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Most Used keyboard shortcut keys in Blender for Mac OS

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Original author(s): Ton Roosendaal
Developer(s): Blender Foundation, community
Initial release: January 2, 1994; 27 years ago
Stable release 2.92.0: (February 25, 2021; 2 months ago) [±]
Preview release 2.93.0 Beta and 3.0.0 Alpha: (April 16, 2021; 21 days ago) [±]
Repository: git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git
Written in: C, C++, and Python
Operating system: Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, Haiku
Size: 147–188: MB (varies by the operating system)
Available in: 36 languages
Type: 3D computer graphics software
Website: www.blender.org

Keyboard shortcut keys in Blender [for Mac OS]

Universal
Cancels Blender functions without changes	Esc
Open the toolbox	Space
Start or quit edit mode	Tab
Loads a Blender file, changes the window to a file window	F1
Appends parts from other files, or loads as library data	Shift+F1
Writes a Blender file, changes the window to a file window	F2
Exports the scene as a DXF file	Shift+F2
Exports the scene as a VRML1 file	Cmd+F2
Writes a picture, if a picture has been rendered, and the file format is as indicated in the display buttons	F3
Saves a screen dump of the active window	Cmd+F3
Saves a screen dump of the whole Blender screen	Cmd+Shift+F3
Displays the logic context	F4
Displays the shading context, light, material, or world sub-contexts	F5
Displays the shading context and texture sub-context	F6
Displays the object context	F7
Displays the shading context and world sub-context	F8
Displays the editing context	F9
Displays the scene context	F10
Hides or shows the render window	F11
Starts the rendering from the active camera	F12
Go to the previous frame	Left
Go to the first frame	Shift+Left
Go to the next frame	Right
Go to the last frame	Shift+Right
Go forward 10 frames	Up
Go back 10 frames	Down
Change the current Blender window to animation playback mode, the cursor changes to a counter	Alt+A
Change the current window and all 3D windows to animation playback mode	Alt+Shift+A
Insert key menu, this menu differs from window to window	I
Toggle the render buffers	J
Opens the last saved file	Cmd+O
Quit Blender	Q
Timer menu, this menu offers access to information about drawing speed	Cmd+Alt+T
Save user defaults, current project settings are written to the default file that will be loaded every time you start Blender	Cmd+U
Write file without opening a file window	Cmd+W
Write videoscape file	Alt+W
Erase everything except the render buffer, the default scene is reloaded	Cmd+X
Redo	Cmd+Y
Undo	Cmd+Z
Redo	Cmd+Shift+Z
Object Mode
All objects in the visible layer are displayed completely, centered in the window	Home
Select the next object key, if more than one is selected the selection is shifted up cyclically	PgUp
Add to selection the next object key	Shift+PgUp
Select the previous object key, if more than one is selected the selection is shifted up cyclically	PgDn
Adds to selection the previous object key	Shift+PgDn
Select all layers	`
Revert to the previous layer setting	Shift+ `
Start or stop edit mode	Tab
Selects or deselects all	A
Apply size and rotation	Cmd+A
If the active object is automatically duplicated, brings up a menu for actually creating the objects	Cmd+Shift+A
Brings up the add menu, the toolbox items that start with ADD	Shift+A
Border select draws a rectangle with the left mouse to select objects	B
Render border, this only works in camera view mode	Shift+B
Center view, the position of the 3D cursor becomes the new center of the 3D window	C
Convert menu, depending on the active object a popup menu is displayed enabling you to convert certain types of ObData	Alt+C
Copy menu, this menu copies information from the active object to selected objects	Cmd+C
Center zero view, the 3D cursor is set to zero and the view is changed so all objects can be displayed	Shift+C
Display draw mode menu	D
Add duplicate, the selected objects are duplicated	Shift+D
Add linked duplicate, linked duplicates of the selected objects are created	Alt+D
Draw the texture image as wire	Cmd+D
Start or stop edit mode	Alt+E
If the selected object is a mash, toggles face select mode on or off	F
Sort faces, the faces of the active mesh object are sorted based on the current view in the 3D window	Cmd+F
Grab mode, or translation mode	G
Clears translations, given in grab mode	Alt+G
Group selection	Shift+G
Insert object key, a key position is inserted in the current frame of all selected objects	I
Join objects, all selected objects of the same type are added to the active object	Cmd+J
Show keys, the draw key option is turned on for all selected objects	K
Display popup menu for showing and selecting all keys	Shift+K
Makes selected object local, makes library linked objects local for the current scene	L
Link selected links some of the active object data to all selected objects	Cmd+L
Select linked, selected all objects somehow linked to the active object	Shift+L
Move selected objects to another layer	M
Mirror menu, it is possible to mirror an object along the X, Y, or Z-axis	Cmd+M
Number panel, the location, rotation, and scaling of the active object are displayed and can be modified	N
Clear origin, the origin is erased for all child objects, which causes them to move to the exact location of the parent objects	Alt+O
If the selected object is a mesh, toggles the subsurf on or off	Shift+O
