Change camera type

Take a screenshot

Record video

Open the Gallery, where you can view other players' creations and add them to your neighborhood

Walls up

Walls down

Go up a floor

Go down a floor

Move Around the Neighborhood

Move view up

Move view left

Move view down

Move view right

Center on current Lot

(on Sim picture) Select Sim

(on Sim picture) Make Camera follow that Sim

Rotate view or tilt camera up/down to change angles

Zoom in and out

Take a screenshot. In Game Options you can choose to include the game interface in screenshots

Start or stop video recording

Bring up main menu or cancel current operation

(click on Object or Sim) Interact with that Object or Sim

(click on ground) Order Sim to go somewhere

Find active Sim

Select the next Sim in the Household

(click on Sim portrait) Select that Sim

Show Aspiration Window. Click on Gift to go to Rewards, Star to Change Aspiration

Show Sim's inventory

Show Career tab

Show Skills list

Show Relationship panel

Show Simology

Show Sim's current need levels. Clicking on a need icon will order the Sim to fulfill it

Go to Map mode

Pause Sims 4

Speed 1 (normal)

Speed 2

Speed 3

Access cheat console

Live mode (Normal Gameplay)

Buy mode

Build mode

Switch to Hand tool. In this mode you can grab objects

Wall tool

While using Wall tool, hold Ctrl to delete walls and rooms.

While using Wall/Room tool, hold Shift to toggle between the two

Eyedroppert tool. Copy an object quickly

Sledgehammer tool. Allows you to destroy objects

Design Tool. Recolor objects to create color schemes

After selecting an object but before placing it, pressing + on the num pad will cycle through color options for that item, allowing you to find what looks right for that room

Toggle the grid

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

Press while holding an object to place it in the Household inventory. Good for storing multiple things fast

Rotate selected object left

Rotate selected object right

While holding an object, this allows you to position it anywhere as opposed to on the Grid

This will let you position objects relative to the grid, but at 1/2 to 1/4 the usual distance. Good for precision

While laying floor, do 1/4 of a tile at a time (little triangle) for artsy design

While painting, holding Alt fills a straight wall with the selected wall pattern

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

Make brush size smaller while painting terrain. Also cycles through square/circle brushes

Make brush size larger while painting terrain. Also cycles through square/circle brushes

Make brush softer when painting terrain

Make brush harder when painting terrain

Hold while painting terrain to erase and change terrain to default

Undo

Redo last action you undid

Delete or sell selected object

Switch to top-down view. Press again to go back to previous view

Change lighting from morning to afternoon, evening and night to preview how things look. It will not change actual time

Press U, then click house to relocate the entire structure on the lot. It may be moved or rotated

Show the cheat console, so you can enter cheat texts below

Increases the size of objects