Maya Keyboard Shortcuts

Maya keyboard shortcut reference covering 106 bindings for Windows & Mac. Commonly searched bindings include Complete current tool, Enter tool Edit mode, and Select Tool. 106 of 106 shortcuts are verified against official Maya documentation, each with a linked source when available. Search by action name, filter by category, look up what a key combination does, print a cheat sheet, or practice with flashcards.

Official Maya documentation

Animation

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Set key	`S`	`S`	Yes	Source
Set key for Rotate	`Shift+E`	`Shift+E`	Yes	Source
Set key for Scale	`Shift+R`	`Shift+R`	Yes	Source
Set key for Translate	`Shift+W`	`Shift+W`	Yes	Source
Insert Keys	`Alt+I`	`Alt+I`	Yes	Source

Display

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Hide Selection	`Ctrl+H`	`Cmd+H`	Yes	Source
Show Selection	`Shift+H`	`Shift+H`	Yes	Source
Show Last Hidden	`Ctrl+Shift+H`	`Cmd+Shift+H`	Yes	Source
Hide Unselected Objects	`Alt+H`	`Alt+H`	Yes	Source

Display Settings

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Wireframe shading	`4`	`4`	Yes	Source
Shaded display	`5`	`5`	Yes	Source
Shaded and Textured display	`6`	`6`	Yes	Source
Use All Lights	`7`	`7`	Yes	Source
Default quality display	`0`	`0`	Yes	Source
Rough quality display	`1`	`1`	Yes	Source
Medium quality display	`2`	`2`	Yes	Source
Smooth quality display	`3`	`3`	Yes	Source

Edit Operations

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Undo	`Ctrl+Z`	`Cmd+Z`	Yes	Source
Redo	`Ctrl+Y`	`Cmd+Y`	Yes	Source
Repeat last action	`G`	`G`	Yes	Source
Parent	`P`	`P`	Yes	Source
Unparent	`Shift+P`	`Shift+P`	Yes	Source
Duplicate	`Ctrl+D`	`Cmd+D`	Yes	Source
Duplicate Special	`Ctrl+Shift+D`	`Cmd+Shift+D`	Yes	Source
Duplicate with Transform	`Shift+D`	`Shift+D`	Yes	Source
Group	`Ctrl+G`	`Cmd+G`	Yes	Source
Cut	`Ctrl+X`	`Cmd+X`	Yes	Source
Copy	`Ctrl+C`	`Cmd+C`	Yes	Source
Paste	`Ctrl+V`	`Cmd+V`	Yes	Source
Repeat at mouse position	`Shift+G`	`Shift+G`	Yes	Source

File

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
New Scene	`Ctrl+N`	`Cmd+N`	Yes	Source
Open Scene	`Ctrl+O`	`Cmd+O`	Yes	Source
Save Scene	`Ctrl+S`	`Cmd+S`	Yes	Source
Save Scene As	`Ctrl+Shift+S`	`Cmd+Shift+S`	Yes	Source
Exit	`Ctrl+Q`	`Cmd+Q`	Yes	Source
Create file reference	`Ctrl+R`	`Cmd+R`	Yes	Source

Hotbox

Action	Description	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Show Hotbox (hold)		`Space`	`Space`	Yes	Source
Default Hotbox Style		`Alt+M`	`Alt+M`	Yes	Source

Menus

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Show/hide main menu bar	`Ctrl+M`	`Cmd+M`	Yes	Source
Show/hide panel menu bar	`Shift+M`	`Shift+M`	Yes	Source
Show/hide panel toolbar	`Ctrl+Shift+M`	`Cmd+Shift+M`	Yes	Source
Modeling menu set	`F2`	`F2`	Yes	Source
Rigging menu set	`F3`	`F3`	Yes	Source
Animation menu set	`F4`	`F4`	Yes	Source
Dynamics (FX) menu set	`F5`	`F5`	Yes	Source
Rendering menu set	`F6`	`F6`	Yes	Source

