Hotkeys — SuperPlacer Documentation

The default SuperPlacer shortcuts, what they do and where to change them.

All SuperPlacer commands and their shortcuts are in the SuperPlacer Hotkeys window. Open it from the main menu: SuperPlacer → Hotkeys. The tables below follow the window's sections and show the default shortcuts.

The SuperPlacer Hotkeys window: the search field, the Reset All to Defaults button and every command with its default keys in the General, Modes, Constraints, Snapping, Pivot & Pattern, Chain, Finalization & Camera, Splines and Visibility sections

Note

SuperPlacer shortcuts work while SuperPlacer is awake and the keyboard focus is in the level viewport. Shift+CapsLock always works.

General

Keys	Command	What it does
`Shift`+`CapsLock`	Toggle Master Sleep	Put SuperPlacer to sleep or wake it up — see Sleep.

Modes

Keys	Command	What it does
`C`	Edit Pivot	Enter or leave Edit Pivot.
`Q`	Quick Mode	The Quick mode.
`W`	Precision Translate	The Translate gizmo.
`E`	Precision Rotate	The Rotate gizmo.
`R`	Precision Scale	The Scale gizmo.
`I`	Pick Transform (Eyedropper)	The eyedropper: take the transform of another actor.
none	Distribute Selection	Distribute: lay the selected actors out in a grid; inside the layout it is OK. There is no default shortcut — assign your own.

Constraints

Keys	Command	What it does
`F5`, `F6`, `F7`	Toggle X / Y / Z Constraint	A constraint along X, Y or Z.
`F8`	Toggle RayHit Mode	Ray Hit Mode: moving along the surface under the cursor.
`U`	Toggle Up Mode (Respect Hit Up)	Respect Hit Up: keep the object's «up» when a surface or a target turns it.
`N`	Toggle N-Pivot (Surface Normal Tilt)	Tilt the pivot to the surface normal.
`Shift`+`N`	Toggle N-Point (Points Surface Normal)	Every actor to the normal of its own surface — while Directional Drop is on.
`Ctrl`+`	Cycle Coordinate System	Switch the coordinate system: World and Local.
`Shift`+`E`	Toggle Transform Each	Transform Each: every actor around its own pivot.

Snapping

Keys	Command	What it does
`A`	Toggle Rotation Snap	Rotation snapping to the angle step.
`Shift`+`T`	Toggle Translate Snapping	Translate snapping to the step.
`Shift`+`S`	Toggle Scale Snapping	Scale snapping to the step.
none	Toggle Vertex Snapping	Vertex snapping. There is no default shortcut — assign your own or click the button in the Stripe UI.

Pivot & Pattern

Keys	Command	What it does
`[`, `]`	Rotate Pivot -90 / +90 (X Axis)	Turn the pivot by 90° around X.
`Shift`+`[`, `Shift`+`]`	Rotate Pivot -90 / +90 (Y Axis)	Turn the pivot by 90° around Y.
`End`	Drop Pivot to Floor	Drop the pivot onto the surface below it, and the selection with it.
`Shift`+`End`	Toggle Directional Drop	Directional Drop: dropping the selection onto surfaces.
`Shift`+`R`	Reset Pivot Rotation	Reset the pivot's rotation.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`R`	Reset Pivot Scale	Bring the pivot's scale back to 1.
`Shift`+`C`	Edit Pivot Box: Local / World	In Edit Pivot: the box with anchors along the object's axes or the world axes.

Chain, Finalization & Camera

Keys	Command	What it does
`Ctrl`+`R`	Restart Modifier Chain	In Quick mode, go back to the first modifier of the chain.
`F4`	Toggle Ultra-Fast Quick	In Quick mode in Transform, turn ultra-fast Quick on or off. Outside Quick — the editor's standard `F4` (the Details of the selected actors).
`F`	Focus Preview	Show the selected spline points in the camera. Without them — the editor's standard `F`.

Splines

Keys	Command	What it does
`Delete`	Delete Spline Points	Delete the selected spline points. Without them — the standard delete.

Visibility

Keys	Command	What it does
`Shift`+`/`	Toggle Precision Gizmo	Hide the gizmo or show it again.
`Ctrl`+`/`	Toggle Visual Guide Lines	Hide the guide lines: the axes through the pivot, the hit crosses, the circle.

Mouse and other keys

These actions are not in the SuperPlacer Hotkeys window and can't be changed.

Keys	What it does
`Alt` + dragging the gizmo	Leave a copy and keep dragging.
`Alt`+`Enter`	Repeat the last copy.
Right mouse button during a gesture	Cancel the gesture.
Digits after a gesture	Type an exact value in the Touch&Type window.
`Shift` while dragging the gizmo	Translate — an endless drag, a Rotate ring — 45° steps, a Scale square — each axis on its own, a teleport cone and a Scale to Target cube — aiming. See Gizmo Basics.
Mouse wheel in a Quick gesture	Turn the selection around Z; with `Shift` — around X, with `Ctrl` — around Y, with `Ctrl`+`Shift` — scale it. See Quick Mode.
`Alt` + click in a Quick gesture	Leave a copy — stamping.
`Ctrl` during a gesture	Bypass vertex and anchor snapping. With Bounds Snapping and Saved pivots on — socket mode.
`Ctrl`+`Shift` during a gesture	Bypass vertex and anchor snapping when `Ctrl` is taken by the sockets.
Double-click an anchor in Edit Pivot	Lock the anchor (Locked).
`Ctrl` + click an anchor in Edit Pivot	With Transform Each — change the anchor of this object only, see Edit Pivot and Transform Each.
`Ctrl` + click a spline curve	Insert a point.
`Enter`	In Distribute — keep the layout; while stamping — leave a copy where the selection is.
`Esc`	Leave the open mode, for example Edit Pivot.

Changing a shortcut

Find the command in the SuperPlacer Hotkeys window. The Search hotkeys... field at the top filters the list.
Click the command's shortcut — Press a key... appears.
Press the new shortcut.

The change takes effect at once and is saved to the editor's standard shortcut file EditorKeyBindings.ini.

Esc while typing cancels it, Backspace or Delete clears the shortcut: the command is left without a key (Unbound).
If the shortcut is already taken by another SuperPlacer command, it is taken off that command, and the editor shows a notification.
The ↺ button in a row brings back that command's default shortcut, Reset All to Defaults — all of them.

Button tooltips in the viewport always show the current shortcuts.

Warning

The SuperPlacer Hotkeys window checks conflicts only between SuperPlacer commands. The same commands are in Edit → Editor Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts, category SuperPlacer: there you can see whether the editor itself or another plugin already uses the shortcut.