Controls

2024-10-28T00:01:48Z

Z2oh: Specify that the "toggle filter" keybind clears shortcuts on the quickbar. Language was chosen carefully for searchability (the tooltip says "clear shortcut")

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Controls are set by left-clicking them and then pressing the desired key combination. They can be cleared by right-clicking them. The keybindings can be reset in the controls settings menu.

On the [[Nintendo Switch version|Nintendo Switch]] controls are set by pressing {{Keybinding|A}} and cleared by pressing {{Keybinding|Y}}.

=== Movement ===
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Effect
|-
| {{Keybinding|W}}
| Move up
|-
| {{Keybinding|D}}
| Move right
|-
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Move left
|-
| {{Keybinding|S}}
| Move down
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! Nintendo Switch key combination
! Effect
|-
| {{Keybinding|Left Stick}}
| Move
|-
| {{Keybinding|Right Stick}}
| Look
|}
</div>

=== Basic interaction ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination<br>(Alternative)
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|E}}<br>({{Keybinding|Mouse button 4}})
| {{Keybinding|X}}
| Open character screen
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Open object's GUI
|-
| {{Keybinding|E}}<br>({{Keybinding|Mouse button 4}})
| {{Keybinding|X}}
| Confirm window
|-
|
| {{Keybinding|Press Right Stick}}
| Toggle free cursor
|-
| {{Keybinding|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|Y}}
| Mine
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Build
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Build [[ghost]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|Q}}<br>({{Keybinding|Mouse button 5}})
| {{Keybinding|B}}
| Clear cursor
| Returns the item in the cursor stack to the player's inventory. Also cancels wire placement and rail planning.
|-
| {{Keybinding|Q}}<br>({{Keybinding|Mouse button 5}})
| {{Keybinding|B}}
| Pipette tool
| Picks items from your inventory used to build the currently selected entity and places them in your cursor. For resources it will select the fastest available mining drill.
|-
| {{Keybinding|R}}
| {{Keybinding|Right}}
| Rotate
| Rotates (clockwise) the item held in the cursor or the selected entity.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|R}}
| {{Keybinding|Left}}
| Reverse rotate
| Rotates (counter-clockwise) the item held in the cursor or the selected entity.
|-
| {{Keybinding|F}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Right}}
| Flip [[blueprint]] horizontal
|-
| {{Keybinding|G}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Left}}
| Flip [[blueprint]] vertical
|-
| {{Keybinding|F}}
| {{Keybinding|Down}}
| Pick up items on the ground
|-
| {{Keybinding|Z}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Down}}
| Drop item
| Drop one item of what you are holding on the ground, on a belt or into a machine.
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt}}
| {{Keybinding|Up}}
| Toggle "Alt-mode"
| Toggles showing additional information about built entities such as recipes in assembling machines and container contents.
|-
| {{Keybinding|space}}
| {{Keybinding|R}}
| Shoot [[Enemies|enemy]]
| Shoots at the nearest enemy to the cursor, or for some weapons shoots at the location of the cursor.
|-
| {{Keybinding|C}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|R}}
| Shoot selected
| Shoots at whatever you have selected, or for some weapons shoots at the location of the cursor.
|-
| {{Keybinding|Tab}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|R}}
| Next [[Weapons|weapon]]
| Cycles to the next equipped weapon.
|-
| {{Keybinding|enter}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|X}}
| Enter/Leave [[vehicle]]
| Enters or exits a vehicle you're standing next to or driving.
|-
| {{Keybinding|mwu}}<br>({{Keybinding|shift|mwu}})
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Up}}
| Zoom in
|-
| {{Keybinding|mwd}}<br>({{Keybinding|shift|mwd}})
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Down}}
| Zoom out
|-
| {{Keybinding|grave}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|ZR|-}}
| Toggle chat (and Lua [[console]])
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Y}}
| Copy entity settings
| [[Copy_and_paste#Entity_settings|Copies settings from the selected entity.]] Note that for pasting to work, the source entity must still exist.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Paste entity settings
| [[Copy_and_paste#Entity_settings|Pastes settings from the previous copied entity.]]
|}

