Controls

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 or when using a controller/gamepad on PC, the controls are set by pressing A and cleared by pressing Y.

Keyboard and mouse settings

Vehicle driving mode can be switched between "Heading" and "Steering". When using a mouse and keyboard, the options have the following effects:

• Heading: Pressing in a direction will make vehicles automatically turn and accelerate to that side of the screen.
• Steering: Pressing up/down will make vehicles accelerate/brake. Pressing left/right will make vehicles turn in that direction.

When using a controller, the options have the following effects:

• Heading: Moving the stick in a direction will make vehicles automatically turn and accelerate to that side of the screen.
• Steering: Moving the stick up/down will make vehicles accelerate/brake.\nMoving the stick left/right will make vehicles turn in that direction.

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	X	Open character screen
Left mouse button	A	Open object's GUI
E	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
CTRL + SHIFT  + Left mouse button		Super-forced build	Super-forced build. Automatically builds terrain under entities where needed and marks colliding entities in the way for deconstruction.
Q	B	Clear cursor	Returns the item in the cursor stack to the player's inventory. Also cancels wire placement and rail planning.
Q	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 the item held in the cursor or the selected entity clockwise.
SHIFT + R	Left	Reverse rotate	Rotates the item held in the cursor or the selected entity counterclockwise.
H	ZL + Right	Flip horizontal
V	ZL + Left	Flip 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.
SHIFT + SPACE	ZR + R	Shoot selected	Shoots at whatever you have selected, or for some weapons shoots at the location of the cursor.
C	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
Right mouse button		Use item
SHIFT + Right mouse button		Queue command
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.
G	Up	Toggle rail layer	When a rail planner is used, changes if the rails should end on ground or elevated.

Advanced interaction

PC key combination (Alternative)	Nintendo Switch key combination	Effect	Description
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.
CTRL + SHIFT  + Left mouse button		Select for super-forced deconstruction
Right mouse button	Y	Reverse select	Activates Downgrade mode with the upgrade planner.
CTRL + Left mouse button		Deselect
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 selecting a stop in the locomotive GUI minimap or main map to add it 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 selecting in the locomotive GUI minimap or main map to quickly go to that location by adding a temporary stop to the schedule.
CTRL + Left mouse button		Rename all	Usable only in specific rename GUIs, such as renaming a train stop. Hold this modifier while submitting the rename to rename all with that name.
SHIFT + Left mouse button		Fast-add wait condition	Usable only in the space platform schedule GUI, for request satisfied wait conditions.
Left mouse button	Not set	Drag map	Usable only in the map.
Left mouse button (SHIFT + Left mouse button)	Not set	Move tag
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, stop, or train.
CTRL + ALT  + Left mouse button	Not set	Ping a map location	Quickly create a map ping at the selected location and link to it in the chat.
ALT + Right mouse button	Not set	Pin	Pin the selected entity or position.
SHIFT	Not set	Activate tooltip	Show the tooltip when the tooltip delay is set to a large value or "Never".
Down	ZL + ZR  + Down	Select next surface	Move to the next surface in the surface list in remote view.
Up	ZL + ZR  + Up	Select previous surface	Move to the previous surface in the surface list in remote view.
ALT + Mouse wheel up	Not set	Increase quality	Increases quality of current cursor item or selection screen.
ALT + Mouse wheel down	Not set	Decrease quality	Lowers quality of current cursor item or selection screen.
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up		Scroll tooltip up	Scroll the entity tooltip up (only applies when attached to the right side of the view).
SHIFT + Mouse wheel up		Scroll tooltip down	Scroll tooltip down (only applies when attached to the right side of the view).

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 selected, all items are transferred.
CTRL + Left mouse button	ZL + A	Fast entity transfer	Transfers the held stack into the selected entity, or takes anything the entity has and transfers it to your inventory if the cursor is empty.
Right mouse button	Y	Cursor split	Moves half of the selected inventory slot into the cursor if empty. Places a single item from the cursor stack into 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 selected, 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 takes half of anything the entity has and transfers it to your inventory if the cursor is empty.
Middle mouse button	ZL + ZR  + Y	Toggle filter	Creates/removes a filter for the selected inventory slot. Only the selected item type can be placed in the filtered slot. Clear shortcut on quickbar.
Right mouse button	Y	Open item's GUI
SHIFT + Right mouse button	ZR + Y	Copy Inventory filter
SHIFT + Left mouse button	ZR + B	Paste Inventory filter

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.
CTRL + Y	Not set	Redo
CTRL + Y	Not set	Artillery targeting remote
ALT + B	Not set	Make new blueprint
Not set	Not set	Make new blueprint book
ALT + C	Not set	Copper wire connection mode
ALT + D	Not set	Make new deconstruction planner
ALT + Y	Not set	Discharge defense remote
ALT + G	Not set	Green wire connection mode
ALT + R	Not set	Red wire connection mode
ALT + A	Not set	Spidertron remote
ALT + U	Not set	Make new upgrade planner
ALT + E	Not set	Toggle exoskeleton
ALT + L	Not set	Toggle personal logistics requests
ALT + F	Not set	Toggle personal roboport

Panels

PC key combination	Nintendo Switch key combination	Effect	Description
F1	Not set	Open character logistics
F2	Not set	Open character info
F3	Not set	Open character crafting
Escape	+	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
ALT + Left mouse button	Not set	Open factoriopedia	Opens the factoriopedia entry for the currently hovered object.
ALT + Left	Not set	Back	Go to the last opened window.
ALT + Right	Not set	Forward	Go forward in the opened window queue.

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.
CTRL + Up	Not set	Move blueprint absolute grid up
CTRL + Down	Not set	Move blueprint absolute grid down
CTRL + Left	Not set	Move blueprint absolute grid left
CTRL + Right	Not set	Move blueprint absolute grid right
SHIFT + Up	Not set	Move blueprint entities up
SHIFT + Down	Not set	Move blueprint entities down
SHIFT + Left	Not set	Move blueprint entities left
SHIFT + Right	Not set	Move blueprint entities right
Not set	Not set	Play the nest music track
Not set	Not set	Play the previous music track	Up to 5 previous tracks are remembered.
Not set	Not set	Pause/Resume music

Editor

PC key combination	Nintendo Switch key combination	Effect	Description
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
CTRL + SHIFT  + F11	Not set	/editor
Not set	Not set	Toggle entity

See also

• Some tips for players with disabilities
• Creating keybindings in mods
  • Keybinding prototype documentation