Planet Zoo – Controls and shortcuts (complete list in easy-to-use format)

Here you have a list of all controls and shortcuts in the game that you can access from any place.

Mouse Controls

• Move the cursor – move the mouse.
• Activate the button and select an object – the left mouse button.
• Pan the camera – right mouse button + move the mouse
• Rotate/tilt the camera – mouse wheel + drag the mouse
• Rotate/tilt the camera – left/right mouse button + moving the mouse
• Zoom in the camera – mouse wheel

Object positioning control

• Position an object – left mouse button
• Cancel the placement – right mouse button
• Cancel placement – ESC
• Rotate – Z +
• Rotate by 90 degrees – Z
• Adjust height vertically – Shift +
• Reset vertical height – Shift
• Snap to surface axes – CTRL + move mouse
• Enable/disable automatic snapping to corners – Spacebar
• Switch on/off surface alignment – V
• Enable/disable landscape alignment – K
• Attach additional elements/decoration to the center of the wall – F

Track Edit Mode

• Pathway – left mouse button
• Delete track – right mouse button
• Raise/lower track – left mouse button on the “track preview,” then
• Raise way (without placing) – U
• More downward path (without placing) – J
• Rotate connection angle – Z during preview, then move the mouse
• Rectangle connection – hold Z while previewing the track connects to the existing route.
• Adjust vertical height – Shift +
• Reset vertical height – Shift
• Disable track merge – CTRL while placing the track

You might also want to check out Planet Zoo Mobile as well.

• Enable/disable corner joining – Spacebar
• Reduce track length – (-)
• Increase track length – (-)
• Decrease track width – [
• Increase track width – ]
• Enable/disable track delete – Del
• Enable/disable track connection by T-intersection – X
• Create Y-intersection – hold Z when creating a new intersection from an existing track
• Enable/disable slopes – V
• Enable/disable grid alignment mode – N
• Enable/disable alignment by proposed placement positions – B

Landscape editing mode

• Apply brush – left mouse button
• Apply reverse brush (brushes pull in/out) – left mouse button + Ctrl
• Reduce brush pressure – (-)
• Increase brush pressure – (-)
• Reduce brush size – [
• Increase brush size – ]

Edit Paths Mode

• Use handles – left mouse button + move mouse
• Create path – left mouse button
• Build path – Enter
• Delete part of a path – right mouse button
• Delete part of the path – Del
• Select part of the path – left mouse button on the placed part
• Cancel/Close – ESC
• Enable/disable corner joining – Spacebar

Buildings editing mode

• Place – left mouse button
• Cancel placement – right mouse button
• Select multiple parts – CTRL + left mouse button
• Rotate (additional elements and decorations) – Z +
• Rotate by 90 degrees – Z
• Switch advanced movement/rotation – X
• Adjust height vertically – Shift +
• Reset vertical height – shift
• Snap to surface axes – CTRL + move mouse
• Enable/disable snapping to corners – Spacebar
• Switch on/off surface alignment – V
• Switch landscape levelling on/off – K

Common keys

• Camera forward – W
• Reverse camera – S
• Camera left – A
• Camera right – D
• Raise Camera – E
• Lower the camera – Q
• Zoom in on the camera – Page Up
• Zoom out the camera – Page Down
• Turn free view on/off – T
• Increase free view speed – Shift
• Cancel placement, close browser, cancel object selection – ESC
• Delete the selected object – DEL
• Change the speed of simulation – O
• Pause the simulation – P
• Cancel – CTRL+Z
• Repeat – CTRL + Y
• Duplicate object/building – CTRL + D
• Move selection – M
• Enter group editing mode – R
• Show/Hide user interface – G
• Lights – L

Menu keys

• Help by controls (Show/Hide) – F1
• Open save menu – F5
• Open Load menu – F9
• Manage the open zoo – 1
• Open “Animals Trade” menu – 2
• Open “Animals Shows Trade” menu – F2
• Open the “Barriers” menu – 3
• Open the “Habitat” menu – 4
• Open the “Nature” menu – 5
• Open the “Zoo” menu – 6
• Open the “Construction” menu – 7
• Open the “My drawings” menu – 8
• Open “Paths” menu – 9
• Open the “Landscape” menu – 0
• Open the “Heat Map” menu – H
• Multi-select menu – I

Additional camera controls

• Previous camera – button
• Next camera – key