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General (11)

ENB - KeyCombination=16 . Primary key for switching something by pressing two keys

RetroArch 1.16 (2023) - Select button

RetroArch 1.16 (2023) - Retropad input: Select. Action: Help

Giants Editor - Interactive placement paint

Windows XP - (when inserting a CD or DVD) Prevent automatically playing / launching the CD or DVD

Dolphin Emulator 5.0 - Modifier

Dead Cells (PC) - Roll

Roll20 - Draw snapped to grid (straight lines, polygon tool points on edges, squares, etc.)

Revizto 5.12 (Windows) - Hold to speed up

elementary OS - Shift

Extended Mapedit - Highlight walls

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Text editing (2)

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)

Imaging (195)

Lumion 10 - (when rotating selected objects) Temporarily turn the 45 degree angle snapping off.

Lumion 10 - A line is drawn to preview curves and smoothing of the Path

Lumion 10 - Hold down this key while dragging points on the red and blue lines to move them more accurately.

SketchUp - Toggle

SketchUp - Matching

SketchUp - Hide

Adobe Illustrator - (hold) Constrain movement to 45° angle (except when using Reflect tool)

Adobe Illustrator - Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically

Adobe Illustrator - Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools

Adobe After Effects 2021 - (Hold Shift while beginning stroke) Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke

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Adobe After Effects 2021 - (when dragging to create shape) Constrain rectangles to squares; constrain ellipses to circles; constrain polygons and stars to zero rotation

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Rotate by 45 degrees each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Rotate by 45 degrees each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Move the handle in the same direction as the frame

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Infinity

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix movement direction of rotation center

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix movement direction of rotation center

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During selection drag) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During selection drag) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During selection drag) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During selection drag) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During selection drag) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Draw straight line

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Draw straight line

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Draw straight line

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Draw straight line

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Temporary switch of multiple referring

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Temporary switch of multiple referring

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Temporary switch of multiple referring

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Draw straight line

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fix orientation in steps of 45 degrees

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During creation) Fix line angle

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by specified angle each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Add control point

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Temporary switch of multiple referring

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During area specification) Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Temporary switch of multiple referring

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Add to current selection

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During selection drag) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During scale up/scale down/rotate) Fixed aspect

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During scale up/scale down/rotate) Center of rotation. Fix movement direction of rotation center

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During free transform) Move the handle in the same direction as the frame

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Mesh Transformation) Fix translation direction

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During rotate) Rotate by 45 degrees each time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During move) Fix translation direction

Paint.NET - (hold in Contiguous mode) Global fill mode

Paint.NET - (hold in Global mode) Contiguous fill mode

Paint.NET - (hold while dragging either nub) Constrain gradient to 15 degree increment

Paint.NET - (while rotating) Lock rotation to 15° increments

Paint.NET - (hold while dragging any nub) Lock Shape height and width ratio

Paint.NET - (hold while rotating) Lock rotation to 15° increments

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Press shortcut key while holding Shift) Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key

Adobe Photoshop CC - Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object (Does not work if Crop tool is active)

Adobe Photoshop CC - Constrain

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Eyedropper tool) Color sampler tool

Cura 4 - Toggle snap rotating / scaling

Corel Painter - Constrain to 45 degrees

Corel Painter - (hold down after you start dragging) Constrain to square or circle

Corel Painter - Add to selection

Corel Painter - Select/Deselect mode

Substance Painter - (hold) Snapping On

Greenshot - Hold down while clicking elements to select multiple elements

Greenshot - To draw equilateral shapes (e.g. force a rectangle to be a square), hold down while drawing

Greenshot - You can hold this key to maintain existing object's aspect ratio while resizing

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - (hold) Constrain movement to 45° angle (except when using Reflect tool)

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Used to modify the middle mouse button actions.

