Keyboard Shortcuts¶
All shortcuts are customizable in the Quick Menu Panel (Window → Quick Menu Panel → Shortcuts tab).
Pie Menu¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| V (configurable) | Open pie menu at cursor |
| Left Click | Execute hovered wedge |
| Right Click | Go back to parent menu / dismiss |
| Escape | Close menu |
| Mouse Wheel | Zoom pie menu (pie mode) / adjust list distance to center (list mode, 1.0.4) |
| Middle-drag | Adjust Wedge Gap (pie mode) / scale buttons with SCALE x.xx readout (list mode, 1.0.4) |
| Shift + Middle-drag (1.0.4) | Rotate the open wheel live (hold Ctrl for ×0.1 fine mode). Live numeric angle overlay during drag |
| Shift + Double Middle-click (1.0.4) | Reset wheel rotation to 0° |
| Alt (1.0.4) | Enter Wheel Edit Mode — drag wedges to reorder. Toggle or hold depending on the Wheel Edit Mode Activation setting |
| Mouse Wheel in open submenu (1.0.4) | Cycle the submenu options instead of resizing the wheel |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action (refreshes menu) |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo (refreshes menu) |
| E (configurable) | Jump to graph editor for current wheel |
Hotkey Bindings & Gestures¶
Since 1.0.3, the same key can trigger different gestures — each bound to a different graph. Configure under Project Settings → Quick Menu → Hotkey Bindings.
| Gesture | Trigger |
|---|---|
| Tap | Press and release within TapThresholdMs (default 200 ms) without dragging. Opens the menu in sticky mode (stays open until clicked) |
| Hold | Press longer than TapThresholdMs. Release executes the hovered wedge (classic press-hold-release flow) |
| Drag | Press and move the mouse beyond DragPixelThreshold (default 8 px) before releasing |
Each binding maps (Key, Gesture) → a specific graph.
Example setup:
V+ Tap →QM_Favorites(a small wheel with your most-used actions)V+ Hold →QM_MasterDefault(the full context-aware wheel)
Legacy migration
If you used Quick Menu 1.0.2 or earlier, your Open Menu Key + Active Graph settings are automatically migrated to a single Hold binding on first launch. The legacy fields remain visible in Project Settings as read-only for reference, but new configuration should go through Hotkey Bindings.
Graph Editor — Navigation¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Escape | Exit focus mode or subgraph |
| Backspace | Navigate back to parent graph |
| Shift+Space | Jump directly to root graph |
| Ctrl+F | Find in graph (search nodes by name) |
| Ctrl+E | Toggle preview panel |
| Ctrl+L | Auto-layout selected nodes |
| Alt+E | Create comment around selection, auto-named from SubMenu/WheelOutput, random color |
Graph Editor — Node Spawn (Hold + Click)¶
Hold the key, then click on the canvas to spawn a node at that position:
| Key | Spawns |
|---|---|
| W + Click | WheelOutput node |
| S + Click | SubMenu node |
| C + Click | Switch: Editor Context node |
These are the defaults — fully customizable in Project Settings → Quick Menu → Node Spawn Shortcuts. You can add your own key → node class mappings.
Graph Editor — Node Operations¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| C | Create group comment around selected nodes |
| H | Toggle compact/expanded display on selected node |
| F2 | Rename selected wheel |
| Ctrl+C | Connect selected action nodes to selected WheelOutput/SubMenu (auto-wires them) |
| = | Add a menu pin to selected WheelOutput/SubMenu |
| - | Remove last menu pin from selected WheelOutput/SubMenu |
| Shift+Ctrl+N | Create new wheel category |
| Shift+Ctrl+A | Select all wheels in wheel list |
Graph Editor — Standard Editing¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y | Undo / Redo |
| Delete | Delete selected nodes |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X / Ctrl+V | Copy / Cut / Paste |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate |
Smart Auto-Wiring¶
When you spawn a WheelOutput or SubMenu with nodes already selected:
- Quick Menu detects your selected action/submenu nodes
- Automatically grows the new node's menu pins to match
- Wires them in visual order (top-to-bottom, left-to-right)
This means: select 5 action nodes → press W + click → instant wheel with all 5 connected.
Ctrl+C does the same for existing nodes: select actions + a WheelOutput → Ctrl+C → all wired up.