Modeling

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Convert selection to Vertices	`Ctrl+F9`	`Cmd+F9`	Yes	Source
Convert selection to Edges	`Ctrl+F10`	`Cmd+F10`	Yes	Source
Convert selection to Faces	`Ctrl+F11`	`Cmd+F11`	Yes	Source
Convert selection to UVs	`Ctrl+F12`	`Cmd+F12`	Yes	Source
Activate Quad Draw Tool	`Ctrl+Shift+Q`	`Cmd+Shift+Q`	Yes	Source
Activate Multi-Cut Tool	`Ctrl+Shift+X`	`Cmd+Shift+X`	Yes	Source
Increase Division Levels	`PageUp`	`PageUp`	Yes	Source
Decrease Division Levels	`PageDown`	`PageDown`	Yes	Source

Moving

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Move up one pixel	`Alt+Up`	`Alt+Up`	Yes	Source
Move down one pixel	`Alt+Down`	`Alt+Down`	Yes	Source
Move left one pixel	`Alt+Left`	`Alt+Left`	Yes	Source
Move right one pixel	`Alt+Right`	`Alt+Right`	Yes	Source

Painting

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Flood with current value	`Alt+F`	`Alt+F`	Yes	Source
Toggle Reflection	`Alt+R`	`Alt+R`	Yes	Source
Edit Paint Effects brush settings	`Ctrl+B`	`Cmd+B`	Yes	Source

Pick Walk

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Pick walk up	`Up`	`Up`	Yes	Source
Pick walk down	`Down`	`Down`	Yes	Source
Pick walk left	`Left`	`Left`	Yes	Source
Pick walk right	`Right`	`Right`	Yes	Source

Playback

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Move forward one frame	`Alt+.`	`Alt+.`	Yes	Source
Move backward one frame	`Alt+,`	`Alt+,`	Yes	Source
Go to Next key	`.`	`.`	Yes	Source
Go to Previous key	`,`	`,`	Yes	Source
Toggle playback	`Alt+V`	`Alt+V`	Yes	Source
Go to Min Frame	`Alt+Shift+V`	`Alt+Shift+V`	Yes	Source

Rendering

Action	Description	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Color Chooser		`Ctrl+P`	`Cmd+P`	Yes	Source

Selecting

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Switch object/component mode	`F8`	`F8`	Yes	Source
Select Vertex	`F9`	`F9`	Yes	Source
Select Edge	`F10`	`F10`	Yes	Source
Select Face	`F11`	`F11`	Yes	Source
Select UV	`F12`	`F12`	Yes	Source
Select Vertex Face	`Alt+F9`	`Alt+F9`	Yes	Source
Shrink polygon selection	`<`	`<`	Yes	Source
Grow polygon selection	`>`	`>`	Yes	Source

Snapping

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Snap to curves	`C`	`C`	Yes	Source
Snap to grids	`X`	`X`	Yes	Source
Snap to points	`V`	`V`	Yes	Source

Tool Operations

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Complete current tool	`Enter`	`Enter`	Yes	Source
Enter tool Edit mode	`Insert`	`Insert`	Yes	Source
Select Tool	`Q`	`Q`	Yes	Source
Move Tool	`W`	`W`	Yes	Source
Rotate Tool	`E`	`E`	Yes	Source
Scale Tool	`R`	`R`	Yes	Source
Show universal manipulator tool	`Ctrl+T`	`Cmd+T`	Yes	Source
Show manipulator tool	`T`	`T`	Yes	Source
Last used non-transform tool	`Y`	`Y`	Yes	Source
Increase manipulator size	`=`	`=`	Yes	Source
Decrease manipulator size	`-`	`-`	Yes	Source
Cycle In-View editor values	`Tab`	`Tab`	Yes	Source
Reverse-cycle In-View editor values	`Shift+Tab`	`Shift+Tab`	Yes	Source

Window

Action	Windows	Mac	Verified	Source
Attribute Editor / Channel Box	`Ctrl+A`	`Cmd+A`	Yes	Source
Frame All in active panel	`A`	`A`	Yes	Source
Frame All in all views	`Shift+A`	`Shift+A`	Yes	Source
Frame Selected in active panel	`F`	`F`	Yes	Source
Frame Selected in all views	`Shift+F`	`Shift+F`	Yes	Source
Full-screen current panels	`Ctrl+Space`	`Cmd+Space`	Yes	Source
Redo view change	`]`	`]`	Yes	Source
Undo view change	`[`	`[`	Yes	Source
Background color cycle	`Alt+B`	`Alt+B`	Yes	Source
Maya Help	`F1`	`F1`	Yes	Source

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