Revision as of 01:11, 30 August 2020

The list below features keyboard shortcuts that are available by default in every Roll20 game. There are more shortcuts available, but they must be activated under the Settings Tab. See Advanced Shortcuts for more info.

Layers

• Ctrl/Cmd+M: Switch to @ Map/Background layer
• Ctrl/Cmd+O: Switch to b Object/Token layer
• Ctrl/Cmd+K: Switch to E GM Info layer

• Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+M: Move selected object to @ Map/Background layer
• Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O: Move selected object to b Object/Token layer
• Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+K: Move selected object to E GM Info layer

Tools

• Ctrl/Cmd+S: w Select and Pan Tool
• Ctrl/Cmd+F: i FreehandDrawing Tool
• Ctrl/Cmd+G: q Text tool
• Ctrl/Cmd+U: Add selected object(s) to turn tracker
• Ctrl/Cmd+A: Select everything on current layer
• Ctrl/Cmd+C: Copy selected object(s)
• Ctrl/Cmd+V: Paste copied object(s)
• Ctrl/Cmd+Z: Undo previous action
• Backspace or Delete: Delete selected object(s)

Rulers

• Q or secondary click while measuring will add a waypoint to your measurement line.
• Shift while measuring will keep the measurement line visible until you dismiss with secondary click or by making a new measurement
• X will recall your last measurement line after it has been dismissed

Drawing

• Shift+Draw: Draw snapped to grid (straight lines, polygon tool points on edges, squares, etc.)

Moving, Rotation and Resizing

• Alt+Mouse Wheel: Zoom
• Alt+Resize: Ignore grid snapping
• Alt+Move: Ignore grid snapping
• ←, →, ↑ or ↓: Moves a selected token one grid unit in the specified direction
• Alt+(←, →, ↑ or ↓): Moves a selected token three pixel in the specified direction
• E+Mouse Wheel: Rotates a selected token by 45-degree or 30-degree increments, depending on your grid type
• Alt+E+Mouse Wheel: Rotates a selected token by 1 degree at a time
• Right Mouse Button+Drag: Pan

Miscellaneous

• Pressing "Ctrl + L" lets you see your character view as player, if you have two or more characters at your possession.
• Pressing "Z" with an object selected shows a larger version of that object in a model popup
• Pressing Shift+Z as the GM shows all players the larger version of that object. Note that only players and DMs that are on the same page as the selected token will see the model pop-up.
• Holding Shift and Double Clicking a token will open the Character Sheet (if there is one) that the token represents.
• Pressing Ctrl/Cmd+L with a token selected as the GM to view the line of sight that token would have when Dynamic Lighting or Advanced Fog of War is enabled on the current page.
• (GM only) While holding down Shift, hold down your Left Mouse Button upon a point on the tabletop. This will center everyone's field of vision about that point. This is known as "shift-pinging". This cannot be done Dynamic Lighting or GM layers, only in Map and Object layers.
• Holding down Alt while performing a multi-select (dragging a box around objects) will select ONLY objects classified as drawings.