Dark Radiant Controls, Keys & Mouse

written by Fidcal

Introduction

This is planned eventually to be a complete reference list by description of all Dark Radiant controls whether by buttons, menus, or keys. In addition any other material relating to the Dark Radiant controls may be included.

Changing Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys shown are defaults and you can change them to your preference in Dark Radiant's Help menu > shortcut keys list where they are listed in alphabetical order by shortcut name (command) shown in the table below. The shortcut keys list itself gives a guide to what features are available from the keys but they are not all obvious. As well as assigning and removing shortcut keys there in that dialog you can also examine, copy, backup, make alternatives, even edit (with caution), the file in which they are stored at

<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\DarkRadiant\input.xml

Specific Controls, Misc Rough Notes

This section may be temporary but included are odds and ends from my personal rough notes that might be best listed in groups by type eg, camera. Some/all might be duplicated in the main table. This section will be reviewed as this guide develops.

camview = 3D camera view xyz = any orthoview, top, front, side. [ ] square brackets indicates no default key assigned LMB, MMB, RMB - Left, middle, right mouse buttons and MMW is middle mouse wheel (rotation)

CAMERA VIEW: RMB in camview = toggle free mouse look around In free mouse mode: Zoom in and out with MMB Ctrl+Shift+slide mouse forward,backward, left and right WITH FINE CONTROL. Ctrl+slide mouse moves up, down, left and right WITH FINE CONTROL.

XYZ GRID ORTHOVIEW: Ctrl + MMB in xyz = camera to cursor or drag camera MMB in xyz = camera turns to where clicked Ctrl + Alt + Tab = View to camera on selected view Crtl + Shift + Tab = View to camera on all views

Ctrl + Alt + 1 through Ctrl + Alt + 0 = store camera position Alt + 1 through Alt + 0 = camera to stored position Alt + RMB on item in camview = camera to item centre (but keeps your current orientation)

Move: Arrow keys = forward/back/strafe left/right D & C = Move vertically up and down A & Z = Tilt up and down END = horizontal view (ie, not tilted up or down)

Move selection in orthoview: LMB Drag with mouse pointing within the selection. To move in one plane only: Hold down LMB, THEN shift (NOT shift then LMB!) and then drag either left right (only) else up down (only) Alternative: Alt + arrow key on selection

XYZ ORTHOVIEWS: Ctrl + tab = cycles through top, front, side views AND... moves view centre to selected item ELSE... moves centre to camera if nothing selected. Zoom in and out with MMB

Selecting : shift + Lclick* = select or add to already selected (if any) alt + shift + Lclick (repeatedly) = select stacked (e.g., behind, in front...) ctrl + shift + Lclick* = select face ctrl + shift + Ldrag = select all faces in rectangle dragged out. [tab] = group cycle forward = select next in entity group, eg, atdm:mover_door > related brush

Filtering, Hiding, Regioning: Dark Radiant has powerful filtering tools to help you to see more clearly the specific item or area you want to edit in a complex mission. They part the jungle of confusion in both camera and grid view to show as much or as little as you want to see. Caution: Some operations may include items that are not visible. For example, dragging a brush around a group and using 'select inside' will still also include any items 'Hidden' or not in the 'Region' within that brush so if you then move or delete that group the non-visible items will be effected too. 'Filtered' items will not be affected.

Hide: Use Hide (View menu) to quickly hide individual items that obscure your view. You can hide as many items as you wish one by one, now or later. They will all be revealed later if you select 'Show'...

H = Hide selection Shift + H = show hidden selections

Region: Use the Region feature to exclude everything but the area you are working on.

Ctrl+Shift+R = hide everything except the selection and possibly some local related items.

Reveal everything again with View menu > Region > Switch off. The same menu also offers alternate way of setting Region, cropping to your chosen zoomed XYZ view or by using a selection to define an area (the selection is NOT removed in the process.) You can also create a temporary brush and drag it out to define the region you wish to restrict the view too. Note that unlike with 'selection' this option does delete the brush automatically - the brush is merely used as a temporary means to outline the region you specify.

