| Zoning | |
| Residential | |
| Q | Low |
| W | Medium |
| E | High |
| Commercial | |
| A | Low |
| S | Medium |
| D | High |
| Industrial | |
| Z | Low (Agri) |
| X | Medium |
| C | High |
| Dezone | |
| V | any RCI |
| Transit Networks | |
| ALT+R | Street |
| R | Road |
| CTRL+R | Avenue |
| SHIFT+R | Highway |
| T | Rail |
| CTRL+T | Elevated Rail |
| SHIFT+T | Subway |
| Utilities | |
| I | WaterPipes |
| L | Powerlines |
| General | |
| B | Bulldoze |
| G | Grid Toggle |
| F7 | Day/Night |
| CTRL+X | Cheat Console |
| / | Query Tool |
| SPACE | Center on Cursor |
| CTRL+S | Quick Save |
| F8 | Exit to Region |
| Numlock | Show/Hide UI |
| TerrainTools | |
| SHIFT+1 to 9 | Size of Tool |
| SHIFT+F1 to F10 | Strength of Tool |
There is a large list of shortcuts for the game. However, many of them are either obsolete (because of the massive use of custom content) or rarely used, so for that they could be just pulled from the regular menues.
But there is a number of them that are essential for fast and comfortable gameplay. So I made up a reduced list of those shortcuts that I feel everybody should memorize.