NVIDIA Omniverse keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Linux

Q: Which keys switch between the Move, Rotate and Scale tools?

W selects Move, E Rotate and R Scale. Q returns from a transform mode to select, and T toggles between selection by prim type and selection by model kind.

Default keyboard and mouse bindings for NVIDIA Omniverse Kit apps, from the USD Composer documentation and shared extension pages: viewport navigation, selection and transform tools, files and assets, animation timeline and Curve Editor, paint, curve and measure tools, and the Material Graph editor. NVIDIA prints one list for Windows and Linux and names no Kit version. Camera keys act only with the right mouse button held; W, E and R alone switch the Move, Rotate and Scale tools.

73 shortcuts in 7 sections. Checked row by row against NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer documentation on 7 October 2026. Edited by Jay.

Viewport navigation 17

While a move key is held, Shift doubles the movement speed and Ctrl halves it.

NVIDIA's pages disagree on Q and E. The Keyboard Shortcuts table lists Q (alternate Page Up) as Move Up and E (alternate Page Down) as Move Down; the Viewport Navigation key chart and the USD Explorer fly-mode chart say Q moves down and E moves up.

The Viewport Navigation page also gives H as the Home control, which returns the camera to the scene origin, while the shortcut table uses H for asset visibility. The same page warns that not all navigation tools are available in all apps.

Action	Windows / Linux
Move forwardHold the right mouse button to fly ahead; Shift doubles and Ctrl halves the speed.	`Right-click`+`W`or`Right-click`+`Up`
Move backwardBacks the camera away along the direction it is looking.	`Right-click`+`S`or`Right-click`+`Down`
Move left	`Right-click`+`A`or`Right-click`+`Left`
Move right	`Right-click`+`D`or`Right-click`+`Right`
Move up or downNVIDIA's pages disagree on which of the two keys rises, so try both; the note under this table quotes each page.	`Right-click`+`Q`or`Right-click`+`E`
Move vertically, alternate keysStand in for Q and E while the right mouse button is held.	`Right-click`+`Page Up`or`Right-click`+`Page Down`
Adjust move speedChanges the fly speed step by step while the right button and Ctrl are held; NVIDIA writes the wheel as MMW.	`Right-click`+`Ctrl`+`Scroll`
Dolly forward or backScrolling moves the camera along its view; Alt with the right mouse button is the alternate input.	`Scroll`or`Alt`+`Right-click`
Orbit the viewHold both and move the mouse to rotate the camera around the object you focused on.	`Alt`+`Click`
Pan the viewHold the middle button and move the mouse to slide the camera sideways or vertically.	`Middle-click`
Look aroundHold the button and move the mouse to turn the camera on its own center point.	`Right-click`
Open context menuA single click, not a hold, brings up the menu for the item under the pointer.	`Right-click`
Select an assetLeft-click selects the asset under the cursor.	`Click`
Focus on selectionFrames the selected asset in the viewport; pressed with nothing selected, it un-focuses.	`F`
Teleport the cameraHold to aim a target, set the facing direction with the left mouse button, then release it; letting go of Y cancels.	`Y`
Set orbit point in USD ExplorerUSD Explorer marks the spot with circles and locks the orbit onto it.	`Double-click`
Toggle teleport arc in USD ExplorerShows or hides the arc drawn by the teleport tool of USD Explorer.	`U`

Selection and transform tools 8

Action	Windows / Linux
Select allEvery asset on the stage becomes part of the selection.	`Ctrl`+`A`
Invert selectionSwaps the selected and unselected assets.	`Ctrl`+`I`
Deselect allClears the selection for every asset in the scene.	`Esc`
Switch to select modeLeaves a transform tool and returns to plain selection.	`Q`
Toggle selection modeFlips between picking by prim type and picking by model kind.	`T`
Move toolPuts the manipulator in translate mode for the object you selected.	`W`
Rotate toolPuts the manipulator in rotate mode; drag a ring to turn the object about one axis.	`E`
Scale toolPuts the manipulator in scale mode; dragging its center resizes all three directions uniformly.	`R`

