# animation hotkeys Animation is a lengthy, tedious process of repeatedly moving and keyframing objects and settings. It helps to have hotkey shortcuts to speed up the process. Here are a few of the most-used hotkeys. A deeper list can be found on the [Autodesk Maya Help site](https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-0639ADA0-EBE5-4703-A874-92C80E4A0516). | modifier | key | result | | ------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------- | | | S | Set key | | Shift | E | Set key for Rotate | | Shift | R | Set key for Scale | | Shift | W | Set key for Translate | | Ctrl-Shift | E | Set key for Rotate at current Time | | Ctrl-Shift | R | Set key for Scale at current Time | | Ctrl-Shift | W | Set key for Translate at current Time | | Alt | V | Play animation | | Alt | . (period) | Move forward one frame | | Alt | , (comma) | Move backward one frame | | | . (period) | Go to next Keyframe | | | , (comma) | Go to previous Keyframe | | middle-mouse | K | Scrub along Timeline | | | A | Frame/Zoom all | | | F | Frame/Zoom selected | | | W | Split clip | | | G | Trim clip before | | | H | Trim clip after | | Shift | G | Scale clip start to current frame | | Shift | H | Scale clip end to current frame | | | E | Trim clip | | | R | Scale clip | | | T | Loop clip | | Ctrl | G | Group clips | | Ctrl-Shift | G | Ungroup clips | --- tags: #3d #maya #animation #resources home: [[! 3d modeling- maya]]