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General (8)

OBS Studio - Hold Ctrl while moving/adjusting bounding box: Temporarily disable source snapping (if enabled)

Giants Editor - Interactive placement paint with random rotation around y axis

Windows XP - (hold when dragging an item) Copy selected item

Windows XP - (hold when dragging an item) Copy selected item

NVDA Screen Reader - Stop reading

GTFO - Crouch

Eastshade (PC) - Crouch

Extended Mapedit - (in dialog area) Show common x-properties

Text editing (2)

PSPad - (drop into editor) Insert file names

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

Imaging (99)

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected

Adobe After Effects 2021 - (in shape layer) Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool

Adobe After Effects 2021 - (when dragging to create shape) Change outer radius of star

Adobe Illustrator - (hold down) Keep the inner radius of a star constant

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

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Object

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Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Object

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Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Object

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Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During scale up/scale down/rotate) Free Transform

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (During free transform) Scale up/Scale down/Rotate

Substance Painter - Symmetrical selection

SketchUp - Connected

SketchUp - Soften/Smooth

Zbrush 2023.1 - (hold Ctrl while selecting brush from popup) Select Masking Brush

Zbrush 2023.1 - (hold) Paint mask on object (alphas/strokes can be used)

Lumion 10 - (while rendering) While rendering, hold down this key to show the frames per second.

Lumion 10 - (while mouse cursor is over the Timeline Slider) The frame count can now be displayed above the Timeline by pressing the CTRL key whilst the mouse is over the Timeline Slider. If you select to render to a frame range, the Timeline Slider displays the frame count by default, until you choose to render with another option. Whilst using the frame range option, you can toggle the display to show the seconds counter using the CTRL key whilst the mouse cursor is over the Timeline Slider.

Lumion 10 - Hold down this key while placing the mouse cursor on a Color Map slot or NormalMap slot to view the alpha channel of the texture.

Greenshot - Hold down to have the object anchored in its geometrical middle

Cura 4 - Toggle uniform scaling

Blender 3.4.1 - Context toggle

Adobe Photoshop CC - Change Cancel button to Default

Adobe Photoshop CC - Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool (Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool)

Adobe Photoshop CC - (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - Distort

Adobe Photoshop CC - Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools to Direct Selection tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box

Adobe Photoshop CC - Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - (With Edge Highlighter tool selected) Toggle Smart Highlighting

FastStone Image Viewer - In Scroll Mode, hold down Ctrl key to switch to Rectangle Select Mode temporarily

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - From center

Paint.NET - (hold while using this tool) Manipulate a copy of the selection (Move Selected Pixels Tool only)

Paint.NET - (hold while clicking - or + corner size keys in the toolbar) Increase corner value change to 5px (Rounded Rectangle only)

Corel Painter - Layer adjuster

Corel Painter - click Angle Adjuster: Adjust spiral

Corel Painter - (except when either the screen navigation or Shape tools are selected) Layer adjuster

Corel Painter - (when Selection tools are selected) Selection adjuster

Corel Painter - (when Shape tools are selected) Shape selection tool

Corel Painter - Shape selection tool toggle

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

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Snapping (hold while translating or rotating)

Adobe XD (Windows) - Direct Select

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Invert Function

Global Mapper 21 - Display feature info and ignore alternate link options

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

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) Move selection area

Marmoset Hexels - (hold) Snap to grid when moving layer contents

Affinity Photo - Erase with Pixel Tool

Affinity Photo - Edit curves as you draw

MyPaint - Merge down

MyPaint - Rotate left

MyPaint - Rotate right

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Invert Function

Aspire 10 - (hold) Reduce the nudge distance

Sketchup for Web - Add

Sketchup for Web - Toggle soften/smooth

Sketchup for Web - Paint all connected

Sketchup for Web - Toggle select center

Sketchup for Web - Toggle create new starting face

Sketchup for Web - Cycle copy/Stamp/Move

Sketchup for Web - Toggle copy

Sketchup for Web - Toggle scale about center

Sketchup for Web - Toggle create guides

Sketchup for Web - Toggle create guides

Sketchup for Web - Run

Sketchup for Web - Suspend gravity

System tools (7)

PowerToys - Drag the window until one zone is activated, then hold Ctrl while dragging the window to select multiple zones

JAWS - Interrupt Speech

FastStone Capture 9.2 - (in Scroll Mode) Hold Ctrl to switch to Rectangle Select Mode temporarily

