Controls

Game

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect
W	Move up
D	Move right
A	Move left
S	Move down
E	Open character screen
T	Open technology screen
E	Close window
Right mouse button	Mine
Left mouse button	Build
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Build ghost
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Remove pole cables
SHIFT + Right mouse button	Copy entity settings
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Paste entity settings
Left mouse button	Select for blueprint
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Select for cancel deconstruction
Left mouse button	Open object's GUI
ALT	Show info
Tab	Next weapon
Q	Clear cursor
Q	Pipette tool
Z	Drop item
R	Rotate
SHIFT + R	Reverse rotate
F	Pick up items on the ground
SPACE	Shoot enemy
C	Shoot selected
ENTER	Enter/Leave vehicle
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up	Blueprint book next
SHIFT + Mouse wheel down	Blueprint book previous
Mouse wheel up	Zoom in
Mouse wheel down	Zoom out
Mouse wheel up	Alternative zoom in
Mouse wheel down	Alternative zoom out
ESC	Toggle menu
P	Production statistics
K	Kill statistics
L	Logistic networks
M	Toggle world map
B	Blueprint library
TAB	Confirm message
G	Connect train
V	Disconnect train
SHIFT + SPACE	Pause game
Numpad +	Larger terrain building area
Numpad -	Smaller terrain building area
CTRL + f	Focus item search
BACKSPACE	Select previuos technology
GRAVE	Toggle Lua console
Left mouse button	Drag map

Inventory

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect
Left mouse button	Pick up item
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Stack transfer
CTRL + Left mouse button	Inventory transfer
CTRL + Left mouse button	Fast entity transfer
Middle mouse button	Toggle filter
1	Quickbar 1
2	Quickbar 2
3	Quickbar 3
4	Quickbar 4
5	Quickbar 5
SHIFT + 1	Quickbar 6
SHIFT + 2	Quickbar 7
SHIFT + 3	Quickbar 8
SHIFT + 4	Quickbar 9
SHIFT + 5	Quickbar 10
Right mouse button	Cursor split
SHIFT + Right mouse button	Stack split
CTRL + Right mouse button	Inventory split
CTRL + Right mouse button	Fast entity split
X	Change active quickbar
Right mouse button	Open item's GUI

Crafting

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect
Left mouse button	Craft 1
Right mouse button	Craft 5
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Craft all
Left mouse button	Cancel crafting 1
Right mouse button	Cancel crafting 5
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Cancel crafting all

Editor

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect
Left mouse button	Primary action
Right mouse button	Secondary action
X	Remove entity
T	Edit entity details
F8	Show all difficulties
F9	Show easy difficulty
F10	Show normal difficulty
F11	Show hard difficulty

Debug

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect
F3	Toggle atlas GUI
F4	Toggle debug settings GUI
F5	Toggle basic debug
F6	Toggle detailed debug
F7	Toggle full debug
F9	Reset zoom level

File:Keyboard bindings.png

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Resetting your keybindings

To reset your keybindings, enter the control menu and find the reset keybinds button.

See also

• Some tips for players with disabilities