Control Reference

'Cmd' refers to the '⌘' key on Macs, and the 'Ctrl' key on PCs.

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Camera Movement

	Control	Behavior
Forward	'w'	Moves camera forward.
Backward	's'	Moves camera backward.
Left	'a'	Moves camera left.
Right	'd'	Moves camera right.
Up	shift + 'w'	Moves camera up.
Down	shift + 's'	Moves camera down.

Tool/Mode Selection

	Control	Behavior
Translate	Click 'translate' button or press '4'	Sets tool to translate tool. When hovering over a selected object, cursor will indicate the currently chosen tool.
Scale	Click 'scale' button or press '5'	Sets tool to scale tool.
Rotate	Click 'rotate' button or press '6'	Sets tool to rotate tool.
Paintbrush	Click 'paintbrush' button or press '3'	Sets tool to paintbrush tool.
Omni	press '7'	Sets tool to omni tool. he omni tool combines the translation, scale, and rotate tools. See 'Transformation' section for details on how the omni tool decides which of its states to act in.
Game mode	press '8'	Sends in Rabbot!
Editor mode	press '9'	Back to editor mode.

Object Creation

	Control	Behavior
Load Object	cmd-l (or click 'load' button) + left-mouse-click	Opens up a dialogue box in which the user may specify an xml file containing object data (anything in "./Data/Objects" or "./Data/Levels"). Places selected objects in scene, centered at mouse click.
Copy Objects	cmd-c	Copies all selected objects (and their relative placement) into a copy buffer.
Paste Objects	cmd-v	Adds to scene all objects in the copy buffer. Centers objects at mouse location.
Paintbrush	Set tool to 'paintbrush' + hold 'p' + left-click-and-drag	Quickly adds semi-randomized objects to the scene, centered about mouse location. Let go of 'b' to move camera. Control paintbrush properties with sliders and checkboxes in the 'Misc' UI panel. More info here.

Object Selection

	Control	Behavior
Select single object	double-left-click on object	Selects clicked on object and deselects all other objects. If the object is part of a group, the whole group is selected. Bounding box and slight glow indicate object is selected.
Toggle-select objects	shift + double-left-click on objects	Toggles whether or not clicked on object is selected. Preserves other existing selections.
Box select objects	left-click + right-click + drag, or left-click + 'b' + drag	Selects all objects whose centers lie within box drawn on screen. Deselects all other objects.
Box toggle-select objects	shift + left-click + right-click + drag, or shift + left-click + 'b' + drag	Toggles selection state for all objects whose centers lie within box drawn on screen. Preserves other existing selections.
Select all	cmd-a	Selects all objects.
Deselect all	double-left-click away from all objects	Deselects all objects.

Transformations

For all transformations:

• In order to transform an object you must first select it.
• Hold ctrl to make movements snap by discrete increments.
• Hold alt to transform a clone of an object (or multiple objects), leaving the original object behind
• Left-click controls a 'generic' version of the transformation; right-click controls a version of the transformation contextually specific to the clicked on face. Holding shift locks the transformation to a single axis.
• Groups are transformed about the group center. Ungrouped objects, even if multiple are selected and transformed at once, are transformed about their own individual centers.

Translation

Set tool to 'translation', or set tool to 'omni tool' and hover mouse over central region of a bounding box face, or set tool to 'omni tool' and hold 't'.

	Control	Behavior
Camera relative	left-click + drag	Translates clicked on object along plane parallel to the screen.
Locked to plane	right-click + drag	Translates clicked on object along plane of clicked on face.
Locked to line	shift + right-click + drag	Translates clicked on object along normal of clicked on face.

Scale

Set tool to 'scale', or set tool to 'omni tool' and hover mouse near bounding box vertices, or set tool to 'omni tool' and hold 'e'.

	Control	Behavior
All dimensions	left-click + drag	Scales clicked on object in all dimensions (x, y, and z) at once.
Locked to plane	right-click + drag	Extends clicked on object along plane of clicked on face.
Locked to line	shift + right-click + drag	Extrudes clicked on object along normal of clicked on face.

Mirror

Just use the right-click scale tool, and scale down the object until it flips and its mirror image begins scaling up!

Rotation

Set tool to 'rotation', or set tool to 'omni tool' and hover mouse near bounding box edges, or set tool to 'omni tool' and hold 'r'.

	Control	Behavior
Free	left-click + drag	Rotates clicked on object as if you are pushing the surface of a ball.
Locked to axis	right-click + drag	Rotates clicked on object about normal of clicked on face.

Grouping

	Control	Behavior
Group objects	cmd-g	All selected objects and groups are joined into a new group. Groups are hierarchical, so grouped groups are treated as subgroups. Objects in a group are selected as a unit and transform as a unit.
Ungroup objects	cmd-shift-g	All selected groups are disbanded at their outermost level.

Undo/Redo

	Control	Behavior
Undo action	cmd-z	Undoes the last completed action.
Redo action	cmd-shift-z	Redoes the last undone action. Redo-able actions are cleared whenever the user completes a new action..

Object Removal

	Control	Behavior
Delete object	delete or backspace	Deletes all selected objects

Saving

	Control	Behavior
Auto-save	Automatic	Every 30 seconds or so the program automatically saves the entire level to the file "./Data/Levels/autosave.xml".
Save level	cmd-s	Saves entire level to the same path as the level was opened from, overwriting the old level file.
Save selected objects	cmd-shift-s	Saves-as all selected objects to a path specified by the user in a dialogue box.

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