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Space Engineers (PC) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 5/6/2021 on https://defkey.com/space-engineers-shortcuts

Space Engineers is a voxel-based game set in space and on planets. It is
developed by independent Czech developer Keen Software House and was
initially released in 2013 for Steam's early access program. Space
Engineers was officially released in February 2019.

Space Engineers (PC) has 124 shortcuts and we have listed all of them
below.



Movement
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W                       Forward
S                       Backward
A                       Strafe left
D                       Strafe right
Left arrow              Rotate left
Right arrow             Rotate right
Up arrow                Rotate up
Down arrow              Rotate down
Q                       Roll left (ship / jetpack)
E                       Roll right (ship / jetpack)
Shift                   Hold to sprint
Caps Lock               Toggle walk
Space                   Up / Jump
C                       Down / Crouch


Systems / Interactions
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Left click              Use tool / Fire weapon
Right click             Secondary mode
F                       Use / Interact
J                       Helmet
X                       Jetpack on/off
Z                       Inertia dampeners on / off
Ctrl + Z                Enable relative dampening
O                       Broadcasting
Y                       Power switch on / off
L                       Lights on / off
U                       Voice chat
Enter                   Chat screen
K                       Terminal / Inventory
I                       Inventory
Backspace               Respawn


Block placement
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G                       Toolbar config
Page Down               Rotate block vertical +
Del                     Rotate block vertical -
Home                    Rotate block horizontal +
End                     Rotate block horizontal -
Insert                  Rotate block roll +
Page Up                 Rotate block roll -
Middle click            Repaint block
Ctrl + Middle click     Color a 3x3 area of blocks
Shift + Middle click    Color a 7x7 area of blocks
T                       Reset orientation
N                       Toggle symmetry
M                       Symmetry setup
B                       Cycle placement modes
Middle click            Build Planner
R                       Cube size toggle button
Ctrl + Left click       (hold) Place/remove multiple blocks in a straight line
Ctrl + Right click      (hold) Place/remove multiple blocks in a straight line


Toolbars
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.                       Next toolbar
,                       Previous toolbar
1                       Equip item from slot 1
2                       Equip item from slot 2
3                       Equip item from slot 3
4                       Equip item from slot 4
5                       Equip item from slot 5
6                       Equip item from slot 6
7                       Equip item from slot 7
8                       Equip item from slot 8
9                       Equip item from slot 9
0                       Unequip
~                       Unequip
Shift + Number          Switch directly to pressed toolbar number


Miscellaneous
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[                       Previous color or camera
]                       Next color or camera
U                       Scenario settings
P                       Landing gear
K                       Open voxel hand settings
-                       Open control menu
Pause                   Pause game
~                       Console
F1                      Help
:                       Open Contract screen
F11                     Open mod debug window (only in offline mode)
Shift + Alt + F12       Display detailed debug information


View / Camera
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F6                      Player control
F7                      Delta spectator
F8                      Free spectator
F9                      Static spectator
V                       First-person / Third-person
Alt                     Hold to look around
Alt + Wheel up and wheel down Zoom in third-person mode
F4                      Screenshot
Tab                     Hud on / off
H                       Toggle signal mode


General
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F10                     Open blueprint screen
Shift + F10             Open spawn screen
Alt + F10               Open admin screen
Shift + F11             Cycle performance statistics
Alt + F11               Open debug draw
F5                      Quick Load
Shift + F5              Quick Save
Ctrl + H                Toggle statistics
F3                      Show players (multiplayer)


Grids and Blueprints
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Ctrl + B                Create/manage blueprints
Ctrl + Shift + B        Create blueprint detached
Ctrl + Alt + B          Create blueprint attached
Wheel up and wheel down Change block variants
Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Move pasted object
Ctrl + C                Copy object
Ctrl + Shift + C        Copy object detached
Ctrl + Alt + C          Copy object attached
Ctrl + Shift + X        Cut all blocks of a grid
Ctrl + V                Paste object (press Esc to cancel)
Ctrl + X                Cut object
Ctrl + Del              Delete object
Ctrl + Alt + E          Export model


Color Picker
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P                       Color picker
Shift + P               Pick color from cube into slot
Middle click            Color block
Ctrl + Middle click     Medium color brush
Shift + Middle click    Large color brush
Ctrl + Shift + Middle click Color whole grid
]                       Switch to next color
[                       Switch to previous color


Voxel hands
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H                       Open voxel hand settings
[                       Next voxel material
]                       Previous voxel material


Spectator
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Ctrl + Space            Move character to spectator
Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Change spectator speed


Build Planner
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Middle click            Withdraw
Alt + Ctrl + Middle click Withdraw and keep
Ctrl + Middle click     Withdraw x10 and keep
Shift + Middle click    Put to production
Shift + Ctrl + Middle click Put x10 to production
Alt + Middle click      Deposit all

Sources: spaceengineerswiki.com, reddit.com


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