Unreal Engine hotkeys

Configure Keyboard Shortcuts

Edit → Editor Preferences → Keyboard shortcuts

Description
Hotkey

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

Description
Hotkey

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

Description
Hotkey

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

Description
Hotkey

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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