=== Advanced interaction ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination<br>(Alternative)
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}<br>({{Keybinding|ctrl|lmb}})
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Select for [[blueprint]]
| Select the entities for blueprinting, upgrading or deconstruction.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Select for [[deconstruction planner|deconstruction]] cancellation
| Select to cancel upgrading or deconstruction.
|-
| {{Keybinding|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|Y}}
| Reverse select
| Activates Downgrade mode with the [[upgrade planner]].
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|mwu}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Up}}
| [[Blueprint book]] next
| When holding a blueprint book in the cursor, cycles the active blueprint to the next available blueprint.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|mwd}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Down}}
| Blueprint book previous
| When holding a blueprint book in the cursor, cycles the active blueprint to the previous available blueprint.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|f}}
| {{Keybinding|Right SR}}
| Focus search
|-
| {{Keybinding|numplus}}
| {{Keybinding|Up}}
| Larger tile building area
| Increases the size of the placement area for tiles.
|-
| {{Keybinding|numminus}}
| {{Keybinding|Down}}
| Smaller tile building area
| Decreases the size of the placement area for tiles.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Remove [[Electric system#Distribution|pole]] cables
| Removes wires from the selected electric pole, starting with electric wires and then circuit network wires.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|A}}
| Build with obstacle avoidance
| Usable only for rail building. This is the same as ghost build mode, but trees, rocks and cliffs are avoided.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Add train stop
| Usable only in the locomotive GUI and map view. Hold this modifier while clicking a station in the locomotive GUI minimap or main map to add the station to the schedule.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|A}}
| Add temporary train stop
| Usable only in the locomotive GUI and map view. Hold this modifier while clicking in the locomotive GUI minimap or main map to quickly go to that location by adding a temporary station to the schedule.
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}
| Not set
| Drag map
| Usable only in the map.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Place a tag in chat
| Usable only when the chat is open. Places a chat link to the selected item, recipe, map location, station or train.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|alt|lmb}}
| Not set
| Ping a map location
| Quickly create a map ping at the selected location and link it in the chat.
|-
| {{Keybinding|mwu}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Up}}
| Zoom into world
| Usable only in the map. Zoom with ability to zoom into world view from map view.
|-
| {{Keybinding|mwd}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Down}}
| Zoom out of world
| Usable only in the map. Zoom with ability to zoom into map view from world view.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift}}
| Not set
| Activate tooltip
| Show the tooltip when the tooltip delay is set to a large value or "Never".
|}

=== [[Crafting]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Craft 1
| Usable only in the recipe GUI. Crafts 1 of a given recipe.
|-
| {{Keybinding|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|Y}}
| Craft 5
| Usable only in the recipe GUI. Crafts 5 of a given recipe.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Craft all
| Usable only in the recipe GUI. Crafts as many as possible of a given recipe.
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Cancel crafting 1
| Usable only in the crafting queue.
|-
| {{Keybinding|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|Y}}
| Cancel crafting 5
| Usable only in the crafting queue.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Cancel crafting all
| Usable only in the crafting queue.
|}

=== Inventory ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Pick up/drop item stack
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Stack transfer
| Transfers the selected stack to the other inventory.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|A}}
| Inventory transfer
| Transfers all of the selected stack type to the other inventory. If an empty slot is clicked all items are transferred.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|A}}
| Fast entity transfer
| Transfers the held stack into the selected entity or if the cursor is empty takes anything the entity has and transfers it to your player.
|-
| {{Keybinding|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|Y}}
| Cursor split
| Moves half the selected inventory slot into the cursor if empty. Places a single item from the cursor stack to the selected inventory slot when holding an item.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Y}}
| Stack split
| Transfers half of the selected stack to the other inventory.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Y}}
| Inventory split
| Transfers half of all of the stacks (rounded up) of the selected stack type to the other inventory. If an empty slot is clicked half of all stacks are transferred.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Y}}
| Fast entity split
| Transfers half of the held stack into the selected entity or if the cursor is empty takes half of anything the entity has and transfers it to your player.
|-
| {{Keybinding|mmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|ZR|Y}}
| Toggle filter
| Create a filter for the selected inventory slot so only the selected item type can be placed in that slot. Clear shortcut on quickbar.
|-
| {{Keybinding|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|Y}}
| Open item's GUI
|}