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - (when moving) Lock X/Y axis

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - (when rotating) Angle snap

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - (when scaling) Square aspect

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Square aspect/Angle snap

Blender 3.4.1 - Precision mode

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Press Shift, drag corner to get constrain scale (crop mode)

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - In Distort mode, press shift to drag edge, only can move the edge alone the extension (distort mode)

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Press Shift key to get horizontal/ vertical line, square, circle (shape mode)

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Press ‘Shift’ before add selection, add mode

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Press ‘Shift’ during adding selection, get circle or square

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Press ‘Shift’ after move selection, move horizontally or vertically

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - In Transform mode, press Shift to drag corner and constrain scale

Autodesk Tinkercad - (hold and click rotate handle) Rotate snap to 45°

Autodesk Tinkercad - (hold and click scale handle) Uniform scale

Autodesk Tinkercad - Select multiple

MyPaint - Delete current layer

Corel Painter (Mac) - Constrain to 45 degrees

Corel Painter (Mac) - (hold down after you start dragging) Constrain to square or circle

Corel Painter (Mac) - Add to selection

Corel Painter (Mac) - Select/Deselect mode

DraftSight 2023 - Enforce Ortho Mode

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - (Press shortcut key while holding Shift) Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object (Does not work if Crop tool is active)

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object (Does not work if Crop tool is active)

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Constrain

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - (Eyedropper tool) Color sampler tool

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Smooth Curve

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Activate the Smooth tool temporarily

SnagIt 13 - Hold to capture 1:1 aspect ratio (square)

Adobe XD (Windows) - Snap Control Point Angle

Adobe XD (Windows) - Snap Anchor Point Angle

Adobe XD (Windows) - Constrain

Adobe XD (Windows) - (15°) Constrain Rotate

Adobe XD (Windows) - (45°) Line Constrain Rotate

Substance Painter (Mac) - (hold) Snapping On

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - (when moving) Lock X/Y axis

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - (when rotating) Angle snap

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - (when scaling) Square aspect

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - Square aspect/Angle snap

Sketchup for Web - Add

Sketchup for Web - Add/Subtract

Sketchup for Web - Toggle hide

Sketchup for Web - Paint all matching

Sketchup for Web - Toggle uniform scale

Sketchup for Web - Move vertically or sideways

Sketchup for Web - Pan

Sketchup for Web - Change field of view

LibreOffice Draw - key while selecting an object Adds or removes object to or from the selection

Adobe XD (Mac) - Snap Control Point Angle

Adobe XD (Mac) - Snap Anchor Point Angle

Adobe XD (Mac) - Constrain

Adobe XD (Mac) - (15°) Constrain Rotate

Adobe XD (Mac) - (45°) Line Constrain Rotate

Pixelmator Pro - (Press and hold the Shift key after starting a selection) Constrain selection to a circle or a square

Pixelmator Pro - (Hold down the Shift key before starting to select) Add to a selection

Pixelmator Pro - (Press and hold the Shift key before starting to paint) Paint or erase a vertical or horizontal line

Pixelmator Pro - Press and hold the Shift key before starting to draw: Unite a shape with the selected shape

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Press Shift, drag corner to get constrain scale (crop mode)

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - In Distort mode, press shift to drag edge, only can move the edge alone the extension (distort mode)

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Press Shift key to get horizontal/ vertical line, square, circle (shape mode)

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Press ‘Shift’ before add selection, add mode

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Press ‘Shift’ during adding selection, get circle or square

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Press ‘Shift’ after move selection, move horizontally or vertically

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - In Transform mode, press Shift to drag corner and constrain scale

Inkscape - Mouse drag can drag stroke color to objects

Adobe Photoshop Elements - (press keyboard shortcut (preference setting, Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, must be enabled)) Cycle through tools that have the same keyboard shortcut

Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac) - (press keyboard shortcut (preference setting, Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, must be enabled)) Cycle through tools that have the same keyboard shortcut

Sketch - (resize while holding) Constrain proportions

Sketch - (hold) Draw Straight Lines. With the active Vector Tool, you can create a new point aligned at 45° angles to the previous point

FaceRig Studio - (hold) Snapping behavior

InVision Cloud V7 - Highlight hotspots on a specific screen

Global Mapper 21 - Causes the shape to be ELLIPTICAL or RECTANGULAR rather than the default of circular or square

Global Mapper 21 - Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the HORIZONTAL axis

Marmoset Hexels - Constrain selection to square

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) (existing selection) Add to selection

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) (new selection) Lock paintbrush along axis

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) Constrain scale to 1:1 aspect ratio

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) Constrain transform along specific direction

