Since the new version of Celestia has new and different controls, I thought it would be useful to have a new reference for the controls avaible.
I saw that the controls displayed in the 'controls' scetion under the 'help' menu are listed in the 'controls.txt' file under the main directory of Celestia, and I updated that informations.
To update this list, you just have to substitute the content of that file with the following text, and you'll see the updated informations in Celestia:
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Mouse and Keyboard Controls for Celestia
Mouse Functions:
Left drag to orient camera
Right drag to orbit the selected object
Use the mouse wheel to adjust distance to selection (for wheelless
mice, dragging while holding left and right buttons or left dragfing
while holding control to dolly camera will adjust distance)
Left drag while holding shift to zoom
Click the wheel to reset the field of view to 45 degrees
Left-click to select; double click to center selection
Right-click to bring up context menu
Keyboard Commands
Navigation:
H : Select the sun (Home)
C : Center on selected object
G : Goto selected object
F : Follow selected object
Y : Orbit the selected object at a rate synced to its rotation
T : Track selected object (keep selected object centered in view)
HOME : Move closer to object
END : Move farther from object
ESC : Cancel motion or script
Left/Right Arrows : Roll Camera
Up / Down Arrows : Change Camera Pitch
Selection:
0 : Select Star in the actual Solar System
1-9 : Select the n-th planet in the Solar System
Labels:
P : Toggle planet labels
M : Toggle moon labels
W : Toggle asteroid and comet labels
N : Toggle spaceprobes labels
B : Toggle star labels
E : Toggle galaxy labels
= : Toggle constellation labels
V : Toggle info text
Time:
Space : stop time
L : Time 10x faster
K : Time 10x slower
J : Reverse time
Options:
U : Toggle galaxy rendering
O : Toggle planet orbits
/ : Toggle constellation diagrams
Ctrl+A : Toggle atmospheres
I : Toggle cloud textures
Ctrl+L : Toggle night side planet maps (light pollution)
Ctrl+E : Toggle eclipse shadow rendering
Ctrl+S : Toggle rendering stars as points (otherwise, they're
textures)
; : Show an earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere
[ : Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars visible)
] : Increase limiting magnitude (more stars visible)
{ : Decrease ambient illumination
} : Increase ambient illumination
, : Narrow field of view
. : Widen field of view
ALT+ENTER : Toggle full-screen
Ctrl+X : Toggle anti-aliasing
Ctrl+P : Toggle per-pixel lighting (if supported)
Ctrl+V : Toggle vertex programs (if supported)
r R: lower or raise texture resolution
Spaceflight:
F1 : Stop
F2 : Set velocity to 1 km/s
F3 : Set velocity to 1,000 km/s
F4 : Set velocity to speed of light
F5 : Set velocity to 10x the speed of light.
F6 : Set velocity to 1 AU/s
F7 : Set velocity to 1 ly/s
S : Stop
A : Increase velocity
Z : Decrease velocity
Q : Reverse direction
X : Set movement direction toward center of screen
Number pad:
4 : Yaw left
6 : Yaw right
8 : Pitch down
2 : Pitch up
7 : Roll left
9 : Roll right
5 : Stop rotation
Joystick:
X axis : yaw
Y axis : pitch
L trigger : roll left
R trigger : roll right
Button 1 : slower
Button 2 : faster
Other:
D : Run demo
F8 : Enable joystick
F10 : Capture image to file
SHIFT+F10 : Capture movie to file
` : Show frames rendered per second
ENTER : Select a star or planet by typing its name
Selections:
For planets, moon, asteroids, spacecraft: you must be already in the
relative star system, before trying to select them
Names:
Full name for planets, moons, asteroids, spacecraft and
named stars. The first 3 letters of the Bayer name and the
abbreviation of the constellation (like alp and), or HD followed by
the Henry Draper catalog number. They are case-insensitive. For
galaxies, use the names declarated in galaxies.dat or displayed on
the screen, and remember that they are case-sensitive.
I hope that this list is correct and complete... and I apologize for possible grammar or typing errors!
Regards
Anarion
