PICO-8 (Windows) keyboard shortcuts 

PICO-8 (Windows)  

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- Shortcuts
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Zoom

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or <
0
or >
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⤶ Enter

Select none

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Ctrl + C

Copy

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or Ctrl + C
0
or Ctrl + C
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Ctrl + Z

Undo

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Ctrl + A

Select All

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Color Picker

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Ctrl + Y

Redo

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Ctrl +

Next word

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F

Flip Horizontal

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⤶ Enter

Pause menu

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V

Flip Vertical

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Ctrl + V

Paste

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or Ctrl + V
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P

Pause menu

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H

Flip Horizontal

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Ctrl + X

Cut

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Ctrl + E

End of line

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or End
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Ctrl + Tab

Switch to next tab

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History

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Switch to previous tab

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Tab

Indent selection

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Tab

Toggle full view

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Tab

Swap pitch/note views

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R

Rotate 90° CCW

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Q

Previous sprite

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W

Next sprite

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1

Previous color

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Ctrl + C

Copy (entire line)

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2

Next color

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Ctrl + Z

Undo/Redo (single-step)

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Ctrl + V

Paste (at current sprite location)

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Ctrl + V

Paste (at upper left)

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Ctrl + A

Start-of-line

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Ctrl + F

Find text in current tab

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Ctrl + X

Move a sprite to another sprite and changes all sprites on map equal to the sprite number to the new sprite number

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Ctrl + D

Duplicate current line

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Ctrl + P

Performance Monitor

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Ctrl + P

Puny (Small Caps) Font Entry Mode Toggle

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Ctrl + I

Go to Line number

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Ctrl + B

Toggle comment Block

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Ctrl + E

End-of-line

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Ctrl + L

Clear screen

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Ctrl + L

Go to Line number

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Home

Start-of-line

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Home

Start of line

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Ctrl + G

Find text aGain

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Shift by one pixel

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Ctrl + U

Kill to start-of-line

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End

End-of-line

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Ctrl + W

Start of line

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Ctrl + K

Kill to end-of-line

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Ctrl + K

Katakana (Japanese) Font Entry Mode Toggle

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Ctrl + H

Repeat search across tabs (Hyper search)

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-

Switch to Previous Sound Effect

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↑  Shift + Tab

Un-indent selection

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.

Increase Speed

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Ctrl + J

Hiragana (Japanese) Font Entry Mode Toggle

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Ctrl +

Previous word

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Ctrl +

Start of document

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Ctrl +

End of document

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,

Decrease Speed

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↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Add indented line and 'END'

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↑  Shift +

(on an instrument) Change all notes to the selected instrument

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↑  Shift +

(on the notes. First click is left side, second click is right side) Select Multiple Notes

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↑  Shift +

(on an effect) Apply Effect to All Notes

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Ctrl + Home

Start of document

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Ctrl +

Replace color

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or Ctrl +
0
Ctrl + End

End of document

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Insert

Insert/overwrite toggle

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Alt +

Next function

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Alt +

Previous function

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↑  Shift + R

Transpose +5

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=

Switch to Next Sound Effect

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↑  Shift + S

Transpose -11

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↑  Shift + C

Transpose -8

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↑  Shift + T

Transpose +7

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↑  Shift + D

Transpose -9

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↑  Shift + M

Transpose -1

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↑  Shift + V

Transpose -7

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↑  Shift + E

Transpose +4

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↑  Shift + I

Transpose +12 (one octave)

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↑  Shift + G

Transpose -6

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↑  Shift + O

Transpose +14

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↑  Shift + W

Sprite below

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↑  Shift + W

Transpose +2

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↑  Shift + X

Transpose -10

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↑  Shift + N

Transpose -3

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↑  Shift + +

Select multiple sprites (for flip, shift, copy, rotate)

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↑  Shift + B

Transpose -5

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↑  Shift + H

Transpose -4

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↑  Shift + Z

Transpose -12 (one octave)

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↑  Shift + Q

Sprite above

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↑  Shift + J

Transpose -2

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Ctrl +   

Navigate up/down 4 notes

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↑  Shift + U

Transpose +11

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↑  Shift + 2

Transpose +1 (one semitone)

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↑  Shift + 3

Transpose +3

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Ctrl +   

Navigate to left/right column

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↑  Shift + Y

Transpose +9

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↑  Shift + .

Increase Speed by 4

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↑  Shift + -

Switch to n-4 Sound Effect

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↑  Shift + ,

Decrease Speed by 4

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↑  Shift + 5

Transpose +6

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Space + +

Pan tool

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↑  Shift + 6

Transpose +8

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↑  Shift + 7

Transpose +10

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↑  Shift + 0

Transpose +15

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↑  Shift + 9

Transpose +13

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↑  Shift + =

Switch to n+4 Sound Effect

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↑  Shift + A - Z

Glyph (Icons) Font Entry

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Left Ctrl +

Stamp with color 0 transparent

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See btn() for details on default controller/keyboard mappings, and keyconfig for info on changing those mappings.

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Note: When a sprite or range of sprites is copied to the clipboard, they may be pasted into other programs as a text-encoded representation. This representation can be uploaded in a BBS post and will show as the actual sprite. Similarly, a sprite encoded in text may be copied from outside of PICO-8 and pasted into the sprite editor.

Draw tool

Stamp tool

Select tool

Lower sprite sheet area

Both views

Note view

For each of the transpose shortcuts, you need to have notes selected.

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Program name: PICO-8 (Windows) PICO-8 (Windows) (Developer tools)

Web page: lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

Last update: 06.3.2025 09:21 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 88%

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