[Misc] World Editor Hotkey Cheat Sheet

Insanity_AI · Apr 30, 2026

The following list is compiled by @zam (who forgot his password), and also supplemented by Saken, Alexia and me:

Opening Tabs

Toggle Displays

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + D	Toggle Doodad Display
Ctrl + M	Toggle Camera Object Display
F	Toggle Fog Effects Display
C	Toggle Game Camera
V	Toggle Game View Settings
G	Toggle Grid Display from different sizes to off
P	Toggle Ground Pathing Display
X	Toggle Letterboxing Mode
L	Toggle Lighting Display
N	Toggle Naval Pathing Display
S	Toggle Shadow Display
K	Toggle Sky Display
Ctrl + T	Toggle Terrain Display
Ctrl + U	Toggle Unit Display
I	Toggle Unit Info Display
W	Toggle Water Display
E	Toggle Weather Display
A	Toggle Palette Display
H	Toggle Blight Display
B	Toggle Camera Bounds Display

Terraining Keybinds

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + Shift + B	Toggle Enforce Camera Bounds
Ctrl + Shift + W	Toggle Enforce Water Limits
Ctrl + Shift + H	Toggle Reset Fixed Object Heights
Ctrl + 1	Set brush size to 1
Ctrl + 2	Set brush size to 2
Ctrl + 3	Set brush size to 3
Ctrl + 4	Set brush size to 4
Ctrl + 5	Set brush size to 5
Ctrl + A	Select All (depending on which palette is open)
Ctrl + Numpad+	Mirror Paste Vertically
Ctrl + Number-	Mirror Paste Horizontally
Ctrl + Numpad*	Rotate Paste 90° Clockwise
Ctrl + Numpad/	Rotate Paste 90° Counter-Clockwise
Ctrl + PageUp	Raise height of doodad
Ctrl + PageDown	Lower height of doodad
Home	Widen doodad
End	Thin doodad
/	Rotate Doodad Counter-Clockwise
*	Rotate Doodad Clockwise
Ctrl + Left Click Hold & Drag	Rotates selected object(s) towards mouse cursor
Alt + Left Click	Moves selected object to mouse cursor's location

Miscellaneous Keybinds

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + N	New Map
Ctrl + O	Open Map
Ctrl + W	Close Map
Ctrl + S	Saves currently opened map
Ctrl + F9	Test currently opened map
Ctrl + Z	Undo (depending on what's currently opened/selected, aka which window)
Ctrl + Y	Redo (depending on what's currently opened/selected, aka which window)
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + V	Paste

Trigger Editor Keybinds

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + Up	Move selected element up
Ctrl + Down	Move selected element down
Ctrl + Shift + F	Find
Ctrl + Shift + N	Find next
Ctrl + Shift + P	Find previous
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy Trigger as Text
Ctrl + Shift + I	Toggle Initially On for selected trigger
Ctrl + I	Enable/Disable trigger
Ctrl + G	New category
Ctrl + T	New trigger
Ctrl + M	New trigger comment
Ctrl + U	New custom script
Ctrl + L	New global variable
Ctrl + B	Opens up variable editor
Ctrl + R	Add new action to currently selected trigger (below currently selected action)
Ctrl + D	Add new condition to currently selected trigger (below currently selected condition)
Ctrl + E	Add new event to currently selected trigger (below currently selected event)
Ctrl + T	Add new trigger inside trigger editor (below currently selected trigger editor element)
Ctrl + F	Enable/Disable currently selected ECA
Ctrl + M	New trigger comment inside the Trigger Editor (below currently selected trigger editor element)
Ctrl + H	Changes currently selected trigger category's icon into a trigger comment icon

Object Editor Keybinds

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + D	Toggle between object names and raw IDs display
Ctrl + F	Search for object (in currently selected tab)
Ctrl + 2	Hides all art fields (for opened tab)
Ctrl + 8	Hides sound fields (for opened tab)
Ctrl + -	Hides text fields (for opened tab)

Furthermore, there are action hotkeys for specific tabs:
Object Editor - Units Tab

Object Editor - Items Tab

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + 1	Hides abilities fields
Ctrl + 3	Hides armor type field
Ctrl + 9	Hides fields from Actively Used to Valid Target for Transformation
Ctrl + 0	Hides techtree fields

Object Editor - Destructibles Tab

Object Editor - Doodads Tab

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + 5	Hides editor fields
Ctrl + 7	Hides pathing fields

Object Editor - Abilities Tab

Object Editor - Buffs/Effects Tab

Hotkey	Description
Ctrl + 9	Hides stat fields

Object Editor - Upgrades Tab