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
|-
|'''Rotate camera'''
|Q/E
|-
|'''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
|-
|'''Back out of current menu or tool'''
|ESC (while tool or menu is open)
|-
|'''Options menu'''
|ESC (while no tool or menu is open)
|-
|'''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
|-
|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
|-
|Commercial zoning tool
|CTRL + C
|-
|Industrial zoning tool
|CTRL + I
|-
|Unzoning tool
|CTRL + U
|-
|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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Video capture V==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;"></span>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)| [ / ]|}|}
Residential zoning tool CTRL + R==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;"></span>Game Speed Controls</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Pause| ~|-|Turtle| 1|-|Llama|2|-|Cheetah|3|}|}
Commercial zoning tool CTRL + C==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;"></span>Resource Maps</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;"></div>{||-|Water Map| 4|-|Coal Map| 5|-|Ore Map|6|-|Oil Map|7|}|}
Industrial zoning tool CTRL ==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 + IX|-|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 sub menu|Tab|-|Previous menu or sub menu|Shift + Tab|}|}
Unzoning tool CTRL + ==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 (with road menu 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|}|}
Upgrade road tool R==Sandbox Controls=={|Bulldoze tool B|- 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/Off|ALT + C|-|Toggle Health Issues On/OffLeaderboards L|ALT + M|-Achievements ;|Toggle Air Pollution On/Off|ALT + A|-|Toggle Ground Pollution On/Off|ALT + P|-|Toggle Homeless Sims On/Off|ALT + H|-|Add $100,000 to CIty Budget|ALT + W|-|Toggle Sewage On/Off|ALT + S|-|Toggle Garbage On/Off|ALT + G|-|Toggle Futurization|ALT + U|-|Infinite ControlNet|ALT + N|}|}