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) Snap to grid

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Smooth Curve

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Activate the Smooth tool temporarily

Aspire 10 - (hold) Increase the nudge distance

Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.1 - Toggle snapping while key is held

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Press Shift, drag corner to get constrain scale

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - In Distort mode, press shift to drag edge, only can move the edge alone the extension

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Press Shift key to get horizontal/ vertical line, square, circle

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Press ‘Shift’ during adding selection, get circle or square

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Press ‘Shift’ after move selection, move horizontally or vertically

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - In Transform mode, press Shift to drag corner and constrain scale

Spline (Windows) - Transform (Aspect Ratio)

Spline (Mac) - Transform (Aspect Ratio)

System tools (6)

PowerToys - Drag windows when holding Shift. You'll see the zones appear

PowerToys - (if you hold when selecting with bounding box) The box will stay until you cancel the interaction

PowerToys - Hold to move the capture region (instead of sizing it)

Kitty 0.25.0 (Linux) - Select text even when a terminal program has grabbed the mouse)

Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) - Select text even when a terminal program has grabbed the mouse)

Workbench (AmigaOS) - Boot without starting anything from the WBstartup drawer

Developer tools (6)

Jupyter Notebook - Ignore

Virtual Key Codes - VK_SHIFT (0x10)

FileMaker - (While opening the file) Use a specified account name and password to open a file

Autodesk Stingray - Add objects to current selection

Novelty Visual Novel Maker - (hold object) Snap to grid

FUZE4 Nintendo Switch - Select text (hold to select)

Web applications (6)

TradingView - (hold) Gann Box fixed increments

TradingView - To draw a square, select the Rectangle from the drawing toolbar and hold Shift when making the drawing on the chart

TradingView - To draw a circle, select the Ellipse from the drawing toolbar and hold Shift when making the drawing on the chart

TradingView - To draw a horizontal line, vertical line, or a line at 45 degrees, hold Shift while making a trend line or channel drawing

Wix - (hold while rotating an element) Rotate the element in 15° increments

Wix - (hold while dragging an element) Keep element aligned on the same x or y axis

File manager (1)

Xyplorer - Open the location you are going to in a new tab (Exception: The location change is triggered by a script)

Media player (1)

Popcorn Time - Open / Close side menu

Games - PC (338)

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Gear up

Roblox (2022) - Mouselock

Dragon Age Veilguard (PC) - Run

Dragon Age Veilguard (PC) - Stop hip shooting

Gang Beasts (PC) - Lift

Gang Beasts (PC) - Taunt

The Sims 4 - While using Wall/Room tool, hold Shift to toggle between the two

The Sims 4 - (Hold) Hold while placing Buy or Build Mode object to place more of the same object without having to select it again

The Sims 4 - Hold while painting walls and floors: Will fill an entire room with the selected floor or wall pattern

BeamNG - Clutch / Move camera faster

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Devil May Cry HD Collection - (View button) Pause menu

Devil May Cry HD Collection - (View button) Pause menu

Devil May Cry HD Collection - (View button) Pause menu

Dying Light - Sprint

Dying Light - Sprint

Days Gone (PC) - (toggle) Sprint

Days Gone (PC) - Step zoom

Days Gone (PC) - Lean forward

Days Gone (PC) - Precision mode

Hitman 3 (PC) - Precision aim / Run (hold)

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero (PC) - Ki Charge

Garena Free Fire (PC) - Sprint

Hogwarts Legacy - Sprint

Hogwarts Legacy - Sprint/Fly Faster

Counter Strike: Global Offensive - Walk

Watch Dogs 2 (PC) - Look back

Watch Dogs 2 (PC) - Sprint

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Increase Wheel Speed

American Truck Simulator - Gear up

Forza Horizon 5 - Clutch

Elden Ring (PC) - Run

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Sprint

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Hold breath (aiming)

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Open wingsuit (falling)

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Autodrive

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Gallop

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Shoot machine gun (Buzzer)

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Rockets

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Bomber view

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Autodrive

Far Cry 6 (PC) - Compare

Alien Isolation (PC) - (hold) Sprint

Roblox - A Universal Time - Shift lock (lock your camera)

