Keyboard & Mouse Command Summary

Shift

Auto-object temporary override

Shift+Tab

Switch to the previous editing mode

Shift+PageUp

Immediately Increase Sector ceiling (sector mode)

Shift+PageDown

Immediately Decrease Sector ceiling (sector mode)

Shift+Home

Immediately Increase Sector floor (sector mode)

Shift+UpCursor

Immediately Increase Sector floor and ceiling heights (sector mode)

Shift+DownCursor

Immediately Decrease Sector floor and ceiling heights (sector mode)

Shift+Ins

Create a standalone Vertex (Vertex Mode only). Normally not used.

Shift+PageUp

Immediately Increase Thing height

Shift+PageDown

Immediately Decrease Thing height

Shift+"

Turn of automatic object selection " is a double quote

Shift+A

Automatically make straight vertical or horizontal lines

Shift+C

Set ceiling height Sector mode

Shift+C

Convert a LineDef to a circle arc in LineDef mode

Shift+D

Split Sector in ½ (or just draw a line through Sector).

Shift+F

Set floor height Sector mode

Shift+G

Change Grid size

Shift+Ctrl+G

Enter any Grid Scale.

Shift+H

Set ceiling/floor height Sector mode

Shift+J

Toggle 64 grid display

Shift+M

Select, mark and highlight ALL Things of the same type in Thing mode.

Shift+N

Toggles NoMode editing - edit different objects without having to select a specific mode

Shift+O

Copies current Wall Dup texture defaults to only SideDef 1 or Ceiling

Shift+R

Refreshes screen display only (selected objects stay selected)

Shift+S

Split Linedefs in ½ (or just draw on top of the linedef).

Shift+T

Skip menus, edit LineDef, Sector or Thing Type.

Shift+X

X align side1

Shift+Y

Y align side 1

Shift+Z

Rezoom prior to Zoom-to-Window

Shift+Enter

Edit the current object directly.

Space Bar

Center the map at the current cursor location

Cursor Keys

Move map & Tool control

Del

Delete the current object(s) & Tool control

End

Best fit for map, Tools, last item

Enter

Edit the current object

Esc

Exit commands and menus

Home

Center map, Tools, 1st item

Ins

Add current object, Linedefs=Assign new Sectors, start/quit drawing (Tool control)

Space

Toggles the scroll, rotate slow/fast

Tab

Switch to the next editing mode

` or ~

3D Preview

+ or -

Zoom in/out including in Tools

++ or --

See Relative Change Control

[ ]

Change the map scroll unit (speed)

< >

Scale/Rotate, Thing angle

;

Toggle option to display a vertex dot in all modes.

*

Toggle a hollow or solid Thing circle (see Q)

!

Toggle a hollow or solid ruler. See R for setting ruler.

@

Toggle a rectangle or circle ruler. See R for setting ruler

/

Toggle Snap-To-Grid

\

Toggle Zoom Centering (3 choices)

"

Toggle default auto-object selection

A

Bring up calculator

B

HEXEN only Jump Tid or LineID

C

Clear all selections and redraw map

D

Toggles between a solid or dashed grid.

E

Clones Things, Sectors or SideDefs.

F

Repeat last Find or Change

G

Change the grid scale

H

Toggle display grid (hides the grid)

I

Toggle display object information

J

Jump to a specific object #

K

Thing Mask menu.

L

Switch to the LineDef mode

M

Mark/unmark current object (select)

N

Jump to the next object

O

Copy current Wall or Sector texture defaults (both sides)

P

Jump to the previous object

Q

Sets graphical display of Things in any Editing mode.

R

Toggle display ruler

S

Switch to the Sectors editor

T

Switch to the Things editor (toggling T switches display)

V

Switch to the Vertexes editor

W

Enter 3D Mode for ingame texture alignment

X

X align side1, if no textures found switch to side 2

Y

Y align side1, if no textures found switch to side 2

Z

Zoom IN/OUT instantly

Z+selectbox

Zoom-to-Window (create select box, then press Z)

0-9

Set Edit ZOOM level from 100 to 1000 (progammable in F5- ZOOM)

Alt+1

LineDef mode, edit Sidedef1

Alt+2

LineDef mode, edit Sidedef2

Alt+A

Enter Prefab Dialog Stair Tool

Alt+D

Enter Prefab Dialog Door Tool

Alt+P

Enter Prefab Dialog Polygon Tool

Alt+R

Enter Prefab Dialog Rectangle Tool

Alt+T

Enter a Sector or LineDef tag depending on mode.

Alt+X

X align side 2

Alt+Y

Y align side 2

Alt+Z

Zoom to Extents (scale to fit)

Alt+Shift+1

Set Bookmark 1 (1 is from 0 to 9) Goto Bookmark with Ctrl+Shift+1

Ctrl+PgUp

Sector mode, Increase the light value by # for all the sector selected - limit is 1st sector reaching 255

Ctrl+PgDn

Sector mode, Decrease the light value by # for all the sector selected - limit is 1st sector reaching 0

Ctrl+Home

Sector mode, Increase the light value by # for all the sector selected no limit.

Ctrl+End

Sector mode, Decrease the light value by # for all the sector selected no limit.

Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9

Instant access to any user defined Prefab created in the Prefab Menu.

