TouchDesigner Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Action	Windows Key Command
Undo	Ctrl+z
Redo	Ctrl+y
Cut	Ctrl+x
Copy	Ctrl+c
Paste	Ctrl+v
Select Operator Left Mouse Button	(LMB)
Box Select Right Mouse Button	(RMB) – Drag
Delete Selection	Delete or Backsapce
Add to Selection	Shift+Select
Pan Network	LMB – Drag
Zoom Network	Middle Mouse Button (MMB) or Scrollwheel
Operator Info	MMB
Play/Pause	Spacebar
Perform Mode Enter	F1
Perform Mode Exit	Esc
Open Current DAT in External Editor	Alt+e
Run Current DAT Script	Alt+r

Files

Action	Windows Key Command
New File	Ctrl+n
Open File	Ctrl+o
Save	Ctrl+s
Save As	Ctrl+Shift+S
Import File	Ctrl+i
Export Movie	Ctrl+m
Quit	Ctrl+q

Dialogs

Action	Windows Key Command
Preferences	Alt+p
About TouchDesigner	Alt+Shift+V
Open a File Explorer	Alt+f
Textport and DATs	Alt+t
Performance Monitor	Alt+y
Window Placement	Alt+w
Palette	Alt+l
MIDI Device Mapper	Alt+d
Console	Alt+c
Key Manager	Alt+k
Search	Alt+s

Network Editors

Action	Windows Key Command
Parameters Show / Hide	p
List View Show / Hide	Shift+T
Add Operator	tab or double click
Jump Up Network	u
Jump In Network	i or Enter
Add Group	Shift+G
Groups Show / Hide	Ctrl / Cmd + g
Find Operator	Ctrl+f
Open Current Op Viewer	Shift+v
Load .tox file (COMP)	Shift+X
Viewer Active Always On S	hift+A
Toggle Selected Viewer	Active a
Select All	Ctrl+a
Home All / Selected	h / Shift+H
Unity Frame All / Selected	f / Shift+F
Fixed-size Operators Names	n
Link Straight	s
Data Links Show / Hide	x
Network Overview	o
Color Palette for Operators	c

Pane Options

Action	Windows Key Command
Split Left / Right	Alt+[
Split Top / Bottom	Alt+[
Floating Copy	Alt+Shift+C
Maximize	Alt+`
Close	Alt+z
Network Editor	Alt+1
Panel	Alt+2
Geometry Viewer	Alt+3
TOP Viewer	Alt+4
CHOP Viewer	Alt+5
Animation Editor	Alt+6
Parameters	Alt+7
Textport and DATs	Alt+9

TOP Viewers

Action	Windows Key Command
Pan	LMB-drag
Zoom	MMB-drag
Home	h
Display Pixel Values	d
Display Field Guide	f
Color	c
Red	r
Green	g
Blue	b
Alpha	a
Mono	m

CHOP Viewers

Action	Windows Key Command
Pan	LMB-drag
Zoom	MMB-drag
Drag Channel	LMB-drag on Channel Name
Home	h
Reset Min/Max	r
Show Extract Values	p
Horizontal Adapt	Shift+H
Vertical Adapt	Shift+V
Sample / Frames / Seconds	u
Grid Low / Medium / High	g
Playhead	t
Time Scroll	c
Label	l
Handles	n
Dots	d
Extend Regions	x
Precision Labels	p
Raw Edits Tools	e
Scope Tools	Ctrl+y

SOP and Object COMP Viewers

Action	Windows Key Command
Tumble	LMB-drag
Pan	RMB-drag
Zoom	MMB-drag
Display Options	p
Home All / Selected	h / Shift+H
Frame All / Selected	f / Shift+F
Shaded Wireframe	w
Ortho / Perspective	Shift+P
Top Viewport	Shift+T
Front Viewport	Shift+N
Right Viewport	Shift+R
Show Quad Viewport	5
Select Viewport 1 / 2 / 3 / 4	1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Redo	Ctrl+y
Redo	Ctrl+y

Geometry Viewer Pane

Action	Windows Key Command
Switch States	Use State Icons
View Momentary	Space-hold
Select & Transform Momentary	s-hold
Construction Plane Momentary	c-hold
Select Object	LMB
Box Select	RMB-drag
Handle Translate / Rotate / Scale	t / r / e
Handle Show / Hide	y
Align Handle with Object	Shift+O
Align Handle with View	Shift+V
Align Handle with World	Shift+W
Align Handle with C-Plane	Shift+F
Handle Pivot Attached to Selection	'
Set Handle Pivot to Selection	o
Set Handle Pivot to World	w
Set Handle Pivot to C-Plane	f
Add Group	Shift+G
Copy	Ctrl+c
Paste	Ctrl+v
Delete	Delete

Keyframing

Action	Windows Key Command
Pan	LMB-drag
Zoom	MMB-drag
Select Key or Segment	LMB
Box Select	RMB-drag
Add to Selection	Shift+Select
Delete Selection	Delete
Add Keyframe	Alt+LMB
Add Keyframe to Selected	Alt+MMB
Add Keyframe to All	Alt+RMB
Home All / Selected	h / Shift+H
Home Horizontal	Shift+F
Home Vertical	Shift+V
Long Names	n
Scale Handle	e
Playhead to Next Key	Ctrl+Right
Playhead to Prev Key	Ctrl+Left
Break Selected Tangents	t

Parameters

Action	Windows Key Command
Show / Hide	p
Value Ladder	MMB or LMB-hold
Revert to Previous Value	Ctrl+LMB
Edit in External Editor	Alt+e

Textport

Action	Windows Key Command
History Back / Forward	Up / Down
Find	Ctrl+f
Python / Tscript	Ctrl+l