Forza Horizon 4 (PC) - Clutch

Rust - Sprint

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PC) - Sprint / Lunge / Gallop

Unrailed (PC) - Sprint/Dash

Throne and Liberty - Dash Morph

Farming Simulator 19 (PC) - Sprint

Pokemon Infinite Fusion - Run

Chivalry 2 (PC) - Sprint

Roblox SCP-3008 - (hold) Rotate object 90 degrees

Phasmophobia - Run

Diablo - Hold down when attacking to prevent the character from moving

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - (hold) Sprint

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - (hold) Ascend, Lean backward (bike), Throttle up

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - (hold) Vertical offset up

New World (PC) - Sprint / Step up

Persona 5 Royal (PC) - Send message

Persona 5 Royal (PC) - Dash

Diablo IV (PC) - Hold position

Battlefield V - Sprint

Battlefield V - Crosshair stabilization

Cricket 22 (PC) - Toggle Special Deliveries

Squad (PC) - Sprint; focus aim

Space Engineers (PC) - Hold to sprint

Poppy Playtime - Run

Kerbal Space Program - Jet up

Kerbal Space Program - Hold to rotate parts in 5° instead of 90° steps

WWE 2K23 (PC) - (Hold) Run

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Sprint

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Bend (motorbike)

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Throttle control

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Ascend

Hotline Miami - Look

Sniper Elite 4 (PC) - Sprint

Omori (PC) - (hold) Run

Prison Architect (PC) - Run/lunge (during fight)

Sniper Elite 5 (PC) - Sprint (not unlimited)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Sprint and Fast Rappel / Ladder Descent

F1 23 (PC) - Gear down

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Sprint / Hold Breath

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Auto Drive

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Toggle Bomberview

Planet Crafter (PC) - Run

Once Human (PC) - Sprint

Once Human (PC) - Slide Down

UBOAT - Run (in free camera mode moves faster)

The Isle - Sprint

Palia (PC) - Sprint

Black Desert Online - Sprint (use with W, A, S, D keys), evasion

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (PC) - Switch movement

Project Zomboid (PC) - Run/Sprint

Krunker.io - Crouch

The Escapists 2 (PC) - Open the Pause menu

Yandere Simulator (PC) - Run

F1 22 (PC) - Gear Down

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PC) - Sprint

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PC) - Swim Boost

Resident Evil 7 (PC) - Run

Commandos 2 - HD Remaster (PC) - (hold) Interact

VRChat - Sprint

Just Cause 3 - Pull the tether

Just Cause 3 - Handbrake

Just Cause 3 - Handbrake

Just Cause 3 - Handbrake

Just Cause 3 - Increase altitude

Just Cause 3 - Accelerate

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Precision Aim

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Hand brake

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Throttle up

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Climb

Metaphor ReFantazio (PC) - Dash

Metaphor ReFantazio (PC) - Dash

Company of Heroes 3 (PC) - Tactical queue

Call of Duty Modern Warfare III (2023) - Sprint / Tactical Sprint / Focus

Pacify (PC) - (hold) Sprint

Cuphead - Shrink

Resident Evil 8 Village (PC) - Run

Resident Evil 8 Village (PC) - Move

Katana Zero (PC) - Slow-motion

StarCraft - Queue up to 9 orders when held

Escape The Backrooms - Sprint

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Sprint/Tactical sprint/Focus

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold Shift while selecting mercs to select a region of mercs

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - SHIFT - In Movement Mode, SHIFT makes a merc’s movement path visible. It also forces the cursor to HUG the ground, very handy in tight quarters (e.g. doors / other mercs in the way of cursor)

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold down to increase scrolling speed

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold SHIFT to pick up stacked items, instead of single item (works in Strategic Map and Sector Inventory as well)

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold Shift to plot the most direct travel route (instead of fastest)

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PC) - Sprint (toggle)

World of Warships - Binocular view

Dyson Sphere Program (PC) - Sailing Mode Acceleration

Dyson Sphere Program (PC) - God Construction Mode

House Flipper (PC) - Jump

F1 24 (PC) - Gear down

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Command queue

Counter Strike: Source - Walk

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Use with Shift to control right engine only

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Move from Pouch to Box

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Compare

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Dash (Press Once) / Sheathe Weapon

