Hotkeys

Hotkeys

Every keyboard shortcut in the app, tab by tab. On a Mac, use Cmd where a table says Ctrl.

Where to look

Tab	Section
Actions	Actions
Title, Sprites, Background, Score	Graphic editors
Sound	Sound
Music	Music
Text, Data	Text and Data
Generated	Generated
Emulator pane	Emulator
Every tab with cards	Undo, redo and delete

Undo, redo and delete

These work on every tab that has editable cards, graphics or tables (Title, Sprites, Background, Sound, Music, Text, Data and Score). How many steps back Undo goes is the Undo steps option (default 99).

Hotkey	What it does
Ctrl+Z	Undo the last edit of the selected graphic, table, message, sound envelope or pattern. It also puts back a card, frame or background that was dragged into a new order.
Ctrl+Y	Redo.
Delete	Opens the "Delete this...?" confirmation next to the mouse pointer for the selected card or frame (Title, Sprites, Background, Sound, Text and Data tabs). A graphic editor with pixels selected uses Delete to clear those pixels first.

Actions

Hotkey	What it does
Ctrl+B	Jumps to the block search at the top of the toolbox.
Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on a Mac)	Searches the blocks already placed on the workspace and highlights the matches.
Esc	Closes the workspace search.
Ctrl+Z	Undo block edits.
Ctrl+Y	Redo block edits.

Graphic editors (Title, Sprites, Background and Score tabs)

Tools and other keys on the Graphic Editor Toolbar. A tool's hotkey is a toggle: pressing it while the tool is active switches it off.

Hotkey	Tool or action
B	Pencil
E	Eraser
G	Fill
I	Eyedropper
L	Line
R	Rectangle
O	Oval
Hold Shift while dragging	Line snaps to 45 degrees, Rectangle becomes a square and Oval becomes a circle.
V	Move
M	Rectangle select
C	Circle select
P	Polygon select
H	Opens Set height.
Shift+H / Shift+V	Flips the whole graphic, or only the selected pixels, horizontally or vertically.
Shift+E / Shift+I	Exports the current frame as a PNG, or imports an image into the graphic.
' (apostrophe)	Shows or hides the pixel grid.
Shift+'	Shows or hides the X,Y labels on the grid (Sprites and Background tabs).
Esc	Clears the current selection, and cancels a polygon that is not finished yet.
Delete / Backspace	Clears the pixels inside the current selection.
Alt+click on a quick color	Removes that quick color from the bar.

Sound

Select a sound card first.

Hotkey	What it does
Space	Plays the selected sound (starts it again if it is already playing).
Shift+E	Exports the selected sound.
Shift+I	Imports a sound.
Ctrl+Z	Undo the selected sound's envelope edits.
Ctrl+Y	Redo the selected sound's envelope edits.

Music

Hotkey	What it does
Space	Plays or stops the current song's pattern sequence.
Shift+Space	Plays or stops just the current pattern.
Shift+E / Shift+I	Exports or imports the current pattern.
V	Piano roll: Move tool.
B	Piano roll: Draw tool.
E	Piano roll: Erase tool.
M	Piano roll: Rectangle select tool.
Ctrl+Z	Undo the current pattern's edits.
Ctrl+Y	Redo the current pattern's edits.

Text and Data

Hotkey	What it does
Ctrl+Z	Undo the selected message (Text) or table (Data).
Ctrl+Y	Redo the selected message (Text) or table (Data).
Delete	Opens the confirmation to delete the selected message or table.

Generated

Typed into the search box on the Generated tab:

Hotkey	What it does
Enter	Jumps to the next match.
Shift+Enter	Jumps to the previous match.

Emulator

Hotkey	What it does
Esc	Leaves full screen.

Controller keys

These are the default keys for the emulated console. Click the keyboard icon on the Emulator pane to change any of them (click a control, press the new key, Esc cancels).

Control	Player 1	Player 2
Up	W	Up arrow
Down	S	Down arrow
Left	A	Left arrow
Right	D	Right arrow
Fire	Left Ctrl	Right Ctrl

When a project uses the Keypad blocks, the same keys act as the keypad's buttons:

Keypad button	Player 1	Player 2
1 / 2 / 3	1 / 2 / 3	Numpad 7 / 8 / 9
4 / 5 / 6	Q / W / E	Numpad 4 / 5 / 6
7 / 8 / 9	A / S / D	Numpad 1 / 2 / 3
* / 0 / #	Z / X / C	Numpad 0 / Numpad . / Numpad Enter