The Sims/Controls

General Controls

Esc	Cancel
Ctrl + Shift + C	Toggle cheat window on/off
F1 / F2 / F3	Switch to Live, Build or Buy mode. F1 hides/shows main panel
F4	Enter Camera Mode (snapshot)
Enter or Space	Accept dialog
Y / N	Select Yes or No option in dialog
Ctrl + S	Save the current game
Q or Alt + F4	Quit or save quit
Ctrl + C / X / V / Z / Y	Copy, cut, paste, undo, and redo text fields
House Controls
Page Up / Page Down	Next/previous floor
Home / End	Next/previous wall mode
Tab	Switch floors
Camera Movements
+ / -	Zoom in/out
< / > or Shift + Arrow keys	Rotate left/right
Right click and or drag or Alt + or ↑ / ← / ↓ / →	Move camera

Build/Buy Mode

F2 or double left-click Buy Mode button	Toggle sorting objects by type or room
Object Placement Tools
< / > or left-click and drag	Rotate objects
Delete	Delete object
Hold Shift + left-click	Place multiple of the same object continually (Buy mode only)
Z / X	Scroll between pages in catalog
Build Room Controls
Wall/fence tool: Shift + drag	Create room/fenced area
Wallpaper/flooring tool: Shift	Fill room with wallpaper/flooring
Left-click and or drag	Place walls, fences, floor tiles, wallpaper and pools. Drag to place multiple
Ctrl + left-click and or drag	Remove walls, fences, flooring, wallpaper, and pools. Drag to remove area
Terraforming Controls
Terrain tools: Ctrl + left-click	Create or remove curved hills (terrain)
Terrain tools: Shift and or Ctrl + left-click	Inverts direction of tool, can also invert creation of curved hills (terrain)
Grass tool: Ctrl + left-click	Remove grass

Live Mode

F1 or double left-click Live Mode button	Hide/show main panel
Sim/Household Controls
Left-click Sim or object and or	Select and perform interaction
Left-click + drag + release	Click and drag to select interaction, then release
Left-click another Sim	Select interactions done by active Sim to other Sims
Space or N	Switch to next Sim in household
Left click Sim portrait or right-click Sim	Switch to (specific) Sim
Right click Sim portrait	Lock camera to Sim
Enter or left-click active Sim portrait	Center camera on active Sim
Ctrl + left-click Sim portrait	Edit Sim biography
Time Controls
P or ~	Pause game
1 / 2 / 3	Regular/fast/ultra speed

Camera Mode

F4	Enter Camera Mode (snapshot)
Ctrl + ↑ / ← / ↓ / →	Adjust snapshot area
Drag mouse	Select area to snapshot
Left-click	Take snapshot

Miscellaneous shortcuts

A	Toggle anti-aliasing
T	Show framerate in-game
S	Toggle shadows
V	Display build version of the game
F5	Access settings/options in-game
F7	SimsWebCam/Stalker camera (removed in later expansions)