Cheat sheet for using the most common keyboard shortcuts.
| Note As keyboard bindings can differ from aircraft to aircraft, some of these shortcuts may be different than showed below
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Keyboard bindings
General
| Key combination
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Action
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| /
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Show property browser
|
| Ctrl+/
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Show Canvas property browser
|
| ?
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Show current aircraft specific help
|
| :
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vi-like multikey commands
|
| ,
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Apply left brakes
|
| .
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Apply right brakes
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| ⇧ Shift+M
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Show map
|
| Ctrl+C
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Toggle clickable panel hotspots
|
| Esc
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Quit FlightGear
|
| H
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Cycle through HUD styles
|
| ⇧ Shift+H
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Cycle through HUD brightnesses
|
| F3
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Print screen
|
| F10
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Toggle menubar visibility
|
| F11
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Open autopilot dialog
|
| F12
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Open radio settings dialog
|
| P
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Pause/continue sim
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| ⇧ Shift+P
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Toggle 2D panel
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| ⇧ Shift+Esc
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Reset FlightGear
|
| ⇧ Shift+F1
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Load flight
|
| ⇧ Shift+F2
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Save flight
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| ⇧ Shift+F5
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Scroll 2D panel down
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| ⇧ Shift+F6
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Scroll 2D panel up
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| ⇧ Shift+F7
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Scroll 2D panel left
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| ⇧ Shift+F8
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Scroll 2D panel right
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| ⇧ Shift+F10
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Toggle fullscreen
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View
| Key combination
|
Action
|
| Ctrl+X
|
Reset zoom to default
|
| V
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Next view
|
| ⇧ Shift+V
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Previous view
|
| X
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Zoom in
|
| ⇧ Shift+X
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Zoom out
|
| Z
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Increase visibility
|
| ⇧ Shift+Z
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Decrease visibility
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| Ctrl+R
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Instant replay
|
|
Flying
| Key combination
|
Action
|
| } } } s
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Start a propeller engine ("}" x3 to set magneto, then hold "s" to start)
|
| /
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Show property browser
|
| B
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Apply all brakes
|
| ⇧ Shift+B
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Toggle parking brake(s)
|
| G
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Gear up
|
| ⇧ Shift+G
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Gear down
|
| J
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Spoilers/air brake down
|
| K
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Spoilers/air brake up
|
| [
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Flaps up
|
| ]
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Flaps down
|
| Alt+2
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Toggle Auto-coordination
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Autopilot
| Key combination
|
Action
|
| Ctrl+A
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Altitude lock
|
| Ctrl+H
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Heading lock
|
| Ctrl+G
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Glideslope lock
|
| Ctrl+N
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NAV1 lock
|
| Ctrl+P
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Pitch hold
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| Ctrl+S
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Autothrottle
|
| Ctrl+T
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Terrain lock
|
| Ctrl+W
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Wing level
|
| F6
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Heading lock
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See also