Keyboard controls are active as soon as the viewer loads. Shift switches WASD from orbiting to panning and makes frame stepping larger.
W / A / S / D
Orbit around the current anchor point.
Shift + W / A / S / D
Pan in camera-relative space while keeping the current view direction.
R / F
Move up and down along the z-up axis.
Q / E
Zoom out and in toward the current anchor point.
Left / Right
Step time backward or forward; in Presentation mode, move between saved States.
Shift + Left / Right
Jump five time steps backward or forward outside Presentation mode.
1 - 9
Toggle the first nine legend items in the current group.
Shift + 1 - 9
Solo the corresponding legend item.
[ / ]
Decrease or increase every point trace size; hold Shift for larger steps.
Space
Play or pause the animation.
L / C
Toggle lasso mode or hide/show the active selection effect.
T
Hide or show all legend items in the current group.
N
Capture a new State without opening the States menu.
Cmd/Ctrl + Z / Shift + Z
Undo or redo slide changes while Slides is open; otherwise undo the last selection change.
Backspace / Delete
Delete the selected slide text box when the text caret is not active.
V
Toggle between 3D View and Sky View.
B
In Sky View, toggle the sky background image on or off.
G
Toggle the Galactic grid.
O
Toggle automatic orbit around the current anchor point.
Z
Toggle Zen mode.
P
Toggle Presentation mode.
?
Open this keyboard help panel.
Esc
Close help or clear the current selection.