X-Plane 12 Keyboard Shortcuts
Last updated: March 2024
I have complied a complete set of keyboard commands for X-Plane. Try using the search function to filter the list. For example, you can search for:
- all commands in a particular category: view
- all my commands except in a particular category: -view
- use exact match with quotes, for example: “F“
Categories:
| Action | Keyboard Command | Category | Sub-Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact ATC | RETURN | ATC | |
| Engage starters | F19 | Engines | Basics |
| Magnetos both | F18 | Engines | Basics |
| Magnetos off | F17 | Engines | Basics |
| Toggle Beta prop | / | Engines | Basics |
| Toggle thrust reversers | SHIFT + / | Engines | Basics |
| Move cowl flaps open a bit | F15 | Engines | Cowl Flaps |
| Move cowl flaps to closed a bit | F16 | Engines | Cowl Flaps |
| Mixture lean a bit | F9 | Engines | Mixture |
| Mixture rich a bit | F10 | Engines | Mixture |
| Mixture to cut off | F8 | Engines | Mixture |
| Mixture to full rich | F11 | Engines | Mixture |
| Carb heat off | F12 | Engines | Propeller |
| Carb heat on | F13 | Engines | Propeller |
| Carb heat toggle | F14 | Engines | Propeller |
| Prop coarse a bit | F6 | Engines | Propeller |
| Prop fine a bit | F7 | Engines | Propeller |
| Engage starter #1 | CTRL + 1 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #2 | CTRL + 2 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #3 | CTRL + 3 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #4 | CTRL + 4 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #5 | CTRL + 5 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #6 | CTRL + 6 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #7 | CTRL + 7 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter #8 | CTRL + 8 | Engines | Starters |
| Engage starter # | CTRL + # | Engines | Starters |
| Throttle down a bit | F1 | Engines | Throttle |
| Throttle horizontal down a bit | F4 | Engines | Throttle |
| Throttle horizontal up a bit | F5 | Engines | Throttle |
| Throttle to wide open! | F3 | Engines | Throttle |
| Throttle up a bit | F2 | Engines | Throttle |
| Auto-start engines to running, real-time | SHIFT + CTRL + E | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Flaps down a notch | 2 | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Flaps up a notch | 1 | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Landing gear down | CTRL + D | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Landing gear toggle | G | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Landing gear up | CTRL + U | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Speedbrakes extend one | 4 | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Speedbrakes retract one | 3 | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Tailhook down | SHIFT + ALT + Q | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Tailhook up | SHIFT + ALT + W | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Toggle brakes max effort | V | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Toggle brakes regular effort | B | Flight Controls | Basics |
| Drop all drop tanks | SHIFT + ; | Flight Controls | Deployment |
| Toggle smoke puffing | X | Flight Controls | Deployment |
| Toggle yoke visibility | Y | Flight Controls | Miscellaneous |
| Aileron trim center | 9 | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Pitch trim down | [ | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Pitch trim up | ] | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Roll trim left | 8 | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Roll trim right | 0 | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Rudder trim center | 6 | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Yaw trim left | 5 | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Yaw trim right | 7 | Flight Controls | Trim |
| Target select down | SHIFT + [ | Flight Controls | Weapons |
| Target select up | SHIFT + ] | Flight Controls | Weapons |
| COM 1 flip standby | CTRL + - | Navigation & Radios | COM Radios |
| COM 2 flip standby | CTRL + = | Navigation & Radios | COM Radios |
| Panel brightness down a bit | SHIFT + CTRL + , | Navigation & Radios | Indicators |
| Panel brightness up a bit | SHIFT + CTRL + . | Navigation & Radios | Indicators |
| Vacuum DG sync to magnetic north | D | Navigation & Radios | Indicators |
| NAV 1 flip standby | CTRL + 9 | Navigation & Radios | NAV Radios |
| NAV 2 flip standby | CTRL + 0 | Navigation & Radios | NAV Radios |
| Reset flight to most recent start | CTRL + ; | Operation | Flight Reset |
| Slider #1 On/Off control | SHIFT + F1 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #10 On/Off control | SHIFT + F10 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #11 On/Off control | SHIFT + F11 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #12 On/Off control | SHIFT + F12 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #13 On/Off control | SHIFT + F13 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #14 On/Off control | SHIFT + F14 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #15 On/Off control | SHIFT + F15 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #16 On/Off control | SHIFT + F16 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #2 On/Off control | SHIFT + F2 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #3 On/Off control | SHIFT + F3 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #4 On/Off control | SHIFT + F4 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #5 On/Off control | SHIFT + F5 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #6 On/Off control | SHIFT + F6 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #7 On/Off control | SHIFT + F7 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #8 On/Off control | SHIFT + F8 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider #9 On/Off control | SHIFT + F9 | Operation | Sliders |
| Slider # On/Off control | SHIFT + F# | Operation | Sliders |
| Fail selected in failures screen | CTRL + F | Operation | |
| General action command | SPACE | Operation | |
| Make screenshots of your panels | SHIFT + ALT + CTRL + SPACE | Operation | |
| Print out a cycle dump for this frame | SHIFT + M | Operation | |
| Quit X-Plane | ALT + F4 | Operation | |
| Service the airplane with ground trucks | CTRL + S | Operation | |
| Show the in-sim menu | ESCAPE | Operation | |
| Sim 1x 2x 4x ground speed. | ALT + T | Operation | |
| Sim 1x 2x 4x sim speed. | CTRL + T | Operation | |
| Take a screenshot. | SHIFT + SPACE | Operation | |
| Test dataset: Run from 0 to 1 and back. | CTRL + , | Operation | |
