Keyboard shortcuts

The below table lists the current keyboard shortcuts for SMSGFX.

Note

If a shortcut is for a specific platform then you it will be prefaced with either ‘PC’ or ‘Mac’, please use the appropriate shortcut for your platform.

Shortcuts without ‘PC’ or ‘Mac’ in-front of them are platform agnostic.

Note

• Plus signs between keys such as Ctrl + Z mean that you should press Ctrl and Z at the same time.

• When there is a slash between the keys such as A / B mean that you can press either A or B.

• Key combinations separated by a comma such as Alt + I, Alt + S mean that you would hold the Alt key, while holding Alt press the I key, depress the I key, continue to hold the Alt key and then press the S key.

General
Key		Function
PC	Ctrl + Z	Undo.
Mac	⌘ + Z
PC	Ctrl + Y	Redo.
Mac	⌘ + Shift + Z
PC	Ctrl + S	Save project to file.
Mac	⌘ + S
PC	Ctrl + O	Open a project file.
Mac	⌘ + O
PC	Ctrl + Shift + E	Convert / export project to assembly or code.
Mac	⌘ + Shift + E
PC	Alt + N, Alt + N	Create a new project.
Mac	⌥ + N, ⌥ + N
Viewport
Key		Function
	Shift + Up / Down / Left / Right	Pan around the viewport.
	Shift + +	Zoom in on viewport.
	Mouse wheel up
	Shift + -	Zoom out on viewport.
	Mouse wheel down
Tools
Key		Function
	S	Change to tile select tool in tile set, or tile attributes tool in tile map.
	P	Change to pencil tool.
	B	Change to paint bucket tool.
	R	Change to colour replace tool.
	I	Change to colour select tool, or tile select tool when using tile stamp.
	F	Change to reference image tool.
	- / +	[In tile map] Change to row and column tool.
	L	[In tile map] Change to break link tool.
	X	[In tile map] Change to tile stemp tool.
	C	[In tile map] Change to palette paint tool.
Tile editor
Key		Function
PC	Ctrl + X	[Tile set, with selected tile] Cut selected tile.
Mac	⌘ + X
PC	Ctrl + C	[Tile set, with selected tile] Copy selected tile.
Mac	⌘ + C
PC	Ctrl + V	[Tile set] Paste selected tile.
Mac	⌘ + V
PC	Ctrl + D	[Tile set, with selected tile] Duplicate selected tile.
Mac	⌘ + D
	Delete	[Tile set, with selected tile] Delete selected tile.
	Up / Down / Left / Right	Change selected tile in tile set or tile map.
PC	Ctrl + [	[In tile editor] Decrease brush size.
Mac	^ + [
PC	Ctrl + Shift + [	[In tile editor] Decrease brush size more.
Mac	^ + Shift + [
PC	Ctrl + ]	[In tile editor] increase brush size.
Mac	^ + ]
PC	Ctrl + Shift + ]	[In tile editor] Increase brush size more.
Mac	^ + Shift + ]
PC	Ctrl	[With pencil, colour replace, or tile stamp tool selected] Quickly swap to the colour or tile eyedropper tool, release the key to swap back to original tool.
Mac	^
Tile map specific
Key		Function
PC	Alt + N, Alt + M	Create a new tile map.
Mac	⌥ + N, ⌥ + M
PC	Alt + Shift + <	Move to previous tile map.
Mac	⌥ + Shift + <
PC	Alt + Shift + >	Move to next tile map.
Mac	⌥ + Shift + >
PC	Alt + {	[In tile editor, in tile map, with selected tile] Mirror selected tile horizontally.
Mac	⌥ + {
PC	Alt + }	[In tile editor, in tile map, with selected tile] Mirror selected tile vertically.
Mac	⌥ + }
Tile set specific
Key		Function
PC	Alt + N, Alt + T	Add a new tile to tile set.
Mac	⌥ + N, ⌥ + T
PC	Alt + I, Alt + T	Import tiles from assembly code.
Mac	⌥ + I, ⌥ + T
PC	Alt + I, Alt + I	Import tiles from image (such as a sprite sheet).
Mac	⌥ + I, ⌥ + I
PC	Alt + {	[In tile editor, in tile set, with selected tile] Mirror selected tile horizontally.
Mac	⌥ + {
PC	Alt + }	[In tile editor, in tile set, with selected tile] Mirror selected tile vertically.
Mac	⌥ + }
PC	Alt + Up / Down / Left / Right	[In tile editor, in tile set, with selected tile] Move the selected tile up, down, left or right.
Mac	⌥ + }
Palette specific
Key		Function
PC	Alt + N, Alt + P	Create a new palette.
Mac	⌥ + N, ⌥ + P
PC	Alt + I, Alt + P	Import palettes from assembly code.
Mac	⌥ + I, ⌥ + P
	Shift + <	Select next lower colour index in palette.
	Shift + >	Select next higher colour index in palette.
PC	Ctrl + Shift + <	Move to previous colour palette.
Mac	^ + Shift + <
PC	Ctrl + Shift + >	Move to next colour palette.
Mac	^ + Shift + >