Creation Kit Keyboard Mapping

The Creation Kit Keyboard Mapping is used when working in the Render Window. If you are editing the Navmesh, see the Navmesh Cheat Sheet.

The Creation Kit supports user-defined hotkey mapping. These bindings can be modified from the main toolbar via Edit > Render Window Hotkeys. This page is intended as a quick reference to the default key bindings.

Function	Key	Notes	New?
Anchor the camera	SHIFT+F	Anchors camera based on current selection	NEW
Clear selection	D	Clears current selection (deselect)
Copy selection	CTRL+C	Copies current selection
Create a multibound reference	CTRL+B	N/A
Cut selection	CTRL+X	Cuts current selection (CTRL+V pastes what was cut)
Cycle camera view	C	Cycles through the different camera views (Default changed to Y in newer versions.)
Cycle the visibility of selected objects	1	Cycles between normal, transparent, hidden
Delete selection	DELETE	Deletes current selection
Drop camera	ALT+Z	N/A
Drop selection to ground	F	Drops current selection to nearest collision
Duplicate selection	CTRL+D	Duplicates selection and automatically selects the duplication
Edit landscape	H	Opens the landscaping editor
Edit navmesh	CTRL+E	Toggles Navmesh editing mode on/off
Enter rotation manipulation mode	W	Toggles the Rotation Gizmo on/off
Enter scale manipulation mode	2	Toggles the Scale Gizmo on/off
Enter selection manipulation mode	R	N/A
Enter translation manipulation mode	E	Toggles the Translation Gizmo on/off
Freeze the camera	3	Freezes camera and shows view frustrum
Link/break planes/rooms	ALT+L	Links/Breaks Link between two Occlusion Planes or two Room Markers
Load selected object's parent cell	CTRL+L	N/A
Move clipboard references	CTRL+M	Moves current selection, does not create a copy or duplication
Object palette	SHIFT+O	Opens Object Palette window
Paste clipboard contents	CTRL+V	Pastes clipboard contents
Paste clipboard contents in place	CTRL+SHIFT+V	Pastes clipboard contents in place
Picking preferences	/	Opens the Picking Preferences dialog
Place camera above selection	T	Top-down view of selection
Raise selection	ALT+G	Raises selection 3 units (on the z axis)
Redo	CTRL+Y	Redo last action
Refresh	F5	Reloads the current cell
Reset rotation	CTRL+K	Resets current selection rotation to 0,0,0
Resnap references	SHIFT+K	Snaps current selection to current grid snap reference
Save	CTRL+S	Saves plugin
Scale a light's fade distance	CTRL+ALT+S
Scale a light's FOV	ALT+B
Scale a light's FOV	ALT+S
Scale a reference	S	Hold down "S" and move mouse to scale reference
Search and replace	CTRL+F	Opens the Search and Replace window
Show land borders	B	Toggle exterior cell boundaries on/off
Show scene graph	F10	Opens Scene Graph window
Swap editor water	CTRL+W
Toggle batch dialog	-	Opens the Batch Dialog window
Toggle bright lights	A	Toggles lights on/off
Toggle cell window loads	ALT+A
Toggle collision geometry	F4	Toggles collision geometry on/off
Toggle debug geometry	4	Toggles debug geometry mode on/off (useful for checking Room Markers and Portals
Toggle flycam	`	Not Supported
Toggle fog	CTRL+5	Toggles fog on/off
Toggle gizmo orientation	G	Toggles gizmo orientation between world and local
Toggle grass	8	Toggles grass on/off
Toggle grid	=	N/A
Toggle havok	ALT+H	Toggles havok simulation on/off
Toggle land culling	SHIFT+L	Toggles Land Culling on/off
Toggle light markers	CTRL+I	Toggles light markers on/off
Toggle light radius	L	Toggles light markers radii on/off
Toggle location snap	Q	Toggles Grid Snap on/off
Toggle markers	M	Toggles markers on/off
Toggle non-land culling	SHIFT+C	Hides all references (useful to check Room Markers and Portals
Toggle occlusion planes	U	Toggles Occlusion Planes on/off
Toggle orthographic perspective	0 (zero)	Toggles Orthographic Perspective on/off
Toggle picking against trees	CTRL+T	Toggles picking trees on/off (useful when working in areas with a lot of trees)
Toggle portal mode	CTRL+P	Toggles Portal Mode on/off (when on, only portals can be selected)
Toggle reference snap	SHIFT+Q	Brings up a crosshair and when a reference is selected, all other references will snap to that reference's orientation
Toggle rotation snap	CTRL+Q	Toggles Grid Rotate Snap on/off
Toggle selection culling	CTRL+SHIFT+C	Hides/Unhides current selection
Toggle shadows	5	Toggles shadows on/off
Toggle sky	6	Toggles Sky on/off
Toggle sound markers	CTRL+N	Toggles Sound Markers on/off
Toggle trees	ALT+T	Toggles Trees on/off
Toggle visibility of enable state children	CTRL+1	Toggles culling of the selected reference's enable state children
Toggle visibility of enable state opposite children	SHIFT+1	Toggles culling of the selected reference's enable state opposite children
Toggle water culling	SHIFT+W	Toggles water on/off
Toggle wireframe	7	Toggles wireframe on/off
Undo	CTRL+Z	Undo last action
Unhide all hidden objects	ALT+1	Unhides all hidden references