All Hotkeys for The Sims 4 - Including a FREE cheat sheet!

[@ed3n213]

BLESS YOUUUUU i’ve been playing for years and still have not learned a majority of the shortcuts!!

[@aliz4467]

Same. I keep forgetting shortcuts in this game, and sometimes the camera in particular drives me up the wall. SO helpful this.

[@BDeeees]

Awesome Vidoe!! I am a much older Simmer, been playing since The Original Sims, but you never cease to amaze me! I always learn so much when I watch your video's. I can't thank you enough for helping us Simmers learn new things about the game I love so much and when it is said you can't teach an old dog new tricks! Not true! I am proof of that.

[@Rosannatxt]

Aaah thank you so much for the kind words 🥰🥰 I’m really so happy the videos are helpful!

[@bunxsx475]

=D Thank you so much, Rosannatxt. I love informative videos about sims 4 like these. Also, ur voice is very calming and clear to listen to! Thats a compliment!

[@daisyjo88]

Bless you, Rosanna! Love the cheat sheet, thank you!

[@nallukka2002]

For me sizing down and up are Å and ’ Instead of the brackets so it kinda depends on your keyboard aswell on some of these. I also have to press down ”Fn” when using the F(insert number) key’s cause they control some of the settings on my actual pc

[@Rosannatxt]

Yes correct, this tutorial is for QWERTY keyboards, as soon as you have a non-qwerty keyboard all of this will be different. Since QWERTY is the most widely used I decided to focus on that as a tutorial but I know there are websites who specifically explain other keyboards as well

[@SimplyRockie]

Thank you! I always wondered how simmers painted the walls/floors at once and how to travel without going to the phone ❤

[@Rosannatxt]

So glad this was helpful!! 🩷🌿

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

So glad I found your channel. Some of these shortcuts I knew, but others I did not. I have downloaded your cheat sheet and since my Game PC is a dedicated game machine anyway, I might just label my keyboard, lol. I play other games on it, but most of my time is spent on Sims (I also have my precious working version of Sims 2 on it).

[@charliepatino9586]

THANK YOU!! I just got the sims on my pc after never owning one and only playing on console. You've saved me!!

[@anarcher-78]

This is awesome! I downloaded the cheat sheet. Thank you!!! 🧡

[@Rosannatxt]

Yay!!! Glad it could be of help 💚

[@lindaMinister]

thank you. Been marathoning your videos. Extremely helpful.

[@Raddest_Cal]

I just got a keyboard to use with my Xbox and this guide is super helpful!! Normally I just figure things out by messing around but after hitting ‘M’ I decided to get help lol

[@Rosannatxt]

hahaha accidentally hitting M is painful every time 🤭 Glad this could help!!

[@SimoleonDreamz]

This is a great video, I’ve been playing for years and didn’t know most of these lol thank you! Oh and I just realized that the keyboard button for each icon is right beside the name when you hover over. For example, when you hover over the “inventory “ icon, it says “Inventory-I” 🤯

[@Rosannatxt]

It does!! I know it and somehow I still keep forgetting it haha. But the game does help you more than you realize some times hah

[@sndnvsn]

I looooove this! Also shoutout for the vertical mouse, literal game changer.

[@Rosannatxt]

Yes!! The vertical mouse is a HUGE game changer, cannot go without anymore!!

[@GXSimmer]

Good stuff! You talked about some shortcuts I never knew existed.

[@Rosannatxt]

Yay!! I’m glad I could pass them on to you 🥰

[@GXSimmer]

@@Rosannatxtnew subscriber. Look forward to your next video

[@ShojoGirl900]

Excuse me. Keyboard shortcuts are the SEXIEST topics! ;-) Thank you for putting this together!

[@MeHaveDonuts]

Am i awesome for already knowing all of these or does it just show my game hours? Lol Thanks for this. Was looking for something more advanced like script macros but am glad to know I didn't miss any keys. Peace :)

[@Rosannatxt]

Lets go! Impressive for knowing all of them 👏🏼👏🏼

[@Kaufmann_]

Thank you for this video! It helped a lot!

[@lisabreese1945]

I feel like maybe they didn't pick "N" for needs because it's too close to "M" maybe? Just recently switched to PC from Xbox and am so list on the controls. Thank you so much for this video and the list! So helpful!