| Toggle AVI movie recording. | CTRL + SPACE | Operation | |
| Toggle display of the data output graph. | CTRL + G | Operation | |
| Toggle display of the weather map. | ALT + M | Operation | |
| Toggle on-screen frame-rate display. | SHIFT + CTRL + F | Operation | |
| Toggle simulation paused state. | P | Operation | |
| Toggle the Flight Configuration window. | ` | Operation | |
| Toggle the ground handling window. | SHIFT + G | Operation | |
| Toggle the instructor operator station (IOS) window. | I | Operation | |
| Toggle the sectional map window. | M | Operation | |
| Toggle the Settings window. | CTRL + ' | Operation | |
| Toggle replay mode on/off. | ALT + R | Replay | |
| Time: a little earlier. | K | Time | |
| Time: a little later. | L | Time | |
| Time: a lot earlier. | SHIFT + K | Time | |
| Time: a lot later. | SHIFT + L | Time | |
| External Chase | SHIFT + 8 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Circle | SHIFT + 4 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Free camera | C | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Linear spot | SHIFT + 1 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Ride-along | SHIFT + 6 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Runway | SHIFT + 3 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Still spot | SHIFT + 2 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Tower | SHIFT + 5 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| Track weapon | SHIFT + 7 | Views | Change View Mode: External |
| 3-D cockpit | SHIFT + 9 | Views | Change View Mode: Internal |
| Default view | W | Views | Change View Mode: Internal |
| Forward with 2-D panel | ALT + W | Views | Change View Mode: Internal |
| Forward with HUD | SHIFT + W | Views | Change View Mode: Internal |
| Forward with nothing | CTRL + W | Views | Change View Mode: Internal |
| 3-D path reset | SHIFT + P | Views | Flight Visualization |
| 3-D path toggle | CTRL + P | Views | Flight Visualization |
| Toggle physics model visualization | CTRL + M | Views | Flight Visualization |
| Move view backward fast | SHIFT + , | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view backward slow | CTRL + , | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view backward | , | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view down fast | SHIFT + DOWN | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view down slow | CTRL + DOWN | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view down | DOWN | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view forward fast | SHIFT + . | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view forward slow | CTRL + . | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view forward | . | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view left fast | SHIFT + LEFT | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view left slow | CTRL + LEFT | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view left | LEFT | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view right fast | SHIFT + RIGHT | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view right slow | CTRL + RIGHT | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view right | RIGHT | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view up fast | SHIFT + UP | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view up slow | CTRL + UP | Views | Manipulate View |
| Move view up | UP | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: pan left fast | SHIFT + Q | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: pan left slow | CTRL + Q | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: pan left | Q | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: pan right fast | SHIFT + E | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: pan right slow | CTRL + E | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: pan right | E | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: tilt down fast | SHIFT + F | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: tilt down slow | CTRL + F | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: tilt down | F | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: tilt up fast | SHIFT + R | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: tilt up slow | CTRL + R | Views | Manipulate View |
| Rotate view: tilt up | R | Views | Manipulate View |
| Zoom in fast | SHIFT + = | Views | Manipulate View |
| Zoom in slow | CTRL + = | Views | Manipulate View |
| Zoom in | = | Views | Manipulate View |
| Zoom out fast | SHIFT + - | Views | Manipulate View |
| Zoom out slow | CTRL + - | Views | Manipulate View |
| Zoom out | - | Views | Manipulate View |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #1 | NUMPAD-0 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #10 | NUMPAD-9 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #2 | NUMPAD-1 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #3 | NUMPAD-2 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #4 | NUMPAD-3 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #5 | NUMPAD-4 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #6 | NUMPAD-5 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #7 | NUMPAD-6 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #8 | NUMPAD-7 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #6 | NUMPAD-5 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #7 | NUMPAD-6 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #8 | NUMPAD-7 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location #9 | NUMPAD-8 | Views | Quick Look |
| Go to save 3-D cockpit location # | NUMPAD-# | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #1 | CTRL + NUMPAD-0 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #10 | CTRL + NUMPAD-9 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #2 | CTRL + NUMPAD-1 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #3 | CTRL + NUMPAD-2 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #4 | CTRL + NUMPAD-3 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #5 | CTRL + NUMPAD-4 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #6 | CTRL + NUMPAD-5 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #7 | CTRL + NUMPAD-6 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #8 | CTRL + NUMPAD-7 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location #9 | CTRL + NUMPAD-8 | Views | Quick Look |
| Memorize 3-D cockpit location # | CTRL + NUMPAD-# | Views | Quick Look |
| Cinema verite | SHIFT + C | Views | View Tools |
| Night vision | SHIFT + N | Views | View Tools |
| Sunglasses | SHIFT + S | Views | View Tools |
