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===Useful Key Bindings===
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.


'''There are a lot more key binding, this lists only the most important!
On the [[Nintendo Switch version|Nintendo Switch]] controls are set by pressing {{Keybinding|A}} and cleared by pressing {{Keybinding|Y}}.


All the keys and key combinations can be found in the controls of the game option! Please look into that for further commands!
=== Movement ===
<onlyinclude>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key Bindings
! PC key combination
!Key Combination!!Effect
! Effect
|-
|-
|ALT||Show extra info
| {{Keybinding|W}}
| Move up
|-
|-
|T||Open Technology screen
| {{Keybinding|D}}
| Move right
|-
|-
|Q||Next weapon OR clear cursor
| {{Keybinding|A}}
| Move left
|-
|-
|R||Rotate entity
| {{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
|-
|-
|Z||Drop item on ground
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 7
|-
|-
|F||Pick up items from ground
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 8
|-
|-
|SPACE||Shoot targets enemy
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 9
|-
|-
|C||Shoot towards cursor
| Not set
| Secondary shortcut 10
|-
|-
|ENTER||Enter/Exit vehicle
| {{Keybinding|shift|1}}
| Select quickbar 1
|-
|-
|X||Change active tollbar
| {{Keybinding|shift|2}}
| Select quickbar 2
|-
|-
|P||Production statistics (exit via esc or P)
| {{Keybinding|shift|3}}
| Select quickbar 3
|-
|-
|M||World map (exit via esc or M)
| {{Keybinding|shift|4}}
| Select quickbar 4
|-
|-
|G||Connect train (with wagon)
| {{Keybinding|shift|5}}
| Select quickbar 5
|-
|-
|V||Disconnect last train wagon
| {{Keybinding|shift|6}}
| Select quickbar 6
|-
|-
|SHIFT+SPACE||Pause game
| {{Keybinding|shift|7}}
| Select quickbar 7
|-
|-
|Tilde||Open console
| {{Keybinding|shift|8}}
| Select quickbar 8
|-
|-
|SHIFT+LMB||Transfer a stack between inventories
| {{Keybinding|shift|9}}
| Select quickbar 9
|-
|-
|CTRL+LMB||Transfer all of an item to inventory
| {{Keybinding|shift|0}}
| Select quickbar 10
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! Nintendo Switch key combination
! Effect
|-
|-
|MiddleMouse||set filter on toolbelt
| {{Keybinding|L}}
| Show quick panel
|-
|-
|SHIFT+RMB||split stack of item in half
| {{Keybinding|Up}}
| Next page
|-
|-
|CTRL+LMB ||Fetch all items into inventory without opening device
| {{Keybinding|Down}}
| Previous page
|-
|-
|SHIFT+RMB||Set selected production building manufacturing as copy
| {{Keybinding|Right}}
| Next tab
|-
|-
|SHIFT+LMB||places copy on other production building of same kind
| {{Keybinding|Left}}
| Previous tab
|}
|}
</onlyinclude>
</div>


There are some extra things you can do that are hard to explain in that table. Things like placing items in an inventory without opening it is a CTRL+LMB with the item in hand and clicking on the inventory. You can do the same thing with splitting a stack from an item in hand straight into an inventory. Experiment with it!
=== 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]]
|}


Crafting is another thing. LMB crafts 1, RMB crafts 5 and SHIFT+LMB crafts that maximum you are able to built.
=== 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
|}


== Reset your keybindings ==
=== 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
|}


Show into [[Application Directory]]: you need to delete the configuration-file, at game start a new is created with the default settings.
=== [[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 ==
== See also ==


* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6687 Some tips for players with disabilities]
* [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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Latest revision as of 00:01, 28 October 2024

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 controls are set by pressing A and cleared by pressing Y.

