Asset Editor Shortcuts
This document describes keyboard shortcuts that are available in the image, animation, and tilemap editors.
Tool selection shortcuts
These shortcuts allow you to quickly switch between the tools in the editor.
| Shortcut | Tool |
|---|---|
| b or p | Pen tool |
| e | Eraser tool |
| g | Fill tool |
| l | Line tool |
| u | Rectangle tool |
| c | Circle tool |
| m | Marquee tool |
| h | Pan tool |
| space | Temporarily enter pan mode (release space to return to previous tool) |
| alt | Temporarily enter eyedropper mode (release alt to return to previous tool) |
Editor shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| + | Zoom in |
| - | Zoom out |
| shift + . | Increase pen size |
| shift + , | Decrease pen size |
| x | Swap foreground and background colors/tiles |
| ctrl + z or cmd + z (mac) | Undo last edit |
| ctrl + y or cmd + y (mac) | Redo previous edit |
| ctrl + a or cmd + a (mac) | Select entire canvas with the marquee tool |
| ctrl + c or cmd + c (mac) | Copy current selection to clipboard |
| ctrl + p or cmd + p (mac) | Paste content from clipboard into the editor. When used with the tilemap editor, this will also import all used tiles from the pasted tilemap if they are not in the current project |
Transformation shortcuts
These shortcuts are used to perform advanced edit operations on sprites or tilemaps.
Each of these shortcuts are affected by the marquee tool. If a portion of the asset is selected by the marquee tool, then the shortcut transformation will only apply to the selected area.
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| shift + h | Flip horizontally |
| shift + v | Flip vertically |
| ] | Rotate clockwise |
| [ | Rotate counterclockwise |
| Arrow Key | Move marquee tool selection by one pixel |
| shift + r | Replace all instances of selected background color/tile with selected foreground color/tile |
| backspace | Delete current marquee tool selection |
Image/Animation editor-only shortcuts
These shortcuts are only available in the image and animation editors (not the tilemap editor).
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| shift + 1-9 or shift + a-f | Outline the current image with the color in the palette corresponding to the selected number. For example, shift + f will outline with color number 15 (black) |
| 0-9 | Select a foreground color from the palette (first ten colors only) |