[@Rosannatxt]

Oooh that might actually be it! Glad this video could help 🩷🩷

[@TheMagicCounselor]

You’re so awesome!

[@MrImposter118]

Super handy! Thank you!

[@LpsFoxYey]

Thank you !!!!!!!!!! Thes video helpd me a lot

[@victtoriamarie5431]

cmd + tab i use to toggle to my desktop, and first person view in live mode is i think tab +shift. there is one for when your game crashes to get to save screen but I forget it.

[@Rosannatxt]

Oooh yeah now that you mention it I also vaguely remember the one about saving your game. I should look that one up!

[@Itsmebches_]

Such a great video! It 100% was helpful! however, My Q and E buttons are not going up nor down. They work perfectly on other tabs so I'm not entirely sure what the matter is unfortantly. 😭😭

[@Rosannatxt]

Hi!! Glad the video could help. I have no idea why they could not be working 😅 The only thing I can think to check is if you have a QWERTY keyboard or another layout as I know that influences things!

[@LanceDarby]

great stuff, I also use a stream deck. would you consider making your deck profile available so I can compare it to the one I am building.

[@Rosannatxt]

I did not know you can make a deck profile available? How would I do that? :)

[@LanceDarby]

@@Rosannatxt you go into preferences, profiles, at the bottom there is a down arrow, click it and choose export to create a file

[@LanceDarby]

@@Rosannatxt go to the prefs window by hitting the gear icon on the stream deck app, then go to the profiles tab on the pref window, at the bottom there is a down arrow, push that and choose export

[@littlewolfsimmer]

Thanks 🐺❤❤❤

[@capricosa222]

Hi sorry if you answered this somewhere else on your channel but what reshade/gshade do you use? (Also very helpful video🤞🏽)

[@Rosannatxt]

Thank you!! I use the Dove reshade by kindlespice and the sunblind lighting override ☺️

[@capricosa222]

@@Rosannatxt tysm for answering🤗

[@joyannen]

is there any hotkey for saving a household in cas to gallery or something?

[@Rosannatxt]

Unfortunately not no

[@alexisclaibornee]

hi! so sorry to comment on an older video, but i’ve been having an issue with one of my keyboard shortcuts and i can’t find a solution!! whenever i try to alt place anything or just simply click alt, it doesn’t close my game but it takes me back to my desktop(think that’s called tabbing out idk?)

[@Rosannatxt]

That sounds super frustrating!! I wish I had any idea how to fix it but I don’t 😅 I do know that to alt out of something you have to also press tab (hence the name alt tabbing). Maybe your tab button is locked and/or permanently clicked causing the alt button to immediately trigger an alt tab?

[@melanie_luv2_sew]

📝thank you. long time player. the things I don't know...😮 the space bar🤯

[@Rosannatxt]

It's such a game changer honestly!!

[@Schism_tv]

what if your keyboard doesn’t have Pg up Pg dwn/Home and end?

[@Rosannatxt]

Then you cannot use that, unfortunately you cannot remap keys in the sims so then you’ll just have to use the UI of the game to navigate!

[@naomiakaszas5835]

Hello! Your videos are fantastic, they help a lot, I'm. grateful for them. Do you know how to place objects on a curved wall? Thanks! 🙏 😊

[@Rosannatxt]

Aaah thank you!! I’m happy they are helpful 🧡 Unfortunately half walls are very broken. Placing objects on them works the same as any other wall in the game but it just doesn’t t work a lot of the time. They still need to fix that 🥲

[@naomiakaszas5835]

@@Rosannatxt thanks for the quick response! :)

[@Mikesetic]

I remember i tried a shortcut where i flipped a wall object to make it face the wall but i can not for the life of me remember the keybinds/shortcut for it. you wouldn't happen to remember it?😅

[@Rosannatxt]

As far as I know there is no way to do this in the game 😅

[@jadedjhypsi]

You mention you like the Sims 4 camera for gameplay and build with the other at times. I always use the Sims 3 cuz I find it easier to build with. Why do you prefer the Sims 4 one??? Am I missing something vital??? BTW, thanks for the 2 quarter tile shortcuts. I knew them and forget probably several times over =)

[@Rosannatxt]

Whenever you're on the Sims 3 camera when building you can free rotate things holding alt. This doesn't work on the Sims 4 camera. Next to that the Sims 3 camera allows you to change the angle of which you're viewing the build by holding the middle mouse button allowing you to view your builds differently. All of these things are super nice when building. However, on gameplay, I don't care about either of them and I like the sims 4 camera controls because to me they are a bit easier. But that might be because those were the first I learned when I started playing because I had already forgotten about sims 3 camera controls. Hope this makes sense :)

[@jadedjhypsi]

I get it... so will stick with my Sims 3 Camera=)@@Rosannatxt

[@MuseBlack]

Ty for this

[@MistyAnime]

I don't understand what i'm doing wrong with the 9 and 0 keys. I'm pressing them while holding an object, but it's not going up or down.

