl-D
Duplicate selection
LMB-MDrag
Move objects (defaults to xy-plane)
RMB-MDrag
Rotate objects (defaults to z-axis)
LMB-X
Move objects on the x-axis
LMB-Y
Move objects on the y-axis
LMB-Z
Move objects on the z-axis
RMB-X
Rotate objects on the x-axis
RMB-Y
Rotate objects on the y-axis
RMB-Z
Rotate objects on the z-axis
S
Hold "S" then click and drag an object to resize it.
F
Drops (or makes the object(s) Fall) to the top level of the object below them.
Landscape Mode [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
O
Toggle between terrain edit and vertex color mode
LMB-MDrag
(Terrain Edit Mode) Edit terrain based on selected mode (edit, flatten, soften)
RMB
(Terrain Edit Mode) Paint selected land texture
LMB
(Vertex Color Mode) Paint primary vertex color selection
RMB
(Vertex Color Mode) Paint secondary vertex color selection
Ctrl-LMB
(Vertex Color Mode) Vertex color select (works on models and landscape) - LMB to paint
Ctrl-RMB
(Vertex Color Mode) Vertex color select (works on models and landscape) - RMB to paint
Pathgrid Mode [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
RMB
Adds a new node
LMB-MDrag
Move objects (defaults to xy-plane)
LMB-X
Move objects on the x-axis
LMB-Y
Move objects on the y-axis
LMB-Z
Move objects on the z-axis
Ctrl-LMB
Connects/disconnects clicked node from the selected node
Preview Window [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
A
Pan left
D
Pan right
S
Pan down
W
Pan up
Insert
Rotates the object counterclockwise on its x-axis
Home
Rotates the object clockwise on its x-axis
Page Up
Zooms in.
Page Down
Zooms out.
Up
Rotates the object up on its y-axis
Down
Rotates the object down on its y-axis
Left
Rotates the object left on its z-axis
Right
Rotates the object right on its z-axis
Dialogue [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
Left
Move dialogue response up in a list
Right
Move dialogue response down in a list
*
Selects the top dialogue response in a file
Unknown [ edit ]
Shortcut
Action
0
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
1
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
5
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
6
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
7
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
8
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
9
(?) CS detects this key when Render Window is in focus (may require other button presses)
Clicking with Ctrl-Shift-RMB-LMB on the selected object in the Render Window crashes the Construction Set.