Keybindings

Default shortcuts, what Luau Engine adds on top of Studio, and how to rebind them.

Roblox Studio's shortcuts are preserved. This page lists the defaults and the additions, and shows how to rebind.

On macOS, read Ctrl as Cmd unless noted.

File and project#

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl+N`	New project
`Ctrl+O`	Open place
`Ctrl+S`	Save place
`Ctrl+Shift+S`	Save As
`Ctrl+P`	Quick-open a file from the project
`Ctrl+Shift+P`	Command palette
`Ctrl+Shift+O`	Toggle the Project panel
`Ctrl+,`	Settings

Build and run#

Shortcut	Action
`F5`	Play
`F8`	Stop
`F7`	Run (server only)
`Ctrl+F5`	Play Here
`Ctrl+Shift+B`	Build the active target
`Ctrl+Shift+T`	Cycle target
`Ctrl+Alt+P`	Publish the active target
`Ctrl+Shift+K`	Check (types, lints, licences)

Editing#

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl+Z` / `Ctrl+Y`	Undo / Redo
`Ctrl+D`	Duplicate selection
`Ctrl+G`	Group into a Model
`Ctrl+U`	Ungroup
`Alt+Click`	Select the deepest instance under the cursor
`Ctrl+L`	Lock / unlock selection
`Ctrl+H`	Toggle visibility of selection
`F`	Frame the selection in the viewport

Shortcut	Action
`W` `A` `S` `D`	Move the camera
`Q` / `E`	Down / up
`Right-drag`	Look
`Middle-drag`	Pan
`Scroll`	Zoom
`Shift` (held)	Move slowly
`1` – `4`	Select, Move, Scale, Rotate tool

Script editor#

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl+Space`	Trigger autocomplete
`Ctrl+/`	Toggle line comment
`Alt+Up` / `Alt+Down`	Move line up / down
`Ctrl+Shift+D`	Duplicate line
`F12`	Go to definition
`Shift+F12`	Find all references
`F2`	Rename symbol
`Ctrl+Shift+F`	Find in all scripts
`Ctrl+K Ctrl+F`	Format selection
`Ctrl+Shift+L`	Select all occurrences

Debugging#

Shortcut	Action
`F9`	Toggle breakpoint / Developer Console
`F10`	Step over
`F11`	Step into
`Shift+F11`	Step out
`Ctrl+F6`	MicroProfiler
`Ctrl+Shift+F9`	Clear all breakpoints

Panels#

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl+1`	Explorer
`Ctrl+2`	Properties
`Ctrl+3`	Output
`Ctrl+4`	Project
`Ctrl+5`	Build Output
`Ctrl+6`	Asset pipeline

Rebinding#

File → Settings → Keybindings, or edit the file directly. Open it with File → Settings → Open settings file, or:

luauengine config edit --section keybindings

keybindings.toml

[keybindings]
"build.active-target" = "Ctrl+B"
"target.cycle" = "Ctrl+T"
"project.quick-open" = "Ctrl+E"

# Unbind by assigning an empty string
"editor.duplicate-line" = ""

# Chords are supported
"editor.format-document" = "Ctrl+K Ctrl+D"

Command identifiers are listed by:

luauengine config list --section keybindings --all

The command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) also shows the current binding next to each command, which is usually the quickest way to find an identifier.

Presets#

[keybindings]
preset = "studio"      # studio | vscode | vim

studio is the default. vscode remaps the script editor to VS Code conventions while leaving viewport and Explorer shortcuts alone. vim enables modal editing in the script editor only. Individual bindings set after preset override it.