Houdini keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 332 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Houdini 21 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top 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)

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