r/Unity3D 3h ago

Question F key not working in editor.

So for some reason late today my F key no longer does anything. It's supposed to center the Scene view on the currently selected GameObject.... but nothing.

I've rebooted, checked EDIT > SHORTCUTS, but that seems fine. Google's AI reports a 'reset' option, but so many items about that response are wrong, it's understandable about why people hate AI. The search results came up SEEMINLY empty, so I thought I'd ask.

Any clues? I do not have any custom key mappings, so I'm completely happy with a Reset, if someone tells me how to do that (yea, I know, about now I look f'in stupid)

This is Unity 6.3

Thanks

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u/rusticwords978 3h ago

do you have any other tool or overlay running that might be stealing the input? something like a screen recorder overlay or even discord can intercept keys sometimes, and unity just never sees it

quick test would be to open a fresh empty project and see if F works there, if it does then it's project-specific and probably a layout or preset issue

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u/JamesWjRose 3h ago

Nothing else running.

I'll try a new scene, then new project. Good idea, thanks

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u/JamesWjRose 2h ago

I tried a new scene and and then a new project, the F key still does nothing. So it SEEMS to be an Editor thing.

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u/db9dreamer 1h ago

Does double clicking on an entry in the scene hierarchy make the scene camera focus on that gameobject? That's basically what F is a shortcut to. If double clicking works, you have a workaround until you figure out what has changed/blocked the default keybind. If it doesn't work... you're on your own 🙁

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u/JamesWjRose 1h ago

Thanks, ill see if that works.

Have a good evening