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title: "Control and Input"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/EVECTORWORKS/126530005/Control%20and%20Input"
format: markdown
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This page provides information about keyboard shortcuts, input controls and Xbox controls in Enscape.


## **Overview**

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The following Controls & Input are fixed and can not be changed. Only the Hotkey for taking a Screenshot can be assigned by the user and this option is found in the **Renderer Window Settings -> Input** section which is opened from within the Enscape Viewport User Interface top toolbar.


## **Keyboard Shortcuts**

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### Navigation

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Control Binding** | **Result** |
| Scroll (Mouse wheel) | Move camera forward or backward |
| Press (Mouse wheel) | Move camera sideways, upwards or downwards |
| Left mouse button | Rotate camera |
| Left mouse button – double click | Teleport to cursor position |
| Right mouse button | Hold right mouse button to orbit around cursor position |
| Q | Move camera downwards while in FlyMode |
| E | Move camera upwards while in FlyMode |
| W or Up Arrow | Move camera forward |
| S or Down Arrow | Move camera backwards |
| A or Left Arrow | Move camera to the left |
| D or Right Arrow | Move camera to the right |
| SPACE | Toggle between FlyMode and WalkMode |
| SHIFT | Move camera fast |
| CTRL | Move camera faster |
| SHIFT + CTRL | Move camera very fast |
| NumPad 5 | Top View |
| NumPad 2 | Front View (set direction of view to project north) |
| NumPad 8 | Back View (set direction of view to project south) |
| NumPad 4 | Left View (set direction of view to project east) |
| NumPad 6 | Right View (set direction of view to project west) |
| NumPad 0 | Return to the currently selected Named View |
| PageUp / PageDown | Previous View / Next View |

### Sun Position

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Control Binding** | **Result** |
| SHIFT + Right mouse button as well as U or I | Adjust time of day |
| SHIFT + U or I | Change the solar angle |
| CTRL + U or I | Change the solar rotation |
| HOME or Pos1 | Reset sun position modification |

### Video

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Control Binding** | **Result** |
| V | Enter Video Editor |
| K | Add video keyframe |
| P | Begin Preview from current Keyframe |
| Esc | Exit Preview/Keyframe Editor/Video Editor |

### General

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Control Binding** | **Result** |
| M | Show/Hide MiniMap |
| Scroll (Mouse wheel) over MiniMap | Zoom in/out in MiniMap |
| R | Recenter position in Virtual Reality |
| H | Show/Hide instructions in Enscape window |
| B | Show/Hide BIM information window |
| C | Show/Hide Enscape Collaboration Tool |
| Esc | This will generally allow you to close out of most windows, such as the Visual Settings window |

## **Input Controls in Enscape**

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You can adjust the mouse speed and movement, spectator height, width, and movement speed, as well as invert the X and Y Axis of the mouse or game controller by opening the Renderer Window Settings’ dialog and select its Input section.


![image](media://121e2e11-d3fe-42c1-b89a-b482c29d1639)


## **Xbox Controls**

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### **SpaceMouse**

You can enhance your workflow with 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse as well. For information on using SpaceMouse controls with Enscape, refer to the documentation [here](https://3dconnexion.com/us/applications/chaos-enscape/).

### **Virtual Reality**

You find the controls for virtual reality [here.](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EVECTORWORKS/pages/126050860)