Files and assets 8

Action	Windows / Linux
Save fileWrites the open stage back to its USD file.	`Ctrl`+`S`
Open fileBrings up the file dialog for choosing a USD stage.	`Ctrl`+`O`
Delete selected assetRemoves the selected prim from the stage.	`Delete`
Create instanceMakes a memory-friendly but inflexible copy of the asset.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`I`
Duplicate assetCopies the asset onto the layer that is currently selected.	`Ctrl`+`D`
Group assetsPuts the selected assets into one group container.	`Ctrl`+`G`
Toggle asset visibilityHides the selected asset in the viewport, or shows it again.	`H`
Rename primStarts renaming the selected prim; NVIDIA mentions it in the USD Composer skills tutorials.	`F2`

Interface and windows 7

These are defaults. The Hotkeys window lists actions per window and lets you rebind them; a global hotkey works anywhere in the application unless a hotkey of the focused window overrides it.

Action	Windows / Linux
Toggle UI visibilityThe same switch is the UI Toggle Visibility item of the Layout menu.	`F7`
Toggle full screenMatches Fullscreen Mode in the Layout menu.	`F11`
Capture screenshotSaves a screen capture, like Capture Screenshot in the Edit menu.	`F10`
Toggle de-clutter modeSwitches the viewport between standard and declutter visualization.	`Shift`+`H`
Open QuickSearchLists search categories such as Actions, Commands, Material and Settings; NVIDIA labels the extensions beta.	`Tab`
Open Profiler windowWorks once the Profiler extension is enabled; Window > Profiler opens it as well.	`F8`
Run scriptExecutes the code in the Script Editor's Python tab, like the Run button.	`Ctrl`+`Enter`

Animation timeline and curve editor 11

Action	Windows / Linux
Play or pause animationStarts timeline playback on the stage, or halts it when already running.	`Space`
Key AllKeys every transform plus visibility on the selected prims in one step.	`Alt`+`S`
Copy keyframesWorks on keys selected in the Timeline or in the Curve Editor.	`Ctrl`+`C`
Paste keyframesIn the Curve Editor the keys land on the selected curve at the current frame.	`Ctrl`+`V`
Delete selected keysRemoves the keys picked in the Timeline or Curve Editor from their curves.	`Delete`
Move playhead onlyJumps the playhead without changing stage time, handy for duplicating an earlier pose.	`Middle-click`
Select a framePicks a single frame on the timeline so its keys can be moved.	`Shift`+`Click`
Select a frame rangeDrag from the first frame to the last and release; the selected area can then be dragged to shift its keys.	`Shift`+`Click`+`Drag`
Frame SelectedIn the Curve Editor, zooms the graph onto the keys you picked.	`F`
Frame AllFits every key of the displayed curves inside the Curve Editor graph.	`Ctrl`+`F`
Scale the graphStretches the Curve Editor view vertically or horizontally as the mouse moves.	`Alt`+`Right-click`

Paint, curve and measure tools 10

Action	Windows / Linux
Toggle Paint ModeIn Paint Mode the brush scatters assets or point instances over a surface.	`Ctrl`+`B`
Change brush sizeHold B and roll the mouse wheel to grow or shrink the brush.	`B`+`Scroll`
Erase with the brushHold Shift while pressing the left button to erase instead of paint.	`Shift`+`Click`
Undo last changeListed with the Paint Tool hot keys; Edit > Undo reverts changes newest to oldest.	`Ctrl`+`Z`
Place curve pointsWith the Bezier Curve Tool active, each click adds another control vertex.	`Shift`+`Click`
Draw a freehand curvePencil Tool: the curve appears when you let go of the mouse button.	`Shift`+`Click`+`Drag`
Finish the curveEnds Bezier curve creation; Stop Editing Control Vertices in the right-click menu does the same.	`Enter`
Complete a measurementNeeded for Multi Point and other measurements that have no fixed number of anchor points.	`Enter`or`Right-click`
Cancel a measurementAbandons the measurement you are still placing points for.	`Esc`
Delete a measurementSelect the measurement in the viewport first; the Measure Tool's Manager section can remove it too.	`Delete`

