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Autodesk Maya Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
Maya leans on hotkeys more than most 3D apps, especially for moving around the viewport. This guide lists 102 Mac shortcuts for navigation, modeling, playback and display modes.
All shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| (HOLD) Pivot Move Mode | D |
| (HOLD) Relative-Snap Current Tool | ⇧J |
| (HOLD) Show Hotbox | Space |
| (HOLD) Snap Current Tool | J |
| (HOLD) Snap to Curves | C |
| (HOLD) Snap to Grids | X |
| (HOLD) Snap to Points | V |
| Animation menu set | F2 |
| Assign New Material | ⇧T |
| Channel Box / Attrib Editor | ⌃A |
| Complete Current Tool | ⏎ |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Copy | ⌃C |
| Create File Reference | ⌃R |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Cut | ⌃X |
| Decrease manipulator size | - |
| Default Display Quality | 0 |
| Default Hotbox Style | ⌥M |
| Duplicate | ⌃D |
| Duplicate Special | ⌃⇧D |
| Duplicate with Transform | ⇧D |
| Dynamics menu set | F5 |
| Edge Selection Mode | F10 |
| Exit Maya | ⌘Q |
| Exit Maya | ⌃Q |
| Face Selection Mode | F11 |
| Frame All in Active Panel | A |
| Frame All in All Views | ⇧A |
| Frame Selected in Active Panel | F |
| Frame Selected in All Views | ⇧F |
| Go to Min Frame | ⌥⇧V |
| Group Selection | ⌃G |
| Grow Selection | ⇧. |
| Hide Selection | ⌃H |
| Hide Unselected Objects | ⌥H |
| Import | ⌘I |
| Increase manipulator size | = |
| Increase manipulator size | + |
| Increment And Save | ⌥⌘S |
| Insert Anim Keys Tool | I |
| Invert Selection | ⇧⌘I |
| Invert Selection | ⌃⇧I |
| Isolate View Selected | ⇧L |
| Last Used Tool | Y |
| Manipulator Tool | T |
| Maya Help | F1 |
| Medium Display Quality | 2 |
| Modeling menu set | F4 |
| Move Tool | W |
| New Scene | ⌘N |
| New Scene | ⌃N |
| Obj/Comp Selection Mode | F8 |
| Open Scene | ⌘O |
| Open Scene | ⌃O |
| Parent | P |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Paste | ⌃V |
| Polygons menu set | F3 |
| Redo | ⇧Z |
| Rendering menu set | F6 |
| Repeat Last | G |
| Repeat Last Command at Mouse Pos | ⇧G |
| Rotate Tool | E |
| Rough Display Quality | 1 |
| Save Scene | ⌘S |
| Save Scene | ⌃S |
| Save Scene As | ⇧S |
| Scale Tool | R |
| Select All | ⇧⌘A |
| Select All | ⌃⇧A |
| Select Next Intermediate Object | ⌃I |
| Select-Tool | Q |
| Set Anim Key | S |
| Set Key for Rotate | ⇧E |
| Set Key for Scale | ⇧R |
| Set Key for Translate | ⇧W |
| Shade Use All Lights | 7 |
| Shaded and Textured Display | 6 |
| Shaded Display | 5 |
| Show Last Hidden | ⌃⇧H |
| Show Selection | ⇧H |
| Show/Hide Panel Toolbar | M |
| Shrink Selection | ⇧, |
| Smooth Display Quality | 3 |
| Switch Background Color | ⌥B |
| Timeline: Go to Next Key | . |
| Timeline: Go to Prev Key | , |
| Timeline: Next Frame | ⌥. |
| Timeline: Prev Frame | ⌥, |
| Toggle FullScreen View | ⌃Space |
| Toggle Main Menu Bar | ⌃M |
| Toggle Multicolor Feedback | ⌥J |
| Toggle Panel Menu Bar | ⇧M |
| Toggle Playback On/Off | ⌥V |
| Undo | Z |
| Universal Manipulator Tool | ⌃T |
| Unparent | ⇧P |
| UV Selection Mode | F12 |
| Vertex Face Selection Mode | ⌥F9 |
| Vertex Selection Mode | F9 |
| Wireframe Shading | 4 |
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FAQ
How many Autodesk Maya keyboard shortcuts are there?
This guide lists 102 Autodesk Maya shortcuts as they work on macOS, read from the app itself and kept up to date by Shortcut Flow.
Where can I edit Maya hotkeys on Mac?
Windows > Settings/Preferences > Hotkey Editor. Maya also supports named hotkey sets, so you can keep a custom set per project or machine.
What is the fastest way to learn Autodesk Maya shortcuts?
Not by reading the full list. Shortcut Flow watches which commands you actually use in Autodesk Maya and drills you on those first, one minute a day, so the shortcuts you need most stick within days.