Filter: The Filter menu lets you filter out entire types such as all visportals or all lights, etc. You can also customise your own (see Defining custom Filters in DarkRadiant)

Complete Table of All Dark Radiant Controls

This table is to be a complete list of all Dark Radiant controls. See next section for how to edit or add to it.

Initially it has been kick-started with the shortcut keys list only.

DO NOT ASSUME IT IS COMPLETE UNTIL IT SAYS SO HERE! THIS REFERENCE IS WORK IN PROGRESS!

A to F

DARK RADIANT CONTROLS
CONTROL	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT KEY TOOLBAR MENU ROUTE SHORTCUT NAME
Add brush to existing entity (reparent)	Assigns selected brush(es) to selected existing entity. Entity must be selected last. Only works with worldspawn primitives; you cannot reparent from one entity to another but in that case must first 'revert to worldspawn' in the right click grid view menu	Edit>reparent primitives ParentSelection
Brush, change number of sides	Convert selected brush to be N-sided	Ctrl+N Brush[N]Sided
Brush Cone		BrushCone
Brush Export C M		BrushExportCM
Brush Export O B J		BrushExportOBJ
Brush Prism		BrushPrism
Brush Sphere		BrushSphere
C S G Hollow		CSGHollow
C S G Merge		Ctrl+U CSGMerge
C S G Room		CSGRoom
C S G Subtract		Shift+U CSGSubtract
Camera Angle Down		Z CameraAngleDown
Camera Angle Up		A CameraAngleUp
Camera Back		Down CameraBack
Camera Down		C CameraDown
Camera Forward		Up CameraForward
Camera Free Move Back		Down CameraFreeMoveBack
Camera Free Move Down		CameraFreeMoveDown
Camera Free Move Forward		Up CameraFreeMoveForward
Camera Free Move Left		Left CameraFreeMoveLeft
Camera Free Move Right		Right CameraFreeMoveRight
Camera Free Move Up		CameraFreeMoveUp
Camera Left		Left CameraLeft
Camera Right		Right CameraRight
Camera Strafe Left		comma CameraStrafeLeft
Camera Strafe Right		period CameraStrafeRight
Camera Up		D CameraUp
Cap Current Curve		Shift+C CapCurrentCurve
Center View		End CenterView
Center X Y View		Ctrl+Alt+Tab CenterXYView
Center X Y Views		Ctrl+Shift+Tab CenterXYViews
Change number of sides of brush	Convert selected brush to be N-sided	Ctrl+N Brush[N]Sided
Clipper Toggle	Toggles between Clipper and Resize-Move modes	X Left Toolbar ToggleClipper
Clip Selected		Return ClipSelected
Clone Selection		space CloneSelection
Connect Selection		Ctrl+K ConnectSelection
Convert brush, number of sides	Convert selected brush to be N-sided	Ctrl+N Brush[N]Sided
Copy		Ctrl+C Copy
Copy Shader		CopyShader
Create Curve Catmull Rom		CreateCurveCatmullRom
Create Curve N U R B S		CreateCurveNURBS
Crosshairs Toggle	Toggle Crosshairs (grid) on and off	Shift+X Edit>Preferences>Orthoview ToggleCrosshairs
Cubic Clip Zoom In		Ctrl+plus CubicClipZoomIn
Cubic Clip Zoom Out		Ctrl+minus CubicClipZoomOut
Curve Append Control Point		CurveAppendControlPoint
Curve Convert Type		CurveConvertType
Curve Insert Control Point		CurveInsertControlPoint
Curve Remove Control Point		CurveRemoveControlPoint
Cycle Cap Texture Patch		Ctrl+Shift+N CycleCapTexturePatch
Delete Selection		BackSpace DeleteSelection
Down Floor		Page_Down DownFloor
Drag Edges		E DragEdges
Drag Entities		DragEntities
Drag Faces		F DragFaces
Drag Vertices	Toggles Drag just vertices/else whole brush mode. Enables 'corners of brushes to be moved to reshape brush as against moving whole brush. Caution: Snap to grid and invalidity of concave brush shapes may give unexpected results! Consider also Clipper instead.	V Top Toolbar Modify>Components>Vertices DragVertices
Edit Colour Scheme		EditColourScheme
Entity List		L EntityList
Exit		Exit
Expand Selection To Entities		Ctrl+Alt+E ExpandSelectionToEntities
Filter Allentities		FilterAllentities
Filter Brushes		FilterBrushes
Filter Caulk		FilterCaulk
Filter Clip Textures		FilterClipTextures
Filter Collisionsurfaces		FilterCollisionsurfaces
Filter Decals		FilterDecals
Filter Lights		FilterLights
Filter Nodraw Textures		FilterNodrawTextures
Filter Patches		FilterPatches
Filter (Hide) Selected	Hide selected items. Use any time to hide more and more (see Show Hidden to reveal all)	H View > Hide/Show HideSelected
Filter Shadow Textures		FilterShadowTextures
Filter Trigger Textures		FilterTriggerTextures
Filter Visportals		FilterVisportals
Filter Worldgeometry		FilterWorldgeometry
Find Brush		FindBrush
Find and Replace Textures	Replaces all occurrences in the map (or selections) of one texture with another. No default control but you can set a shortcut key. Shows a dialog with inputs for first texture and desired replacement.	FindReplaceTextures
Flip Clip		Ctrl+Return FlipClip
Flip Texture X		FlipTextureX
Flip Texture Y		FlipTextureY
Fog (on Light Inspector)	Display Light Inspector. Select fog, eg, delta1_fog. To enable, type property ShaderParm3 with a visibility distance value in Doom units directly into the light's properties (Entity Inspector, default key N) and click the check button.	J ToggleLightInspector

