# Walk through your plan

> Walk through your plan at eye level: start and pause, move with the keys and mouse, pick a start room, paint walls and preview light.

The walkthrough puts you inside your plan at eye level, so you can check sightlines, doorways and how the space feels. It walks the current floor; walk onto a connected staircase to reach another floor (see [Floors and stairs](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/floors-and-stairs.md)).

## Start walking

1. Press **Walkthrough** in the top bar (**Walk** on a phone).
2. On a computer, the walk takes over the mouse: move it to look around. If the bar shows **Start walking**, press it first.
3. Move with `W` `A` `S` `D` or the arrow keys.
4. Press `Esc` to pause and get the mouse pointer back.

![Walking through the restaurant at eye level, with the overview map at the top right and the bar reading Move with W A S D · look with the mouse.](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/screenshots/walkthrough.webp)

## Controls

| To | On a computer |
| --- | --- |
| Walk | `W` `A` `S` `D` or the arrow keys |
| Look around | Move the mouse |
| Pause | `Esc`, or **Esc Pause** on the bar |
| Keep walking | **Resume**, or `Enter` right after a pause |

The walk never takes the mouse back by itself; only **Resume** does. If something stands in your way, you step around it where there is room.

**Controls**, on the paused bar, lists these keys and has a switch, **Show on-screen controls**, for buttons that walk and look without the keyboard: **Turn left**, **Step forward**, **Turn right**, **Look up**, **Step back**, **Look down**, and **Reset view**, which takes you back to the start.

## What the bar tells you

| The bar says | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| “Move with W A S D · look with the mouse” | You are walking. |
| “Paused · press Resume to keep walking” | The walk is paused and the pointer is free. Press **Resume**. |
| “One moment, then press Resume again.” | The browser needs a moment after a pause before it hands the mouse back. |
| “The mouse can't be captured here. …” | The browser kept the mouse. You can still walk with the keys and look by moving the mouse; hold it at an edge to turn. **Capture mouse** tries again. |
| “Click Start walking, then move with W A S D and look with the mouse.” | The walk is ready. Press **Start walking**. |
| “The walkthrough can't start: this plan has no room to stand in.” | Add a room in 2D first. |

## Choose where the walk starts

In 2D, select a room and press **Use as walkthrough start** on its card. The planner confirms it, for example “Walkthrough will start in Kitchen.”, and the choice is saved with the plan; **Clear walkthrough start** removes it. Without a start room, the planner picks a clear spot in one of the rooms.

If you walked away from the start last time, the bar asks “Where do you want to start?”: **Resume where you left off** or **Start at the entrance**, the plan's usual start. `Esc` keeps your last spot and waits for **Start walking**. The spot is remembered only while the plan stays open in this tab; it is not saved with the plan.

## Paint and preview while you walk

- **Paint walls** pauses the walk and opens Materials on **Walls**. Click a finish, then a wall, or drag it on, as in [the 3D view](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/materials-and-paint.md#paint-in-3d-with-materials). **Done** or `Esc` takes you back to the paused walk.
- **Theme & time** pauses the walk and opens a panel with the themes, **Times of day**, the time slider and **Golden light**. These are previews only: your saved plan keeps its own finishes. Press **Done** to close the panel.

![The walkthrough paused with the Materials palette open on Walls: paints, wallpapers and prints.](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/screenshots/walkthrough-paint.webp)

**Paint walls** appears on a computer with a mouse or trackpad, in a window wider than 720 pixels, on a plan you can edit. While a theme, a time other than Midday or Golden light is on, a line at the top left of the walk names it, starting “Preview:”.

## On a touch screen

- Drag the **Move** joystick at the bottom left to walk.
- Drag across the view itself to look around.
- **Reset view** takes you back to the start, and **Theme & time** opens the theme and light panel.
- **Exit** leaves the walk for the 3D view.

Painting in the walkthrough needs a mouse or trackpad.

## Leave the walkthrough

On a computer, choose **2D** or **3D** in the top bar; there is no Exit button. On a touch screen, press **Exit**. If you are signed in, leaving saves the plan when it has unsaved changes; see [Save your plan](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/saving-your-plan.md#when-it-saves-by-itself).

> **Note:** On a shared link the walkthrough is view-only: no painting, no Theme & time and no resume. **Golden light** sits on its bar.

## Related

- [Look at your plan in 3D](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/the-3d-view.md)
- [Paint walls and change floors](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/materials-and-paint.md)
- [Floors and stairs](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/floors-and-stairs.md)
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/keyboard-shortcuts.md)

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Source: https://floorplancraft.com/docs/walk-through-your-plan · Updated 2026-11-07