Below you’ll find a list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts to navigate in the 3D viewer. Learn more about navigating in Google Earth.
Tip: To move more slowly, hold down Alt, then do the keyboard shortcut.| Action | Shortcut (Windows & Linux) | Shortcut (Mac) |
|---|---|---|
| Move left | Left arrow | Left arrow |
| Move right | Right arrow | Right arrow |
| Move up | Up arrow | Up arrow |
| Move down | Down arrow | Down arrow |
| Rotate clockwise | Shift + Left arrow | Shift + Left arrow |
| Rotate counter-clockwise | Shift + Right arrow | Shift + Right arrow |
| Tilt up | Shift then click and drag down | Shift + Down arrow |
| Tilt down |
Shift + Up arrow Shift then click and drag up |
Shift + Up arrow |
| See first-person perspective | Ctrl then click and drag | ⌘ then click and drag |
| Zoom in | + | + |
| Zoom out | - | - |
| Zoom plus automatic tilt | Right-click and drag up or down | Ctrl then click and drag up or down |
| Stop current motion | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| Reset to north-up view | n | n |
| Reset to top-down tilt | u | u |
| Center Earth | r | r |
| Show/hide Overview window | Ctrl + m | ⌥⇧⌘ + m |