Keyboard Shortcuts

.. note::

Most of the below shortcuts can be changed in the :ref:Preferences <keyboard-options>.

On macOS, replace Ctrl with the Command key.

General

• Ctrl + N - Create a new map
• Ctrl + O - Open any file or project
• Ctrl + P - Open a file in the current project
• Ctrl + Shift + P - Search for available actions
• Ctrl + Shift + T - Reopen a recently closed file
• Ctrl + S - Save current document
• Ctrl + Shift + S - Save current document to another file
• Ctrl + E - Export current document
• Ctrl + Shift + E - Export current document to another file
• Ctrl + R - Reload current document
• Ctrl + W - Close current document
• Ctrl + Shift + W - Close all documents
• Ctrl + Q - Quit Tiled
• Ctrl + MouseWheel - Zoom in/out on tileset and map
• Ctrl + Plus/Minus - Zoom in/out on map
• Ctrl + 0 - Reset zoom on map
• Ctrl + / - Adjust zoom to fit map in view
• Ctrl + Object Move - Toggles "Snap to Grid" temporarily
• Ctrl + Object Resize - Keep aspect ratio
• Alt + Object Resize - Toggles "Snap to Grid" temporarily
• Middle Click or Space Bar - Hold to pan the map view
• Ctrl + X - Cut (tiles, objects or properties)
• Ctrl + C - Copy (tiles, objects or properties)
• Ctrl + V - Paste (tiles, objects or properties)
• Del - Delete (tiles, objects, properties or layers)
• Ctrl + G - Toggle displaying of the tile grid
• Ctrl + Shift + G - Go to a tile by its coordinates
• H - Toggle highlighting of the current layer
• Ctrl + M - Invokes :doc:automapping
• Alt + C - Copy current position of mouse cursor to clipboard (in tile coordinates)
• Ctrl + D - Duplicate selected objects
• Ctrl + J - Create a new layer and copy the currently selected objects or tiles to it
• Ctrl + Shift + J - Create a new layer and move currently selected objects or tiles to it
• Ctrl + Shift + D - Duplicate selected layers
• F2 - Rename (if applicable in context)
• Tab - Hide docks and tool bars
• Ctrl + PgUp - Select previous layer (above current layer)
• Ctrl + PgDown - Select next layer (below current layer)
• Ctrl + Shift + Up - Move selected layers up
• Ctrl + Shift + Down - Move selected layers down
• Ctrl + H - Show/Hide selected layers
• Ctrl + L - Lock/Unlock selected layers
• Ctrl + Shift + H - Show/Hide all other layers (only active layer visible / all layers visible)
• Ctrl + Shift + L - Lock/Unlock all other layers
• Ctrl + Tab / Alt + Left - Switch to left document
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab / Alt + Right - Switch to right document
• ] - Select next tileset
• [ - Select previous tileset
• Ctrl + T - Force-reload all tilesets used by the current map (mainly useful when not using the automatic reloading)
• Ctrl + Shift + A - Clear any object and tile selection

When a tile layer is selected

• Right Click on Tile - Captures the tile under the mouse (drag to capture larger areas).

• Ctrl + Right Click on Tile - Selects the layer containing the top-most tile under the mouse.

• D - Toggle Random Mode

• B - Activate :ref:stamp-tool

  • Shift + Click - Line mode, places tiles on a line between two clicked locations
  • Ctrl + Shift + Click - Circle mode, places tiles around the clicked center

• T - Activate :ref:terrain-tool

• F - Activate :ref:bucket-fill-tool

• P - Activate :ref:shape-fill-tool

• E - Activate :ref:eraser-tool

• R - Activate Rectangular Select

• W - Activate Magic Wand

• S - Activate Select Same Tile

• Ctrl + 1-9 - Store current tile stamp. When no tile drawing tool is selected, tries to capture the current tile selection (similar to Ctrl + C).

• 1-9 - Recall a previously stored tile stamp (similar to Ctrl + V)

• Ctrl + A - Select the whole layer

Changing the active stamp:

• X - Flip active stamp horizontally
• Y - Flip active stamp vertically
• Z - Rotate active stamp clockwise
• Shift + Z - Rotate active stamp counterclockwise

When an object layer is selected

• S - Activate :ref:select-objects-tool

  • PgUp - Raise selected objects (with Manual object drawing order)
  • PgDown - Lower selected objects (with Manual object drawing order)
  • Home - Move selected objects to Top (with Manual object drawing order)
  • End - Move selected objects to Bottom (with Manual object drawing order)

• O - Activate :ref:edit-polygons-tool

• R - Activate :ref:insert-rectangle-tool

• I - Activate :ref:insert-point-tool

• C - Activate :ref:insert-ellipse-tool

• P - Activate :ref:insert-polygon-tool

  • Enter - Finish creating object
  • Escape - Cancel creating object
  • Backspace - Remove previously added point while creating or extending polygons and polylines

• T - Activate :ref:insert-tile-tool

• V - Activate :ref:insert-template-tool (since Tiled 1.1)

• E - Activate :ref:insert-text-tool

• Ctrl + A - Select all objects on the selected layers

In the Properties dialog

• Backspace - Deletes a property