Houdini keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 332 Houdini 21 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+S — Save
Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
Ctrl+Alt+S — Incremental Save
Ctrl+O — Open File
Ctrl+N — New File
Ctrl+Q — Quit Houdini
Ctrl+M — Merge File
Ctrl+Shift+E — Export Alembic
Ctrl+F5 — Render to Disk
F5 — Render to MPlay
F6 — Open Render Scheduler
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
Ctrl+C — Copy
Ctrl+V — Paste
Ctrl+X — Cut
Delete — Delete Selected
Ctrl+A — Select All
Ctrl+Shift+A — Deselect All
Ctrl+D — Duplicate
Ctrl+G — Group Selection
Ctrl+F — Find Node
Ctrl+I — Invert Selection
MouseLeft — Select
Shift+MouseLeft — Add to Selection
Ctrl+MouseLeft — Remove from Selection
Ctrl+Shift+MouseLeft — Toggle Selection
MouseRight — Context Menu
Space — Tumble (Hold + LMB Drag)
Space — Track/Pan (Hold + MMB Drag)
Space — Dolly (Hold + RMB Drag)
Alt+MouseLeft — Tumble (Orbit)
Alt+MouseMiddle — Track (Pan)
Alt+MouseRight — Dolly (Zoom)
WheelUp — Zoom In
WheelDown — Zoom Out
Ctrl+Alt+MouseLeft — Box Zoom
Home — Home All (Frame All)
G — Home Selected (Frame Selected)
Shift+A — Frame All Objects
Shift+F — Frame Selected
Period — Focus on Selection
Numpad1 — Front View
Ctrl+Numpad1 — Back View
Numpad3 — Right View
Ctrl+Numpad3 — Left View
Numpad7 — Top View
Ctrl+Numpad7 — Bottom View
Numpad5 — Toggle Perspective/Orthographic
Numpad9 — UV View
Ctrl+Shift+C — Look Through Camera
Ctrl+Shift+L — Look Through Light
BracketLeft — Restore Camera View
Alt+O — Go to Object Level
Alt+S — Go to SOP Level
Alt+C — Go to COP Level
Ctrl+Shift+D — Go to DOP Level
Ctrl+Alt+H — Go to CHOP Level
Ctrl+Alt+O — Go to OUT (ROP) Level
Alt+M — Go to SHOP/Material Level
Alt+V — Go to VOP Level
S — Select Tool
T — Move Tool
R — Rotate Tool
E — Scale Tool
Enter — Handle Tool (Node-Specific Handles)
Escape — View Tool
Q — Repeat Last Tool
Quote — Cycle Handle Alignment
F8 — Toggle Object/Component Selection
2 — Select Points
3 — Select Edges
4 — Select Primitives (Faces)
5 — Select Vertices
6 — Select Particles
7 — Select Dynamics
1 — Select Objects
N — Select All Geometry
Shift+N — Select Nothing
Shift+G — Grow Selection
Shift+S — Shrink Selection
Shift+B — Select Boundary
9 — Convert Selection Type
Backquote — Reselect for Current Tool
Shift+Backquote — Toggle Secure Selection
X — Snapping Controls (Radial Menu)
Ctrl+J — Multi-Snapping
Insert — Toggle Pivot Mode
Shift+C — Toggle Construction Plane
O — Align Handle to Selection
Ctrl+O — Reset Handle Orientation
M — Merge Geometry
D — PolyExtrude (Quick)
Ctrl+K — Knife Tool
Ctrl+B — Bridge Edges
Ctrl+L — Edge Loop Split
F — Flip Edge
Ctrl+Shift+F — Fuse Points
V — View Controls (Radial Menu)
C — Current Radial Menu
D — Open Display Options
W — Toggle Wireframe/Shaded
Shift+W — Smooth Shaded Display
Ctrl+Shift+W — Smooth Wire Shaded
Shift+H — Hidden Line Invisible
