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General Controls[edit]
| Esc
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Cancel
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| Ctrl + Shift + C
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Toggle cheat window on/off
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| F1 / F2 / F3
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Switch to Live, Build or Buy mode. F1 hides/shows main panel
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| F4
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Enter Camera Mode (snapshot)
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| Enter or Space
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Accept dialog
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| Y / N
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Select Yes or No option in dialog
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| Ctrl + S
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Save the current game
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| Q or Alt + F4
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Quit or save quit
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| Ctrl + C / X / V / Z / Y
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Copy, cut, paste, undo, and redo text fields
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| House Controls
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| Page Up / Page Down
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Next/previous floor
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| Home / End
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Next/previous wall mode
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| Tab
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Switch floors
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| Camera Movements
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| + / -
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Zoom in/out
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| < / > or Shift + Arrow keys
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Rotate left/right
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Right click  and or drag or Alt + 
or ↑ / ← / ↓ / →
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Move camera
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Build/Buy Mode[edit]
F2 or double left-click  Buy Mode button
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Toggle sorting objects by type or room
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| Object Placement Tools
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| < / > or left-click and drag
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Rotate objects
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| Delete
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Delete object
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| Hold Shift + left-click
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Place multiple of the same object continually (Buy mode only)
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| Z / X
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Scroll between pages in catalog
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| Build Room Controls
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| Wall/fence tool: Shift + drag
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Create room/fenced area
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| Wallpaper/flooring tool: Shift
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Fill room with wallpaper/flooring
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| Left-click and or drag
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Place walls, fences, floor tiles, wallpaper and pools. Drag to place multiple
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| Ctrl + left-click and or drag
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Remove walls, fences, flooring, wallpaper, and pools. Drag to remove area
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| Terraforming Controls
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| Terrain tools: Ctrl + left-click
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Create or remove curved hills (terrain)
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| Terrain tools: Shift and or Ctrl + left-click
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Inverts direction of tool, can also invert creation of curved hills (terrain)
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| Grass tool: Ctrl + left-click
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Remove grass
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Live Mode[edit]
| F1 or double left-click Live Mode button
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Hide/show main panel
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| Sim/Household Controls
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| Left-click Sim or object and or
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Select and perform interaction
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| Left-click + drag + release
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Click and drag to select interaction, then release
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| Left-click another Sim
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Select interactions done by active Sim to other Sims
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| Space or N
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Switch to next Sim in household
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| Left click Sim portrait or right-click Sim
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Switch to (specific) Sim
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| Right click Sim portrait
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Lock camera to Sim
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| Enter or left-click active Sim portrait
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Center camera on active Sim
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| Ctrl + left-click Sim portrait
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Edit Sim biography
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| Time Controls
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| P or ~
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Pause game
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| 1 / 2 / 3
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Regular/fast/ultra speed
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Camera Mode[edit]
| F4
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Enter Camera Mode (snapshot)
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| Ctrl + ↑ / ← / ↓ / →
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Adjust snapshot area
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| Drag mouse
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Select area to snapshot
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| Left-click
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Take snapshot
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Miscellaneous shortcuts[edit]
| A
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Toggle anti-aliasing
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| T
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Show framerate in-game
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| S
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Toggle shadows
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| V
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Display build version of the game
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| F5
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Access settings/options in-game
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| F7
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SimsWebCam/Stalker camera (removed in later expansions)
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and or drag or Alt + 
Buy Mode button