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Dash (Hold) / Sheathe Weapon

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Dash (Press Once) / Sheathe Weapon

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Dash (Hold) / Sheathe Weapon

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - (hold) Sprint

RimWorld - ×100 (For any number field, multiplies the increment/decrement button by 100)

Hunt: Showdown - Sprint / Aim down sight

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - (hold) Move camera faster

Injustice: Gods Among Us (PC) - Throw

Little Witch in the Woods (PC) - Walk

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Sprint

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Boost

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Hold breath (only in first person view)

Control (PC) - Sprint

Battlefield 2042 (PC) - (hold) Sprint

Lost Ark (PC) - Control Companion

Grim Dawn (PC) - Stationary attack (hold key and click)

FTL: Faster Than Light - Shift + any power above will de-power the system

FTL: Faster Than Light - Shift + any weapon above will de-power the weapon

FTL: Faster Than Light - Shift + any drone above will de-power the drone

Shenmue III - Run

Shenmue III - Goal

Stellaris (PC) - Add an action to fleet's action queue

Risk of Rain 2 - Utility skill

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Block / Dodge

Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC) - Toggle Snap Placement

Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC) - Fast Movement

Lords of the Fallen (2023) (PC) - (hold) Block

Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC) - Sprint/Gallop

Outer Wilds - Zoom in (telescope and map)

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous (PC) - Use F-ft move while in Turn-based Mode

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (PC) - Thrust descend

Cult of the Lamb (PC) - Dodge roll

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (PC) - Run

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (PC) - Run

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (PC) - Run

Total Annihilation - Hold down to queue up multiple commands

Total Annihilation - Gives extra information when cursor is over some units:

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (PC) - Dodge/Slide/Rush of the Simurgh

Diablo II - Holding down causes character stay stationary during attack

F1 2019 - Gear down

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Grab

Deep Rock Galactic (PC) - Sprint

Timberborn - Move and rotate camera faster

Bendy and the Ink Machine (PC) - Run

My Time at Sandrock (PC) - Sprint

WRC Generations - Next

WRC Generations - Tertiary

Crab Game - Sprint/Run

Sky: Children of the Light (PC, Xbox) - Show cursor

Battlezone 98 Redux - Mouse control of menu

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Hold down to create as many towers or trenches as possible

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Place multiple buildings

Elder Scrolls Online (PC) - Sprint

Raid: Shadow Legends (PC) - Speed in Battles / Open left menu

Tunic (PC) - Focus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Taunt

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - (at max ninja power) Radical mode

PowerWash Simulator - Sprint

Foxhole (PC) - Sprint

Delta Force: Hawk Ops - Run

Delta Force: Hawk Ops - Hold Breath

Delta Force: Hawk Ops - Ascend

Hoops Life (PC) - Sprint

Hoops Life (PC) - (hold) Increase speed

Blood - Run

Destiny 2 - Brake

Escape from Tarkov - Hold Shift while zoomed in with right click to hold breath and steady aim

Escape from Tarkov - Sprint (make sure Hold to Sprint/hold breath setting in Settings > Controls is enabled)

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Move fast

Untitled Goose Game - Run

Little Nightmares II (PC) - Sprint

Wreckfest - Look back

Wreckfest - Camera speed up

StarCraft 2 - (hold when clicking any command) Create a series of commands

Gears 5 - Tactical view

Rage (PC) - Sprint

Rage (PC) - Nitro

Grid (2019) - Check teammate status

Nioh 2: The Complete Edition - Change stance

Jurassic World Evolution - Fast movement

Psychonauts (PC) - Focus

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Drag straight

Evil Dead: The Game (PC) - Sprint

Clicker Heroes - ×10 in Purchase Quantity Heroes tab

Clicker Heroes - 10× base quantity in Purchase Quantity Ancients tab

Clicker Heroes - Gives the selected hero a random Gild from another hero

Grounded (PC) - Sprint

Grounded (PC) - Glide

XDefiant (PC) - Sprint/Hold breath (ADS)

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon - Quick Boost

PokeRogue (PC) - Hold to see Pokémon's current stat changes and to see move info for TMs

Diablo III - Attack lock

Overwatch - Ability 1

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Enter shadow mode (planning)

