Dark Radiant Controls, Keys & Mouse

--Fidcal 12:19, 26 July 2007 (CDT)Key and mouse control in Dark Radiant...

written by Fidcal

This is an unformatted provisional copy of my personal rough notes which I update as I find time and discover new stuff. It is very incomplete. At some stage hopefully I'll tidy it up properly and make it more comprehensive.

Keys shown are defaults and may be changed in the Help menu > shortcut keys list. 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

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)

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)

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ATTEMPT TO START A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL CONTROLS, MENUS, BUTTONS AND KEYS IN ONE LIST. IF I EVER GET IT ANY NEAR COMPLETE I'LL UPDATE THIS AND HOPEFULLY FORMAT IT BETTER. I SHALL ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE VARIATIONS IN ALPHA ORDER SO EG, TOGGLE CROSSHAIRS SHOULD ALSO BE UNDER C FOR CROSSHAIRS AND S FOR 'SHOW CROSSHAIRS' AND ANYTHING ELSE I CAN THINK OF...

Dark Radiant Controls:

Any keys shown are default shortcut keys configurable in Menu > Help > Shortcut Keys.

Names within square brackets [ ] are the command names in the Dark Radiant Shortcut List so you can find them in the list.

Routes within curly brackets are menu paths where applicable.

LTB = Left toolbar button TTB = Top toolbar button

Brush convert selected brush to be N-sided (key: Ctrl+N) range is 3 to 9. [Brush<N>Sided]

BrushCone

BrushExportCM

BrushExportOBJ

BrushPrism

BrushSphere

CSGHollow

CSGMerge (key: Ctrl+U)

CSGRoom

CSGSubtract (key: Shift+U)

CameraAngleDown (key: Z)

CameraAngleUp (key: A)

CameraBack (key: Down)

CameraDown (key: C)

CameraForward (key: Up)

CameraFreeMoveBack (key: Down)

CameraFreeMoveDown

CameraFreeMoveForward (key: Up)

CameraFreeMoveLeft (key: Left)

CameraFreeMoveRight (key: Right)

CameraFreeMoveUp

CameraLeft (key: Left)

CameraRight (key: Right)

CameraStrafeLeft (key: comma)

CameraStrafeRight (key: period)

CameraUp (key: D)

CapCurrentCurve (key: C+Shift)

CenterView (key: End)

CenterXYView (key: Tab+Ctrl+Alt)

CenterXYViews (key: Tab+Ctrl+Shift)

Clipper/Resize-Move modes Toggle (key: X) [ToggleClipper] LTB

ClipSelected (key: Return)

Clone Selection (key: SPACE)

Connect Selection (key: K+Ctrl)

Convert selected brush to be N-sided (key: Ctrl+N) range is 3 to 9. [Brush<N>Sided]

Copy (key: C+Ctrl)

Copy Shader

CreateCurveCatmullRom

CreateCurveNURBS

Crosshairs Toggle (grid) on and off (key: Shift+X) [ToggleCrosshairs] {Edit>Preferences>Orthoview}

CubicClipZoomIn (key: plus+Ctrl)

CubicClipZoomOut (key: minus+Ctrl)

CurveAppendCtrlPoint

CurveConvertType

CurveInsertCtrlPoint

CurveRemoveCtrlPoint

CycleCapTexturePatch (key: N+Ctrl+Shift)

DeleteSelection (key: BackSpace)

DownFloor (key: Page_Down)

DragEdges (key: E)

DragEntities

DragFaces (key: F)

DragVertices (key: V)

EditColourScheme

Entity List (key: L) [EntityList}

Exit

ExpandSelectionToEntities (key: E+Ctrl+Alt)

FilterAllentities

FilterBrushes

FilterCaulk

FilterClipTextures

FilterCollisionsurfaces

FilterDecals

FilterLights

FilterNodrawTextures

FilterPatches

FilterShadowTextures

FilterTriggerTextures

FilterVisportals

FilterWorldgeometry

FindBrush

FindReplaceTextures

FlipClip (key: Return+Ctrl

FlipTextureX

FlipTextureY

GridDown (key: plus

GridUp (key: minus

GroupCycleBackward (key: ISO_Left_Tab+Shift

GroupCycleForward (key: Tab

Hide selected items. Use any time to hide more and more (see Show Hidden to reveal all) (key: H) [HideSelected] {View > Hide/Show}

