Keyboard Shortcuts

Note

Most of the below shortcuts can be changed in the Preferences.

On macOS, replace Ctrl with the Command key.

General

• Ctrl + N - Create a new map

• Ctrl + O - Open any file or project

• Ctrl + P - Open a file in the current project

• Ctrl + Shift + P - Search for available actions

• Ctrl + Shift + T - Reopen a recently closed file

• Ctrl + S - Save current document

• Ctrl + Shift + S - Save current document to another file

• Ctrl + E - Export current document

• Ctrl + Shift + E - Export current document to another file

• Ctrl + R - Reload current document

• Ctrl + W - Close current document

• Ctrl + Shift + W - Close all documents

• Ctrl + Q - Quit Tiled

• Ctrl + MouseWheel - Zoom in/out on tileset and map

• Ctrl + Plus/Minus - Zoom in/out on map

• Ctrl + 0 - Reset zoom on map

• Ctrl + / - Adjust zoom to fit map in view

• Ctrl + Object Move - Toggles “Snap to Grid” temporarily

• Ctrl + Object Resize - Keep aspect ratio

• Alt + Object Resize - Toggles “Snap to Grid” temporarily

• Middle Click or Space Bar - Hold to pan the map view

• Ctrl + X - Cut (tiles, objects or properties)

• Ctrl + C - Copy (tiles, objects or properties)

• Ctrl + V - Paste (tiles, objects or properties)

• Del - Delete (tiles, objects, properties or layers)

• Ctrl + G - Toggle displaying of the tile grid

• Ctrl + Shift + G - Go to a tile by its coordinates

• H - Toggle highlighting of the current layer

• Ctrl + M - Invokes Automapping

• Alt + C - Copy current position of mouse cursor to clipboard (in tile coordinates)

• Ctrl + D - Duplicate selected objects

• Ctrl + J - Create a new layer and copy the currently selected objects or tiles to it

• Ctrl + Shift + J - Create a new layer and move currently selected objects or tiles to it

• Ctrl + Shift + D - Duplicate selected layers

• F2 - Rename (if applicable in context)

• Tab - Hide docks and tool bars

• Ctrl + PgUp - Select previous layer (above current layer)

• Ctrl + PgDown - Select next layer (below current layer)

• Ctrl + Shift + Up - Move selected layers up

• Ctrl + Shift + Down - Move selected layers down

• Ctrl + H - Show/Hide selected layers

• Ctrl + L - Lock/Unlock selected layers

• Ctrl + Shift + H - Show/Hide all other layers (only active layer visible / all layers visible)

• Ctrl + Shift + L - Lock/Unlock all other layers

• Ctrl + Tab / Alt + Left - Switch to left document

• Ctrl + Shift + Tab / Alt + Right - Switch to right document

• ] - Select next tileset

• [ - Select previous tileset

• Ctrl + T - Force-reload all tilesets used by the current map (mainly useful when not using the automatic reloading)

• Ctrl + Shift + A - Clear any object and tile selection

When a tile layer is selected

• Right Click on Tile - Captures the tile under the mouse (drag to capture larger areas).

• Ctrl + Right Click on Tile - Selects the layer containing the top-most tile under the mouse.

• D - Toggle Random Mode

• B - Activate Stamp Brush

  • Shift + Click - Line mode, places tiles on a line between two clicked locations

  • Ctrl + Shift + Click - Circle mode, places tiles around the clicked center

• T - Activate Terrain Brush

• F - Activate Bucket Fill Tool

• P - Activate Shape Fill Tool

• E - Activate Eraser

• R - Activate Rectangular Select

• W - Activate Magic Wand

• S - Activate Select Same Tile

• Ctrl + 1-9 - Store current tile stamp. When no tile drawing tool is selected, tries to capture the current tile selection (similar to Ctrl + C).

• 1-9 - Recall a previously stored tile stamp (similar to Ctrl + V)

• Ctrl + A - Select the whole layer

Changing the active stamp:

• X - Flip active stamp horizontally

• Y - Flip active stamp vertically

• Z - Rotate active stamp clockwise

• Shift + Z - Rotate active stamp counterclockwise

When an object layer is selected

• S - Activate Select Objects

  • PgUp - Raise selected objects (with Manual object drawing order)

  • PgDown - Lower selected objects (with Manual object drawing order)

  • Home - Move selected objects to Top (with Manual object drawing order)

  • End - Move selected objects to Bottom (with Manual object drawing order)

• O - Activate Edit Polygons

• R - Activate Insert Rectangle

• I - Activate Insert Point

• C - Activate Insert Ellipse

• P - Activate Insert Polygon

  • Enter - Finish creating object

  • Escape - Cancel creating object

  • Backspace - Remove previously added point while creating or extending polygons and polylines

• T - Activate Insert Tile

• V - Activate Insert Template (since Tiled 1.1)

• E - Activate Insert Text

• Ctrl + A - Select all objects on the selected layers

In the Properties dialog

• Backspace - Deletes a property