=== [[Quickbar]] / [[Quick panel]] ===
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|X}}
| Rotate active quickbars
|-
| Not set
| Next active quickbar
| Selects the next quickbar for the top quickbar.
|-
| Not set
| Previous active quickbar
| Selects the previous quickbar for the top quickbar.
|-
| {{Keybinding|1}}
| Shortcut 1
|-
| {{Keybinding|2}}
| Shortcut 2
|-
| {{Keybinding|3}}
| Shortcut 3
|-
| {{Keybinding|4}}
| Shortcut 4
|-
| {{Keybinding|5}}
| Shortcut 5
|-
| {{Keybinding|6}}
| Shortcut 6
|-
| {{Keybinding|7}}
| Shortcut 7
|-
| {{Keybinding|8}}
| Shortcut 8
|-
| {{Keybinding|9}}
| Shortcut 9
|-
| {{Keybinding|0}}
| Shortcut 10
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 1
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 2
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 3
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 4
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 5
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 6
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 7
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 8
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 9
|-
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 10
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|1}}
| Select quickbar 1
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|2}}
| Select quickbar 2
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|3}}
| Select quickbar 3
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|4}}
| Select quickbar 4
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|5}}
| Select quickbar 5
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|6}}
| Select quickbar 6
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|7}}
| Select quickbar 7
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|8}}
| Select quickbar 8
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|9}}
| Select quickbar 9
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|0}}
| Select quickbar 10
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! Nintendo Switch key combination
! Effect
|-
| {{Keybinding|L}}
| Show quick panel
|-
| {{Keybinding|Up}}
| Next page
|-
| {{Keybinding|Down}}
| Previous page
|-
| {{Keybinding|Right}}
| Next tab
|-
| {{Keybinding|Left}}
| Previous tab
|}
</div>

=== Tools ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|C}}
| {{Keybinding|Left SL}}
| Copy
| Select an area of entities to be [[Copy and paste|copied]].
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|X}}
| Not set
| Cut
| Select an area of entities to be [[Copy and paste|copied and marked for deconstruction]].
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|V}}
| {{Keybinding|Left SR}}
| Paste
| Paste the last [[Copy and paste|copied entities]].
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|mwu}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Up}}
| Next clipboard
| Cycle the clipboard history while holding the paste tool.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|mwd}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|Down}}
| Previous clipboard
| Cycle the clipboard history while holding the paste tool.
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|Z}}
| Not set
| Undo
| Undo some actions such as manual entity building/removal, placing of blueprints and usage of the deconstruction planner.
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt|B}}
| Not set
| Make new [[blueprint]]
|-
| Not set
| Not set
| Make new [[blueprint book]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt|D}}
| Not set
| Make new [[deconstruction planner]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt|U}}
| Not set
| Make new [[upgrade planner]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt|E}}
| Not set
| Toggle [[exoskeleton]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt|L}}
| Not set
| Toggle personal logistics requests
|-
| {{Keybinding|alt|R}}
| Not set
| Toggle [[personal roboport]]
|}

