Controls

Game

Key bindings

Key combination	Effect	Description
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	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.
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.
Q	Clear cursor	Returns the item in the cursor stack to the players inventory. Also cancels wire placement and rail planning.
Q	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.
Mouse wheel up	Zoom in
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 terrain building area	Increases the size of the placement area for tiles.
Numpad -	Smaller terrain building area	Decreases the size of the placement area for tiles.
CTRL + f	Focus item search
BACKSPACE	Select previous technology
GRAVE	Toggle Lua console
Left mouse button	Drag map
Right mouse button	Place a tag on the map
Left mouse button	Toggle tips and tricks

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.
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	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.
X	Change active 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
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
CTRL + F5	Toggle GUI debug

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