Camera controls · SketchUp

In the upper-right corner of the Lite viewport, choose ? → Shortcuts to see the mouse and keyboard controls for your active preset.

Choose a navigation preset

On the SketchUp toolbar, open Settings, choose a Navigation preset, and click Save. You can also choose D5 Default or Enscape Habits in the first-launch guide.

Action	D5 Default	Enscape Habits
Orbit around the target	Middle-button drag	Right-button drag
Pan	Shift + middle-button drag	Middle-button drag
Look around from a fixed position	Right-button drag	Left-button drag
Move vertically	Q: up; E: down	E: up; Q: down

After saving, open Shortcuts to confirm the active controls. The shortcuts below work in both presets.

Moving the camera

Action	Shortcut
Move the camera	W: forward; A: left; S: backward; D: right
Speed up	Shift + movement key
Slow down	Space + movement key
Move forward or backward	Scroll wheel
Adjust movement speed	Hold the right mouse button and scroll
Adjust field of view (FOV)	Ctrl + scroll
Move up or down (mouse)	Hold the left and right mouse buttons and drag

Perspective and orthographic

Action	Shortcut
Switch between perspective and orthographic	P
Two-point perspective	F8
Align to SketchUp's current view	0

With Sync Viewport off, press 0 to match SketchUp's current view.

In orthographic view, scroll to zoom. Ctrl + scroll adjusts field of view only in perspective and two-point perspective. Scrolling while holding the right mouse button adjusts movement speed, even if Ctrl is pressed.