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (PC) - Grab / Glide

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (PC) - Glide

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (PC) - Zoom in

F1 2021 (PC) - Gear down

Tribes of Midgard (PC) - Shield

Diablo II: Resurrected - Stand still

Halo Infinite (PC) - Boost / E-Brake

Halo Infinite (PC) - Sprint

Halo Infinite (PC) - Camera boost

Gunfire Reborn (PC) - Dash

Monster Hunter Rise (PC) - Dash (Hold)/Sheathe Weapon

Monster Hunter Rise (PC) - Hunting Installation - Guard

Monster Hunter Rise (PC) - Dash (Hold)/Sheathe Weapon

Monster Hunter Rise (PC) - Hunting Installation - Guard

Verdun (PC) - (while immobile and aiming) Hold breath

Ground Branch (PC) - Run

Neverwinter (PC) - Utility Power

Roblox Rise of Nations - (hold) Ignore units

Roblox Rise of Nations - Select a city that has a unit

Disney Pixar Brave - Dodge

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (PC) - Run

Immortals of Aveum (PC) - Sprint

The Invincible (PC) - Run

The Universim - Increase camera movement speed

Enshrouded - Sprint

Nightingale - Sprint

Captain of Industry - Increase pan speed

Captain of Industry - Place multiple

Captain of Industry - Disallow turns

Captain of Industry - Demolish entire transport

Captain of Industry - Pause only

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - Sprint

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - Vertical mouse move modifier

Creatures of Sonaria (Common Recode and Legacy) - Hold to sprint

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - Run

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - Tertiary

Dragon's Dogma 2 (PC) - Dash

Dragon's Dogma 2 (PC) - Change shield direction

Tibia - (moving stacked items) You will only move one stacked item at a time

Life Is Strange 2 - Sprint

Warframe - Sprint/Roll

Rage 2 (PC) - Nitro

WRC 8: World Rally Championship - Tertiary

Tanki Online - Overdrive

V Rising - Jump from cliffs

V Rising - Vampire power modifier key

Dinkum (PC) - (hold) Move camera

Tails of Iron (PC) - Block

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End (PC) - Sprint ON/OFF (can be changed in Settings)

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End (PC) - Auto-Add Materials (when adding ingredients)

Minecraft Legends (PC) - Toggle Sprint

My Time at Portia (PC) - (hold) Sprint

Forspoken (PC) - Parkour

Forspoken (PC) - Float

Forspoken (PC) - Show/Hide grid

Terra Nil (PC) - Place multiple

Still Wakes the Deep (PC) - Run

Shell Shockers - Aim

Shell Shockers - Go down while spectating

Heroes of the Storm - Hold while clicking to queue multiple actions

AI War Classic - (hold) Double pan speed

AI War Classic - (hold) (Galaxy Map) Show wormhole paths for all selected ships

AI War Classic - (hold) (Galaxy Map, Hover Over Planet) Show links to all adjacent planets

Dauntless - Sprint

Ring of Elysium - Sprint

Gears Tactics - Choose previous ally / Enemy unit

Iron Harvest (PC) - Multi-select modifier

Iron Harvest (PC) - Order queue

Unto the End - Throw dagger / (Close range) stab

Haven (PC) - Glide

Everspace 2 (PC) - Engine Boost

Titanfall 2 (PC) - (hold) Sprint

Biomutant (PC) - Run

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (PC) - Change back palette

Yooka-Laylee (PC) - Duck

Yooka-Laylee (PC) - Roll Yooka into a ball / Create a bubble when in underwater

Dwarf Fortress - Hold while pressing the above keys to move the cursor very rapidly

Chorus (PC) - Boost

We Happy Few (PC) - Sprint

Elex II (PC) - Sprint

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (PC) - (hold while walking) Sprint

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (PC) - Check Transferred Traits

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (PC) - View Effects (when choosing a recipe)

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (PC) - Toggle animation speed (3 levels)

Dune: Spice Wars (PC) - (hold) Increase game speed

Battle Brothers - Blazing Deserts - Center map and zoom in on Battle Brothers unit

