Shortcuts Modo for MacOS

MacOS

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Modo for MacOS which is used on the operating system MacOS, in this hotkeys description 248 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

General/System

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F1	Help
Command+N	New scene
Command+O	Open saved scene
Command+I	Open saved image
Command+W	Close current scene
Command+Shift+W	Close all open scenes
Command+S	Save current scene
Command+Shift+S	Save scene as
Command+Q	Quit Modo
Option+F12	Config file save
Shift+F5	Run script
Command+Z	Undo
Command+Shift+Z	Redo
Command+X	Cut
Command+C	Copy
Command+V	Paste
Delete	Delete (not available in Items mode)
Command+R	Brings up the last tool used
Option+R	Brings up the last tool used, ignoring UI interactions and selections
Command+Tab	Layout switcher, organized by most recent

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Option+Click	Rotate view
Option+Middle-click	Rotate viewport Z axis (bank) view
Option+Right-click	Flick' rotate
Shift+Option+Left-click	Pan view
Shift+Option+Right-click	Pan up/down only
Command+Option+Left-click	Zoom to mouse position
Command+Option+Right-click	Box zoom
. (period)	Zoom in (only in component modes)
Shift+. (period)	Zoom in x2
, (comma)	Zoom out (only in component modes)
Shift+ , (comma)	Zoom out x2
G	Center the view on the cursor's position
/	Turntable (only in component modes)
Shift+/	When turntable is running, displays upright turntable
Mouse Wheel Scroll	Zoom view in and out to mouse pointer
A	Fit (zoom to scene extents/all items)
Shift+A	Fit selected (zooms to selected elements)
Command+A	Align selected (aligns view to the current selection)
Command+Shift+A	Fit and align selected (zooms and aligns the view to the current selection)

3D Viewport Options

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
O	Open the viewport options pop-over
0	Maximize/minimize the viewport within the group
. (decimal)	Perspective
1	Top (press again to toggle top/bottom view)
Shift+1	Bottom
2	Front (press again to toggle front/back view)
Shift+2	Back
3	Right (press again to toggle right /left view)
Shift+3	Left
Shift+4	Shaded
Shift+5	Texture
Shift+6	Reflection
Shift+7	Wireframe
Shift+8	Solid
Shift+9	Vertex Map
/	Wireframe None
Shift+/	Wireframe Light
Command+/	Wireframe Dark

Tabbed Viewport

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+Shift+Home	Open first tab
Command+Shift+End	Open last tab
Command+Shift+Page Up	Open next tab
Command+Shift+Page Down	Open last tab

Item List

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F	In Items selection mode, locate selected item (layer). In other modes flip polygons
Shift+click	Expand/close all (also in Shader Tree)
' (apostrophe)	Swap foreground/background layers
Command+D	Duplicate selected layer(s) (only in Items mode)
Shift+D	Instance selected layer(s) (only in Items mode)
N	New Mesh Item
L	New locator item (only in Items mode)

Channel list

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
I	Select modifier input
O	Select modifier output
C	Channel haul on (only in Items mode)

Floating Windows

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F2	Modeling toolbox
F3	Sculpt/paint toolbox
F4	Setup toolbox
F5	Command History viewport
F6	Presets viewport
F7	Graph Editor
F8	Render preview
F11	Snapping pop-over
` (backtick)	Toggle window visibility

Pie Menus

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+` (backtick)	Layout switch favorites
Command+1	GL viewport toggles
Command+2	GL viewport style
Command+Space	GL viewport view type
Command+3	Open pop-over
Option+Q	Selection mode/Transform tools
Option+ ` (backtick)	Open palette
Shift+ ` (backtick)	Properties and options
B	Brushes pie menu (only when a Brush tool is active)
Option+Space	Animation shortcuts (only in the Animation layout)

General Modeling

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Q	Drops active tool
K	"Tool properties pop-over
Esc	Escape current operation/drop active selection
Space	Cycle-through Component modes
Shift+Space	Toggle Component mode to Item Mode (or last mode)
-	Tool handle smaller
0	Toggle tool handle visibility (not on the numeric keypad; only on Mac)
Command+D	Reset tool attributes
Shift+0-9	Select layer 1-10
Option+Space	Quick access pop-over
M	Assign material tag
Tab	Toggle subdivision surfaces
Shift+Tab	Toggle Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces
Keypad +/-	Increase/decrease subdivision level

Action Center/Axis

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Option+W	Origin
Option+E	Pivot
Option+A	Automatic
Option+S	Selection
Option+D	Selection center, auto axis
Option+Q	Displays pie menu
Option+F	Screen
Option+Z	Element
Option+X	Local
Option+G	Pivot center, parent axis

Selection (Modelling)

