Controls

Controls are set by left-clicking them and then pressing the desired key combination. They can be unbound by right-clicking them. The keybindings can be reset in the controls settings menu.

Game

Key bindings

Key combination (Alternative)	Effect	Description
W	Move up
D	Move right
A	Move left
S	Move down
E (Mouse button 4)	Open character screen
T	Open technology screen
E (Mouse button 4)	Close window
Right mouse button	Mine
Left mouse button	Build
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Build ghost
CTRL + Left mouse button	Build with obstacle avoidance	Usable only for rail building. This is the same as ghost build mode, but trees, rocks and cliffs are avoided.
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Remove pole cables	Removes wires from the selected electric pole, starting with electric wires and then circuit network wires.
SHIFT + Right mouse button	Copy entity settings	Copies settings from the selected entity. Note the entity needs to keep existing for them to be pasted onto another entity.
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Paste entity settings	Pastes settings from the previous copied entity.
CTRL + X	Cut
CTRL + C	Copy
CTRL + V	Paste
CTRL + Z	Undo
Left mouse button (CTRL + Left mouse button)	Select for blueprint
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Select for cancel deconstruction
Left mouse button	Open object's GUI
ALT	Show info	Toggles showing additional information about built entities such as recipes in assembling machines and container contents.
Tab	Next weapon	Cycles to the next available weapon.
SHIFT	Activate tooltip
Q (Mouse button 5)	Clear cursor	Returns the item in the cursor stack to the players inventory. Also cancels wire placement and rail planning.
Q (Mouse button 5)	Pipette tool	Picks items from your inventory used to build the currently selected entity and places them in your cursor. For resources it will select the fastest available mining drill.
Z	Drop item
R	Rotate	Rotates (clockwise) the item held in the cursor or the selected entity.
SHIFT + R	Reverse rotate	Rotates (counter-clockwise) the item held in the cursor or the selected entity.
F	Pick up items on the ground
SPACE	Shoot enemy	Shoots at the nearest enemy within range.
C	Shoot selected	Shoots at whatever you have selected or if nothing is selected shoots in the direction of the mouse.
ENTER	Enter/Leave vehicle	Enters or exits a vehicle you're driving/standing next to.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up	Blueprint book next	When holding a blueprint book in the cursor, cycles the active blueprint to the next available blueprint.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel down	Blueprint book previous	When holding a blueprint book in the cursor, cycles the active blueprint to the previous available blueprint.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up	Next clipboard
SHIFT + Mouse wheel down	Previous clipboard
Mouse wheel up (SHIFT + Mouse wheel up)	Zoom in
Mouse wheel down (SHIFT + Mouse wheel down)	Zoom out
Mouse wheel up	Alternative zoom in	Zoom with ability to zoom into world view from map view.
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	Connects the train you're driving to any adjacent trains.
V	Disconnect train	Disconnects the rolling stock you're in from the rest of the rolling stock in the train.
SHIFT + SPACE	Pause game
Numpad +	Larger tile building area	Increases the size of the placement area for tiles.
Numpad -	Smaller tile building area	Decreases the size of the placement area for tiles.
CTRL + f	Focus item search
BACKSPACE	Select previous technology
BACKSPACE (Mouse button 4)	Select previous mod
GRAVE	Toggle Lua console
Left mouse button	Drag map
Right mouse button	Place a tag on the map
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Place a tag in chat
CTRL + ALT  + Left mouse button	Ping a map location
SHIFT + SLASH	Toggle tips and tricks
SHIFT	Add station modifier
CTRL	Temporary station modifier
ALT + b	Make new blueprint
Not set	Make new blueprint book
ALT + d	Make new deconstruction planner
ALT + u	Make new upgrade planner
ALT + e	Toggle exoskeleton
ALT + r	Toggle personal roboport

Inventory

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect	Description
Left mouse button	Pick up/drop item stack
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Stack transfer	Transfers the selected stack to the opened entity or if your player GUI is open - transfers the selected stack between the different player inventories.
CTRL + Left mouse button	Inventory transfer	Transfers all of the selected stack type to the opened entity or if your player GUI is open - transfers all of the selected stack type between the different player inventories. If an empty slot is clicked all items are transferred.
CTRL + Left mouse button	Fast entity transfer	Transfers the held stack into the selected entity or if the cursor is empty takes anything the entity has and transfers it to your player.
Right mouse button	Cursor split	Moves half the selected inventory slot into the cursor if empty. Places a single item from the cursor stack to the selected inventory slot when holding an item.
SHIFT + Right mouse button	Stack split	Transfers half of the selected stack to the opened entity or if your player GUI is open - transfers half of the selected stack between the different player inventories.
CTRL + Right mouse button	Inventory split	Transfers half of all of the stacks (rounded up) of the selected stack type to the opened entity or if your player GUI is open - transfers half of all of the selected stack type between the different player inventories. If an empty slot is clicked all items are transferred.
CTRL + Right mouse button	Fast entity split	Transfers half of the held stack into the selected entity or if the cursor is empty takes half of anything the entity has and transfers it to your player.
Middle mouse button	Toggle filter
1	Shortcut 1
2	Shortcut 2
3	Shortcut 3
4	Shortcut 4
5	Shortcut 5
6	Shortcut 6
7	Shortcut 7
8	Shortcut 8
9	Shortcut 9
0	Shortcut 10
Not set	Secondary shortcut 1
Not set	Secondary shortcut 2
Not set	Secondary shortcut 3
Not set	Secondary shortcut 4
Not set	Secondary shortcut 5
Not set	Secondary shortcut 6
Not set	Secondary shortcut 7
Not set	Secondary shortcut 8
Not set	Secondary shortcut 9
Not set	Secondary shortcut 10
SHIFT + 1	Select quickbar 1
SHIFT + 2	Select quickbar 2
SHIFT + 3	Select quickbar 3
SHIFT + 4	Select quickbar 4
SHIFT + 5	Select quickbar 5
SHIFT + 6	Select quickbar 6
SHIFT + 7	Select quickbar 7
SHIFT + 8	Select quickbar 8
SHIFT + 9	Select quickbar 9
SHIFT + 0	Select quickbar 10
X	Rotate active quickbar
Not set	Next active quickbar	Selects the next quickbar for the top quickbar
Not set	Previous active quickbar	Selects the previous quickbar for the top quickbar
Right mouse button	Open item's GUI

Crafting

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect	Description
Left mouse button	Craft 1	Crafts 1 of a given recipe.
Right mouse button	Craft 5	Crafts 5 of a given recipe.
SHIFT + Left mouse button	Craft all	Crafts as many as possible of a given recipe.
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
Middle mouse button	Next variation
SHIFT + Middle mouse button	Previous variation
SHIFT + Middle mouse button	Clone item
CTRL + Middle mouse button	Delete item
Numpad 0	Toggle entity paused
Numpad .	Tick once

Debug

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect
F3	Toggle atlas GUI
F2	Toggle autoplace GUI
F4	Toggle debug settings GUI
F5	Toggle basic debug
F9	Reset zoom level
CTRL + F5	Toggle GUI debug
CTRL + F6	Toggle GUI style view
CTRL + F7	Toggle GUI shadows
CTRL + F8	Toggle GUI glows
CTRL + Numpad +	Increase UI scale
CTRL + Numpad -	Decrease UI scale
CTRL + Numpad 0	Reset UI scale to automatic

See also

• Some tips for players with disabilities
• Creating keybindings in mods
  • Keybinding prototype documentation