Make selected objects the children of the active object	Cmd+P
Clears parent relation, the user is asked if they wish to keep or clear parent-induced transforms	Alt+P
Rotate mode works on selected objects	R
Clears rotation, the X, Y, and Z rotations of selected objects are set to zero	Alt+R
Size mode or scaling mode works on selected objects	S
Clears size, the X, Y, and Z dimensions of selected objects are set to 1	Alt+S
Opens the snap menu	Shift+S
Texture space mode, the position of dimensions of the texture space for the selected objects can be changed in the same manner for grab and size mode	T
Makes selected objects track the active object	Cmd+T
Clears old-style track, constraint track is removed as all constraints are	Alt+T
Makes object single user, the inverse operation of link	U
Switches in and out of vertex paint mode	V
Object image aspect, this hotkey sets the X and Y dimensions of the selected objects in relation to the dimensions of the image texture they have	Alt+V
Opens the object booleans menu	W
Deletes selected objects	X
Toggles solid mode on or off	Z
Toggles shaded mode on or off	Shift+Z
Toggles textured mode on or off	Alt+Z
Edit Mode - General
Start or stop edit mode	Tab
Start or stop edit mode (alternative)	Alt+E
Switches between vertex select, edge select, and face select modes	Cmd+Tab
Select or unselect all	A
Circle select	B+B
With vertices selected, this creates a hook object	Cmd+H
Number panel, simpler than the object mode one	N
Switch in and out of proportional editing	O
Toggles between smooth and sharp proportional editing	Shift+O
Separate, you can choose to make a new object with all selected vertices, edges, faces, and curves	P
Make vertex parent	Cmd+P
Shear, in edit mode this operation enables you to make selected forms slant	Cmd+S
Undo	U
Displays specials popup menu	W
Warp, selected vertices can be bent into curves with this option	Shift+W
Edit Mode - Mesh
Adds to selection all vertices connected by an edge to an already selected vertex	Cmd+(+)
Removes from selection all vertices of the outer ring of selected vertices	Cmd+(-)
If using curve deformation, toggles the curve cyclic mode on or off	C
Extrude selected	E
Crease subsurf edge	Shift+E
Mark LSCM seam	Cmd+E
Make edge or face	F
Fill selected, all selected vertices that are bound by edges and form a closed polygon are filled with triangular faces	Shift+F
Beauty fill, edges of all selected triangular faces are switched so equally sized faces are formed	Alt+F
Flip faces, selected triangular faces are paired and the common edge of each pair swapped	Cmd+F
Hide selected, all selected vertices and faces are hidden	H
Hide not selected, all non-selected vertices and faces are hidden	Shift+H
Reveal, all hidden vertices and faces are drawn again	Alt+H
Join faces, selected triangular faces are joined in pairs and transformed to quads	Alt+J
Knife tool menu	K
Select linked	L
Deselect linked	Shift+L
Select linked selected	Cmd+L
Mirror, opens a popup asking for the axis to mirror	M
Merges selected vertices as barycentrum or at cursor depending on selection made on popup	Alt+M
Calculate normals outside	Cmd+N
Calculate normals inside	Cmd+Shif+N
Scales each vertex in the direction of its local normal	Alt+S
Make triangles, all selected faces are converted to triangles	Cmd+T
Undo	U
Redo	Shift+U
Undo menu	Alt+U
Special menu	W
Erase selected	X
Split, this command splits the selected part of a mesh without deleting faces	Y
Edit Mode - Curve
Set the selected curves to cyclic or turn cyclic off	C
Extrude curve	E
Add segment, a segment is added between two selected vertices at the end of two curves	F
Toggle handle align or free	H
Set handle to auto	Shift+H
Calculate handles	Cmd+H
Select linked	L
Deselect linked	Shift+L
Mirror selected control points exactly as for vertices in a mesh	M
Tilt mode, specify an extra axis rotation for each vertex in a 3D curve	T
Clear tilt	Alt+T
Vector handle	V
The special menu for curves appears	W
Erase selected	X
Edit Mode - Surface
Toggle cyclic menu	C
Extrude selected	E
Add segment, a segment is added between two selected vertices at the end of two curves	F
Select linked	L
Deselect linked	Shift+L
Mirror selected control points exactly as for vertices in a mesh	M
Select row, starting with the last selected vertex	Shift+R
The special menu for surfaces appears	W
Erase selected	X
Edit Mode - Font
Move text cursor one position forward	Right
Move text cursor to the end of the line	Shift+Right
Move text cursor one position backward	Left
Move text cursor to the start of the line	Shift+Left
Move text cursor one line forward	Down
Move text cursor to the end of the text	Shift+Down
Move text cursor one line back	Up
Move text cursor to the beginning of the text	Shift+Up
Reload original data	Alt+U
Paste text	Alt+V
VertexPaint
All vertex colors are erased, they are changed to the current drawing color	Shift+K
Undo, press twice redos the undone	U
Shared vertexcol, the colors of all faces that share vertices are blended	W
UV Editor
LSCM unwrapping launches on the faces visible in the UV editor	E
Pin selected vertices, they will stay in place on the UV editor when executing an LSCM unwrap	P
Un-pin selected vertices	Alt+P
FaceSelect
Switches to edit mode	Tab
With multiple, co-planar faces selected, this will merge them into one FGon so long as they remain co-planar	F
Select linked UVs	L
Calls a menu allowing to rotate the UV coordinates or the vertex col	R
Calls the UV Calculation menu	U