Pano2VR 8.1 Docs / Keyboard Shortcuts
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Keyboard Shortcuts

A list of all keyboard shortcuts found in the main project window and the Skin Editor.

These are the default keyboard shortcuts. You can change most of them in the Settings; the ones listed under General Shortcuts follow your operating system and can’t be changed.

Main Window

Description macOS Windows
New Project ⌘N Ctrl+N
New Window ⌥⌘N
Open Project ⌘O Ctrl+O
Save Project ⌘S Ctrl+S
Save Project As ⇧⌘S Ctrl+Shift+S
Add Panorama(s) ⇧⌘A Ctrl+Shift+A
Close Window ⌘W
Quit/Exit Application ⌘Q Ctrl+Q
Deselect All ⌘D Ctrl+D
Find in Project ⌘F Ctrl+F
Generate Output ⌥⌘G Ctrl+Alt+G
Skin Editor ⌘K Ctrl+K
Skin Editor (Current Output) ⌥⌘K Ctrl+Alt+K
Next Panorama ⌘] Ctrl+]
Previous Panorama ⌘[ Ctrl+[
Standard Tags 1 to 9 ⌘1 to ⌘9 Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9
Hide Panels ⌥⇥ Ctrl+Tab
Standard Window Arrangement ⌥1 Alt+1
Tour Browser ⌥⇧T Alt+Shift+T
Properties ⌥⇧P Alt+Shift+P
List View ⌥⇧L Alt+Shift+L
Viewer Settings ⌥⇧S Alt+Shift+S
Tour Map ⌥⇧M Alt+Shift+M
Input ⌥⇧I Alt+Shift+I
Output ⌥⇧O Alt+Shift+O
Google Street View ⌥⇧G Alt+Shift+G
History ⌥⇧H Alt+Shift+H
Overview ⌥⇧V Alt+Shift+V

The Standard Tags shortcuts belong to the first nine tags in the Tour menu’s Standard Tags list.

Viewer

Description macOS Windows
Set North N N
Level L L
Turn Around Z Z
Follow Hotspot (Point and Polygon) Option-click the hotspot Alt+click the hotspot
Open Target Viewing Parameters (Point and Polygon) Command-click the hotspot Ctrl+click the hotspot
Move forward through the nodes in the Tour Browser ⌘] Ctrl+]
Move backward through the nodes in the Tour Browser ⌘[ Ctrl+[
Go to Default View ⇧⌘U Ctrl+Shift+U
Set Default View ⌘U Ctrl+U
Select mode (Element Panorama) X X
Element Patches A A
Element Point Hotspots P P
Element Polygon Hotspots O O
Element Sounds S S
Element Images I I
Element Videos V V
Element Web Elements W W
Element Lens Flare F F
Control Points mode C C
Step a cycling Viewer Settings button back Shift-click Shift+click

The last row applies to the buttons of the Viewer Settings bar that cycle through a list, such as the frame overlays, the projections, and the camera modes.

3D Model Nodes

Description macOS Windows
Camera Points mode T T
Manipulate 3D Model M M
Select Mode 0 0
Move Mode 1 1
Rotate Mode 2 2
Scale Mode 3 3
Link Mode 4 4
Toggle World/Local Space 5 5
Toggle Rotation Snapping 6 6
Camera Mode Orbit ⌥O Alt+O
Camera Mode Walk ⌥W Alt+W
Camera Mode Fly ⌥F Alt+F
Camera Mode Fly Over ⌥V Alt+V
Camera Mode Panorama ⌥P Alt+P

Patch Mode

Description macOS Windows
Add a Blurred Circle Shift-double-click Shift+double-click
Add a Blurred Square Shift-Command-double-click Ctrl+Shift+double-click
Add a Blurred Cover Option-Shift-double-click Alt+Shift+double-click

Tour Map

Description macOS Windows
Remove a link while in Switch Node in Link Mode Option-click the link Alt+click the link
Select pins Shift-drag Shift+drag
Show the selected area to move or rotate pins Press and hold Command Press and hold Ctrl
Keep the selected area’s aspect ratio Shift-Command-drag a handle Ctrl+Shift+drag a handle
Rotate selected pins Command-drag the center control Ctrl+drag the center control
Move a pin that isn’t the active one Option-drag Alt+drag
Nudge the active pin Arrow keys Arrow keys
Nudge the active pin in bigger steps Shift-arrow keys Shift+arrow keys
Lock the Center Current Node button Option-click Alt+click

See Tour Map for details.

