How To Use Blender Without A Mouse
Using blender without a 3 button mouse is not really recommended but sometimes you have to get by with the tools you have available.
How to use blender without a mouse. How to use blender without a scroll wheel. You can replace ctrl with shift. For discrete steps use the hotkeys ctrl numpad8 ctrl numpad2 ctrl numpad4 and ctrl numpad6 as with orbiting note. Shift alt lmb will do the pan. In blender go to edit preferences.
To pan the view hold down shift and drag mmb in the 3d viewport. This function appears to be well supported in blender in conjunction with modifier keys. To select an object press command apple mouse button. The first thing we need to do is turn on 3 button mouse emulation. Now you can rotate by holding down alt and the left mouse button.
Blender has alternate methods that can be used instead of using a scroll wheel. But before we begin using it we ll need to tell blender that we don t actually have a regular three button mouse attached to the system. If you like thi. Command apple mouse button right mouse button. To do that head over to your user preferences and explore the input section and choose emulate 3 button mouse.
Don t have a 3 button mouse or are you on a laptop. Moves the view up down left and right. Zoom in and out by holding the ctrl alt and left mouse button and moving the mouse. Go to edit preferences input and enable enable 3 button mouse. There are a few ways however to make blender work better with just a trackpad.
Using a trackpad in blender. It s a nice two hand operation hold down the alt and lmb with your left hand and use the touchpad with your right hand to navigate. Close the preferences window. If you want to try and emulate the mmb press down alt and the lmb. To pan the view press shift option mouse button and drag.