G to M

DARK RADIANT CONTROLS
CONTROL	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT KEY TOOLBAR MENU ROUTE SHORTCUT NAME
Grid Down		plus GridDown
Grid Up		minus GridUp
Group Cycle Backward		Shift+ISO_Left_Tab GroupCycleBackward
Group Cycle Forward		Tab GroupCycleForward
Hide Selected	Hide selected items. Use any time to hide more and more (see Show Hidden to reveal all)	H View > Hide/Show HideSelected
Import Map		ImportMap
Invert Curve		Ctrl+I InvertCurve
Invert Selection		I InvertSelection
Light Inspector Toggle	Displays Light Inspector to adjust light properties of colour, brightness, filtering, fog and more.	J ToggleLightInspector
Load Position 1		Alt+1 LoadPosition1
Load Position 1 0		Alt+0 LoadPosition10
Load Position 2		Alt+2 LoadPosition2
Load Position 3		Alt+3 LoadPosition3
Load Position 4		Alt+4 LoadPosition4
Load Position 5		Alt+5 LoadPosition5
Load Position 6		Alt+6 LoadPosition6
Load Position 7		Alt+7 LoadPosition7
Load Position 8		Alt+8 LoadPosition8
Load Position 9		Alt+9 LoadPosition9
Load Prefab		LoadPrefab
Look Through Camera		LookThroughCamera
Look Through Selected		LookThroughSelected
M R U Open 1		MRUOpen1
M R U Open 1 0		MRUOpen10
M R U Open 1 1		MRUOpen11
M R U Open 2		MRUOpen2
M R U Open 3		MRUOpen3
M R U Open 4		MRUOpen4
M R U Open 5		MRUOpen5
M R U Open 6		MRUOpen6
M R U Open 7		MRUOpen7
M R U Open 8		MRUOpen8
M R U Open 9		MRUOpen9
Make Detail		Ctrl+M MakeDetail
Make Structural		Ctrl+Shift+S MakeStructural
Map Info		M MapInfo
Matrix Transpose		Ctrl+Shift+M MatrixTranspose
Mirror Selection X		MirrorSelectionX
Mirror Selection Y		MirrorSelectionY
Mirror Selection Z		MirrorSelectionZ
Mouse Drag		Q MouseDrag
Mouse Rotate		R MouseRotate
Mouse Translate		W MouseTranslate
Move Selection D O W N		Shift+KP_Subtract MoveSelectionDOWN
Move Selection U P		Shift+KP_Add MoveSelectionUP
Move Vertices	Toggles Drag just vertices/else whole brush mode. Enables 'corners of brushes to be moved to reshape brush as against moving whole brush. Caution: Snap to grid and invalidity of concave brush shapes may give unexpected results! Consider also Clipper instead.	V Top Toolbar Modify>Components>Vertices DragVertices