Narrator - Stop reading

ZoomText - Pause speech

Spartan Multi Clipboard - When a clip selected, hold down Ctrl to click clip Window

Workbench (AmigaOS) - (hold during bootup) System boot without Startup-Sequence

Developer tools (6)

Spyder 4.1.5 - Split vertically

Virtual Key Codes - VK_CONTROL (0x11)

RPG Maker - Hold to walk anywhere

Novelty Visual Novel Maker - (hold object) Resize mode

dbForge SQL Complete - Turn on the semi-transparent mode for the suggestion box and the parameter info hint

Autodesk Stingray - (or hold down Ctrl) Toggle selection

Games - PC (197)

Blox Fruits (PC) - Toggle between walk and run

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Gear down

FiveM - Crouch

Counter Strike: Global Offensive - Duck

Gang Beasts (PC) - Duck

Gang Beasts (PC) - (hold) Crawl

Gang Beasts (PC) - Headbutt

Ren'Py - (hold) Skip

The Sims 4 - While using Wall tool, hold Ctrl to delete walls and rooms.

The Sims 4 - Hold while painting terrain to erase and change terrain to default

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BeamNG - Node-Grab

Farming Simulator 22 (PC) - Crouch

Farming Simulator 19 (PC) - Crouch

Days Gone (PC) - (toggle) Crouch

Days Gone (PC) - Lean backward

Days Gone (PC) - Camera down

Rust - Crouch

American Truck Simulator - Gear down

7 Days to Die (PC) - Crouch (toggle)

Hitman 3 (PC) - Instinct

Watch Dogs 2 (PC) - Focus

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PC) - Walk

Kerbal Space Program - Jet down

Hogwarts Legacy - Fly Down

Hogwarts Legacy - Dodge

Hogwarts Legacy - Disable Snapping

Black Desert Online - Show/hide pointer

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold Ctrl while selecting mercs to add more mercs to selection group

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold to bring up the HAND cursor

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold CTRL to compare item stats with item in Description Box

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Hold CTRL to display game settings (Load Screen only)

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - (then GABBI) - On Tactical Map: Enables cheat mode in ENG Version

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - (then IGUANA) - On Tactical Map: Enables cheat mode in GER Version

Live for Speed - (hold) Multiple object selection

World of Tanks - Hold Ctrl, right click the player name on the Team panel and select a complaint type

Overcooked 2 (PC) - Chop / Throw

RimWorld - ×10 (For any number field, multiplies the increment/decrement button by 10)

Squad (PC) - Crouch (hold)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Prone

Battlefield V - (hold) Crouch

Place Anywhere (Fallout 4 mod) - Change rotation axis

Hearts of Iron IV (PC) - Assignment mode

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution - Not used / changes function to the context

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution - Center camera

Kenshi (PC) - Is the same as pressing middle mouse button, enables rotation of camera.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Crouch; Double-Tap: Dodge

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - (hold) Lean forward (bike), Descend, Throttle down

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

FIFA 19 (PC) - Move wall

Yandere Simulator (PC) - Giggle

Yandere Simulator (PC) - (hold) Yandere vision

Injustice: Gods Among Us (PC) - Flip stance

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Use Medkit

New World (PC) - (hold) Walk

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 - (while placing an object) Places the current object at the same level as the previously placed object

Northgard (PC) - Orders for unit

Pacify (PC) - Jump

Warframe - Move Down (Archwing)

Warframe - Hold to Crouch

Alien Isolation (PC) - (hold) Aim/change focus

Don't Starve (PC) - Hold to modify mouse buttons actions when interacting with world objects

UBOAT - Add orders to order queue

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Move slow

Team Fortress 2 - Duck

Hunt: Showdown - Crouch

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Hold down to create or combine as many gems as possible

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - (in air) Dive

Unravel Two (PC) - Tie

Grim Dawn (PC) - Target pet

Counter Strike: Source - Duck

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PC) - Focus

Control (PC) - Evade

Destiny 2 - Toggle Crouch

Ground Branch (PC) - Sprint

Warcraft III: Reforged - (hold) Send an order to currently active subgroup

Resident Evil 8 Village (PC) - Use recovery items

Resident Evil 8 Village (PC) - Hide / Display controls

Diablo II - Hold down to run

Little Nightmares II (PC) - Crouch / Slide

Cricket 22 (PC) - Back Foot Shot (hold)