Material Graph editor 12

Action	Windows / Linux
Group selected nodesWraps the selection in a NodeGraph; it needs a valid node selection.	`Ctrl`+`G`
Ungroup NodeGraphApplies to the NodeGraph containers that are selected.	`Ctrl`+`U`
Frame nodesFrames the selected nodes, or the whole graph when nothing is selected.	`F`
Auto-layout nodesArranges every node on the current graph level, whatever the selection.	`Ctrl`+`L`
Expand nodesSets the open display state on all nodes of this graph level.	`1`
Minimize nodesShrinks the nodes of this graph level to their minimized state.	`2`
Close nodesPuts all nodes on this graph level into the closed display state.	`3`
Delete selected nodesRemoves whatever nodes are currently selected in the graph.	`Delete`
Force a connectionHold Ctrl and Shift while dragging a wire to skip the compatibility check.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Click`+`Drag`
Rewire a connectionDrag from a connected input to another output; the old incoming wire is replaced.	`Click`+`Drag`
Toggle compilation lockPauses or resumes material compilation in the Material Graph editor.	`Space`
Compile and lockUnpauses, compiles once and pauses again, for a single refresh pass.	`Ctrl`+`R`

Notes

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. One caution: NVIDIA's shortcut table and its navigation key charts name opposite directions for Q and E, so test the pair in your own build.

Beyond navigation, the common 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. The extension pages add the tool keys W, E and R, the Key All hotkey Alt + S for the timeline, and a separate set for the Material Graph editor. 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.

Questions

Do these shortcuts work in every Omniverse app?

The common table is published word for word in NVIDIA's USD Composer, USD Explorer and OpenUSD documentation sets, so it is the shared baseline for Kit-based apps. The Viewport Navigation page adds that not all navigation tools are available in all apps, and each app can add or rebind keys through the Hotkeys extension.

How do I move the camera in the Omniverse viewport?

Hold the right mouse button and use W, A, S, D to move, Q and E for vertical movement, 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. NVIDIA's pages disagree on whether Q or E is the upward key, so try both.

How do I speed up or slow down viewport movement?

Hold Shift during any move command to double the speed, or Ctrl to halve it. RMB + Ctrl + scroll wheel adjusts the move speed incrementally.

Which keys switch between the Move, Rotate and Scale tools?

W selects Move, E Rotate and R Scale. Q returns from a transform mode to select, and T toggles between selection by prim type and selection by model kind.

Can I customize Omniverse keyboard shortcuts?

Yes. The Hotkeys extension in Omniverse apps lists the actions of each window with their bindings, is searchable, and lets you reassign keys or combinations. Its menu can restore the defaults and import or export presets as JSON files.

Sources and checks

NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer documentation — Keyboard Shortcuts Common viewport, selection, file, asset, animation and Paint Tool keys
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Viewport Navigation Teleport key, walk-mode key chart, Home control
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Viewport Transform Manipulators Move, Rotate and Scale tool keys
NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer documentation — Selection Modes Selection mode hot keys
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Animation Timeline and key frames Timeline hot keys and frame selection
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Animation Curve Editor Curve Editor hot keys

10 more source pages

NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Paint Tool Paint Tool hot keys
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Material Graph: Hotkeys and Mouse Reference Material Graph editor default bindings
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Script Editor Run script key
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Profiler Window Profiler window key
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — QuickSearch QuickSearch key
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Measure Tool Measure Tool keys
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Curve Authoring Bezier Curve Tool and Pencil Tool input
NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer documentation — USD Composer Skills Rename key
NVIDIA Omniverse USD Explorer documentation — Navigation USD Explorer navigation keys and fly-mode key chart
NVIDIA Omniverse Extensions documentation — Hotkeys How default bindings are listed and changed

Every row on this page was matched to a line in the documentation above on 7 October 2026. A binding that could not be found there is not listed.

1 row from the earlier version of this page was removed in that check: duplicates, and bindings the documentation does not list or lists differently.

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