Keyboard shortcuts

Cmd on macOS, Ctrl on Windows and Linux, written Cmd/Ctrl below. Likewise Option on macOS is Alt elsewhere.

Anything without a shortcut is in the command palette: press Cmd/Ctrl+K and type what you want to do.

Anywhere in the main window

Shortcut	Action
Cmd/Ctrl+K	Open the command palette. Press it again to close it.
Cmd/Ctrl+F	Focus the search field.
Cmd/Ctrl+O	Add to library: add a folder or zip.
Cmd/Ctrl+,	Open Settings.
Cmd/Ctrl+Z	Undo the last destructive or batch action, such as archiving, removing a tag or a bulk rename. Not while you’re typing in a text field, where it undoes your typing instead. See Bulk actions and undo.

There’s no redo.

In the search field, Enter runs the search right away instead of waiting for you to stop typing.

Grid

These work when at least one asset is selected and you aren’t typing in a text field.

Shortcut	Action
← → ↑ ↓	Move the selection to the next asset or row. Hold to keep moving. In list view, ← and → move up and down a row, like ↑ and ↓.
Space	Open Quick Look for the selected asset.
Esc	Clear the selection.
F2	Rename the selected assets (opens Bulk Rename).
Cmd/Ctrl+R	Reveal the selected files in Finder, Explorer or your file manager.
Cmd+Option+C / Ctrl+Alt+C	Copy the paths of the selected files.

When the inspector is showing a sound, ← and → move its playhead 5 seconds back or forward instead of moving the selection; ↑ and ↓ still move the selection.

With the mouse:

Mouse	Action
Click	Select one asset.
Shift+click	Select everything between the last asset you clicked and this one.
Cmd/Ctrl+click	Add an asset to the selection, or take it out.
Right-click	Menu with Quick look, Add to collection, Add tag…, Rename…, Reveal in your file manager, the Copy path items and Archive. Menu items show their shortcuts.

See Grid and selection.

Command palette

Shortcut	Action
↑ ↓	Move through the results.
Enter	Run the command, jump to the asset, or filter by the tag.
Cmd/Ctrl+Enter	On an asset: reveal its file in Finder, Explorer or your file manager instead of jumping to it.
Tab / Shift+Tab	Jump to the next or previous group of results (Commands, Assets, Tags).
Esc	Close the palette. Clicking outside it does the same.

Start what you type with > to see only commands, or with # to see only tags. See Command palette.

Quick Look

Shortcut	Action
← →	Previous or next asset.
↑ ↓	The asset a row up or down in the grid.
Space	Close Quick Look. For a sound, play or pause it instead.
Esc	Close Quick Look. Clicking outside the preview does the same.

Sound previews

In the inspector, a sound plays with the play button. Clicking the waveform moves the playhead there. In Quick Look, Space plays and pauses.

Shortcut	Action
← →	In the inspector: move the playhead 5 seconds back or forward.

3D preview

The 3D preview in the inspector and in Quick Look has two camera modes. Switch with the button under the preview: Fly in the inspector, Free look in Quick Look.

Orbit (the default):

Input	Action
Drag	Orbit around the model.
Scroll	Zoom in or out.

Free look:

Input	Action
Drag (left or right mouse button)	Look around.
W A S D	Move forward, left, back and right.
Q / E	Move down / up.
Shift (held)	Move faster.
Scroll	Move forward or back along the view.

The movement keys only work while the pointer is over the preview (or you’re dragging in it), so they don’t get in the way elsewhere. They use key positions, so on a non-QWERTY keyboard use the keys in the same places.

Dialogs and panels

Shortcut	Where	Action
Esc	Any dialog (Add to library, Settings, Export, Bulk Rename, New Collection, …)	Close it, like its ✕ button.
Esc	Duplicates and License fixer views	Close the view and go back to the grid.
Enter	New Collection	Create the collection.
Enter	Tag fields (inspector, multi-selection panel, Add tag popup)	Add the tag you typed.
Enter / Esc	Renaming a collection (in the sidebar or the collection header)	Save / cancel the new name.
Enter	Settings → External tools → Blender path	Use the path you typed.