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Walk

Overwatch - Crouch

Overwatch - Spectate self (right Ctrl)

Warcraft III - (when held during a command) Send action to currently active subgroup only

Resident Evil 7 (PC) - Heal yourself

Just Cause 3 - Cancel / Detach

Just Cause 3 - Tilt backwards

Just Cause 3 - Tilt backwards

Just Cause 3 - Decrease altitude

Just Cause 3 - Decelerate

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Skill Info

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Display Items (Hold) / Reset Camera

Monster Hunter: World (PC) - Display Items (Hold) / Reset Camera

Jurassic World Evolution - H Horn

Jurassic World Evolution - Descend

Jurassic World Evolution - Slow movement

Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC) - Descend

Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC) - Slow Movement

Monster Hunter Rise (PC) - Item Bar (Hold)/Reset Camera

Monster Hunter Rise (PC) - Item Bar (Hold)/Reset Camera

Clicker Heroes - ×100 Purchase Quantity Heroes tab

Clicker Heroes - 100× base quantity in Purchase Quantity Ancients tab

Clicker Heroes - Autoconfirms a de-gild

Grounded (PC) - Swim down

Grounded (PC) - Crouch

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Close parachute

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Wingsuit (airbrake)

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Cancel interact

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Cancel reel-ın

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Throttle down

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Retract

Just Cause 4 (PC) - Dive

Lego DC Super-Villains (PC) - Character toggle up / down

Foxhole (PC) - View Roofs

Nier: Automata - Walk 2

Fantasy Grounds - When dragging a number, holding Ctrl will negate the number being dragged

Fantasy Grounds - (while viewing) Show shortcuts

Elex II (PC) - Dodge

Persona 5 Royal (PC) - Third eye

Gears 5 - Crouch

Gears 5 - Push to talk

Elder Scrolls Online (PC) - Toggle crouch / sneak mode

Deep Rock Galactic (PC) - Laser pointer

MapleStory (PC) - Attack

MapleStory (PC) - Site

Halo Infinite (PC) - Descend / Tricks

Halo Infinite (PC) - Crouch / Slide

Halo Infinite (PC) - Center on player

Conqueror's Blade (PC) - Legion operation on siege weapons

Blood - Fire the selected weapon's primary fire

Magic: The Gathering Online - Hold to Keep Priority

Madden NFL 21 - (hold) Show Play Art

Iron Harvest (PC) - Create group modifier

Risk of Rain 2 - Toggle sprint

Trove (PC) - Build Mode: Walk

Katana Zero (PC) - Walk

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

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

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

Wartales - Toggle different companions

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - Vigilant

VA-11 Hall-A - Skip

Everspace 2 (PC) - Hover Down

Unrailed (PC) - (hold) Emoji Wheel A

Enter the Gungeon - Gun menu

Tibia - (moving stacked items) The whole stack will be moved at once

Outer Wilds - Descend

Outer Wilds - Zoom out (telescope and map)

Untitled Goose Game - Crouch

Yooka-Laylee (PC) - Swim down

Verdun (PC) - Prone

Super Animal Royale (PC) - Creep (sneak quietly) / Zoom (with Gun-sniper grey.png Sniper or Gun rifle grey-resources.assets-1277.png Hunting Rifle)

Tails of Iron (PC) - Poison

Rage 2 (PC) - Focus

Rage 2 (PC) - Tilt the bike backwards

Rolling Line (PC) - Changes overall player speed

Galactic Civilizations 3 - Show distance

Diablo II: Resurrected - Run

Heroes of the Storm - Open talent selection pane

AI War Classic - (hold) Show names of all planets in Galaxy View

AI War Classic - (hold) Show movement paths for all allied ships

Bugsnax (PC) - Crouch

Mr. Prepper - Fast forward

Super Robot Wars 30 (PC) - Fast Forward

WRC Generations - Clutch

WRC Generations - Secondary

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End (PC) - Reset Camera

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End (PC) - Display Character / Enemy Info (Pause Screen)

Magic: The Gathering Arena - Enable full control

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Crouch

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Return to a vehicle

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Lean back (motorbike)