=== Panels ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|F1}}
| Not set
| Open character logistics
|-
|
| Not set
| Open character info
|-
| {{Keybinding|F2}}
| Not set
| Open character crafting
|-
| {{Keybinding|esc}}
| {{Keybinding|+}}
| Toggle menu
|-
| {{Keybinding|M}}
| {{Keybinding|-}}
| Toggle world map
|-
|
| {{Keybinding|B}}
| Close menu
| Cancel and return to the previous menu. Usable only in main menu.
|-
| {{Keybinding|T}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|-}}
| Toggle technology screen
|-
| {{Keybinding|P}}
| Not set
| Toggle [[production statistics]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|L}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|-}}
| Toggle [[logistic network]]s
|-
| {{Keybinding|B}}
| Not set
| Toggle [[blueprint library]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|O}}
| Not set
| Toggle train overview
|}

=== Miscellaneous ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination<br>(Alternative)
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
! Description
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|space}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|+}}
| Pause game
|-
| {{Keybinding|tab}}
| {{Keybinding|B}}
| Confirm message
|-
| {{Keybinding|BACKSPACE}}
| {{Keybinding|Left}}
| Select previous technology
| Usable only in the technology screen. Selects the technology you previously had selected.
|-
| {{Keybinding|BACKSPACE}}<br>({{Keybinding|Mouse button 4}})
| Not set
| Select previous mod
| Usable only in the mods GUI. Selects the mod you previously had selected.
|-
| {{Keybinding|G}}
| Not set
| Connect train
| Connects the selected train or the train you're driving to any adjacent trains.
|-
| {{Keybinding|V}}
| Not set
| Disconnect train
| Disconnects the selected rolling stock or the rolling stock you are in from the rest of the train.
|-
| {{Keybinding|F10}}
| Not set
| Next player in [[replay system|replay]]
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZL|A}}
| Order to follow
| Used with [[spidertron remote]] to force the connected [[spidertron]] follow the given target.
|}

=== Editor ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
|-
| {{Keybinding|mmb}}
| Not set
| Next variation
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|mmb}}
| Not set
| Previous variation
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|mmb}}
| Not set
| Clone item
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|mmb}}
| Not set
| Delete item
|-
| {{Keybinding|Numpad 0}}
| Not set
| Toggle entity paused
|-
| {{Keybinding|Numpad .}}
| Not set
| Tick once
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|Numpad +}}
| Not set
| Increase game speed
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|Numpad -}}
| Not set
| Decrease game speed
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|Numpad *}}
| Not set
| Reset game speed to 1
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Y}}
| Set clone brush source
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|lmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|A}}
| Set clone brush destination
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl}}
| Not set
| Switch to surface #
| Switches to the surface number pressed in combination with this hotkey: CTRL + 3 -> switches to surface 3.
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|rmb}}
| {{Keybinding|ZR|Y}}
| Remove scripting object
|}

=== [[Debug mode|Debug]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! PC key combination
! Nintendo Switch key<br>combination
! Effect
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|F3}}
| Not set
| Toggle atlas GUI
|-
| {{Keybinding|F4}}
| Not set
| Toggle debug settings GUI
|-
| {{Keybinding|F5}}
| Not set
| Toggle basic debug
|-
| {{Keybinding|F9}}
| Not set
| Reset zoom level
|-
| {{Keybinding|shift|F9}}
| Not set
| Set zoom level to 2x
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|F5}}
| Not set
| Toggle GUI debug
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|F6}}
| Not set
| Toggle GUI style view
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|F7}}
| Not set
| Toggle GUI shadows
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|F8}}
| Not set
| Toggle GUI glows
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|shift|E}}
| Not set
| Open prototypes GUI
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|shift|F}}
| Not set
| Open prototype explorer GUI
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|numplus}}
| Not set
| Increase UI scale
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|numminus}}
| Not set
| Decrease UI scale
|-
| {{Keybinding|ctrl|Numpad 0}}
| Not set
| Reset UI scale to automatic
|}

== See also ==

* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6687 Some tips for players with disabilities]
* [[Tutorial:Script_interfaces#Custom_input|Creating keybindings in mods]]
** [[Prototype/CustomInput|Keybinding prototype documentation]]

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