[@Rosannatxt]

Since I cannot think of any other reason - do you perhaps have a non qwerty keyboard? Because everything I explained here is mapped to a qwerty and I know it’s different for other keyboard types

[@QCCHRIS77]

Same🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Rosannatxt]

@@QCCHRIS77 Same question to you, do you have a qwerty keyboard? Or another keyboard layout? :)

[@MistyAnime]

@@Rosannatxt I had to 'look up' what a qwerty keyboard is and yes it's a qwerty keyboard. I don't know if I can add links, so if you 'google' Large Print Computer Keyboard, 104 Keys Wired USB Oversized Big Letters Keyboard, Easy to See and Type, Quiet Keyboard for Visually Impaired Low Vision Individuals, Seniors. That's mine

[@Rosannatxt]

@@MistyAnime I looked it up and I see it has a numpad on the side. The only thing that I can imagine is that you are using the 9 and the 0 at the right side of the keyboard and not the one above the letters. But if that is not the case then unfortunately I dont know why it doesnt work Im sorry

[@6aliyah]

My F5 only controls my brightness and doesn’t change the grid toggle. Any suggestions?

[@Rosannatxt]

Hold FN on your keyboard while you press it 😊

[@Skatergirl.4_LIFE]

I have just one question if I pres 9/0 it wouldn't rase up or down it doen't work with me

[@Rosannatxt]

Do you maybe have a non-qwerty keyboard? These shortcuts only work on a qwerty keyboard and as soon as you have any extra letters or anything on your keyboard (like scandinavian for instance) all of these keybinds switch around

[@Skatergirl.4_LIFE]

@@Rosannatxt Yeah I have an Azerty Keyboard but what are these then If ou know it?

[@ExtraTxt]

@@Skatergirl.4_LIFE​​⁠I’m so sorry but I have no idea 😅 To be honest the documentation from the sims themselves is also extremely lacking. What you could to is add a second layout to your keyboard - this makes the keys function differently than was is printed on the board - so you can technically use the azerty as a qwerty. It’s not a perfect solution but will allow you do use these shortcuts without having to buy a qwerty keyboard

[@Skatergirl.4_LIFE]

@@ExtraTxt How do you make this second layout?

[@Jackie-vu7xd]

I was wondering how people scroll through swatches!

[@Rosannatxt]

Well this is how! (:

[@ElishaMunnerlyn]

How do I walks up in build mode on pc

[@Rosannatxt]

Walk ups?

[@ElishaMunnerlyn]

@ walls

[@ElishaMunnerlyn]

@ Yk where u make the walls go up and you can put wall paper on all ur walls not js two

[@Rosannatxt]

@ I would suggest watching my some videos in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLybvLC_F9RMbc81c36ji8_OtQggCIfX-v&si=vMATEdlgihBIZToK In the first one I explain the full UI and in the other ones you can browse by topic on how to build in the game ♥️

[@ElishaMunnerlyn]

@ tysm

[@AnaCindy]

does anyone have hot keys for cas?

[@Rosannatxt]

As far as I know there are no hot keys for CAS 😅

[@ayanakratz8092]

How do u rotate floortiles?

[@Rosannatxt]

You use the < and > (not just for floortiles but for any object when building!) 🩷

[@Moshhii1]

What world is this?❤

[@Rosannatxt]

This is just willow creek! But I have a map mod that changes the way the maps look! ☺️

[@HebaAli-s6o]

I love you

[@EstherxEagle]

♥♥♥♥

[@JayJolly-fv7rj]

1% video 99% yapping

[@Rosannatxt]

Thank you for watching the video to determine these percentages, always helps when people watch and comment! extra engagement to push my yapping to more people 🫶🏻

[@millybuns]

🤍

[@RachelRiches-z8d]

Nope

[@Rosannatxt]

ok