207 Shortcuts for Houdini

 Windows

Jump to: Main Menu, Particle/Contex/Scene View, Network View, Parameters, Common List Controls, Tree View, Take
list, Light Linker, Material Palette, Parameter Spreadsheet, Textport, Channel Editor, OSX Differences, Render
Scheduler, Composite View, Shader View, Render View, Bundle List, Detais View

1. Main Menu

Ctrl + T New pane tab

Alt + Shift + C Tear off pane tab
Ctrl + Page down Next pan tab
Ctrl + Page up Previous pane tab
Ctrl + W Close pane tab
Alt + / Close all pane tab
Alt + \ Network control
Alt + P Move playbar here
Ctlr + B Maximize pane
Alt + [ Split pane left/right
Alt + ] Split pan top/botton
Ctrl + N Select viewport
Ctrl + I Edit path as text
Alt + 1 Scene view
Alt + 2 Network view
Alt + 3 Parameters
Alt + 4 Tree view
Alt + 5 Textport
Alt + 6 Channel editor
Alt + 7 Material palette
Alt + 8 Details view
Alt + 9 Context view
Up arrow Play forward
Down arrow Play back
Right arrow Next frame
Left arrow Previous frame
Ctrl + Up arrow First frame
Ctrl + Right arrow Next scoped frame
Ctrl + Left arrow Previous scoped frame
2. Particle/Contex/Scene View

S Select
T Move
R Rotate
E Scale
Enter Handle
Esc View
Tab Tool menu
Q Repeat last tool
1 Objects
2 Points
3 Edges
4 Primitives (faces)
5 Vertices
6 Particles
7 Dynamics
F8 Toggle object/geometry
W Toggle wireframe/shaded
D Dispay options
[ Restore camera view
O Orthographic/ perspective
N Select
Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + I Invert selection
Left mouse button Tumble
Right mouse button Dolly
Middle mouse button Pan
H Home grid
A Home all
Shift + G Home selected
F Frame grid
Shift + A Frame all
Shift + F Frame selected
B Expand viewport
1 Perspective view
2 Top view
3 Front view
4 Right view
5 UV view
Ctrl + 1 Single view
Ctrl + 2 Four view
Ctrl + 3 Two views stacked
Ctrl + 4 Two views side by side
Ctrl + 5 Three views split bottom
Ctrl + 6 Three views split left
Ctrl + 7 Four views split bottom
Ctrl + 8 Four view split left
X Grid
C Primitive(Curve)
V Point
Ctrl + J Multi-snapping
3. Network View

Tab Tool menu

Alt + Left arrow Next pane
Alt + Right arrow Previous pane
A Select all
B + Cursor sensitive Turn on bypass flag
C Color palette
D Display options
E Drop on wire
F Focus - pans and zooms
G Focus/home in large
H Focus - pans and centers
I & Enter Dive into network
K Set key frame at obj level
L Layout and center
N Toggle names
O Overview window
P Mini parameter editor
Q Repeat last tool
R Reorder inputs
S Toggle splines
T Tree list view
U Jump up out of network
V Scope channel
W Outliner view
X Group menu
Z Previous zoom level
4. Parameters

K Set keyframe
Alt + K Toggle autokey
Ctrl + K Key handle
Shift + T Key translate
Shift + R Key rotate
Shift + E Key scale
Shift + Right mouse button Revert to previous value
Shift + Left mouse button Scope appended parameter
Shift + RIght mouse button Scope parameter
Alt + Left mouse button Set key frame
Crtl + Left mouse button Remove key frame
Alt + E Edit expression
Ctrl + Shift + Left mouse button Delete channel
Right mouse button + Label Read expression
Middle mouse button + Label Read expression
Alt + Middle mouse button Export parameter to type prorperties
5. Common List Controls

Up arrow Move up list

Down arrow Move down list
Left arrow Expand
Rigth arrow Collapse
Page up & Ctrl + B Page up
Page down & Ctrl + F Page down
Shift + A Sort ascending
Shift + D Sort Descending
Shift + N Sort nothing
Enter Edit name
Delete Delete
6. Tree View

I & Enter Edit Network

1 Toggle display
Shift + E Previous error node
E Next error node
7. Take list

Shift + T Append take

Insert Insert take
Alt + C / Ctrl + C Copy take
W Show take controls
8. Light Linker

W Open spreadsheet
9. Material Palette

Delete Delete entry

D Duplicate entry
Enter Edit
10. Parameter Spreadsheet

N Full node path

C Select none
W Open parameter tree
11. Textport

Alt + E External editor

12. Channel Editor

> Import into Displayed parameters

< Export into Displayed parameters
I Isolate channels
Shift + I Include channels
Alt + X Cut
Alt + C Copy
Alt + V Paste
Delete Delete
T Tie/Untie
B Set selection to default values
0 Set selected slopes to zero
9 Smooth selected slopes
G Home channels (Current graph)
H Home channels
J Home play back range
Shift + J Home global range
F Frame selction
V Vertical adapt
Y Show scale handle
N Show full channel names
Shift + N Show channel names
X Show group list
Tab / Backspace Show channel lister
13. OSX Differences

Backspace Delete is
Delete Backspace is
Command Combo
Function Combo
14. Render Scheduler
S Suspend all jobs
R Restart all jobs
Shift + K Kill all jobs
C Clear completed jobs
15. Composite View

Ctrl + Shift + J Snap option

16. Shader View

M Object
L Resolution
A Transparency
H Home
17. Render View

Esc Cancel render

D Display options
I Inspector
G&H Home/Focus
M Detail view
/ / Shift + / Repeat zoom
+ Zoom in
- Zoom out
' RGBA
1 Red
2 Green
3 Blue
4 Alpha
18. Bundle List

Shift + B New bundle

Shift + D Duplicate bundle
Delete Delete bundle
F Show full path for bundle nodes
19. Detais View

U Jump up
I & Enter Jump down
Page up Set current above
Page down Set current below
Shift + Page up Set current left
Shift + Page down Set current right