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Throttle control

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PC) - Descend

Mordhau - Crouch

Unto the End - Shoulder bash

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (PC) - Crouch

Rage (PC) - Focus

Rage (PC) - Tilt the bike backwards

WRC 8: World Rally Championship - Clutch

WRC 8: World Rally Championship - Secondary

Empire of Sin (PC) - Start / Stop combat

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (PC) - Reset camera

We Happy Few (PC) - Crouch

Crazyracing Kartrider - Use item

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon - Assault boost

Roblox SCP-3008 - (hold) Rotate object 15 degrees

Evil Dead: The Game (PC) - Attack the Dark Ones

Disney Pixar Brave - Show heads-up display

Little Witch in the Woods (PC) - Ride Broomstick

Ring of Elysium - Mute

Temtem (PC) - Notifications

Chorus (PC) - Sub-light drive

Immortals of Aveum (PC) - Dodge

Shenmue III - Zoom

Shenmue III - Switch requests

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (PC) - Brake

Productivity (35)

Figma - (while resizing) Ignore constraints (frames only)

Lucidchart - Add or remove an object from selection

Ableton Live 10 - Drop Browser Clips as a Scene

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

Ableton Live 10 - Open Second/Multiple Windows with Plug-In Edit Button

LightBurn - Resize from center

LibreOffice Calc - To select multiple cells in different areas of a sheet, hold down Ctrl and drag in the different areas

LibreOffice Calc - To select multiple sheets in a spreadsheet, hold down Ctrl, and then click the name tabs at the lower edge of the workspace.

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (hold down while dragging Zoomer tool) Zoom vertical and horizontal axis

For Honor - Lock in / out of Guard Mode

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Diagrams.net - (during resize) Centered resize

Diagrams.net - Toggle selection state

Diagrams.net - Context menu

Mural - (when moving an element) Override auto alignment

Pcon Planner 8 - Allows to select multiple objects

Pcon Planner 8 - (while moving an Object) Create a copy of the selected object

Pcon Planner 8 - Switch the wall orientation while drawing a wall

SimSolid - Hold down to multi-select and toggle select

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

Diagrams.net (mouse focused) - Hold Ctrl and resize a group with your mouse. The outer boundary of the group will be resized, but the shapes inside the group will not. This is called a non-recursive group resize

QuickBooks Desktop - To start QuickBooks without opening a company file, press Ctrl while opening QuickBooks.

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - (Windows. Hold down) Find/Highlight Collection(s) an Item belongs to

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - (Windows. Hold down) Highlight All Collections an Item is in

RoomSketcher - Turn snapping off

SimSolid Cloud - Hold down to multi-select and toggle select

Scribus - Constrain angle to 15 degree steps while rotating

Scribus - Constrain object to vertical/horizontal axis after dragging has started

Scribus - Resize proportionally after dragging by a handle has started

Scribus - Constrain angle to 15 degree steps while drawing a line

Cinema 4D - Reverse Brush Effect

FeatureCAM 2023 - (hold Ctrl while toolpath is being computed) Temporarily turns off Toolpath Computation Minimization. Toolpaths are recomputed for all features even if that feature did not change

Author-It - Insert a copy directly below the object

Dropbox - To select multiple non-consecutive files, select the first item, press and hold Shift and click the last item

Sweet Home 3D 7.1 (Windows) - (when dragging objects with mouse) Duplicate object

Quire.io (Windows) - Show/Hide breadcrumbs

Scientific (11)

Altium Designer - (hold while moving a panel) Prevent automatic docking, grouping, or snapping

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

Altium Designer - As you move the cursor over a 3D object, use to select a specific face of that object

Tekla Structures 20 - Toggle selection

LabView - (resize) Resizes selected object while maintaining center point

LabView - Switches to next most useful tool

Eplan Platform 2.9 - (hold then input) Update view ("Redraw")

Solidworks 2019 - (while sketching) Turn off automatic sketch relations.

JMP 15 - To resize all similar graphs in a report, hold down the Ctrl key and resize one graph

JMP 15 - To select or deselect non-adjacent bars in a Pareto plot, hold down the Ctrl key and click the bars

JMP 15 - To select or deselect non-adjacent rows or columns, hold down the Ctrl key and click each row or column

Games - console (1)

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

Games - console and PC (5)

Disney Speedstorm - Boost

Lies of P (PC, Xbox, PS) - Use Legion Arm

Thronefall (PC, Xbox) - (hold) Choose units

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - Stealth

Deathverse: Let It Die - Dodge

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Table of contents

General (8)
Text editing (2)
Imaging (99)
System tools (7)
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Games - PC (197)
Productivity (35)
Scientific (11)
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