Complete NVIDIA Omniverse keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 14 shortcuts across 2 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
These 32 shortcuts are NVIDIA's common set for Omniverse - the same bindings documented for USD Composer, Isaac Sim, Omniverse Code, Create XR, and Omniverse on DGX Cloud. Learn them once and they carry across every Kit-based app.
The viewport is where most of them live, and it works like a first-person game bolted onto a 3D editor: hold the right mouse button and steer with W, A, S, D, plus Q and E for vertical movement. While any move command is active, Shift doubles the speed and Ctrl halves it - NVIDIA documents this modifier pair explicitly, and it is the single most useful thing to know when a scene is either crawling past or flying by.
Beyond navigation, the set splits into selection (Ctrl + A, Ctrl + I, Esc), asset control (duplicate with Ctrl + D, instance with Ctrl + Shift + I, group with Ctrl + G), and a small Paint Tool cluster where B plus the scroll wheel sizes the brush. If a binding here does not match your installed app, the Hotkeys extension in Omniverse lets you inspect and rebind actions - the in-product list is authoritative for your version.
| Shortcut | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| RMB + W | Move Forward | Alternate input: RMB + Up Arrow. Hold Shift to double movement speed, Ctrl to halve it. |
| RMB + S | Move Backward | Alternate input: RMB + Down Arrow. |
| RMB + A | Move Left | Alternate input: RMB + Left Arrow. |
| RMB + D | Move Right | Alternate input: RMB + Right Arrow. |
| RMB + Q | Move Up | Alternate input: RMB + Page Up. |
| RMB + E | Move Down | Alternate input: RMB + Page Down. |
| RMB + Ctrl + MMW | Adjust Move Speed Incrementally | Scroll the middle mouse wheel while holding RMB and Ctrl. |
| Scroll Wheel | Move Forward / Backwards | Alternate input: Alt + RMB. |
| LMB | Select | Left-click selects the asset under the cursor. |
| Alt + LMB | Orbit / Rotate View | Orbits the camera around the current pivot. |
| MMB (Hold) | Pan / Slide View | Hold the middle mouse button and drag. |
| RMB (Hold) | Look | Hold the right mouse button to look around. |
| RMB (Click) | Invoke Contextual Menus | A single right-click opens the context menu. |
| Shift + H | Toggle De-clutter Visualization | Toggles between normal and de-clutter visualization modes. |
| F | Focus on Selected Asset | Frames the current selection in the viewport. |
| F7 | Toggle UI Visibility | Enables and disables the visibility of the UI. |
| F11 | Toggle Full Screen | Toggles full screen mode. |
| F10 | Capture Screen Shot | Saves a screenshot of the viewport. |
| Shortcut | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + A | Select All | Selects all assets in the current scene. |
| Ctrl + I | Invert Selection | Selects all assets not selected and deselects all selected assets. |
| Esc | Deselect All | Deselects all assets in the current scene. |
| Shortcut | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + S | Save File | Saves the current stage. |
| Ctrl + O | Open File | Opens a file. |
| Shortcut | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Del | Delete Selected Asset | Deletes the selected asset from the stage. |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Create Instance | Creates an instance of the current asset. |
| Ctrl + D | Duplicate Asset | Duplicates the current asset. |
| Ctrl + G | Group Assets | Groups selected assets into a container. |
| H | Toggle Asset Visibility | Toggles the selected asset's visibility. |
| Shortcut | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Space | Play / Pause Animations | Plays or pauses animations on the stage. |
| B + MMW | Brush Size | Adjusts the Paint Tool brush size with the middle mouse wheel. |
| Shift + LMB | Erase | Erases with the Paint Tool. |
| Ctrl + B | Toggle Paint Mode | Enters or exits Paint Mode. |
Yes - this is the common set NVIDIA publishes identically for USD Composer, Isaac Sim, Omniverse Code, Create XR, Web SDK apps, and Omniverse on DGX Cloud. Individual apps can add their own bindings on top via the Hotkeys extension.
Hold the right mouse button and use W, A, S, D to move, Q and E for up and down, or the arrow keys and Page Up / Page Down as alternates. Alt + left-click orbits, the middle mouse button pans, and F frames the selected asset.
Hold Shift during any move command to double the speed, or Ctrl to halve it. RMB + Ctrl + scroll wheel adjusts the base move speed incrementally.
Yes. The Hotkeys extension in Omniverse apps lists every action binding, is searchable, and lets you reassign keys or combinations.
Open your assistant with this page preloaded as the source — great for follow-up questions like "which of these work in other apps?"