Keyboard shortcuts

Every key and mouse shortcut in RPBuddy. Shortcuts don't fire while you're typing in a text box.

On the map

Input Action
Drag Pan the map
Scroll, or pinch Zoom
Click a spot or a building Walk there
Esc Stop walking, or leave the building you're in
E Enter the nearest building, when you're close to one
1–6 Quests, Skip time, Inventory, Where is?, Build, Settings (desktop)

In Where is?, Enter jumps to the first result and Esc closes the search.

In a conversation

Input Action
Enter Send
Shift+Enter New line
Esc Leave the conversation
*text* / _text_ Bold / italics
Long-press a portrait (touch) Open the character's menu

Editing a message (Hero): Enter for Save & rerun, Esc to cancel.

In Build mode

Input Action
Ctrl+Z Undo (removes the last point while drawing)
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y Redo
Enter Finish a road, river, wall or custom building
Esc Cancel what you're drawing or editing
Ctrl+C Copy the selected building (once it's been filled in)
F / Shift+F Flip a copied or preset building horizontally / vertically while placing it
Click a road, river, wall or fill Edit it
Double-click a settlement, district or region Edit its outline
Double-click a building (long-press on touch) Reshape it
Right-click a point Remove it, while editing an outline or line

Scrolling while reshaping a building:

Input Action
Scroll Rotate
Shift+scroll Resize
Ctrl+scroll Cycle footprint shapes (not for custom shapes)
Ctrl+Shift+scroll Add or remove floors

Scrolling with other tools:

Tool Input Action
River Ctrl+scroll Width
Wall Shift+scroll / Ctrl+scroll Thickness / height
Stamp Scroll / Shift+scroll Rotate (top-down view only) / resize
Landmark (moving) Shift+scroll Resize

Windows and panels

Input Action
Esc Close the Atlas (you're asked first if there are unsaved changes), the Journal, and most windows
Enter Add a note, memory, genre or avoidance in the Journal
Enter / Esc Next step / close, while creating a world