Unreal Engine hotkeys
Configure Keyboard Shortcuts
Edit → Editor Preferences → Keyboard shortcuts
Switch View Modes
Alt + 1..9
Show/Hide the Main Toolbar
Ctrl+Shift+T
Sidebar all tabs
F10
Open/Hide Content Drawer / Focus Search in Content Browser
Ctrl+Space / Ctrl+Shift+F
Open Widget reflector
Ctrl+Shift+W
Transform Tools: W (Translate), E (Rotate), R (Scale), Space (Cycle through them)
W / E / R / Space
Focus camera on the selected object
F
Move the camera (or selected object) up/down along the Z-axis
PG UP / PG Down
Toggle Game View (hides all editor icons, gizmos, and helpers)
G
Snap selected object to the floor (surface below)
Shift+End
Set a temporary Pivot point at the click location for tumbling/orbiting
Alt + Middle Mouse Click
Quick Open Asset menu
Ctrl+P
Switch between open Editor tabs
Ctrl+Tab
Show/Hide FPS and Frame stats
Ctrl+Shift+H
Toggle Realtime rendering in the Viewport
Ctrl+R
Create a New Level
Ctrl+N
Take a Screenshot (saved in Saved/Screenshots)
F9
Toggle Fog visibility (visualization only)
Alt+F
Toggle Collision visibility (visualization only)
Alt+C
Light Direction Preview
Ctrl+L — hold and move mouse to rotate the directional light
Assets
Create a New Folder
Ctrl+Shift+N
Duplicate selected asset(s)
Ctrl+D
Enter / Space
Open asset editor
Browse to Asset (find the selected actor in the Content Browser)
Ctrl+B
Blueprints
Break the connection (remove wire)
Alt+Mouse Move / Alt+Click on a pin
Spawn a Branch node
Left Mouse Click+B
Spawn a Sequence node
Left Mouse Click+S
Spawn a Delay node
Left Mouse Click+D
Spawn a Multigate node
Left Mouse Click+M
Spawn a Reroute node
Left Mouse Click+R
Create a Comment box around selected nodes
C
Compile the Blueprint
F7
Align selected nodes: W (Top), A (Left), S (Bottom), D (Right)
Shift+AWSD
Straighten Connections (align wires)
Q
Move a wire from one pin to another
Ctrl+Mouse Drag
Copy/paste property value
Shift+RMB, Shift+LMB
Materials
Spawn Constants: scalar..vector4
Left Mouse Click+1..4
Spawn an If node
Left Mouse Click+I
Spawn a Panner node
Left Mouse Click+P
Spawn a Scalar Parameter
Left Mouse Click+S
Spawn a Vector Parameter
Left Mouse Click+V
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