Unity Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
A quick-reference cheat sheet of the most useful Unity Editor shortcuts. Toggle between Windows and Mac bindings below. For the full writeup, see our Unity Editor Shortcuts guide.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Scene view & tools | |
| Hand (pan) tool | Q |
| Move tool | W |
| Rotate tool | E |
| Scale tool | R |
| Rect tool | T |
| Transform (all-in-one) tool | Y |
| Toggle pivot / center | Z |
| Toggle local / global space | X |
| Frame selected object | F |
| Lock view to selected | Shift+F |
| Vertex snapping (while dragging) | V (hold) |
| Grid snapping (while dragging) | Ctrl (hold) |
| Hierarchy & editing | |
| Duplicate | Ctrl+D |
| Delete | Delete |
| Undo / Redo | Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y |
| New empty GameObject | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| New empty child GameObject | Alt+Shift+N |
| Add Component (Inspector) | Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Align GameObject with Scene view | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Move GameObject to Scene view | Ctrl+Alt+F |
| Expand / collapse all children | Alt + click arrow |
| Play mode | |
| Play / Stop | Ctrl+P |
| Pause | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Step one frame | Ctrl+Alt+P |
| Windows & layout | |
| Scene / Game / Inspector | Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2 / Ctrl+3 |
| Hierarchy / Project / Animation | Ctrl+4 / Ctrl+5 / Ctrl+6 |
| Profiler | Ctrl+7 |
| Console | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Unity Search | Ctrl+K |
| Maximize / restore hovered window | Shift+Space |
| Files & builds | |
| Save scene | Ctrl+S |
| Save scene as | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| New scene | Ctrl+N |
| Open scene | Ctrl+O |
| Build Profiles / Settings | Ctrl+Shift+B |
| Build and Run | Ctrl+B |
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Scene view & tools | |
| Hand (pan) tool | Q |
| Move tool | W |
| Rotate tool | E |
| Scale tool | R |
| Rect tool | T |
| Transform (all-in-one) tool | Y |
| Toggle pivot / center | Z |
| Toggle local / global space | X |
| Frame selected object | F |
| Lock view to selected | Shift+F |
| Vertex snapping (while dragging) | V (hold) |
| Grid snapping (while dragging) | Cmd (hold) |
| Hierarchy & editing | |
| Duplicate | Cmd+D |
| Delete | Cmd+Delete |
| Undo / Redo | Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z |
| New empty GameObject | Cmd+Shift+N |
| New empty child GameObject | Opt+Shift+N |
| Add Component (Inspector) | Cmd+Shift+A |
| Align GameObject with Scene view | Cmd+Shift+F |
| Move GameObject to Scene view | Cmd+Opt+F |
| Expand / collapse all children | Opt + click arrow |
| Play mode | |
| Play / Stop | Cmd+P |
| Pause | Cmd+Shift+P |
| Step one frame | Cmd+Opt+P |
| Windows & layout | |
| Scene / Game / Inspector | Cmd+1 / Cmd+2 / Cmd+3 |
| Hierarchy / Project / Animation | Cmd+4 / Cmd+5 / Cmd+6 |
| Profiler | Cmd+7 |
| Console | Cmd+Shift+C |
| Unity Search | Cmd+K |
| Maximize / restore hovered window | Shift+Space |
| Files & builds | |
| Save scene | Cmd+S |
| Save scene as | Cmd+Shift+S |
| New scene | Cmd+N |
| Open scene | Cmd+O |
| Build Profiles / Settings | Cmd+Shift+B |
| Build and Run | Cmd+B |
Defaults for recent Unity versions (2021 LTS through Unity 6). Everything here is rebindable under Edit → Shortcuts (Unity → Shortcuts on Mac), so if one doesn’t fire, check whether a plugin has claimed it.
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