Keyboard Shortcuts

Circuit Builder has a full shortcuts sheet inside the editor too — open it from Help → Shortcuts in the top bar, or search for it with ⌘ K. This page mirrors it.

Commands

• Search everything the app can do⌘ K

Editing

Tool shortcuts apply in Plan when you are not typing in a field. Press R or G again to return to Select; V always chooses Select.

• Undo⌘ Z
• Redo⌘ ⇧ Z
• Select toolV
• Draw roads toolR
• Set elevations toolG
• Copy the selected circuit piece(s) — paint and zones can’t be copied⌘ C
• Paste, offset from the original⌘ V
• Save now (edits autosave anyway)⌘ S
• Remove the selectionDelete / Backspace
• With Road, choose a start and commit connected spansClick, then keep clicking
• Shape the latest road while keeping its continuation readyDrag a span’s handle
• With the road tool, keep a continuation straight from its corner⌥ (held)

Selection

• Select a pieceClick
• Add or remove from the selection⇧ Click
• Marquee-select on empty floorDrag
• Marquee-select, adding to the selection⇧ Drag
• End the active Road chain or clear its start; keep committed roads and Road selectedEsc
• With no active Road chain, clear the selectionEsc again

Moving

• Nudge the selected circuit piece(s) 1mm← ↑ → ↓
• Nudge 10mm⇧ + arrows
• With several selected, drags the whole groupDrag
• Duplicate the piece instead of moving it⌥ Drag
• Break a piece out of a closed loop instead of reshaping it⌘ Drag
• While dragging anything — ignore the alignment guides⌘ (held)

Rotating selected roads

Select one or more road pieces in Plan view. Hover just outside a corner or edge midpoint of the dashed selection frame until the rotate cursor appears. See Drawing Roads for the full steps and connection behavior.

• Preview rotation; release to apply as one undo stepDrag outside a corner or midpoint
• Snap selection rotation to 15° steps⇧ Drag
• Cancel the rotation before releasingEsc
• With a selection rotation zone focused, rotate 1°Tab, then arrows
• With a selection rotation zone focused, rotate 15°⇧ + arrows

While editing the drift line

Choose Drive settings → Overview → Edit driving line in Drive first. These controls apply to the line’s points.

• Add a pointClick line
• Move a point along or across the roadDrag point
• Move the selected point← ↑ → ↓
• Move the selected point a larger step⇧ + arrows
• Remove the selected pointDelete / Backspace
• Cancel a drag, or leave drift-line editingEsc
• Undo a line edit⌘ Z

Drive & Simulation explains saved points and Reset to automatic.

View

• Pan the canvasScroll
• Zoom to the pointer⌘ Scroll
• Pan the canvasSpace (held) Drag

While dragging a handle

• Length, radius or shape — square the result up⌥
• Curb, object, marking or zone — ignore the snap to a piece’s ends⌘