N to S

DARK RADIANT CONTROLS
CONTROL	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT KEY TOOLBAR MENU ROUTE SHORTCUT NAME
New Map		NewMap
New Ortho View		Ctrl+Alt+N NewOrthoView
Next Leak Spot		Ctrl+Shift+K NextLeakSpot
Next View		Ctrl+Tab NextView
Normalise Texture		NormaliseTexture
Objectives Editor		ObjectivesEditor
Open Map		Ctrl+O OpenMap
Overlay Dialog		Alt+O OverlayDialog
Parent Selection	Assigns selected brush(es) to selected existing entity. Entity must be selected last. Only works with worldspawn primitives; you cannot reparent from one entity to another but in that case must first 'revert to worldspawn' in the right click grid view menu	Edit>reparent primitives ParentSelection
Paste		Ctrl+V Paste
Paste Shader		PasteShader
Paste Shader Natural		PasteShaderNatural
Paste To Camera		Alt+V PasteToCamera
Patch Append Column Beginning		PatchAppendColumnBeginning
Patch Append Column End		PatchAppendColumnEnd
Patch Append Row Beginning		PatchAppendRowBeginning
Patch Append Row End		PatchAppendRowEnd
Patch Bevel		PatchBevel
Patch Cone		PatchCone
Patch Cylinder		PatchCylinder
Patch Delete Column Beginning		PatchDeleteColumnBeginning
Patch Delete Column End		PatchDeleteColumnEnd
Patch Delete Row Beginning		PatchDeleteRowBeginning
Patch Delete Row End		PatchDeleteRowEnd
Patch Dense Cylinder		PatchDenseCylinder
Patch End Cap		PatchEndCap
Patch Insert Column Beginning		PatchInsertColumnBeginning
Patch Insert Column End		Ctrl+Shift+KP_Add PatchInsertColumnEnd
Patch Insert Row Beginning		PatchInsertRowBeginning
Patch Insert Row End		Ctrl+KP_Add PatchInsertRowEnd
Patch Inspector		Shift+S PatchInspector
Patch Square Cylinder		PatchSquareCylinder
Patch Very Dense Cylinder		PatchVeryDenseCylinder
Preferences		P Preferences
Prev Leak Spot		Ctrl+Shift+L PrevLeakSpot
Project Settings		ProjectSettings
Redisperse Cols		Ctrl+Shift+E RedisperseCols
Redisperse Rows		Ctrl+E RedisperseRows
Redo		Ctrl+Y Redo
Refresh References		RefreshReferences
Refresh Shaders		RefreshShaders
Region Off		RegionOff
Region Set Brush		RegionSetBrush
Region Set Selection		Ctrl+Shift+R RegionSetSelection
Region Set X Y		RegionSetXY
Reparent Selection	Assigns selected brush(es) to selected existing entity. Entity must be selected last. Only works with worldspawn primitives; you cannot reparent from one entity to another but in that case must first 'revert to worldspawn' in the right click grid view menu	reparent primitives ParentSelection
Replace Textures	Replaces all occurrences in the map (or selections) of one texture with another. No default control but you can set a shortcut key. Shows a dialog with inputs for first texture and desired replacement.	FindReplaceTextures
