# Keyboard shortcuts

> Every keyboard shortcut in the planner, grouped by where it works: the 2D plan, the item card, the 3D view, painting and the walkthrough.

Shortcuts work while the focus is in the planner, not while you type in a field. On a Mac, press `⌘` where this page says `Ctrl`.

## Everywhere in the planner

| Keys | What they do |
| --- | --- |
| `Ctrl` + `Z` | Undo. |
| `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`, or `Ctrl` + `Y` | Redo. |
| `Esc` | Closes an open menu, cancels a review or leaves the tool you are using. In 2D it works one step at a time: see below. |

Undo and redo don't work while you present the plan.

## The 2D plan

| Keys | What they do |
| --- | --- |
| `Esc` | One step per press: ends a drag, cancels an open review, clears a wall's start point or a zone's first corner, leaves the tool, then clears the selection (with the plan focused) or closes the drawer (with the focus in it). |
| `Delete` | Opens the removal review for what you selected. Nothing is removed until you confirm. Works with **Select** on. |
| `Tab` | With the plan focused, moves between rooms, walls, doors, windows, columns, stairs and items. |
| `Enter` or `Space` | Selects the object that has the focus. |
| `R` | Turns the item you are placing to its next allowed angle, with the plan focused. |
| `↑` `↓` `←` `→` | Move a focused resize handle of a room, wall, door or window by one grid step, or 10 mm with **Snap to grid** off. With **Pan view** on and the plan focused, they move the view. |
| `Ctrl` + mouse wheel | Zooms in or out at the pointer. |

## The rotation dial

On an item's card, with the **Rotation** dial focused:

| Keys | What they do |
| --- | --- |
| `→` or `↑` | Turns the item clockwise to its next allowed angle. |
| `←` or `↓` | Turns it anticlockwise. |
| `Home` or `End` | Jumps to the first or the last allowed angle. |
| `Esc` | While you drag the needle, puts it back. |

## The 3D view

| Keys | What they do |
| --- | --- |
| `↑` `↓` `←` `→` | Turn and tilt the view. |
| `+` or `=`, and `-` | Zoom in and out. |
| `Home` | Goes back to the opening view, like **Reset view**. |
| `Enter` or `Space` | Selects the item in the middle of the view. |
| `F` | Starts or ends **Present**, with the focus in the 3D view or on the view buttons. |
| `Esc` | Leaves Present. With an item selected, lets it go. |
| `←` `→`, `Home` `End` | On a selected item's toolbar, move between its buttons. |

More about the 3D view in [Look at your plan in 3D](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/the-3d-view.md).

## Materials, themes and time

| Keys | What they do |
| --- | --- |
| `←` `→`, `Home` `End` | In **Materials**, move between the finish tiles. |
| `Esc` | In **Materials**, one step per press: ends a drag, closes the choice of where to apply a finish, puts the picked finish down, then closes the palette. |
| Arrow keys | On the theme choices, move to the next or the previous theme. |
| Arrow keys | On the **Time of day** slider, move by 5 minutes. |
| `Page Up` or `Page Down` | On the **Time of day** slider, jump to the next or the previous preset. |

More about painting in [Paint walls and change floors](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/materials-and-paint.md).

## The walkthrough

| Keys | What they do |
| --- | --- |
| `W` and `S`, or `↑` and `↓` | Walk forward and back. |
| `A` and `D`, or `←` and `→` | Step left and right. |
| Mouse | Look around while the walk has the mouse. |
| `Esc` | Pauses the walk and gives you the mouse back. Press **Resume** to go on. |

More about walking in [Walk through your plan](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/walk-through-your-plan.md).

## Related

- [A tour of the planner](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/planner-tour.md)
- [Look at your plan in 3D](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/the-3d-view.md)
- [Walk through your plan](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/walk-through-your-plan.md)
- [Rooms and walls](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/rooms-and-walls.md)

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Source: https://floorplancraft.com/docs/keyboard-shortcuts · Updated 2026-11-07