Rubber Bandits (PC) - Jump

Trove (PC) - Adventure Mode: Dodge

VA-11 Hall-A - Pause skip

VA-11 Hall-A - Slower movement

Crazyracing Kartrider - Drift

Wild Hearts (PC) - Stow Weapon / Sprint / Grab

System Shock: Enhanced Edition - Run

Earth 2160 - First person mode (full-screen)

Gangs of Sherwood (PC) - Dodge

Spore - Activate Sprint Ability

CRSED F.O.A.D. - Sprint

Trials of Mana (PC) - Evade

Banishers: Ghost of New Eden - Sprint

All No Rest for the Wicked - (hold) Sprint

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (PC) - Sprint

The Casting of Frank Stone (PC) - Spring

Entoria: The Last Song - (hold) Sprint

Productivity (62)

Figma - (while resizing) Resize proportionally

FL Studio 20 - (on draw tool) Swap to Paint

FL Studio 20 - (draw tool) Swap to Paint

FL Studio 21 - (on Draw/Paint tool) Swap the action of the Draw/Paint tool

PlanSwift - (hold) Toggles Ortho tool on or off during takeoff

draw.io - Hold shift while resizing to maintain proportions

draw.io - While holding, ignore handles under mouse

draw.io - Hold to maintain proportions while resizing

draw.io - Ignore handles under the mouse

Ableton Live 10 - Finer Resolution for Dragging

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Ableton Live 10 - Clips and Slots Across all Tracks

Ableton Live 10 - Time Across all Tracks

Ableton Live 10 - Finer Resolution for Dragging

Ableton Live 10 - Drag/Click to Append to a Selection

Ableton Live 10 - Click to Add Adjacent Clips/Tracks/Scenes to Multi-Selection

LightBurn - (when sizing) Unlock aspect ratio

LibreOffice Calc - To select only one sheet in a selection, hold down Shift, and then click the name tab of the sheet

Lucidchart - Maintain aspect ratio

Diagrams.net - (during resize) Maintain proportions

Diagrams.net - Toggle selection state

Diagrams.net - (hold while connecting) Ignore shape / Connect to a fixed point

Pcon Planner 8 - (while using the PAN) Change the layer on which the is performed in the Projection Perspective

Pcon Planner 8 - Lock/Unlock axis

Pcon Planner 8 - Pressing the Shift key while inserting an article from the Catalog will keep the article close but open a Configuration after insertion

Cinema 4D - (when creating object) New Object as Child Object

Cinema 4D - Smooth for All Brushes

For Honor - Sprint

Snipaste 2.3.5 - Toggle the color formats if the magnifier is visible

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (hold down while trimming) Trim up to, but not over, adjacent Clips

LibreOffice - (while creating or scaling a graphic object) The ratio of the object's width to height is fixed

Finale 26 - When selecting, to constrain to full measures, hold down SHIFT while drag-enclosing

Nvidia Omniverse - (while using any move command) Double the movement speed

SmartDraw - Makes movement occur only horizontally and vertically, rotate in 45 degree increments, and grow is set to be proportional only

SmartDraw - Makes movement occur only horizontally and vertically, rotate in 45 degree increments, and grow is set to be proportional only

Sip - Pick multiple colors

Dropbox - To select multiple consecutive files, select the first item, press and hold Ctrl and click files or folders you want to select

Configura Cet Designer - (hold) Overrides snapping

Dialux Evo - Cancel toggle

Sweet Home 3D 7.1 (Windows) - (hold when selecting) Select multiple walls

RiveApp (Windows) - Constrain Shape/Angle

Apple Pages - (press Shift while rotating) Rotate the object 45°

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Finer Resolution for Dragging

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Clips and Slots Across all Tracks

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Time Across all Tracks

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Finer Resolution for Dragging

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Drag/Click to Append to a Selection

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Click to Add Adjacent Clips/Tracks/Scenes to Multi-Selection

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Open Mac Keystroke Plug-In Window with Plug-In Edit Button

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Click to Append Devices to a Selected Device

Mural - (when using resize handler) Constrain proportions (shapes & areas)

Mural - (when moving nodes) Snap the angle of rotation (connectors)

Powtoon (Windows) - (hold and rotate object/text) Rotate by 45ᵒ increments

SimSolid - Extend selection (lists & project tree)