Rescale, Resize Model	To rescale a model in Dark Radiant see Rescaling, Resizing, Models in Dark Radiant
Revert To Worldspawn		Shift+G RevertToWorldspawn
Rotate Selection X		RotateSelectionX
Rotate Selection Y		RotateSelectionY
Rotate Selection Z		RotateSelectionZ
Save Map		Ctrl+S SaveMap
Save Map As		SaveMapAs
Save Position 1		Ctrl+Alt+1 SavePosition1
Save Position 1 0		Ctrl+Alt+0 SavePosition10
Save Position 2		Ctrl+Alt+2 SavePosition2
Save Position 3		Ctrl+Alt+3 SavePosition3
Save Position 4		Ctrl+Alt+4 SavePosition4
Save Position 5		Ctrl+Alt+5 SavePosition5
Save Position 6		Ctrl+Alt+6 SavePosition6
Save Position 7		Ctrl+Alt+7 SavePosition7
Save Position 8		Ctrl+Alt+8 SavePosition8
Save Position 9		Ctrl+Alt+9 SavePosition9
Save Region		SaveRegion
Save Selected		SaveSelected
Save Selected As Prefab		SaveSelectedAsPrefab
Select All Of Type		Shift+A SelectAllOfType
Select Children		SelectChildren
Select Complete Tall		SelectCompleteTall
Select Inside		SelectInside
Select Nudge Down		Alt+Down SelectNudgeDown
Select Nudge Left		Alt+Left SelectNudgeLeft
Select Nudge Right		Alt+Right SelectNudgeRight
Select Nudge Up		Alt+Up SelectNudgeUp
Select Touching		SelectTouching
Select Vertices	Toggles Drag just vertices/else whole brush mode. Enables 'corners of brushes to be moved to reshape brush as against moving whole brush. Caution: Snap to grid and invalidity of concave brush shapes may give unexpected results! Consider also Clipper instead.	V Top Toolbar Modify>Components>Vertices DragVertices
Set Grid 0 . 1 2 5		SetGrid0.125
Set Grid 0 . 2 5		SetGrid0.25
Set Grid 0 . 5		SetGrid0.5
Set Grid 1		1 SetGrid1
Set Grid 1 2 8		8 SetGrid128
Set Grid 1 6		5 SetGrid16
Set Grid 2		2 SetGrid2
Set Grid 2 5 6		9 SetGrid256
Set Grid 3 2		6 SetGrid32
Set Grid 4		3 SetGrid4
Set Grid 6 4		7 SetGrid64
Set Grid 8		4 SetGrid8
Show Angles		ShowAngles
Show Axes		ShowAxes
Show Blocks		ShowBlocks
Show Command List		ShowCommandList
Show Coordinates		ShowCoordinates
Show Crosshairs	Toggle Crosshairs (grid) on and off	Shift+X Edit>Preferences>Orthoview ToggleCrosshairs
Show Hidden	Show hidden items. Reveals ALL hidden items. (See Hide)	Shift+H View > Hide/Show ShowHidden
Show In Use		ShowInUse
Show Names		ShowNames
Show Window Outline		ShowWindowOutline
Show Workzone		ShowWorkzone
Sides of Brush, change number	Convert selected brush to be N-sided	Ctrl+N Brush[N]Sided
Simple Patch Mesh		Shift+P SimplePatchMesh
Snap To Grid		Ctrl+G SnapToGrid
Split Selected		Shift+Return SplitSelected
Stim Response Editor		StimResponseEditor
Stitch Patch Texture		StitchPatchTexture
Surface Inspector		S SurfaceInspector

