Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, are used to navigate the menus of Victoria 3. Some keyboard shortcuts can be edited under Controls in the game menu, and can also be found at $XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3/input_profiles/default.profile. To reset the keyboard shortcuts, rename or delete the file. A few additional shortcuts are defined in the game files at .steam/steam/steamapps/common/Victoria 3/game/gui/shortcuts.shortcuts.

Default controls

Panel keys

These keys navigate to specific information panels.

Key	Icon	Function
F1		Politics panel
F2		Budget panel
F3		Buildings panel
F4		Market panel
F5		Military panel
F6		Diplomacy panel
F7		Technology panel
F8		Cultures panel
F9		Population panel
F10		Journal
Q		Map list
⇧Shift+F1		Outliner

Lens keys

These keys control the various map lenses.

Key	Icon	Function
Alt+1		Production lens
Alt+2		Political lens
Alt+3		Diplomatic lens
Alt+4		Military lens
Alt+5		Trade lens

Other HUD controls

These keys open other specific elements of the HUD.

Key	Function
F	Open location finder
B	Open Construction Queue
E	Open Current Situation
F12	Open decisions tab (in journal)
🏠 Home	Center on capital province

Tab/Window Navigation

These keys control navigation through the open tab or event window

Key	Function
⇧Shift+1	Open tab 1
⇧Shift+2	Open tab 2
⇧Shift+3	Open tab 3
⇧Shift+4	Open tab 4
⇧Shift+5	Open tab 5
⎋Esc	Close current window
Mouse button 4	Back

Game Controls

These keys control various other game settings

Key	Function
␣ Space	Pause control
+ or NumPad +	Increase speed
- or NumPad -	Decrease speed
1 — 5	Set game speed 1—5
F11	Take screenshot
⇧Shift+F11	Take map screenshot
W A S D	Scroll the map view
⇆Tab	See map overview