Animation Editor

Description macOS Windows
Play/Pause Animation Space bar Space bar
Begin Animation Page Up Page Up
End Animation Page Down Page Down
Animation Mute ⌘M Ctrl+M
Add Magic Keyframes Return Enter
Toggle Keyframes Shift-Return Shift+Enter
Back one frame Left Arrow Left Arrow
Forward one frame Right Arrow Right Arrow
Copy selected keyframes ⌘C Ctrl+C
Paste keyframes ⌘V Ctrl+V
Add pan and tilt keyframes to the active point hotspot Option-Return Alt+Enter

The keys without a modifier work while the Animation Editor has the focus. See Animation Editor for details.

Skin Editor

Description macOS Windows
New ⌘N Ctrl+N
Open ⌘O Ctrl+O
Save ⌘S Ctrl+S
Save As ⇧⌘S Ctrl+Shift+S
New Window ⇧⌘N Ctrl+Shift+N
Close Window ⌘W Ctrl+W
Find ⌘F Ctrl+F
Find Warnings ⌥⌘F Ctrl+Alt+F
Hide In Canvas ⇧⌘H Ctrl+Shift+H
Lock In Canvas ⌘L Ctrl+L
Expand Element ⇧⌘E Ctrl+Shift+E
Anchor Element Top Left ⌥7 Alt+7
Anchor Element Top Center ⌥8 Alt+8
Anchor Element Top Right ⌥9 Alt+9
Anchor Element Middle Left ⌥4 Alt+4
Anchor Element Middle Center ⌥5 Alt+5
Anchor Element Middle Right ⌥6 Alt+6
Anchor Element Bottom Left ⌥1 Alt+1
Anchor Element Bottom Center ⌥2 Alt+2
Anchor Element Bottom Right ⌥3 Alt+3
Zoom In ⌘+ Ctrl+ +
Zoom Out ⌘- Ctrl+ –
Zoom Fit ⌘0 Ctrl+0
Zoom 100% ⌘1 Ctrl+1
Show Off-Canvas Elements ⇧⌘O Ctrl+Shift+O
Snap To Grid ⇧⌘G Ctrl+Shift+G
Snap to Guides ⇧⌘U Ctrl+Shift+U
Detach Tree View ⌥⌘T Ctrl+Alt+T
Detach Properties View ⌥⌘P Ctrl+Alt+P
Toggle Properties View ⌥⇥ Ctrl+Tab
Toggle Tree View ⌥⇧⇥ Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Focus from Tree to Canvas ⇥ Tab
Compact Tree View ⇧⌘T Ctrl+Shift+T
Properties Solo Mode ⇧⌘P Ctrl+Shift+P
Show Actions ⇧⌘A Ctrl+Shift+A
Show Modifiers ⇧⌘M Ctrl+Shift+M
Bring Main Window Forward ⌥⌘K Ctrl+Alt+K
Live Preview ⇧⌘L Ctrl+Shift+L
Color Tool ⇧⌘C Ctrl+Shift+C
Components Toolbox ⇧⌘X Ctrl+Shift+X
Generate Output ⌥⌘G Ctrl+Alt+G
Element Container ⌘K Ctrl+K
Element Rectangle ⌘R Ctrl+R
Element Text ⌘T Ctrl+T
Element Image ⌘I Ctrl+I
Element Button ⌘B Ctrl+B
Element SVG ⌘G Ctrl+G
Element External Image ⌘E Ctrl+E
Element Scroll Area ⌘J Ctrl+J
Element Hotspot Template ⌘P Ctrl+P
Element Marker ⌘M Ctrl+M

General Shortcuts

These shortcuts are found throughout Pano2VR and are not customizable.

Description macOS Windows
Help for the control with focus F1 F1
Preferences/Settings ⌘,
Hide Pano2VR ⌘H
Hide Others ⌥⌘H
Quit/Exit Pano2VR ⌘Q Ctrl+Q
Select All ⌘A Ctrl+A
Undo ⌘Z Ctrl+Z
Redo ⇧⌘Z Shift+Ctrl+Z

Last modified: Sep 23, 2026