Many tools and features in Moho can be accessed quickly by pressing a single key.
These shortcuts make working with Moho much faster than the regular method of moving
the mouse to a toolbar and clicking a button, and are worth learning to reduce
your drawing and animation time. However, all these features are also available
through standard user interface elements (buttons and menus), so learning these
shortcuts isn't a requirement to using Moho.
Note: these shortcuts are not the same as "menu shortcuts". Many of Moho's menu
commands can be accessed through the keyboard - for example, <Ctrl>-S will save the
current document. Those types of shortcuts are listed next to the menu item they apply to:
just run the program and look at a menu to find the shortcut.
Many of the keyboard shortcuts in Moho are used to activate a tool in a toolbar.
If you want to know whether a
tool has a shortcut, hold the mouse over the tool, and watch the tooltip that
appears. If the tooltip has a single letter at the end (ex: "Translate (T)"),
then that key can be used as a shortcut to activate the tool. These keyboard shortcuts
are not listed here - just look at the tooltips in Moho if you want to learn these
shortcuts.
Some keyboard shortcuts work all the time, and some only apply in certain
editing modes in Moho (Draw, Fill, Bones, and Animation): the tables below lists all
the shortcuts and when they can be used.
Can be used any time | |
Key | Action |
Escape | Automatically adjust the view to see everything in the active layer |
Home | Reset the view to see the overall project |
F1-F4 | Switch between Moho editing modes |
Enter/Return | De-select everything |
C | Select all points that are connected to the current selection |
Drag with right mouse button | Pan the workspace - hold shift to zoom the workspace |
Animation Mode | |
Key | Action |
Left Arrow | Step back one frame in timeline - hold shift to rewind |
Right Arrow | Step forward one frame in timeline - hold shift to advance to end of animation |
Spacebar | Play/stop the animation |
Mesh Layer - Draw Mode | |
Key | Action |
Delete/Backspace | Delete the currently selected points |
Spacebar | Weld two points together - usually used with the Translate tool |
Mesh Layer - Fill Mode | |
Key | Action |
Delete/Backspace | Delete the selected shape |
Spacebar | Define a shape based on current selection |
Up Arrow | Raise selected shape up one level - hold shift to raise to top |
Down Arrow | Lower selected shape down one level - hold shift to lower to bottom |
Mesh Layer - Bone Mode | |
Key | Action |
Spacebar | Bind points to selected bone |
Up Arrow | Select parent of current bone |
Down Arrow | Select child of current bone (only works if current bone has just one child) |
Bone Layer - Bone Mode | |
Key | Action |
Up Arrow | Select parent of current bone |
Down Arrow | Select child of current bone (only works if current bone has just one child) |
Delete/Backspace | Delete the selected bone (and any child bones) |