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

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Set key Set key S S Yes Source
Set key for Rotate Set key for Rotate Shift+E Shift+E Yes Source
Set key for Scale Set key for Scale Shift+R Shift+R Yes Source
Set key for Translate Set key for Translate Shift+W Shift+W Yes Source
Insert Keys Insert Keys Alt+I Alt+I Yes Source

Display

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Hide Selection Hide Selection Ctrl+H Cmd+H Yes Source
Show Selection Show Selection Shift+H Shift+H Yes Source
Show Last Hidden Show Last Hidden Ctrl+Shift+H Cmd+Shift+H Yes Source
Hide Unselected Objects Hide Unselected Objects Alt+H Alt+H Yes Source

Display Settings

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

Edit Operations

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

File

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
New Scene New Scene Ctrl+N Cmd+N Yes Source
Open Scene Open Scene Ctrl+O Cmd+O Yes Source
Save Scene Save Scene Ctrl+S Cmd+S Yes Source
Save Scene As Save Scene As Ctrl+Shift+S Cmd+Shift+S Yes Source
Exit Exit Ctrl+Q Cmd+Q Yes Source
Create file reference Create file reference Ctrl+R Cmd+R Yes Source

Hotbox

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Show Hotbox (hold) Show Hotbox (hold) Space Space Yes Source
Default Hotbox Style Default Hotbox Style Alt+M Alt+M Yes Source

Menus

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

Modeling

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

Moving

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Move up one pixel Move up one pixel Alt+Up Alt+Up Yes Source
Move down one pixel Move down one pixel Alt+Down Alt+Down Yes Source
Move left one pixel Move left one pixel Alt+Left Alt+Left Yes Source
Move right one pixel Move right one pixel Alt+Right Alt+Right Yes Source

Painting

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Flood with current value Flood with current value Alt+F Alt+F Yes Source
Toggle Reflection Toggle Reflection Alt+R Alt+R Yes Source
Edit Paint Effects brush settings Edit Paint Effects brush settings Ctrl+B Cmd+B Yes Source

Pick Walk

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Pick walk up Pick walk up Up Up Yes Source
Pick walk down Pick walk down Down Down Yes Source
Pick walk left Pick walk left Left Left Yes Source
Pick walk right Pick walk right Right Right Yes Source

Playback

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Move forward one frame Move forward one frame Alt+. Alt+. Yes Source
Move backward one frame Move backward one frame Alt+, Alt+, Yes Source
Go to Next key Go to Next key . . Yes Source
Go to Previous key Go to Previous key , , Yes Source
Toggle playback Toggle playback Alt+V Alt+V Yes Source
Go to Min Frame Go to Min Frame Alt+Shift+V Alt+Shift+V Yes Source

Rendering

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Color Chooser Color Chooser Ctrl+P Cmd+P Yes Source

Selecting

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

Snapping

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Snap to curves Snap to curves C C Yes Source
Snap to grids Snap to grids X X Yes Source
Snap to points Snap to points V V Yes Source

Tool Operations

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

Window

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

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