Movement

PC key combination Effect
W Move up
D Move right
A Move left
S Move down
Nintendo Switch key combination Effect
Left Stick Move
Right Stick Look

Basic interaction

PC key combination
(Alternative)
Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
E
(Mouse button 4)
X Open character screen
Left mouse button A Open object's GUI
E
(Mouse button 4)
X Confirm window
Press Right Stick Toggle free cursor
Right mouse button Y Mine
Left mouse button A Build
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Build ghost
Q
(Mouse button 5)
B Clear cursor Returns the item in the cursor stack to the player's inventory. Also cancels wire placement and rail planning.
Q
(Mouse button 5)
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.
R Right Rotate Rotates (clockwise) the item held in the cursor or the selected entity.
SHIFT + R Left Reverse rotate Rotates (counter-clockwise) the item held in the cursor or the selected entity.
F ZL + Right Flip blueprint horizontal
G ZL + Left Flip blueprint vertical
F Down Pick up items on the ground
Z ZL + Down Drop item Drop one item of what you are holding on the ground, on a belt or into a machine.
ALT Up Toggle "Alt-mode" Toggles showing additional information about built entities such as recipes in assembling machines and container contents.
SPACE R Shoot enemy Shoots at the nearest enemy to the cursor, or for some weapons shoots at the location of the cursor.
C ZR + R Shoot selected Shoots at whatever you have selected, or for some weapons shoots at the location of the cursor.
Tab ZL + R Next weapon Cycles to the next equipped weapon.
ENTER ZR + X Enter/Leave vehicle Enters or exits a vehicle you're standing next to or driving.
Mouse wheel up
(SHIFT + Mouse wheel up)
ZR + Up Zoom in
Mouse wheel down
(SHIFT + Mouse wheel down)
ZR + Down Zoom out
GRAVE ZL + ZR  + - Toggle chat (and Lua console)
SHIFT + Right mouse button ZR + Y Copy entity settings Copies settings from the selected entity. Note that for pasting to work, the source entity must still exist.
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Paste entity settings Pastes settings from the previous copied entity.

Advanced interaction

PC key combination
(Alternative)
Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
Left mouse button
(CTRL + Left mouse button)
A Select for blueprint Select the entities for blueprinting, upgrading or deconstruction.
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Select for deconstruction cancellation Select to cancel upgrading or deconstruction.
Right mouse button Y Reverse select Activates Downgrade mode with the upgrade planner.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up ZL + Up Blueprint book next When holding a blueprint book in the cursor, cycles the active blueprint to the next available blueprint.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel down ZL + Down Blueprint book previous When holding a blueprint book in the cursor, cycles the active blueprint to the previous available blueprint.
CTRL + f Right SR Focus search
Numpad + Up Larger tile building area Increases the size of the placement area for tiles.
Numpad - Down Smaller tile building area Decreases the size of the placement area for tiles.
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Remove pole cables Removes wires from the selected electric pole, starting with electric wires and then circuit network wires.
CTRL + Left mouse button 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.
SHIFT + Left mouse button 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.
CTRL + Left mouse button 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.
Left mouse button Not set Drag map Usable only in the map.
SHIFT + Left mouse button 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.
CTRL + ALT  + Left mouse button Not set Ping a map location Quickly create a map ping at the selected location and link it in the chat.
Mouse wheel up ZR + Up Zoom into world Usable only in the map. Zoom with ability to zoom into world view from map view.
Mouse wheel down ZR + Down Zoom out of world Usable only in the map. Zoom with ability to zoom into map view from world view.
SHIFT Not set Activate tooltip Show the tooltip when the tooltip delay is set to a large value or "Never".

Crafting

PC key combination Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
Left mouse button A Craft 1 Usable only in the recipe GUI. Crafts 1 of a given recipe.
Right mouse button Y Craft 5 Usable only in the recipe GUI. Crafts 5 of a given recipe.
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Craft all Usable only in the recipe GUI. Crafts as many as possible of a given recipe.
Left mouse button A Cancel crafting 1 Usable only in the crafting queue.
Right mouse button Y Cancel crafting 5 Usable only in the crafting queue.
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Cancel crafting all Usable only in the crafting queue.

Inventory

PC key combination Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
Left mouse button A Pick up/drop item stack
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Stack transfer Transfers the selected stack to the other inventory.
CTRL + Left mouse button 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.
CTRL + Left mouse button 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.
Right mouse button 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.
SHIFT + Right mouse button ZR + Y Stack split Transfers half of the selected stack to the other inventory.
CTRL + Right mouse button 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.
CTRL + Right mouse button 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.
Middle mouse button 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.
Right mouse button Y Open item's GUI