Ctrl+A

Enter Prefab Stair Tool (no dialog)

Ctrl+B

View the contents of internal Clipboard/Import Prefab PWAD (see Ctrl+Shift+B)

Ctrl+C

Copy all selected objects to the internal Clipboard (see Ctrl+Shift+C)

Ctrl+D

Enter Line Drawing mode

Ctrl+F

Flip SideDefs on a LineDef

Ctrl+G

Set grid scale to 0

Ctrl+I

Import Prefab PWAD

Ctrl+J

Follow Linedef-Sector tag associations. Press C to reset or change tags

Ctrl+L

Flip LineDef and swap Sidedefs

Ctrl+M

Mirror the object(s) selected

Ctrl+N

Normalize LineDef or Sector

Ctrl+O

Copies current Wall Dup texture defaults to only SIdeDef 2 and Floor

Ctrl+P

Enter Prefab Polygon Tool (no dialog - 2 sided lines)

Ctrl+R

Enter Prefab Rectangle Tool (no dialog - 2 sided lines)

Ctrl+S

Swap SideDefs

Ctrl+T

Automatic LineDef/Sector Tagging

Ctrl+V

Paste objects from internal Clipboard (see Ctrl+Shift+V)

Ctrl+X

Redo, restore level to state prior to Undo. The number of Undo levels is set in F5/Map options.

Ctrl+Y

Cut objects (same as Del)

Ctrl+Z

Redo, restore level to state prior to Undo.

Undo, restore level to prior state

Ctrl+F1

Test Level (all files loaded)

Ctrl+F2

Instantly saves a copy of your PWAD and makes the extension .BKP.

Ctrl+F3

Saves the contents of the Clipboard/Paste buffer as a file (use Ctrl+I to import)

Ctrl+F5

Read new project

Ctrl+F6

Read new texture control

Ctrl+F7

View BMP/PCX

Ctrl+F8

View Wave files

Ctrl+F9

View Midi files

Ctrl+F10

View CD tracks

Ctrl+Shift+1

Goto Bookmark 1 (0 is from 1 to 9) Bookmark is set by Alt+Shift+1

Ctrl+Shift+B

View the contents of Windows Clipboard (see Ctrl+B)

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copy all selected objects to the Windows Clipboard (see Ctrl+C)

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste objects from Windows Clipboard (see Ctrl+V)

F1

Help

F2

Save level in a PWAD file

F3

Save As - give map a new level name

F4

Search/Change for Object

F5

DeePsea options menu

F6

ZDOOM/HEXEN development menu

F7

Lump Menu (import, export, graphics)

F8

Miscellaneous Operations

F9

Insert standard prefabricated shapes

F10

Check Level for errors

F11

Help list of all the shortcut keyboard commands.

F12

Hide Invisible Line toggle LineDef display

Alt+F1

Screen Saver, key press stops

Alt+F1

Screen Saver, key press stops

Alt+F2

Save Level and always build Nodes

Alt+F3

Spare

Alt+F4

Exit

Alt+F5

Spare

Alt+F6

Alt+F7

Alt+F8

Alt+F9

Alt+F10

Automatically fix sector assignments

Shift+F1

Test Level (one file only)

Shift+F2

Edit a different Level

Shift+F3

Create a new level from scratch

Shift+F4

Close all PWAD files read

Shift+F5

Read a new PWAD file

Shift+F6

Close 1 PWAD file read

Shift+F10

Toggle map scrolling method

Scroll

Toggle the top narrow horizontal tool bar (fixed function)

Scroll+Shift

Load Toolbar Definition dialog

Pause

Load Toolbar Style/Option Dialog

-

Set texture below the cursor to nothing

U

Set texture below the cursor the same as upper texture on same SideDef

N

Set texture below the cursor the same as normal texture on same SideDef

L

Set texture below the cursor the same as lower texture on same SideDef

C

Set texture below the cursor the same as ceiling texture displayed.

F

Set texture below the cursor the same as floor texture displayed

Left

Select/unselect current object (quick click)

Draw a selection box in any Edit modes. Button is held down and mouse is moved. If you Right Click while a selection box is displayed, ZOOM to Window is activated.

Tool mode, create current object

Enter Browser Mode as noted with F2 notation. Left click in graphic shown.

Left (quick double click)

Enter drawing mode all modes, except for Thing Mode, insert Thing. If you have more than 2 objects selected, it won’t enter drawing mode to make multi-selection easier. If you want to start anyway, use Ctrl+D to start drawing.

Left+Z

Zoom-to-Window (button is held down to draw a selection box, then press Z)

Left+Right at the same time (same as Middle)

Enter Map Panning using the mouse. Press the Left mouse button, then press and release the Right mouse button. Pressing both buttons again or the Middle button or pressing Esc exits

Right

Edit the current/selected object(s) (quick click)

Drag the current/selected object(s) (button is held down )

Tool mode, exit after last create

Right (while Left select box active)

Zoom-to-Window. Left button is held down, a rubber band select box is drawn, then quick right click (same as left+Z)

Right (quick double click)

Bring up mode/prefab tool menu (all edit modes)

Ctrl+Right

Bring up mode/prefab tool menu (all edit modes)

Middle

Enter Map Panning using mouse. Press the Left and Right buttons to control zooming. Same exit commands as Left+Right above.

Wheel Rotate

Change editing modes or Zooming (F5 option Mouse Wheel)

Wheel Click (see Middle)

Enter Panning Mode (Left and Right buttons zoom), press again to exit or press Esc

Ctrl+Left

Mutiple object selection (only used if F5 Additive select is turned off)