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Invert Snap during manipulation

Author-It - Insert directly above the object

Revizto (macOS) - Hold to speed up

Synthesia - (hold when resizing) Lock aspect ratio

Synthesia - (hold when resizing) Lock aspect ratio

Bricks 1.9.6 - Adjust element spacing (margin, padding) or container sizing (height, width) on the canvas

Bricks 1.9.6 - Directly edit new element

Bricks 1.9.6 - Adjust element spacing (margin, padding) or container sizing (height, width) on the canvas

Bricks 1.9.6 - Directly edit new element

Scientific (30)

Archicad 24 - Mouse Constrain Angles / Guide Lines

Archicad 24 - Instant Arrow tool

Archicad 24 - Element Highlight

Altium Designer - When auto-panning while placing/moving an object to pan at higher speed

Altium Designer - When auto-panning while placing/moving an object, use to pan at higher speed

Altium Designer - (hold) When moving a component to view dynamic alignment guides (green indicator lines) in relation to the pads of this and nearby components

Altium Designer - Access the 3D rotational sphere. With the sphere displayed, Right-Click and drag to change the orientation of the view

JMP 15 - To select points in rectangular regions, click and drag the arrow tool in a plot. Extend selection by holding down the Shift key

JMP 15 - To select a range of adjacent bars in a Pareto plot, hold down the Shift key and click the outer bars of the range

JMP 15 - To select or deselect a range of adjacent rows or columns, hold down the Shift key and click the first and last row or column in the range

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JMP 15 - To transpose the factors in a two-factor interaction LSMeans plot, hold down the Shift key and select the LS Means Plot command

JMP 15 - To Specify theta (for exponential), beta (for Weibull), or sigma (for lognormal) parameters for WeiBayes analysis, hold down the Shift key and select Exponential, Weibull, or Lognormal Fit from the Product-Limit Survival Fit red triangle menu

JMP 15 - To build Match function conditionals, select a column from Table Columns list. Hold down the Shift key and select Match from Conditional formula list

Tekla Structures 20 - Add to selection

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - (hold and select) Add the selected feature

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Turn Square on or off

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Accelerate change in x,y

LabView - (resize) Resizes selected object while maintaining aspect ratio

LabView - Switches to Positioning tool

Leapfrog Geo 2023.2 - Hold down to switch to the Select tool and rotate the scene

HelioScope - Force lines to be perpendicular while drawing

JMP 15 (macOS) - To select points in rectangular regions, click and drag the arrow tool in a plot. Extend selection by holding down the Shift key

JMP 15 (macOS) - To select a range of adjacent bars in a Pareto plot, hold down the Shift key and click the outer bars of the range

JMP 15 (macOS) - To select or deselect a range of adjacent rows or columns, hold down the Shift key and click the first and last row or column in the range

JMP 15 (macOS) - To build Match function conditionals, select a column from Table Columns list. Hold down the Shift key and select Match from Conditional formula list

Solidworks 2019 - Select a transparent face on a part.

Onshape 1.98 - Lock mate inference

Onshape 1.98 - Lock mate inference

Onshape 1.98 - Suppress inferencing

Vectorworks 2020 - (with tooltip displayed, press and hold Shift) Display additional tooltip information

Hardware (1)

Everlaw - Drag select mode

Games - console (1)

Gungrave G.O.R.E. (PC, Xbox) - Jump

Games - console and PC (15)

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series - Run

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - Sprint

Disney Speedstorm - Drift

Thronefall (PC, Xbox) - Sprint

Jusant - Object interaction

Roboquest - Sprint

PalWorld (PC, Xbox) - Sprint

Deathverse: Let It Die - Run

Lies of P (PC, Xbox, PS) - Guard

Epic Mickey: Refurbished (PC, Xbox) - Dash

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Trek to Yomi (Xbox, PlayStation, PC) - Block/Parry

HoloCure - Save the Fans - Cancel/Special

KarmaZoo - Shapeshift

BioGun: Clinical Trial - Dash

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (PC, Xbox, PlayStation) - Raiment

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Imaging (195)
System tools (6)
Developer tools (6)
Web applications (6)
File manager (1)
Media player (1)
Games - PC (338)
Productivity (62)
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