Shift+Alt+H — Hidden Line Ghost
Shift+P — Toggle Point Display
Shift+N — Toggle Normal Display
Ctrl+Shift+G — Toggle Grid Display
Semicolon — Toggle Guide Display
J — Toggle Template Display
Alt+X — Toggle X-Ray Mode
Shift+U — Toggle UV Viewport Texture
I — Show Info Window
Alt+W — Maximize Viewport
Shift+T — Toggle Toolbar Display
Shift+M — Toggle Material Display
Shift+L — Toggle Headlight / Scene Lights
Shift+D — Toggle High Quality Lighting
Shift+Alt+B — Toggle Background Image
Alt+E — Toggle Environment Light
Shift+Alt+W — Toggle Shadows
Shift+Alt+R — Toggle Reflections
Alt+F — Toggle Volume Fog
Alt+0 — Show All Objects
Alt+9 — Solo Selected Objects
Ctrl+1 — Single Viewport Layout
Ctrl+2 — Quad Viewport Layout
Ctrl+3 — Two Views Stacked
Ctrl+4 — Two Views Side-by-Side
Ctrl+5 — Three Views (Bottom Split)
Ctrl+6 — Three Views (Left Split)
Ctrl+7 — Four Views (Bottom Split)
Ctrl+8 — Four Views (Left Split)
H — Hide/Show Selected Objects
Ctrl+H — Ghost Other Objects
Alt+H — Show All Objects
Escape — Cancel/Escape Current Operation
Alt+Backquote — Open Python Shell
Shift+Alt+Backquote — Open Textport
F11 — Toggle Full Screen
F1 — Open Help Browser
Shift+F1 — Context-Sensitive Help
Ctrl+Comma — Open Preferences
Ctrl+Shift+X — Radial Menu
Alt+P — New Floating Panel
Ctrl+W — Close Pane/Tab
Ctrl+B — Maximize Pane
Ctrl+T — New Tab
Ctrl+PageUp — Previous Tab
Ctrl+PageDown — Next Tab
Alt+BracketLeft — Split Pane Left/Right
Alt+BracketRight — Split Pane Top/Bottom
Shift+Alt+C — Tear Off Tab to Floating Window
Ctrl+L — Edit Location/Path as Text
Alt+A — Open Asset Manager
Ctrl+Shift+M — Open Material Palette
Ctrl+Shift+P — Open Performance Monitor
Alt+D — Show Dependency Links
Alt+1 — Switch Pane to Scene View
Alt+2 — Switch Pane to Network Editor
Alt+3 — Switch Pane to Parameters
Alt+4 — Switch Pane to Tree View
Alt+5 — Switch Pane to Textport
Alt+6 — Switch Pane to Channel Editor
Alt+7 — Switch Pane to Material Palette
Alt+8 — Switch Pane to Details View
Tab — Add Node (Tab Menu)
Equal — Add File Node
H — Frame All Nodes
G — Frame Selected Nodes
I — Dive Into Node
Enter — Enter Node (Double-Click)
U — Go Up One Level
Backquote — Go Back to Previous View
Alt+ArrowLeft — Previous Network Location
Alt+ArrowRight — Next Network Location
PageUp — Select Upstream Node
PageDown — Select Downstream Node
Shift+PageUp — Select Previous Sibling
Shift+PageDown — Select Next Sibling
O — Toggle Network Overview
L — Layout All Nodes
A — Select All Nodes
R — Toggle Display Flag
E — Toggle Render/Template Flag
B — Toggle Bypass Flag
Y — Toggle Lock Flag
P — Toggle Floating Parameter Editor
N — Toggle Node Names
S — Toggle Wire Splines
Shift+W — Toggle Network Hierarchy Tree
C — Toggle Color Palette
Z — Toggle Shape Palette
T — Tree List View
W — Outliner View
F2 — Rename Node
Slash — Find Nodes
Ctrl+G — Select Next Match
Ctrl+Shift+G — Select Previous Match