ImportMap

InvertCurve (key: I+Ctrl

InvertSelection (key: I

LoadPosition1 (key: 1+Alt

LoadPosition10 (key: 0+Alt

LoadPosition2 (key: 2+Alt

LoadPosition3 (key: 3+Alt

LoadPosition4 (key: 4+Alt

LoadPosition5 (key: 5+Alt

LoadPosition6 (key: 6+Alt

LoadPosition7 (key: 7+Alt

LoadPosition8 (key: 8+Alt

LoadPosition9 (key: 9+Alt

LoadPrefab

LookThroughCamera

LookThroughSelected

MRUOpen1

MRUOpen10

MRUOpen11

MRUOpen2

MRUOpen3

MRUOpen4

MRUOpen5

MRUOpen6

MRUOpen7

MRUOpen8

MRUOpen9

MakeDetail (key: M+Ctrl

MakeStructural (key: S+Ctrl+Shift

MapInfo (key: M

MatrixTranspose (key: M+Ctrl+Shift

MirrorSelectionX

MirrorSelectionY

MirrorSelectionZ

MouseDrag (key: Q

MouseRotate (key: R

MouseTranslate (key: W

MoveSelectionDOWN (key: KP_Subtract+Shift

MoveSelectionUP (key: KP_Add+Shift

NewMap

NewOrthoView (key: N+Ctrl+Alt

NextLeakSpot (key: K+Ctrl+Shift

NextView (key: Tab+Ctrl

NormaliseTexture

ObjectivesEditor

OpenMap (key: O+Ctrl

OverlayDialog (key: O+Alt

ParentSelection

Paste (key: V+Ctrl

PasteShader

PasteShaderNatural

PasteToCamera (key: V+Alt

PatchAppendColumnBeginning

PatchAppendColumnEnd

PatchAppendRowBeginning

PatchAppendRowEnd

PatchBevel

PatchCone

PatchCylinder

PatchDeleteColumnBeginning

PatchDeleteColumnEnd

PatchDeleteRowBeginning

PatchDeleteRowEnd

PatchDenseCylinder

PatchEndCap

PatchInsertColumnBeginning

PatchInsertColumnEnd (key: KP_Add+Ctrl+Shift

PatchInsertRowBeginning

PatchInsertRowEnd (key: KP_Add+Ctrl

PatchInspector (key: S+Shift

PatchSquareCylinder

PatchVeryDenseCylinder

Preferences (key: P

PrevLeakSpot (key: L+Ctrl+Shift

ProjectSettings

RedisperseCols (key: E+Ctrl+Shift

RedisperseRows (key: E+Ctrl

Redo (key: Y+Ctrl

RefreshReferences

RefreshShaders

RegionOff

RegionSetBrush

RegionSetSelection (key: R+Ctrl+Shift

RegionSetXY

RevertToWorldspawn (key: G+Shift

RotateSelectionX

RotateSelectionY

RotateSelectionZ

SaveMap (key: S+Ctrl

SaveMapAs

SavePosition1 (key: 1+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition10 (key: 0+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition2 (key: 2+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition3 (key: 3+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition4 (key: 4+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition5 (key: 5+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition6 (key: 6+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition7 (key: 7+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition8 (key: 8+Ctrl+Alt

SavePosition9 (key: 9+Ctrl+Alt

SaveRegion

SaveSelected

SaveSelectedAsPrefab

SelectAllOfType (key: A+Shift

SelectChildren

SelectCompleteTall

SelectInside

SelectNudgeDown (key: Down+Alt

SelectNudgeLeft (key: Left+Alt

SelectNudgeRight (key: Right+Alt

SelectNudgeUp (key: Up+Alt

SelectTouching

SetGrid0.125

SetGrid0.25

SetGrid0.5

SetGrid1 (key: 1

SetGrid128 (key: 8

SetGrid16 (key: 5

SetGrid2 (key: 2

SetGrid256 (key: 9

SetGrid32 (key: 6

SetGrid4 (key: 3

SetGrid64 (key: 7

SetGrid8 (key: 4

ShowAngles

ShowAxes

ShowBlocks

ShowCommandList

ShowCoordinates

Show Crosshairs (grid) toggle on and off (key: Shift+X) [ToggleCrosshairs] {Edit>Preferences>Orthoview}

Show hidden items. Reveals ALL hidden items. (See Hide) (key: Shift+H) [ShowHidden] {View > Hide/Show}

ShowInUse

ShowNames

ShowWindowOutline

ShowWorkzone

Sides, number of, convert selected brush to be N-sided (key: Ctrl+N) range is 3 to 9. [Brush<N>Sided]

SimplePatchMesh (key: P+Shift

SnapToGrid (key: G+Ctrl

SplitSelected (key: Return+Shift

StimResponseEditor

StitchPatchTexture

SurfaceInspector (key: S

TexRotateClock (key: Page_Down+Shift

TexRotateCounter (key: Page_Up+Alt

TexScaleDown (key: Down+Ctrl

TexScaleLeft (key: Left+Ctrl

TexScaleRight (key: Right+Ctrl

TexScaleUp (key: Up+Ctrl

TexShiftDown (key: Down+Shift

TexShiftLeft (key: Left+Shift

TexShiftRight (key: Right+Shift

TexShiftUp (key: Up+Shift

TexToolFlipS

TexToolFlipT

TexToolGridDown (key: minus+Shift

TexToolGridUp (key: plus+Shift

TexToolMergeItems (key: M+Alt

TexToolSelectRelated

TexToolSnapToGrid (key: G+Ctrl+Shift

TexToolToggleGrid

TextureNatural (key: N+Ctrl

TextureTool (key: T+Ctrl+Alt

ThickenPatch (key: T+Ctrl

TogTexLock (key: T+Shift

ToggleCamera (key: C+Ctrl+Shift

Toggle Clipper/Resize-Move modes (key: X) [ToggleClipper] LTB

ToggleConsole (key: O

Toggle Crosshairs (grid) on and off (key: Shift+X) [ToggleCrosshairs] {Edit>Preferences>Orthoview}

ToggleCubicClip (key: F+Shift

ToggleEntityInspector (key: N

ToggleFreeModelRotation

ToggleGrid (key: 0

ToggleLightInspector (key: J

TogglePointfile

TogglePreview (key: F3

ToggleRotationPivot (key: R+Ctrl

ToggleShowAllLightRadii (key: F+Ctrl+Shift+Alt

Toggle Show SizeInfo

Transform Dialog

UnSelect Selection (key: Escape)

Undo (key: Z+Ctrl

UngroupSelection

Up Floor (key: Page_Up)

View Front

View Side

View Textures (key: T)

View Top

Zoom100

Zoom In (key: Delete

Zoom Out (key: Insert