Gain Superpowers with Undocumented (?) Cura Keyboard Shortcuts

by | Dec 18, 2017 | 0 comments

I love keyboard shortcuts.
Speed, efficiency, and wrist pain wise, click is the enemy. Keyboard FTW.

I have discovered 4 new shortcuts in Cura:

  1. q for switching to ‘move’ tool
  2. a for switching to ‘scale’ tool
  3. z for switching to ‘rotate’ tool
  4. w for switching to ‘mirror/flip’ tool

Undocumented ?

Curiously, Cura’s official guide to navigation (while is has some nifty modification keys, so still recommended) does not list any of these shortcuts. Similarly, the Cura menus or hover menus don’t list these either – which is why it took me so long to discover. Color me surprised.