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Houdini keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 332 Houdini 21 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+S — Save
Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
Ctrl+Alt+S — Incremental Save
Ctrl+O — Open File
Ctrl+N — New File
Ctrl+Q — Quit Houdini
Ctrl+M — Merge File
Ctrl+Shift+E — Export Alembic
Ctrl+F5 — Render to Disk
F5 — Render to MPlay
F6 — Open Render Scheduler
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
Ctrl+C — Copy
Ctrl+V — Paste
Ctrl+X — Cut
Delete — Delete Selected
Ctrl+A — Select All
Ctrl+Shift+A — Deselect All
Ctrl+D — Duplicate
Ctrl+G — Group Selection
Ctrl+F — Find Node
Ctrl+I — Invert Selection
MouseLeft — Select
Shift+MouseLeft — Add to Selection
Ctrl+MouseLeft — Remove from Selection
Ctrl+Shift+MouseLeft — Toggle Selection
MouseRight — Context Menu
Space — Tumble (Hold + LMB Drag)
Space — Track/Pan (Hold + MMB Drag)
Space — Dolly (Hold + RMB Drag)
Alt+MouseLeft — Tumble (Orbit)
Alt+MouseMiddle — Track (Pan)
Alt+MouseRight — Dolly (Zoom)
WheelUp — Zoom In
WheelDown — Zoom Out
Ctrl+Alt+MouseLeft — Box Zoom
Home — Home All (Frame All)
G — Home Selected (Frame Selected)
Shift+A — Frame All Objects
Shift+F — Frame Selected
Period — Focus on Selection
Numpad1 — Front View
Ctrl+Numpad1 — Back View
Numpad3 — Right View
Ctrl+Numpad3 — Left View
Numpad7 — Top View
Ctrl+Numpad7 — Bottom View
Numpad5 — Toggle Perspective/Orthographic
Numpad9 — UV View
Ctrl+Shift+C — Look Through Camera
Ctrl+Shift+L — Look Through Light
BracketLeft — Restore Camera View
Alt+O — Go to Object Level
Alt+S — Go to SOP Level
Alt+C — Go to COP Level
Ctrl+Shift+D — Go to DOP Level
Ctrl+Alt+H — Go to CHOP Level
Ctrl+Alt+O — Go to OUT (ROP) Level
Alt+M — Go to SHOP/Material Level
Alt+V — Go to VOP Level
S — Select Tool
T — Move Tool
R — Rotate Tool
E — Scale Tool
Enter — Handle Tool (Node-Specific Handles)
Escape — View Tool
Q — Repeat Last Tool
Quote — Cycle Handle Alignment
F8 — Toggle Object/Component Selection
2 — Select Points
3 — Select Edges
4 — Select Primitives (Faces)
5 — Select Vertices
6 — Select Particles
7 — Select Dynamics
1 — Select Objects
N — Select All Geometry
Shift+N — Select Nothing
Shift+G — Grow Selection
Shift+S — Shrink Selection
Shift+B — Select Boundary
9 — Convert Selection Type
Backquote — Reselect for Current Tool
Shift+Backquote — Toggle Secure Selection
X — Snapping Controls (Radial Menu)
Ctrl+J — Multi-Snapping
Insert — Toggle Pivot Mode
Shift+C — Toggle Construction Plane
O — Align Handle to Selection
Ctrl+O — Reset Handle Orientation
M — Merge Geometry
D — PolyExtrude (Quick)
Ctrl+K — Knife Tool
Ctrl+B — Bridge Edges
Ctrl+L — Edge Loop Split
F — Flip Edge
Ctrl+Shift+F — Fuse Points
V — View Controls (Radial Menu)
C — Current Radial Menu
D — Open Display Options
W — Toggle Wireframe/Shaded
Shift+W — Smooth Shaded Display
Ctrl+Shift+W — Smooth Wire Shaded
