{"id":2214,"date":"2023-01-16T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/keyboard-shorcuts"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:17:36","slug":"keyboard-shorcuts","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/keyboard-shorcuts","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard shorcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F1: help<br \/>F11: switches the editor from windowed to full-screen<\/p>\n<h3>EDITOR WEAPONS<\/h3>\n<p>p: pause the preview<\/p>\n<h3><strong>LEVEL (workspace)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>h: hide trigger connections<\/p>\n<h3>LAYERS EDITOR<\/h3>\n<p>k: lock or unlock the selected layer<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GIZMO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: translation mode<br \/><strong>W<\/strong>: rotation mode<br \/><strong>E:<\/strong> scale mode<br \/><strong>Ctrl + R<\/strong>: rotate selection 90 degrees<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SHMCreator_rotate90.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>F2<\/strong>: settings<strong>F5,F6,F7,F8<\/strong>: transformation axis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alt <\/strong>when translating (x or z): Y translation override<br \/>&gt;&gt; Very useful to change an object height \/ depth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F10<\/strong>: transforms editor (global or relative translation, rotation and scale)<\/p>\n<p><strong>F11 : <\/strong>toggle fullscreen<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>SELECT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>CTRL + click<\/strong>: select or deselect an object<br><strong>Shift + click and drag<\/strong>: duplicate the selection<br>A<strong> + click<\/strong>: select a complete hierarchy (all the objects attached together)<br><strong>CTRL + P<\/strong>: select the player<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>GRID and SNAP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>G<\/strong>: toggle the grid<br><strong>S<\/strong>: snap toggle for the current transform mode (translation, scale or rotation)<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>CAMERA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>C<\/strong>: game camera\/perspective camera<br><strong>T<\/strong>: top view<br><strong>F<\/strong>: focus on selected objects, or the whole level if no selection<br>Pressing <strong>F<\/strong> with no selection show the whole level<br>Pressing <strong>F<\/strong> with one or several selected objects focus on the selection.<br><strong>Z<\/strong>: press to change the view (front, top, back\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>TEST your level in the EDITOR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>TAB<\/strong>: play the game or go back to the editor<br><strong>P<\/strong>: pause<strong>M<\/strong>: mute\/unmute the sound<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ctrl + b<\/strong>: restart the level from the beginning<\/p>\n<p><strong>F9<\/strong>: show the collisions boxes<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>COPY\/PASTE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With the SHMUP Creator, it&#8217;s possible to copy and paste all the entities which are allowed to selected: enemies, background, hierarchies, gameplay, etc&#8230; Into your level and also from&nbsp; a level to another level.<br>Objects hierarchy and triggers links are preserved, and this allows for quickly sharing complex gameplay between levels.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ctrl + C<\/strong>: copy the selected objects<br><strong>Ctrl + V<\/strong>: paste the selected object at the center of the screen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Del<\/strong>: delete<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>RENDERING ORDER<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>L<\/strong>: layer editor<br><strong>1 &amp; 2<\/strong>: if a sprite is selected, pressing 1 or 2 will decrease or increase its rendering order.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<h3><strong>SAVE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ctrl + S: save the level if we are inside the editor<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\">Ctrl + S: save a screenshot if we are playing (saved in Game name\/levels)<br>Ctrl + L<\/strong>: load a game<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-bright-red-background-color has-bright-red-color is-style-default\"\/>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2214","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3025,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2214\/revisions\/3025"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5"}],"next":[{"title":"Localization","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/localization","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2739"}],"prev":[{"title":"Assets and Art creation","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/assets-and-art-creation","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}