What hotkeys and shortcuts are available in Grasshopper?

Menu shortcuts are customizable, but there are a some special keys and mouse-button combinations that trigger specific functions in the Grasshopper canvas.

Always:

RMB+Drag = Pan left/right/up/down
RMB+Ctrl+Drag = Zoom in/out
Scroll Wheel = Zoom in/out
MMB+Click = Wheel menu
Spacebar = Wheel menu
LMB+Alt+Drag = Split objects (aka 'The Moses Tool')

While over an empty canvas spot:

LMB+Drag = selection rectangle
LMB+Shift+Drag = addition selection rectangle
LMB+Ctrl+Drag = removal selection rectangle
RMB+Click = Canvas menu

While over an object:

LMB+Drag = Drag selected objects
LMB+Shift+Drag = Drag selected objects along 45-degree guides
LMB+Drag+Alt = Copy all dragging objects
LMB+Click = Either select one object or do nothing if object is already selected
LMB+Shift+Click = Add an object to the selection
LMB+Ctrl+Click = Remove an object from the selection
LMB+Ctrl+Shift+Click = Toggle the selection state
LMB+Ctrl+Alt = Info mode
LMB+Ctrl+Shift+Alt = Save info mode as image
RMB+Click = Object context menu

While over an input/output grip:

LMB+Drag = Create a new wire
LMB+Shift+Drag = Create a new wire without erasing old wires
LMB+Ctrl+Drag = Erase an existing wire by tracing over it
LMB+Ctrl+Shift+Drag = Move all existing wires to some other grip
LMB+Drag+RMB = Create a new wire without exiting the wire tool
LMB+Drag+RMB+Shift = Add a wire without exiting the wire tool
LMB+Drag+RMB+Control = Remove a wire without exiting the wire tool

While over a component icon on the toolpanels:

LMB+Shift+Click = Create a component aggregate

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on March 27, 2014 at 10:10am

No not in GH 1.0.

Wire types are not handled by Components only Parameters. There are plans to include this behaviour in GH 2.0

Permalink Reply by Vladyslav Vitaliyovych Benkovsky on September 16, 2015 at 12:59pm

Shortcut Keys:

Ctrl + Q - Preview/Hide
Insert - Bake Selected
Ctrl + E - Enable/Disable

Ctrl + G - Group selected

Permalink Reply by Ali Bazazan on February 14, 2016 at 2:21am

helpful, Tnx.

Permalink Reply by Stan Carroll on April 7, 2016 at 11:06am

I wish there was a hot key for 'Param Viewer' I am constantly adding it to compare tree structures.

Permalink Reply by Stephen Maher on April 7, 2016 at 11:23am

You can always create aliases. Right click on any component to do so. See below.

Permalink Reply by Stan Carroll on April 7, 2016 at 11:40am

nice, thank you

Permalink Reply by Max Marschall on May 12, 2016 at 4:07am

LMB+Ctrl+Shift+Drag = Move all existing wires to some other grip

Is there also "Copy all existing wires to some other grip"?

Permalink Reply by Max Marschall on December 14, 2016 at 7:58am

LMB+Ctrl+Shift+Drag = Move all existing wires to some other grip

Is there also "Copy all existing wires to some other grip"?

Just came across this again...Does anyone know how?

Cheers,

Max

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 20, 2016 at 3:51am

Nope, right clicks aren't handled by the mass-wire-mover.

Permalink Reply by Nilou on December 29, 2016 at 3:06pm

Hi,

I'm automating a series of tasks in GH and am trying to navigate through a couple of saved views in grasshopper to control the data flow. My problem is that I couldn't figure out a shortcut key for "view -> restore named view". I checked the preferences/interface to see if I can assign a hotkey, but couldn't figure it out. Is there a way?

Thank you,

Nilou

Permalink Reply by Peter on March 10, 2018 at 3:49am