You can quickly change tools in Blender using a convenient popup menu or by customizing your keyboard shortcuts.
Quick Tool Switching Method
The primary way to change your active tool in Blender, as highlighted by the reference, is by using a specific keyboard shortcut that brings up a tool selection menu directly under your cursor.
- Pressing Shift + Spacebar will cause a toolbar to pop up right at the location of your cursor.
- This popup toolbar displays various available tools relevant to your current context (e.g., Object Mode, Edit Mode).
- Crucially, the shortcuts for selecting each tool are displayed on the right side of the tool names within this popup menu, allowing for rapid selection once you know the shortcut.
Using this method keeps your focus near where you are working, making the workflow efficient.
Alternative Spacebar Mapping
If you prefer an even faster way to access the tool selection menu, you have the option to customize your Blender preferences.
- You can map the action of bringing up this tool selection toolbar to simply pressing the Spacebar instead of Shift + Spacebar.
- This change is made within Blender's Preferences settings.
By remapping this action, you can access your tool palette with a single key press, further speeding up your modeling, sculpting, or other tasks.