Shift+H — Hidden Line Invisible
Shift+Alt+H — Hidden Line Ghost
Shift+P — Toggle Point Display
Shift+N — Toggle Normal Display
Ctrl+Shift+G — Toggle Grid Display
Semicolon — Toggle Guide Display
J — Toggle Template Display
Alt+X — Toggle X-Ray Mode
Shift+U — Toggle UV Viewport Texture
I — Show Info Window
Alt+W — Maximize Viewport
Shift+T — Toggle Toolbar Display
Shift+M — Toggle Material Display
Shift+L — Toggle Headlight / Scene Lights
Shift+D — Toggle High Quality Lighting
Shift+Alt+B — Toggle Background Image
Alt+E — Toggle Environment Light
Shift+Alt+W — Toggle Shadows
Shift+Alt+R — Toggle Reflections
Alt+F — Toggle Volume Fog
Alt+0 — Show All Objects
Alt+9 — Solo Selected Objects
Ctrl+1 — Single Viewport Layout
Ctrl+2 — Quad Viewport Layout
Ctrl+3 — Two Views Stacked
Ctrl+4 — Two Views Side-by-Side
Ctrl+5 — Three Views (Bottom Split)
Ctrl+6 — Three Views (Left Split)
Ctrl+7 — Four Views (Bottom Split)
Ctrl+8 — Four Views (Left Split)
H — Hide/Show Selected Objects
Ctrl+H — Ghost Other Objects
Alt+H — Show All Objects
Escape — Cancel/Escape Current Operation
Alt+Backquote — Open Python Shell
Shift+Alt+Backquote — Open Textport
F11 — Toggle Full Screen
F1 — Open Help Browser
Shift+F1 — Context-Sensitive Help
Ctrl+Comma — Open Preferences
Ctrl+Shift+X — Radial Menu
Alt+P — New Floating Panel
Ctrl+W — Close Pane/Tab
Ctrl+B — Maximize Pane
Ctrl+T — New Tab
Ctrl+PageUp — Previous Tab
Ctrl+PageDown — Next Tab
Alt+BracketLeft — Split Pane Left/Right
Alt+BracketRight — Split Pane Top/Bottom
Shift+Alt+C — Tear Off Tab to Floating Window
Ctrl+L — Edit Location/Path as Text
Alt+A — Open Asset Manager
Ctrl+Shift+M — Open Material Palette
Ctrl+Shift+P — Open Performance Monitor
Alt+D — Show Dependency Links
Alt+1 — Switch Pane to Scene View
Alt+2 — Switch Pane to Network Editor
Alt+3 — Switch Pane to Parameters
Alt+4 — Switch Pane to Tree View
Alt+5 — Switch Pane to Textport
Alt+6 — Switch Pane to Channel Editor
Alt+7 — Switch Pane to Material Palette
Alt+8 — Switch Pane to Details View
Tab — Add Node (Tab Menu)
Equal — Add File Node
H — Frame All Nodes
G — Frame Selected Nodes
I — Dive Into Node
Enter — Enter Node (Double-Click)
U — Go Up One Level
Backquote — Go Back to Previous View
Alt+ArrowLeft — Previous Network Location
Alt+ArrowRight — Next Network Location
PageUp — Select Upstream Node
PageDown — Select Downstream Node
Shift+PageUp — Select Previous Sibling
Shift+PageDown — Select Next Sibling
O — Toggle Network Overview
L — Layout All Nodes
A — Select All Nodes
R — Toggle Display Flag
E — Toggle Render/Template Flag
B — Toggle Bypass Flag
Y — Toggle Lock Flag
P — Toggle Floating Parameter Editor
N — Toggle Node Names
S — Toggle Wire Splines
Shift+W — Toggle Network Hierarchy Tree
C — Toggle Color Palette
Z — Toggle Shape Palette
T — Tree List View
W — Outliner View
F2 — Rename Node
Slash — Find Nodes
Ctrl+G — Select Next Match
Ctrl+Shift+G — Select Previous Match