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SL keyboard commands?

Rachel Steiner
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Join date: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 14
05-16-2007 11:14
Sorry if this has been posted somewhere, if it has i can not for the life of me find it..so can anyone please point me in the direction of a list of in game keyboard commands for second life, im sure im missing out on doing somethings because i dont know the correct keyboard commands to acces them.
Thank you for any help you can give me :)
Infrared Wind
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Join date: 7 Jan 2007
Posts: 662
05-16-2007 11:17
Most of the key commands are displayed in the drop down menus.

-Infrared
Rachel Steiner
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Join date: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 14
05-16-2007 11:23
thank you id missed that ...*sighs* sometimes the most obvious is the hardest to spot :)
Giannia Rossini
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Join date: 20 Mar 2007
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05-16-2007 14:06
http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=075

Key words: shortcuts keyboards hotkeys ctrl control shift quick

User Interface
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+G Gestures
Ctrl+H Chat History
Ctrl+I Inventory
Ctrl+L Link (selected objects in edit)
Ctrl+M World Map
Ctrl+P Preferences
Ctrl+R Run Mode
Ctrl+T Instant Message
Ctrl+U Upload Image
Ctrl+Z Undo (once while in edit - chat window off)


Edit
Switching modes:

Ctrl+1 Focus
Ctrl+2 Move
Ctrl+3 Edit
Ctrl+4 Create
Ctrl+5 Land


Debug

Ctrl+Alt+D Open/Close Debug menu (some systems require Ctrl-Shift-Alt-D)
Ctrl+Alt+M Mouse Moves Sun (requires Debug menu on)
Ctrl+Alt+T Highlight Transparent
Ctrl+Shift+N Force Sunset (requires Debug menu on)

Ctrl+Shift+1 Sim Stats (you will need to turn off the minimap to view the full stats page)
Ctrl+Shift+2

Ctrl+Shift+3 Texture Console (textures for the currently selected object will be highlighted in yellow)
Ctrl+Shift+4

Ctrl+Shift+5



Rendering
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 Toggle rendering of normal objects
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2 Toggle rendering of objects with alpha textures
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3 Toggle rendering of trees
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4 Toggle rendering of avatars - attatched prim objects will still be visible
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5 Toggle rendering of ground textures
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 Toggle rendering of sky textures
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7 Toggle rendering of water
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+8

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+9

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+0

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- Toggle clouds/fog at elevation on/off.
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= Toggle particle effects on/off.
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\ Toggle rendering of bump mapped textures

Ctrl+Alt+1 Toggle dispaly of the UI (e.g. windows, menus, etc.)
Ctrl+Alt+2

Ctrl+Alt+3

Ctrl+Alt+4

Ctrl+Alt+5 Toggle hardware lighting
Ctrl+Alt+6

Ctrl+Alt+7

Ctrl+Alt+8



Building
Ctrl+Shift+A Start/Stop Movie to Disk
Ctrl+L Link (selected objects in edit)
Ctrl+Shift+L Unlink (selected objects in edit)
Ctrl+Shift+M Toggle display of mini map
Ctrl+Shift+S Snapshot

Shift and Drag Copy object in edit

Zoom Camera To zoom in and out, and to rotate the camera around an object or avatar, hold down the Alt key and left-click-hold on the object or avatar, then move the mouse up and down to zoom, and left and right to rotate around in a circle.
Orbit Camera To orbit around an object or avatar in all directions, hold down Ctrl+Alt and left-click-hold on the object or avatar and move the mouse.
Pan Camera Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and left-click-hold on an object or avatar, and move the mouse. This will move the camera directly horizontal and vertical, no rotation.
Rachel Steiner
Registered User
Join date: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 14
05-17-2007 05:28
Thank you for the huge list of key words and key commands..very much appriciated..once again thank you for the help all :)
Lexcom Ultsch
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Join date: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 20
08-23-2007 03:37
and what is the shortcut for deleting an object?
Dekka Raymaker
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Posts: 3,898
08-23-2007 04:25
From: Lexcom Ultsch
and what is the shortcut for deleting an object?



Rez it on your own land and take it, but be careful this will delete it forever!
Aimee Congrejo
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Join date: 14 Apr 2007
Posts: 68
08-23-2007 13:45
From: Dekka Raymaker
Rez it on your own land and take it, but be careful this will delete it forever!


LOLZ =~.~=
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Wulfric Chevalier
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Join date: 22 Dec 2006
Posts: 947
08-23-2007 13:55
From: Giannia Rossini


Ctrl+Alt+1 Toggle dispaly of the UI (e.g. windows, menus, etc.)


Ctrl+Alt+5 Toggle hardware lighting





I think you'll find these have changed to

Ctrl+Alt+F1 Toggle dispaly of the UI (e.g. windows, menus, etc.)


Ctrl+Alt+F5 Toggle hardware lighting
Rooke Ayres
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Join date: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 293
Hippos!
08-23-2007 14:05
You missed one very critical shortcut!

Crtl+Alt+Shift+H = Hippos!

(No joke, it really does do that.)
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Rooke Ayres
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08-23-2007 14:08
From: Lexcom Ultsch
and what is the shortcut for deleting an object?


When object is rezzed on land:

Right-Click it then press the Delete key. That will put it in your Trash folder.
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Lexcom Ultsch
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Join date: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 20
08-24-2007 02:58
From: Rooke Ayres
When object is rezzed on land:

Right-Click it then press the Delete key. That will put it in your Trash folder.


thanks a lot