Keyboard shortcuts let you switch tools and repeat common actions without leaving the canvas. This page is the full list of default shortcuts in Snaptrude for Windows and Mac. Single-letter tool shortcuts are the same on both; where a shortcut uses Ctrl, use Cmd on a Mac, and where it uses Alt, use Option.

Tip: If you don't know a tool's shortcut, type its name into the Search tools & actions box at the bottom of the canvas instead. It also understands common aliases from other software, such as MV for Move, Mirror for Flip and Unhide for Show All.

Navigate the view

Action	Windows	Mac
Orbit	`O` (letter O)	`O` (letter O)
Toggle between 2D and 3D	`Shift` + `>`	`Shift` + `>`
Zoom Extents	`Shift` + `Z`	`Shift` + `Z`
Zoom Window	`Shift` + `W`	`Shift` + `W`
Zoom to Selection	`Shift` + `S`	`Shift` + `S`

Right-click and drag to pan. When you start Zoom Window from its shortcut, it stays active, like Move and Rotate.

Note: You can also move the camera with the arrow keys. Turn Arrow-key navigation on or off in Settings (the gear icon, bottom-left).

Select objects

Action	Windows	Mac
Select tool (when nothing is selected)	`Spacebar`	`Spacebar`
Select All	`Ctrl` + `A`	`Cmd` + `A`
Cycle through overlapping objects (smallest to largest)	`Tab`	`Tab`
Cycle in reverse	`Shift` + `Tab`	`Shift` + `Tab`
Click empty canvas without losing the selection	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + click	`Cmd` + `Shift` + click
Clear the selection or step back out of a tool	`Esc`	`Esc`

A Tab selection stays active until you press Esc or click elsewhere. You can also pick a tool first (Move, Copy or Rotate) and then use Tab to choose the object.

Draw and edit

Action	Windows and Mac
Draw (Line)	`L`
Arc	`A`
Rectangle	`R`
Erase Edge	`E`
Move	`M`
Rotate	`Q`
Offset	`F`
Rotate the selection 90 degrees	`Spacebar` (with objects selected)
Edit (push-pull)	`P`
Switch to edge or vertex editing (3D Edit)	`J`
Flip X	`X`
Flip Z	`Z`
Measuring Tape	`T`
Section	`S`
Draw Void (BIM Mode)	`V`
Doors (BIM Mode)	`D`
Windows (BIM Mode)	`W`
Materials	`B`
Temporarily turn off snapping	Hold `Alt` (`Option` on Mac)
Undo	`Ctrl` + `Z` (`Cmd` + `Z`)
Redo	`Ctrl` + `Y` (`Cmd` + `Y`)

How the editing shortcuts behave

Spacebar rotates the selected objects 90 degrees clockwise. A single object rotates about its pivot; a multi-selection rotates about its combined centre. It also works while you're placing an object that is attached to the cursor. It doesn't rotate doors, windows, voids or locked objects. With nothing selected, Spacebar returns you to the Select tool. Rotate 90° is also in the Right-click menu.
J works in 3D while the Edit (push-pull) tool is active. Hover near an edge or vertex and press J to edit that edge or vertex instead of the face. A tooltip, Press J to edit edge / vertex, reminds you when it's available. Face editing remains the default, and 2D editing is unaffected.
Alt turns snaps off only while you hold it, which helps when a snap keeps pulling your cursor to the wrong point.
V, D and W work in BIM Mode, which is available on the Pro, Organization and Enterprise plans. B opens Materials in both Design Mode and BIM Mode.

Note: F opens Offset; it isn't a shortcut for adding furniture.

Copy and duplicate

Action	Windows	Mac
Copy / Array tool	`C`	`C`
Copy while moving	Hold `Ctrl` during Move	Hold `Cmd` during Move
Copy and paste	`Ctrl` + `C`, `Ctrl` + `V`	`Cmd` + `C`, `Cmd` + `V`
Duplicate Above / Duplicate Below as Instance	`Ctrl` + `Up` / `Down` arrow	`Cmd` + `Up` / `Down` arrow
Duplicate Above / Duplicate Below as Unique	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Up` / `Down` arrow	`Cmd` + `Option` + `Up` / `Down` arrow

How the copy shortcuts behave

Hold Ctrl during Move switches the Move tool to Copy for as long as you hold the key. Switching cancels any move you haven't finished. If you let go before you place the copy, the copy is cancelled. Press Esc to step back during a copy.
When you start a copy with the Copy tool, Move with Ctrl, or Ctrl + C, Snaptrude shows the Copy Type Selector. Choose Instance (the default) or Unique. Snaptrude remembers your choice until you reload the page. You can't change the copy type once the array count is more than 1.
Instances stay linked, so editing one updates the others. A unique copy is independent. You can make an instance unique later, but you can't turn a unique object into an instance.
Duplicate Above and Duplicate Below copy the selection to the story above or below. The same commands are in the Properties panel and the Right-click menu (Duplicate as Instance / Duplicate as Unique). Hold Alt while you click Duplicate in the Properties panel to make a unique copy.

After you copy within the same project, right-click empty canvas and choose Paste as Unique or Paste as Instance.

Control visibility

Action	Windows and Mac
Hide the selection	`H`
Show / Show All	`U`
Isolate the selection	`\`

Show All and Zoom Extents are also in the Right-click menu when you right-click empty canvas, together with Select Previous, Select All, Undo, Redo and your last three commands.

Shortcuts in Present Mode and Program Mode

Action	Windows	Mac
Note tool (Present Mode)	`N`	`N`
Asset (Present Mode)	`Ctrl` + `U`	`Cmd` + `U`
Paste in Place (same position on another sheet, Present Mode)	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `V`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `V`
Undo a view update (Present Mode)	`Ctrl` + `Z`	`Cmd` + `Z`
Copy cells from a Program sheet	`Ctrl` + `C`	`Cmd` + `C`

Program sheet cells you copy can be pasted onto a Present Mode sheet as a formatted data table.

Copy, Array and Instances
Selecting Objects
Navigating the Canvas
Push-pull and Edit
Search Tools and Actions

Keyboard Shortcuts