September 20th 2021 12:30:32am

Houdini hotkeys and shortcuts are accessed via the Edit > Hotkeys… menu. This panel allows the user to manage all hotkeys and customize them. There are roughly over 2,500 possible items you can set.

Great care should be taken though if you do change any of them. I would highly recommend not changing any existing hotkeys. Why? If you work for studios at all and need to use their machines, it is nearly guaranteed that the defaults will be used.

Training yourself on a custom set of Houdini hotkeys you like will only hurt you in that case. Learning the defaults is the better option.

For the commands that do not have any assigned hotkey, you can have at it. You will just need to make sure the hotkey is not already used. Thankfully Houdini has a built in system to warn you when this happens.

Here are the chapter marker times for the Houdini hotkeys:
• 00:00:00 – General Panel Hotkeys
• 00:00:06 – Split Panel Left/Right
• 00:00:14 – Split Panel Top/Bottom
• 00:00:22 – Close Panel
• 00:00:33 – Previous/Next Panel
• 00:01:01 – Composite Panel
• 00:01:03 – Scene View Panel
• 00:01:05 – Network Editor Panel
• 00:01:07 – Parameters Panel
• 00:01:09 – Tree View Panel
• 00:01:11 – Textport Panel
• 00:01:13 – Animation Editor Panel
• 00:01:15 – Material Palette Panel
• 00:01:17 – Geometry Spreadsheet Panel
• 00:01:19 – Render View Panel
• 00:01:23 – Network Editor Hotkeys
• 00:01:25 – Maximize Panel
• 00:01:27 – Parameters Overlay
• 00:01:31 – Jump Down
• 00:01:33 – Jump Up
• 00:01:37 – Find Node
• 00:01:50 – Quick Navigate To Node
• 00:02:06 – Jump In
• 00:02:13 – Zoom To Selected
• 00:02:14 – Zoom To Show All
• 00:02:17 – Select Next Node
• 00:02:23 – Select Previous Node
• 00:02:28 – Select Left Node
• 00:02:30 – Select Right Node
• 00:02:36 – Set Bypass Flag
• 00:02:39 – Set Footprint Flag
• 00:02:43 – Set Template Flag
• 00:02:47 – Set Render Flag
• 00:02:51 – Set Display Flag
• 00:02:54 – Network Overview
• 00:03:08 – Color Palette
• 00:03:22 – Set App Default Color For Node
• 00:03:32 – Shape Palette
• 00:03:37 – Set App Default Shape
• 00:03:45 – Align Selected Nodes
• 00:04:03 – Choose Node Wiring Style
• 00:04:07 – Layout Selected Nodes
• 00:04:11 – Layout All Nodes
• 00:04:15 – Undo Changes
• 00:04:21 – Rename Node
• 00:04:33 – Zoom View Out
• 00:04:36 – Zoom View In
• 00:04:40 – Cut Wires
• 00:04:45 – Connect (Stitch) Nodes
• 00:04:59 – Add New Node
• 00:05:26 – Add Visualize Node
• 00:05:34 – Add File Node
• 00:05:45 – Add Nodes To Network Box
• 00:05:59 – Resize Network Box To Fit
• 00:06:03 – Add Sticky Note
• 00:06:14 – Minimized Selected
• 00:06:20 – Maximize Selected
• 00:06:25 – Add Background Image
• 00:06:32 – Edit Background Images
• 00:07:13 – Display Options
• 00:07:31 – List View
• 00:07:35 – Tree View
• 00:07:40 – Groups View
• 00:07:45 – Snap To Visible Nodes
• 00:08:02 – Remove Node From Wire
• 00:08:06 – Allow Node Drop Onto Wire
• 00:08:30 – Make Room For New Node
• 00:08:59 – Layout All
• 00:09:03 – Layout Selected
• 00:09:14 – Make Subnet
• 00:09:19 – Undo
• 00:09:23 – Network Radial Menu
• 00:09:36 – Cook Node
• 00:09:43 – Previous Work Item
• 00:09:48 – Next Work Item
• 00:09:53 – Dirty (Clear) and Cook Node

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