Quickbar / Quick panel

PC key combination Effect Description
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.
1 Shortcut 1
2 Shortcut 2
3 Shortcut 3
4 Shortcut 4
5 Shortcut 5
6 Shortcut 6
7 Shortcut 7
8 Shortcut 8
9 Shortcut 9
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
SHIFT + 1 Select quickbar 1
SHIFT + 2 Select quickbar 2
SHIFT + 3 Select quickbar 3
SHIFT + 4 Select quickbar 4
SHIFT + 5 Select quickbar 5
SHIFT + 6 Select quickbar 6
SHIFT + 7 Select quickbar 7
SHIFT + 8 Select quickbar 8
SHIFT + 9 Select quickbar 9
SHIFT + 0 Select quickbar 10
Nintendo Switch key combination Effect
L Show quick panel
Up Next page
Down Previous page
Right Next tab
Left Previous tab

Tools

PC key combination Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
CTRL + C Left SL Copy Select an area of entities to be copied.
CTRL + X Not set Cut Select an area of entities to be copied and marked for deconstruction.
CTRL + V Left SR Paste Paste the last copied entities.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up ZL + Up Next clipboard Cycle the clipboard history while holding the paste tool.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel down ZL + Down Previous clipboard Cycle the clipboard history while holding the paste tool.
CTRL + Z Not set Undo Undo some actions such as manual entity building/removal, placing of blueprints and usage of the deconstruction planner.
ALT + B Not set Make new blueprint
Not set Not set Make new blueprint book
ALT + D Not set Make new deconstruction planner
ALT + U Not set Make new upgrade planner
ALT + E Not set Toggle exoskeleton
ALT + L Not set Toggle personal logistics requests
ALT + R Not set Toggle personal roboport

Panels

PC key combination Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
F1 Not set Open character logistics
Not set Open character info
F2 Not set Open character crafting
ESC + Toggle menu
M - Toggle world map
B Close menu Cancel and return to the previous menu. Usable only in main menu.
T ZL + - Toggle technology screen
P Not set Toggle production statistics
L ZR + - Toggle logistic networks
B Not set Toggle blueprint library
O Not set Toggle train overview

Miscellaneous

PC key combination
(Alternative)
Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect Description
SHIFT + SPACE ZR + + Pause game
TAB B Confirm message
BACKSPACE Left Select previous technology Usable only in the technology screen. Selects the technology you previously had selected.
BACKSPACE
(Mouse button 4)
Not set Select previous mod Usable only in the mods GUI. Selects the mod you previously had selected.
G Not set Connect train Connects the selected train or the train you're driving to any adjacent trains.
V Not set Disconnect train Disconnects the selected rolling stock or the rolling stock you are in from the rest of the train.
F10 Not set Next player in replay
CTRL + Left mouse button ZL + A Order to follow Used with spidertron remote to force the connected spidertron follow the given target.

Editor

PC key combination Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect
Middle mouse button Not set Next variation
SHIFT + Middle mouse button Not set Previous variation
SHIFT + Middle mouse button Not set Clone item
CTRL + Middle mouse button Not set Delete item
Numpad 0 Not set Toggle entity paused
Numpad . Not set Tick once
SHIFT + Numpad + Not set Increase game speed
SHIFT + Numpad - Not set Decrease game speed
SHIFT + Numpad * Not set Reset game speed to 1
SHIFT + Right mouse button ZR + Y Set clone brush source
SHIFT + Left mouse button ZR + A Set clone brush destination
CTRL Not set Switch to surface # Switches to the surface number pressed in combination with this hotkey: CTRL + 3 -> switches to surface 3.
SHIFT + Right mouse button ZR + Y Remove scripting object

Debug

PC key combination Nintendo Switch key
combination
Effect
CTRL + F3 Not set Toggle atlas GUI
F4 Not set Toggle debug settings GUI
F5 Not set Toggle basic debug
F9 Not set Reset zoom level
SHIFT + F9 Not set Set zoom level to 2x
CTRL + F5 Not set Toggle GUI debug
CTRL + F6 Not set Toggle GUI style view
CTRL + F7 Not set Toggle GUI shadows
CTRL + F8 Not set Toggle GUI glows
CTRL + SHIFT  + E Not set Open prototypes GUI
CTRL + SHIFT  + F Not set Open prototype explorer GUI
CTRL + Numpad + Not set Increase UI scale
CTRL + Numpad - Not set Decrease UI scale
CTRL + Numpad 0 Not set Reset UI scale to automatic

See also