Keyboard actions
From Stellarium
Stellarium responds to several keyboard commands, many of which are bound to actions that can't be performed in other ways.
| Category | Key | Description |
| Movement & object selection | Page up/down | Zoom in/out |
| Movement & object selection | CTRL+up/down; cursors | Zoom in/out |
| Movement & object selection | Mouse wheel | Zoom in/out |
| Movement & object selection | Left mouse button | Select object |
| Movement & object selection | Right mouse button | De-select object |
| Movement & object selection | Backslash (\) | Auto-zoom out |
| Movement & object selection | Forward-slash (/) | Auto-zoom in on selected object |
| Movement & object selection | Space | Centre on selected object |
| Display Options | Enter | Swap between equatorial and azimuthal mount |
| Display Options | F1 | Toggle full-screen mode (not available on some architectures) |
| Display Options | c | Toggle drawing of constellations |
| Display Options | b | Toggle drawing of constellations boundaries? |
| Display Options | v | Toggle drawing of constellation names |
| Display Options | r | Toggle drawing of constellation art |
| Display Options | d | Toggle star names |
| Display Options | n | Toggle nebulae names off / on (short) / on (long?) |
| Display Options | e | Toggle drawing of RA/Dec grid |
| Display Options | z | Cycle through: show meridian line; show Alt/Azi grid; neigher |
| Display Options | p | Cycle through: no planet labels; planet labels; planet labels with orbits |
| Display Options | g | Toggle drawing of ground |
| Display Options | a | Toggle drawing of atmosphere |
| Display Options | f | Toggle drawing of horizon fog |
| Display Options | q | Toggle drawing of cardinal points (N, S, E, W) |
| Display Options | o | Toggle moon scaling (4x /1x) |
| Display Options | t | Toggle object tracking (moves the view to keep selected object in the centre) |
| Display Options | s | Toggle drawing of stars |
| Display Options | 4or , | Cycle through: draw ecliptic; draw ecliptic & planet trails; draw neither |
| Display Options | 5 or . | Toggle drawing of equator line |
| Windows & other controls | CTRL+s | Take a screenshot (will be written to stellarium*.bmp) |
| Windows & other controls | CTRL+r | Toggle script recording |
| Windows & other controls | CTRL+f | Toggle search window |
| Windows & other controls | h | Toggle help window |
| Windows & other controls | i | Toggle information window |
| Windows & other controls | 1 (digit one) | Toggle configuration window |
| Windows & other controls | m | Toggle text menu |
| Windows & other controls | ESC | Close any open windows (help, info, & configuration) |
| Time & Date | 6 | Time rate pause (or script pause when a script is running) |
| Time & Date | 7 | Set time rate to zero (time stands still) |
| Time & Date | 8 | Set time to current time |
| Time & Date | j | Decrease time rate (or decrease script speed if a script is running) |
| Time & Date | k | Set time rate to normal (1 second per second) |
| Time & Date | l | Increase time rate (or increase script speed if a script is running) |
| Time & Date | - | Move back in time 24 hours |
| Time & Date | = | Move forward in time 24 hours |
| Time & Date | [ | Move back in time 7 days |
| Time & Date | ] | Move forward in time 7 days |
| Other | CTRL+c | Stop a running script |
| Other | CTRL+q | Quit Stellarium. (command+Q on the Mac) |
| Other | < | Volume down (only when a script is playing) |
| Other | > | Volume up (only when a script is playing) |
| Other | 9 | Cycle through meteor shower rates: low; medium; high; very high |
| Other | CTRL+SHIFT+h | Toggle horizontal image flipping |
| Other | CTRL+SHIFT+v | Toggle vertical image flipping |
| Other | CTRL+[num] | Make telescope [num] point at currently selected object |
Taken from the Other keyboard Commands section of the on-line user guide.