T to Z

DARK RADIANT CONTROLS
CONTROL	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT KEY TOOLBAR MENU ROUTE SHORTCUT NAME
Textures Find and Replace	Replaces all occurrences in the map (or selections) of one texture with another. No default control but you can set a shortcut key. Shows a dialog with inputs for first texture and desired replacement.	FindReplaceTextures
Texture Rotate Clock		Shift+Page_Down TexRotateClock
Texture Rotate Counter		Alt+Page_Up TexRotateCounter
Texture Scale Down		Ctrl+Down TexScaleDown
Texture Scale Left		Ctrl+Left TexScaleLeft
Texture Scale Right		Ctrl+Right TexScaleRight
Texture Scale Up		Ctrl+Up TexScaleUp
Texture Shift Down		Shift+Down TexShiftDown
Texture Shift Left		Shift+Left TexShiftLeft
Texture Shift Right		Shift+Right TexShiftRight
Texture Shift Up		Shift+Up TexShiftUp
Texture Tool Flip S		TexToolFlipS
Texture Tool Flip T		TexToolFlipT
Texture Tool Grid Down		Shift+minus TexToolGridDown
Texture Tool Grid Up		Shift+plus TexToolGridUp
Texture Tool Merge Items		Alt+M TexToolMergeItems
Texture Tool Select Related		TexToolSelectRelated
Texture Tool Snap To Grid		Ctrl+Shift+G TexToolSnapToGrid
Texture Tool Toggle Grid		TexToolToggleGrid
Texture Natural		Ctrl+N TextureNatural
Texture Tool		Ctrl+Alt+T TextureTool
Thicken Patch		Ctrl+T ThickenPatch
Tog Texture Lock		Shift+T TogTexLock
Toggle Camera		Ctrl+Shift+C ToggleCamera
Toggle Clipper	Toggles between Clipper and Resize-Move modes	X Left Toolbar ToggleClipper
Toggle Console		O ToggleConsole
Toggle Crosshairs	Toggle Crosshairs (grid) on and off	Shift+X Edit>Preferences>Orthoview ToggleCrosshairs
Toggle Cubic Clip		Shift+F ToggleCubicClip
Toggle Entity Inspector		N ToggleEntityInspector
Toggle Free Model Rotation		ToggleFreeModelRotation
Toggle Grid		0 ToggleGrid
Toggle Light Inspector	Displays Light Inspector to adjust light properties of colour, brightness, filtering, fog and more.	J ToggleLightInspector
Toggle Pointfile		TogglePointfile
Toggle Preview		F3 TogglePreview
Toggle Rotation Pivot		Ctrl+R ToggleRotationPivot
Toggle Show All Light Radii		Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F ToggleShowAllLightRadii
Toggle Show Size Info		ToggleShowSizeInfo
Toggle Vertices Drag	Toggles Drag just vertices/else whole brush mode. Enables 'corners of brushes to be moved to reshape brush as against moving whole brush. Caution: Snap to grid and invalidity of concave brush shapes may give unexpected results! Consider also Clipper instead.	V Top Toolbar Modify>Components>Vertices DragVertices
Transform Dialog		TransformDialog
Un Select Selection		Escape UnSelectSelection
Undo		Ctrl+Z Undo
Ungroup Selection		UngroupSelection
Up Floor		Page_Up UpFloor
Vertices Drag	Toggles Drag just vertices/else whole brush mode. Enables 'corners of brushes to be moved to reshape brush as against moving whole brush. Caution: Snap to grid and invalidity of concave brush shapes may give unexpected results! Consider also Clipper instead.	V Top Toolbar Modify>Components>Vertices DragVertices
View Front		ViewFront
View Side		ViewSide
View Textures		T ViewTextures
View Top		ViewTop
Zoom 1 0 0		Zoom100
Zoom In		Delete ZoomIn
Zoom Out		Insert ZoomOut

How to Edit or Add to the Table of Controls

The Dark Radiant controls table is in HTML format. Each table row comprises the details for one control. You can insert a new row between other rows between the following...

[INSERT NEW LINES HERE] The format for each row is as follows. Note that <BR> signfies a line break to force a new line. Just omit any non-applicables such as if there is no button or menu equivalent...

SHORT CONTROL DESCRIPTION (eg, Crosshairs Toggle)

LONG DESCRIPTION, eg, toggle crosshairs on and off in orthoview grid

KEY (eg, Shift+X)

BUTTON POSITION (eg, Left toolbar)

MENU ROUTE (eg, Edit>Preferences>Orthoview)

SHORTCUT NAME (eg, ToggleCrosshairs)