Hotkeys and other keyboard commands will make any a mayor's life easier. __TOC__
==General Controls==
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| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></span>General Controls</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>
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|'''Control camera''' |W/A/S/D/number keys/arrow keys
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|'''Rotate camera'''
|Q/E
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|Zoom camera
|Z/X
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|Tilt camera up/down
|END/HOME
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|Camera zoom in/out
| +/- or PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN
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|Back out of current menu or tool
|ESC (while tool or menu is open)
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|Options menu
|ESC (while no tool or menu is open)
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|Population information
|F2
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|Budget information
|F3
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|Approval Rating information
|F4
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|Open chat/Region Wall
|ENTER
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|Enter/Exit region view
|BACKSPACE
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|Screen capture
|C
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|Video capture
|V
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|Residential zoning tool
|CTRL + R
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|Commercial zoning tool
|CTRL + C
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|Industrial zoning tool
|CTRL + I
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|Unzoning tool
|CTRL + U
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|Upgrade road tool
|R
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|Bulldoze tool
|B
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|Leaderboards
|L
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|Achievements
|;
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'''Zoom camera''' Z==Data Map Controls=={||- valign="top"| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></Xspan>Data Map Controls</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Population|F5|-|Happiness|F6|-|Land Value|F7|-|Commerce|F8|-|Building Density|F9|-|Residential System |F10|-|Commercial System|F11|-|Industrial System|F12|-|Cycle through data maps<br>(when a menu is open)| [ / ]|}|}
'''Tilt camera up==Game Speed Controls=={||- valign="top"| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></down''' ENDspan>Game Speed Controls</HOMEdiv><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Pause| ~|-|Turtle| 1|-|Llama|2|-|Cheetah|3|}|}
'''Camera zoom in==Resource Maps=={||- valign="top"| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></out''' +span>Resource Maps</div><div style="padding- or PAGE UPleft: 1em;"></PAGE DOWNdiv>{||-|Water Map| 4|-|Coal Map| 5|-|Ore Map|6|-|Oil Map|7|}|}
'''Back out of current ==Menu Controls=={||- valign="top"| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></span>Menu Controls</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Disasters|Shift + X|-|Roads|Shift + R|-|Power|Shift + P|-|Water|Shift + W|-|Sewage|Shift + S|-|Garbage|Shift + D|-|Government|Shift + G|-|Fire|Shift + F|-|Health|Shift + H|-|Police|Shift + C|-|Education|Shift + E|-|Mass Transit|Shift + T|-|Parks|Shift + U|-|City Specialization|Shift + B|-|Next menu or tool''' ESC (while tool sub menu|Tab|-|Previous menu or sub menu is open)|Shift + Tab|}|}
'''Options menu''' ESC ==Road Shortcuts=={||- valign="top"| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></span>Road Shortcuts (while no tool or with road menu is open)</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Straight Road Tool| I|-|Circle Road Tool| O|-|Curvy Road Tool|U|-|Rectangle Road Tool|H|-|Arc Road Tool|J|-|Upgrade Road Tool|R|-|Constrain Road Type|SHIFT|-|Toggle Grid On/Off|ALT|-|Raise Road|M|-|Lower Road|N|}|}
'''Population information''' F2==Sandbox Controls=={|'''Budget information''' F3|- valign="top"| colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #FFCC66; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;" | <div style="background: #FFCC66; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 120%;"><span style="float: right;"></span>Sandbox Controls</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Toggle Fire On/Off|ALT + F|-|Toggle Crime On/OffApproval Rating information F4|ALT + C|-Open chat|Toggle Health Issues On/Region Wall ENTEROff|ALT + M|-Enter|Toggle Air Pollution On/Exit region view BACKSPACEOff|ALT + A|-Screen capture C|Toggle Ground Pollution On/Off|ALT + PVideo capture V|-|Toggle Homeless Sims On/OffResidential zoning tool CTRL |ALT + RH|-|Add $100,000 to CIty BudgetCommercial zoning tool CTRL |ALT + CW|-|Toggle Sewage On/OffIndustrial zoning tool CTRL |ALT + IS|-|Toggle Garbage On/OffUnzoning tool CTRL |ALT + UG|-Upgrade road tool R|Toggle Futurization|ALT + UBulldoze tool B|-|Infinite ControlNetLeaderboards L|ALT + N|}Achievements ;|}
