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stefanbeller edited this page Dec 9, 2011 · 15 revisions

Try out these keyboard shortcuts to help save you time.

On Mac, replace Ctrl with the Command key.

Table of Contents

List of Shortcuts

General

  • Right Click on Tile - Copies tile to Stamp Brush.
  • Ctrl + MouseWheel - Zoom In/Out on TileSet and Map
  • Ctrl + Plus/Minus - Zoom In/Out on Map
  • Ctrl + 0 - Zoom to Standardsize on Map
  • Ctrl + Object Resize - Snaps to the Tile Grid.
  • Ctrl + Object Move - Snaps to the Tile Grid.
  • Middle Click or space bar - Hold to reposition the Tile Map.
  • F5 - Run the default command
  • Ctrl + C - Copy
  • Ctrl + V - Paste
  • Ctrl + X - Cut
  • Del - Delete (since 0.8.0)
  • H - Toggle highlighting of the current layer (since 0.8.0)
  • A - Automapping (since 0.8.0)
  • Alt + C - Copy current position of mouse cursor to clipboard (in tile coordinates) (since 0.8.0)
  • Ctrl + Shift + D - Duplicate active layer
  • F2 - Rename current layer
  • PgUp - Select previous layer (above current layer)
  • PgDown - Select next layer (below current layer)
  • Ctrl + Shift + Up - Move current layer up
  • Ctrl + Shift + Down - Move current layer up
  • Ctrl + Shift + H - Toggle visibility (only active layer visible / all layers visible)
  • Ctrl + PgUp - Switch to left document
  • Ctrl + Tab - Switch to left document (since 0.8.0)
  • Ctrl + PgDown - Switch to right document
  • Ctrl + Shift + Tab - Switch to right document (since 0.8.0)
  • Ctrl + G - Display tile grid
  • Ctrl + W - Close current document
  • Ctrl + Shift + W - Close all documents
  • Ctrl + E - Export current document

When a tile layer is selected

  • B - Activate Stamp Brush tool
  • F - Activate Bucket Fill tool
  • E - Activate Eraser tool
  • R - Activate Rectangular Select tool
  • Ctrl + 1..9 - Store current tile selection (Similar to Ctrl + C)
  • 1..9 recall the previous selection (Similar to Ctrl + V)

When an object layer is selected

  • S - Activate Select Objects tool
  • E - Activate Edit Polygons tool
  • O - Activate Insert Objects tool
  • T - Activate Insert Tile Objects tool
  • P - Activate Insert Polygon Objects tool
  • L - Activate Insert Polyline Objects tool

When using the brush tool

  • Shift + Click - Line Tool, auto place tiles between two cells.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Click - Circle Tool, auto place tiles around a radius.
  • X - Flip Selection horizontally (since 0.7.0)
  • Y - Flip Selection vertically (since 0.7.0)
  • Z - rotate Selection clockwise (since 0.8.0)
  • Shift + Z - rotate Selection anticlockwise (since 0.8.0)

When using the Rectangular Select tool

  • Ctrl + A - Select the whole layer
  • Ctrl + Shift + A - Select nothing

In the properties dialog

  • Del or Backspace - deletes a property

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