Settings: Mouse and Keyboard

In Motive, the Application Settings can be accessed under the View tab or by clicking icon on the main toolbar. Default Application Settings can be recovered by Reset Application Settings under the Edit Tools tab from the main Toolbar.

Mouse

Customizing Mouse Actions

The Mouse tab under the application settings is where you can check and customize the mouse actions to navigate and control in Motive.

Mouse actions configured in the application settings panel.

Basic Controls

The following table shows the most basic mouse actions:

Function	Default Control
Rotate view	Right + Drag
Pan view	Middle (wheel) click + drag
Zoom in/out	Mouse Wheel
Select in View	Left mouse click
Toggle Selection in View	CTRL + left mouse click

Preset Profile

You can also pick a preset mouse action profiles to use. The presets can be accessed from the below drop-down menu. You can choose from the provided presets, or save out your current configuration into a new profile to use it later.

Mouse profile presets.

Keyboard

Customizing Hotkeys

The Keyboard tab under the application settings allows you to assign specific hotkey actions to make Motive easier to use. List of default key actions can be found in the following page also: Motive Hotkeys

Keyboard hotkeys configured in the application settings panel.

Hotkey Profiles

Configured hotkeys can be saved into preset profiles to be used on a different computer or to be imported later when needed. Hotkey presets can be imported or loaded from the drop-down menu:

Keyboard hotkey presets in the application settings panel.