Keyboard Shortcuts
Use keyboard and mouse controls to navigate your site, draw measurements, and edit features.
Open keyboard shortcuts inside the map
Section titled “Open keyboard shortcuts inside the map”On desktop, click your profile avatar in the top-right corner of the map and select Keyboard shortcuts.
The dialog shows labels for your detected operating system. Click Download shortcut guide to save a reference copy.
The tables below use the macOS labels shown in the interface. On other operating systems, check the in-app dialog for the corresponding keys. Mouse controls assume a standard mouse with left and right buttons.
Map — 2D
Section titled “Map — 2D”| Action | Shortcut or control |
|---|---|
| Cancel drawing | Esc |
| Remove the last point | Backspace |
| Finish drawing | Enter |
| Finish a line or polygon | Space |
| Modify geometry — as labelled in the shortcut dialog | Alt + click |
| Delete a vertex | Double-click |
| Box-select features | ⌘ + drag |
| Zoom in or out | Scroll |
| Pan the map | Drag |
For an existing polygon, first unlock it. Hold and drag a vertex to move it, click an edge to add a vertex, or double-click a vertex to delete it. You do not need to hold Alt for the polygon vertex actions described here. See Drawing Tools for the complete workflow.
3D view
Section titled “3D view”| Action | Shortcut or control |
|---|---|
| Pan the camera | Left-button or middle-button drag |
| Rotate the camera | Right-button drag |
| Zoom in or out | Scroll |
| Move the camera | W, A, S, D |
| Raise or lower the camera | Q, E |
| Rotate the camera using the keyboard | Arrow keys |
| Set the orbit pivot | Double-click or middle-click |
| Select multiple features | ⌘ + click |
| Finish a line or polygon | Space |
| Cancel clipbox placement | Esc |
The movement keys listed together are individual controls, not a combination to press simultaneously.
Use Orbit to inspect the scene around a pivot. In Cinematic mode, use movement and rotation keys to travel through it. Open the settings beside Cinematic to adjust movement speed, rotation speed, and camera smoothing.
Middle-click can refocus the camera while drawing.
Finish or cancel a drawing
Section titled “Finish or cancel a drawing”Click Confirm or press Space to finish a line or polygon in 2D or 3D. A line needs at least two points; a polygon needs at least three.
On desktop, Confirm appears in the drawing bar at the top of the pane. On smaller screens and touch-first devices, Cancel and Confirm appear at the bottom right.
Press Esc or use the drawing bar’s Esc/Cancel control to cancel.
Points, notes, and arcs use their own click sequences. Space keeps its usual behavior in text fields, dialogs, menus, and focused drawing-bar buttons.
Photos and panoramas
Section titled “Photos and panoramas”| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Navigate between photos | Left or right arrow |
| Zoom in or out of a panorama | + or − |
General
Section titled “General”| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Toggle edit lock | U |
| Delete selected features | Delete |
| Open search | ⌘ + K |
| Focus pane 1–4 | Alt + 1–4 |
| Cancel the current operation | Esc |
Use Panes in the top bar to change the layout. Alt + 1–4 focuses the first four panes; it does not set a limit on the number of panes.