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Option+Shift+A	Select all
Arrow Up	More (select next plausible element in loop)
Shift+Arrow Up	Select expand
Arrow Down	Less (de-select last element)
Shift+Arrow Down	Shrink
Arrow Left	Select previous loop
Shift+Arrow Left	Select previous loop add
Arrow Right	Select next loop
Shift+Arrow Right	Select next loop add
L	Select loop
Option+L	Select ring
]	Connected
[	Invert selection
Shift+]	Close loop
Shift+G	Select between
Option+1	Convert selection to vertices
Option+2	Convert selection to edges
Option+3	Convert selection to polygons
; (semicolon)	Select through toggle

Hide/Lock Geometry

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
H	Hide selected
Shift+H	Hide unselected
Command+H	Hide invert (toggle state)
U	Show
J	Lock selected
Shift+J	Lock unselected
Command+J	Lock invert (toggle state)
I	Unlock

Work Plane

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Home	Align to geometry under cursor
Shift+Home	Align to selection (average of all selected)
Command+Home	Align to viewport
End	Reset the Work Plane
Shift+End	Open Work Plane pop-over
Page Up	Walk +
Page Down	Walk -
Keypad * (asterisk)	Toggle visibility
Option+O	Offset Work Plane to geometry position under cursor

Snapping

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
X	Toggle snap state (hold with tool active for temporary snap)
F11	Open snapping pop-over
Command+Shift+T	Element snap

Tools

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
W	Move
E	Rotate
Option+Shift+E	Planar rotate
R	Scale
Shift+R	Uniform scale
Y	Transform
Command+E	Bend
T	Element move (Tweak)
Command+T	Soft drag
Shift+Y	Flex tool
Shift+S	Smooth tool
Shift+X	Extrude
Shift+L	Radial sweep
Shift+Q	Grow quad row from edge
Z	Extend edge
Shift+V	Mirror tool
Backspace	Remove
Command+Backspace	Collapse
B	Bevel
Shift+B	Polygon bevel
Option+B	Sketch extrude
Command+B	Create polygon of given type from vertex selection
C	Edge slice
Shift+C	Polygon slice
Option+C	Loop slice
D	Subdivide selected geometry
Shift+D	Open subdivide options
F	Flip polygon normal
Command+L	Split face by selected vertices
P	Make polygon
Shift+T	Triple polygons (convert to triangles)
V	Spin edge
Option+V	Spin quads curves
Shift+O	Make open curve
Command+P	Make closed curve
Shift+W	Weight tool
Shift+M	Morph tool

Paint And Sculpt

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
B	Open brush tips pie menu (only when tool is active)
O	Open large color picker pop-over (hover over UI color picker)
S	Swap foreground/background colors
E/R	Image ink rotate left/right
D/F	Image ink scale up/down
Shift+Z	Adjust offset amount (sticky key, only while Brush tool is active)
Option+(numeric pad) +	Subdivision level up
Option+(numeric pad) -	Subdivision level down
Command+(numeric pad) +	Current level up
Command+(numeric pad) -	Current level down

Camera

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Option+Click+Drag	Move camera item
Shift+Option+right-click+Drag	Move up/down direction only
Option+Click+Drag	Rotate around target distance
Option+Right-click+Drag	Rotate around Z axis
Command+Middle-click+Drag	Image ink scale up/down
Command+Option+Click+drag	Move forward/backward only
Command+Option+Right-click+Drag	Adjust focal length
Roll Mouse Wheel	Zooms to cursor
Command+A	Auto focus camera (only in a viewport defined as Camera and with auto-focus enabled)
Command+F	Restart preview (only in the Preview viewport)

Animation

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Z	Select all animated items
Z	Select all animated channels
Command+G	Group selected items (under group locator)
P	Parent in place
Command+P	Parent
Shift+P	Unparent in place
Command+Shift+P	Unparent
Shift+Arrow Up	Go to first frame
Command+Arrow Up	Go to first keyframe
Command+Arrow Left	Go to previous keyframe
Shift+Arrow Left	Go back one frame
/	Start/stop animation playback
Shift+Arrow Right	Go forward one frame
Command+Arrow Right	Go to next keyframe
Command+Arrow Down	Go to last keyframe
Shift+Y	Key transforms
Shift+E	Key rotations
Shift+W	Key positions
Shift+R	Key scale
S	Key selected channels
Shift+S	Key selected items
A	Fit selected
Command+F	Fit visible
Shift+F	Fit visible width
Option+click	Pan view
Command+Option+Click	Scale view
Option+Right-click	Scale graph size
Command+Option+Right-click	Box zoom (drag box to zoom)
Command+Shift+V	Paste insert keyframes to selected channels
Command+Option+V	Paste replace keyframes to selected channels

Render

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F9	Render
Command+F9	Render visible
Shift+F9	Render selected
F10	Render current view
Option+Shift+F9	Open render display window
Command+F	Focus under cursor
mouse wheel	Preview zoom
middle-click+drag	Jump the preview out to the original focal length (only when zoomed in)